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    Surnames beginning with A

    1,070 surnames starting with A, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, with notable names that are rare in the US further down.

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    #SurnameOriginUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Anderson English, patronymic 15 784,404
    2 Allen patronymic 33 482,607
    3 Adams patronymic 42 427,865
    4 Alvarez Spanish 92 233,983
    5 Alexander Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 118 204,621
    6 Aguilar Spanish 134 186,512
    7 Arnold patronymic 201 138,893
    8 Armstrong nickname 213 135,044
    9 Andrews patronymic 218 133,799
    10 Alvarado Spanish 219 133,501
    11 Austin Norman, patronymic 253 119,706
    12 Acosta Catalan, place 302 103,418
    13 Avila Spanish 318 97,314
    14 Ayala Spanish 333 92,463
    15 Aguirre Spanish 401 79,517
    16 Adkins patronymic 449 73,599
    17 Andrade Galician 516 65,037
    18 Ali Arabic 559 60,002
    19 Arias Spanish 581 57,477
    20 Anthony patronymic 618 55,114
    21 Abbott occupational 645 52,739
    22 Atkinson patronymic 637 53,376
    23 Allison English, patronymic 646 52,701
    24 Atkins patronymic 662 51,671
    25 Acevedo Portuguese 665 51,351
    26 Arroyo Spanish 678 50,614
    27 Arellano Spanish 687 50,104
    28 Ahmed Arabic 720 48,319
    29 Avery Latin, patronymic 878 39,564
    30 Ayers 875 39,623
    31 Ashley English, place 900 38,499
    32 Avalos Spanish 940 36,922
    33 Andersen Danish, patronymic 963 36,150
    34 Alfaro Spanish, place 975 35,725
    35 Archer Norman, occupational 1,000 34,949
    36 Amaya 1,057 33,218
    37 Albert patronymic 1,076 32,507
    38 Abraham Latin, patronymic 1,120 31,303
    39 Aguilera 1,109 31,581
    40 Alston English, place 1,148 30,693
    41 Alonso Spanish 1,155 30,389
    42 Alford English, place 1,140 30,771
    43 Arredondo 1,212 29,173
    44 Arthur patronymic 1,247 28,102
    45 Abrams patronymic 1,387 25,534
    46 Ackerman English, occupational 1,398 25,401
    47 Aragon Spanish 1,367 25,801
    48 Aquino Spanish 1,368 25,783
    49 Aviles Spanish 1,375 25,716
    50 Albright English 1,410 25,189
    51 Akers 1,405 25,290
    52 Angel 1,428 24,895
    53 Anaya Spanish 1,488 24,017
    54 Amos 1,517 23,621
    55 Arevalo 1,499 23,895
    56 Ames 1,598 22,385
    57 Aldridge English, place 1,562 23,034
    58 Aleman Spanish 1,571 22,927
    59 Arrington English, place 1,573 22,840
    60 Amador 1,603 22,370
    61 Arreola 1,673 21,540
    62 Ash place 1,709 21,030
    63 Alonzo 1,758 20,367
    64 Araujo Spanish 1,908 18,856
    65 Arce 1,844 19,464
    66 Arteaga Spanish 1,848 19,410
    67 Aranda 1,861 19,298
    68 Arriaga Basque, place 1,865 19,236
    69 Abel Latin, patronymic 1,958 18,464
    70 Adair Scottish Gaelic 1,927 18,708
    71 Alarcon Spanish 1,917 18,805
    72 Allred 1,947 18,526
    73 Abreu Portuguese 2,008 17,998
    74 Addison patronymic 1,986 18,169
    75 Adler German 2,223 16,412
    76 Aldrich English 2,060 17,509
    77 Alves 2,595 13,882
    78 Almeida Portuguese 2,166 16,760
    79 Akins 2,020 17,868
    80 Ashby English 2,069 17,482
    81 Alcala Spanish 2,029 17,758
    82 Albrecht 2,047 17,581
    83 Argueta Spanish 2,054 17,540
    84 Ambrose Greek, patronymic 2,107 17,178
    85 Atwood place 2,114 17,112
