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    27,241 surnames, each with where it comes from, how many Americans carry it and who the famous ones are. These are the 200 most common in the 2010 US Census; the top 1,000 are on their own page.

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    The 200 most common

    2010 US Census

    SurnameOriginUS rankPeople in the US
    Smith English, occupational 1 2,442,977
    Johnson patronymic 2 1,932,812
    Williams 3 1,625,252
    Brown English, nickname 4 1,437,026
    Jones patronymic 5 1,425,470
    Garcia Spanish 6 1,166,120
    Miller occupational 7 1,161,437
    Davis 8 1,116,357
    Rodriguez Spanish, patronymic 9 1,094,924
    Martinez Spanish, patronymic 10 1,060,159
    Hernandez Spanish, patronymic 11 1,043,281
    López Spanish, patronymic 12 874,523
    Gonzalez Spanish, patronymic 13 841,025
    Wilson patronymic 14 801,882
    Anderson English, patronymic 15 784,404
    Thomas Latin, patronymic 16 756,142
    Taylor occupational 17 751,209
    Moore 18 724,374
    Jackson patronymic 19 708,099
    Martin Latin 20 702,625
    Lee English, place 21 693,023
    Perez Hebrew 22 681,645
    Thompson patronymic 23 664,644
    White Norman, nickname 24 660,491
    Harris English, patronymic 25 624,252
    Sánchez Spanish, patronymic 26 612,752
    Clark English, occupational 27 562,679
    Ramirez Spanish, patronymic 28 557,423
    Lewis Norman, patronymic 29 531,781
    Robinson patronymic 30 529,821
    Walker occupational 31 523,129
    Young nickname 32 484,447
    Allen patronymic 33 482,607
    King nickname 34 465,422
    Wright occupational 35 458,980
    Scott nickname 36 439,530
    Torres place 37 437,813
    Nguyen Vietnamese 38 437,645
    Hill place 39 434,827
    Flores Spanish 40 433,969
    Green place 41 430,182
    Adams patronymic 42 427,865
    Nelson English, patronymic 43 424,958
    Baker occupational 44 419,586
    Hall place 45 407,076
    Rivera Spanish 46 391,114
    Campbell Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 47 386,157
    Mitchell English, patronymic 48 384,486
    Carter Irish, occupational 49 376,966
    Roberts patronymic 50 376,774
    Gomez Spanish 51 365,655
    Phillips patronymic 52 360,802
    Evans Welsh, patronymic 53 355,593
    Turner English, occupational 54 348,627
    Diaz 55 347,636
    Parker occupational 56 336,221
    Cruz 57 334,201
    Edwards patronymic 58 332,423
    Collins patronymic 59 329,770
    Reyes Spanish 60 327,904
    Stewart occupational 61 324,957
    Morris patronymic 62 318,884
    Morales Spanish 63 311,777
    Murphy Irish, patronymic 64 308,417
    Cook occupational 65 302,589
    Rogers patronymic 66 302,261
    Gutierrez Spanish 67 293,218
    Ortiz Spanish 68 286,899
    Morgan 69 286,280
    Cooper occupational 70 280,791
    Peterson patronymic 71 278,297
    Bailey place 72 277,845
    Reed 73 277,030
    Kelly Irish 74 267,394
    Howard Norse, patronymic 75 264,826
    Ramos Spanish 76 263,464
    Kim Korean 77 262,352
    Cox occupational 78 261,231
    Ward occupational 79 260,464
    Richardson patronymic 80 259,798
    Watson patronymic 81 252,579
    Brooks place 82 251,663
    Chavez Spanish 83 250,898
    Wood place 84 250,715
    James patronymic 85 249,379
    Bennett patronymic 86 247,599
    Gray place 87 246,116
    Mendoza Spanish 88 242,771
    Ruiz Spanish 89 238,234
    Hughes patronymic 90 236,271
    Price Welsh, patronymic 91 235,251
    Alvarez Spanish 92 233,983
    Castillo Spanish, place 93 230,420
    Sanders English, patronymic 94 230,374
    Patel Gujarati 95 229,973
    Myers patronymic 96 229,895
    Long nickname 97 229,374
    Ross Scottish Gaelic, occupational 98 229,368
    Foster occupational 99 227,764
    Jimenez Spanish 100 227,118
    Powell Welsh, patronymic 101 224,874
    Jenkins patronymic 102 222,653
    Perry place 103 221,741
    Russell Norman, nickname 104 221,558
    Sullivan Irish 105 220,990
    Bell 106 220,599
    Coleman patronymic 107 219,070
    Butler English, occupational 108 218,847
    Henderson patronymic 109 218,393
    Barnes patronymic 110 218,241
