> Yup. My last name is Smith (don't stalk me, if
you can find me amidst the skillions of others
:P) and it's SO commonly used as a generic...
that I've had people not believe that's my last
name before.
>
> Them: What's your name?
> Me: Andrea Smith.
> Them: *chuckle* Oh yeah, my last name's
Smith too... what is it really?
> Me: Uh, Smith.
> Them: Oh... really?
> Me: Yes, really.

Maybe you should have the spelling changed
to "Smythe" to make it less generic. Of course
then, you'd run into the problem of having
people mispronounce it wrong, with the long
"i" and a voiced "th" sound. But maybe you'd
like it that way.

Gri"remember Bobby Generic?"shny