American Family Name Origins:
Smerdon
Frequency: (129)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English (Devon): habitational name from Smeardon Down in the parish of Petertavy, so named from Old English smeoru ‘butter’ + dūn ‘hill’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