    Gonzales Spanish 111 214,758
    Fisher occupational 112 214,703
    Vasquez Spanish 113 212,781
    Simmons patronymic 114 210,182
    Romero Spanish 115 208,614
    Jordan Greek, patronymic 116 208,403
    Patterson English, patronymic 117 205,423
    Alexander Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 118 204,621
    Hamilton English, place 119 201,746
    Graham 120 201,159
    Reynolds patronymic 121 200,247
    Griffin 122 198,406
    Wallace Norman, nickname 123 197,276
    Moreno Spanish 124 196,925
    West 125 195,818
    Cole patronymic 126 195,289
    Hayes English, patronymic 127 194,246
    Bryant Irish, patronymic 128 192,773
    Herrera Spanish 129 192,711
    Gibson patronymic 130 190,667
    Ellis patronymic 131 188,968
    Tran Vietnamese 132 188,498
    Medina Spanish 133 188,497
    Aguilar Spanish 134 186,512
    Stevens patronymic 135 185,674
    Murray Scottish Gaelic, place 136 184,910
    Ford place 137 184,832
    Castro Spanish 138 184,134
    Marshall occupational 139 183,922
    Owens patronymic 140 182,719
    Harrison patronymic 141 181,091
    Fernandez Spanish, patronymic 142 180,842
    McDonald Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 143 180,497
    Woods patronymic 144 177,425
    Washington English, place 145 177,386
    Kennedy Irish 146 176,865
    Wells English, place 147 176,230
    Vargas Spanish 148 173,835
    Henry French, patronymic 149 170,964
    Chen Chinese 150 169,580
    Freeman 151 169,149
    Webb occupational 152 168,878
    Tucker occupational 153 167,446
    Guzman Spanish 154 167,044
    Burns 155 165,925
    Crawford English, place 156 164,457
    Olson Swedish, patronymic 157 164,035
    Simpson patronymic 158 163,181
    Porter English, occupational 159 163,054
    Hunter occupational 160 162,440
    Gordon place 161 161,833
    Mendez Spanish 162 161,717
    Silva Portuguese 163 161,633
    Shaw place 164 160,400
    Snyder Dutch, occupational 165 160,262
    Mason occupational 166 160,213
    Dixon patronymic 167 159,480
    Munoz Spanish 168 158,483
    Hunt occupational 169 158,421
    Hicks patronymic 170 158,320
    Holmes 171 156,780
    Palmer French, nickname 172 156,601
    Wagner German 173 155,795
    Black French, nickname 174 154,738
    Robertson patronymic 175 153,666
    Boyd Scottish Gaelic, place 176 153,469
    Rose patronymic 177 153,397
    Stone occupational 178 153,329
    Salazar Spanish, place 179 152,703
    Fox 180 152,334
    Warren French 181 152,147
    Mills occupational 182 151,942
    Meyer Yiddish 183 150,895
    Rice Welsh, occupational 184 149,500
    Schmidt German, occupational 185 147,034
    Garza Spanish 186 147,005
    Daniels patronymic 187 146,570
    Ferguson patronymic 188 146,426
    Nichols patronymic 189 145,584
    Stephens patronymic 190 144,646
    Soto 191 144,451
    Weaver occupational 192 143,837
    Ryan Irish, patronymic 193 143,452
    Gardner occupational 194 142,894
    Payne 195 142,601
    Grant Norman, nickname 196 142,277
    Dunn Irish, patronymic 197 141,427
    Kelley Irish 198 140,693
    Spencer English, occupational 199 139,951
    Hawkins English, patronymic 200 139,751

    By origin

    Language the surname came from, per Wiktionary

    English1,446German1,101Spanish992Irish880Italian798French791Polish304Scottish Gaelic277Chinese193Arabic179Dutch167Swedish133Norman128Norse126Japanese123Czech96Latin91Portuguese71Welsh60Hebrew51Danish50Hindi48Armenian47Hungarian46Greek45Korean42Catalan39Punjabi39Galician34Vietnamese31Yiddish31Norwegian31Persian28Serbo-Croatian26Sanskrit24Russian24Ukrainian22Bengali21Basque20Khmer19Cornish18Gujarati18Tamil15

    By type

    Occupational surnames729Patronymic surnames1,644Place-name surnames1,616Nickname surnames264

    By community

    Most common surnames within each Census group

    Among white AmericansAmong Black AmericansAmong Hispanic and Latino AmericansAmong Asian and Pacific Islander AmericansAmong American Indian and Alaska Native peopleAmong multiracial Americans

    Changing names

    Surnames that grew fastest between 2000 and 2010, and the ones that shrank.