    86 Acuna Spanish 2,179 16,683
    87 Adamson patronymic 2,205 16,515
    88 Altman 2,217 16,448
    89 Abernathy 2,216 16,450
    90 Aaron Greek, patronymic 2,241 16,276
    91 Arnett 2,206 16,499
    92 Alaniz 2,189 16,596
    93 Ahmad Arabic 2,238 16,291
    94 Anguiano Spanish 2,208 16,479
    95 Adame 2,250 16,193
    96 Anders Danish 2,343 15,554
    97 Aponte 2,305 15,828
    98 Antonio Italian 2,358 15,461
    99 Armenta 2,406 15,078
    100 Almanza Spanish 2,454 14,708
    101 Alley 2,529 14,323
    102 Arndt 2,576 14,031
    103 Augustine 2,536 14,268
    104 Angeles Spanish 2,559 14,128
    105 Adam Latin, patronymic 2,654 13,574
    106 Andrew Latin, patronymic 2,617 13,764
    107 Askew 2,634 13,683
    108 Asher Hebrew 2,695 13,371
    109 Alba place 2,699 13,347
    110 Aparicio 2,680 13,437
    111 Archuleta Spanish 2,717 13,248
    112 Aiken patronymic 2,816 12,812
    113 Andres Spanish, patronymic 2,813 12,821
    114 Alcantar Spanish 2,794 12,919
    115 Ashton English, place 2,922 12,263
    116 Aguayo Spanish 2,799 12,876
    117 Amato Italian 2,837 12,713
    118 Adcock patronymic 2,861 12,599
    119 Angulo 2,836 12,714
    120 Alcantara Spanish 2,853 12,636
    121 Armendariz Spanish 2,892 12,423
    122 Altamirano Spanish 2,915 12,296
    123 Alfonso 2,927 12,246
    124 Alicea 2,917 12,287
    125 Allan patronymic 3,022 11,867
    126 Applegate 3,046 11,762
    127 Almonte Spanish, place 2,958 12,128
    128 Arenas Spanish 3,035 11,809
    129 Amaro Spanish 3,042 11,769
    130 Ayres 3,241 11,139
    131 Alcaraz Spanish 3,098 11,616
    132 Amin 3,243 11,137
    133 Apodaca 3,202 11,280
    134 Arana 3,347 10,698
    135 Agee 3,304 10,857
    136 Alanis 3,274 11,029
    137 Acker place 3,400 10,519
    138 Ahn Korean 3,379 10,567
    139 Anglin 3,434 10,396
    140 Ambriz 3,416 10,445
    141 Aldana Spanish 3,448 10,362
    142 Ahrens 3,508 10,182
    143 Andrus 3,505 10,197
    144 Albertson patronymic 3,580 9,943
    145 Alderman occupational 3,528 10,119
    146 Ashworth English, place 3,531 10,116
    147 Agnew patronymic 3,602 9,856
    148 Allard French, patronymic 3,553 10,047
    149 Amaral 3,709 9,567
    150 Abney English, place 3,579 9,948
    151 Ashcraft 3,576 9,957
    152 Aceves Spanish 3,603 9,854
    153 Albers 3,638 9,766
    154 André 3,785 9,358
    155 Artis 3,682 9,656
    156 Antoine 3,734 9,493
    157 Ashford English 3,760 9,421
    158 Ainsworth English, place 3,874 9,149
    159 Abarca Spanish 3,780 9,363
    160 Avina 3,891 9,122
    161 Ammons 3,989 8,904
    162 Aiello Italian 3,982 8,927
    163 Arsenault French 4,052 8,760
    164 Autry French 4,081 8,704
    165 Akin 4,114 8,626
    166 Atwell place 4,116 8,622
    167 Abdullah Arabic, occupational 4,272 8,314
    168 Aguiar Portuguese 4,227 8,390
    169 Asbury 4,157 8,522
    170 Arguello Spanish 4,160 8,518
    171 Allman Norman 4,447 7,977
    172 Archibald patronymic 4,242 8,359
    173 Almaraz Spanish 4,215 8,404
    174 Armijo 4,232 8,372
    175 Ahern Irish, patronymic 4,322 8,221
    176 Armour 4,366 8,139
    177 An 4,353 8,160
    178 Appel 4,473 7,938
    179 Atchison 4,338 8,185
    180 Armstead 4,480 7,919
    181 Alcorn 4,498 7,884
    182 Alam 4,476 7,932
    183 Ashe place 4,573 7,756
    184 Alvarenga 4,449 7,973
    185 Arriola Spanish 4,503 7,877
    186 Angell 4,593 7,725
    187 Augustin 4,550 7,788
    188 Ascencio 4,526 7,832
