National Smith Day

Believe it or not, today is National Smith Day. Yep, that's right, there is an official day to celebrate a surname.

Smith is, in fact, the most common last name in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. It is the second most common last name in Canada and the fifth most common last name in Ireland. More than 5 million people worldwide have the last name Smith.

Smith Day actually commemorates the Jan. 6, 1580, birthday of Captain John Smith, the English sailor and settler of Jamestown, Virginia.

My research reveals no National Jones, Johnson or Brown Days. But if you ask me, a Smith by marriage, it's great that a name so un-special, has it's own special day.

June 1991 on our Honeymoon - I'm a Smith!