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Smith was the surname of a wizarding family that descended from Helga Hufflepuff,[1] one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Their family heirloom, Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, was stolen from Hepzibah Smith by Tom Marvolo Riddle,[1] who then turned it into one of his Horcruxes.[6] It was eventually destroyed by Hermione Granger, who stabbed it with a Basilisk fang.[5]

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Smith is the most common surname in the United Kingdom and the United States. It originally comes from the Anglo-Saxon word smitan, meaning “to smite” or “to strike”. The occupation smith or blacksmith was derived from this word, and Smith thus became an occupational surname.

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 20 (Lord Voldemort's Request)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 16 (In The Hog's Head)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 30 (The White Tomb)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Harry Potter and Me
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts)
  6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23 (Horcruxes)
  7. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 18 (Dumbledore's Army)
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