    189 Alejandro Spanish, nickname 4,563 7,770
    190 Abrego Spanish 4,606 7,702
    191 Abdi 4,738 7,484
    192 Angelo Italian 4,590 7,728
    193 Avelar 4,692 7,564
    194 Ault 4,723 7,509
    195 Abell 4,811 7,339
    196 Almond French 4,902 7,188
    197 Amezcua Spanish, place 4,889 7,206
    198 Au Chinese 4,919 7,148
    199 Araiza 4,956 7,095
    200 Alexis 5,070 6,915
    201 Ackley English, place 4,952 7,102
    202 Archie 4,990 7,035
    203 Anton German 5,129 6,823
    204 Arango Spanish, place 5,020 6,998
    205 Apple 5,050 6,948
    206 Andino 5,096 6,866
    207 Ard Scottish Gaelic, place 5,141 6,807
    208 Arena 5,209 6,706
    209 Aziz 5,187 6,740
    210 Albritton 5,192 6,737
    211 Abercrombie 5,405 6,439
    212 August Latin 5,389 6,456
    213 Atherton English, place 5,382 6,466
    214 Albanese Italian 5,435 6,407
    215 Amundson 5,280 6,594
    216 Azevedo 5,762 6,014
    217 Alberto 5,335 6,528
    218 Aguero Spanish 5,437 6,402
    219 Arreguin 5,356 6,501
    220 Abad Spanish, occupational 5,401 6,446
    221 Alfred English, patronymic 5,364 6,490
    222 Alderson patronymic 5,664 6,130
    223 Alger 5,516 6,306
    224 Agustin Spanish 5,458 6,375
    225 Albarran Spanish 5,464 6,366
    226 Alejo 5,486 6,339
    227 Alberts patronymic 5,578 6,229
    228 Almazan Spanish 5,549 6,265
    229 Atchley 5,617 6,187
    230 Ashmore English, place 5,642 6,155
    231 Alegria Spanish 5,609 6,200
    232 Arvizu 5,664 6,130
    233 Alva 5,750 6,026
    234 Alt 5,850 5,906
    235 Aguila Spanish 5,683 6,103
    236 Alden English, patronymic 5,985 5,748
    237 Abeyta Spanish 5,734 6,046
    238 Avendano 5,695 6,086
    239 Armas 5,773 6,002
    240 Almaguer 5,751 6,023
    241 Albano Italian 5,889 5,860
    242 Appleton English, place 6,132 5,588
    243 Arceneaux French 5,924 5,818
    244 Antunez Spanish 5,931 5,808
    245 Angle 6,035 5,693
    246 Adrian 6,201 5,514
    247 Agosto Spanish 6,103 5,619
    248 Arambula 6,054 5,668
    249 Abram Hebrew, patronymic 6,201 5,514
    250 Appleby English 6,161 5,556
    251 Arbogast 6,098 5,625
    252 Abner 6,143 5,577
    253 Alex 6,242 5,476
    254 Aycock English 6,301 5,422
    255 Aronson 6,470 5,247
    256 Awad 6,275 5,446
    257 Avant 6,277 5,443
    258 Amerson 6,263 5,455
    259 Agarwal Hindi 6,285 5,436
    260 Abbey 6,574 5,150
    261 Armbruster 6,367 5,345
    262 Acton English, place 6,874 4,892
    263 Alvey 6,502 5,220
    264 Allgood 6,513 5,210
    265 Arrieta Spanish 6,684 5,053
    266 Arora Hindi 6,697 5,043
    267 Amick German 6,718 5,026
    268 Abramson patronymic 6,896 4,875
    269 Abbas Arabic 6,781 4,974
    270 Aucoin French 6,757 4,989
    271 Addington English, place 6,790 4,968
    272 Ables occupational 6,733 5,010
    273 Abrahamson 6,817 4,948
    274 Ahumada Spanish 6,829 4,937
    275 Ayon 6,829 4,937
    276 Aikens patronymic 6,831 4,936
    277 Alexandre 7,155 4,675
    278 Arzate Spanish 6,858 4,906
    279 Aubrey Norman, patronymic 7,046 4,753
    280 Arguelles Spanish 6,932 4,837
    281 Ahearn Irish 7,211 4,628
    282 Abshire 7,010 4,778
    283 Aguinaga Spanish, place 6,961 4,818
    284 Ansari 7,148 4,679
    285 Alfano 7,088 4,724
    286 Alatorre Spanish 7,031 4,759
    287 Aden 7,110 4,705
    288 Aitken Scottish 7,638 4,347
    289 Arneson 7,171 4,665
    290 Arruda Portuguese 7,351 4,532
    291 Arrowood 7,143 4,681
    292 Arzola 7,164 4,669
    293 Antonelli Italian 7,373 4,518
    294 Alton English, place 7,305 4,565
    295 Adames 7,245 4,604
    296 Atwater place 7,739 4,289
    297 Amezquita Spanish 7,337 4,544
    298 Alejandre 7,357 4,528
    299 Acree 7,369 4,519
    300 Atencio 7,477 4,456
    301 Annis 7,497 4,442
    302 Archambault French 7,566 4,391
    303 Astorga 7,433 4,481
    304 Almendarez Spanish 7,531 4,415
    305 Abate Italian 7,644 4,344
    306 Arbuckle Scottish Gaelic, place 7,564 4,393
    307 Armitage English, place 8,162 4,063
    308 Akhtar Persian 7,785 4,260
    309 Alas 7,619 4,358
    310 Anson patronymic 8,128 4,079
    311 Alleman 7,690 4,318
    312 Auer German, place 9,125 3,578
    313 Albin 7,765 4,273
    314 Arceo Spanish 7,782 4,265
    315 Alleyne 7,950 4,163
    316 Aston English, place 8,402 3,937
    317 Auger French 7,911 4,182
    318 Adelman German 8,006 4,131
    319 Abdallah 8,032 4,121
    320 Alcazar Spanish 7,847 4,219
    321 Angus 7,854 4,214
    322 Autrey French 7,924 4,177
    323 Ashburn 8,049 4,112
    324 Almanzar Spanish 8,097 4,095
    325 Arcos Spanish 8,005 4,132
    326 Alter 8,597 3,830
    327 Armentrout 8,131 4,077
    328 Almodovar Spanish 8,049 4,112
    329 Ambrosio 8,353 3,963
    330 Asuncion 8,209 4,042
    331 Álvares 8,673 3,789
    332 Alder place 8,485 3,885
    333 Auguste 8,323 3,981
    334 Aman 8,506 3,872
    335 Ardoin French 8,372 3,955
    336 Alderete Spanish 8,464 3,903
    337 Alvis 8,404 3,936
    338 Andujar 8,700 3,773
    339 Argo 8,635 3,808
    340 Arms 8,541 3,854
    341 Amado 8,896 3,680
    342 Aho 8,506 3,872
    343 Anand Sanskrit 8,651 3,798
    344 Adorno 8,686 3,783
    345 Avilez 8,705 3,771
    346 Adamo 8,971 3,647
    347 Avitia 8,758 3,745
    348 Alcocer Spanish 8,867 3,693
    349 Applewhite Norse, place 8,882 3,687
    350 Askins 9,141 3,569
    351 Andresen 8,939 3,662
    352 Ansley English, place 9,038 3,615
    353 Ancheta Spanish 8,941 3,661
    354 Anzalone 9,097 3,591
    355 Averill 9,227 3,529
    356 Addis patronymic 9,135 3,574
    357 Adamski Polish 9,149 3,566
    358 Adan 9,155 3,564
    359 Amoroso Italian 9,307 3,498
    360 Acord 9,355 3,477
    361 Ayer 9,520 3,415
    362 Antonucci Italian 9,455 3,441
    363 Attaway 9,222 3,534
    364 Alessi Italian 9,628 3,372
    365 Azar 9,643 3,365
    366 Arp 9,560 3,401
    367 Antone 9,320 3,493
    368 Altieri Italian 9,345 3,482
    369 Arciniega Spanish 9,352 3,478
    370 Averett 9,389 3,464
    371 Ang Chinese 9,525 3,413
    372 Alverson 9,407 3,456
    373 Albino 9,418 3,453
    374 Alamo 9,433 3,448
    375 Aubin French 9,473 3,433
    376 Arizmendi Spanish 9,479 3,432
    377 Alsup 9,515 3,416
    378 Aker 9,539 3,408
    379 Absher 9,544 3,407
    380 Arney 9,548 3,405
    381 Alpert 9,954 3,243
    382 Anselmo 9,839 3,289
    383 Athey English 9,736 3,329
    384 Ariza 9,770 3,316
    385 Anderton English, place 9,652 3,362
    386 Agrawal Hindi 9,701 3,344
    387 Adkisson 10,739 2,972
    388 Ayotte French 9,881 3,272
    389 Arechiga Spanish 9,794 3,306
    390 Abdalla 10,068 3,202
    391 Ackerson 9,902 3,264
    392 Anwar 10,480 3,065
    393 Ashman 10,228 3,152
    394 Adkison 10,085 3,196
    395 Andress 10,292 3,131
    396 Alday Spanish, place 10,250 3,145
    397 Ayoub 10,545 3,041
    398 Albaugh 10,410 3,094
    399 Abe Japanese 10,837 2,938
    400 Augustus 10,697 2,988