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    Surnames beginning with B

    2,614 surnames starting with B, 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 Brown English, nickname 4 1,437,026
    2 Baker occupational 44 419,586
    3 Bailey place 72 277,845
    4 Brooks place 82 251,663
    5 Bennett patronymic 86 247,599
    6 Bell 106 220,599
    7 Butler English, occupational 108 218,847
    8 Barnes patronymic 110 218,241
    9 Bryant Irish, patronymic 128 192,773
    10 Burns 155 165,925
    11 Black French, nickname 174 154,738
    12 Boyd Scottish Gaelic, place 176 153,469
    13 Bradley English, place 208 136,720
    14 Berry 222 132,812
    15 Burke Norman, place 246 122,877
    16 Bishop occupational 262 116,618
    17 Burton English, place 280 110,529
    18 Banks place 292 105,833
    19 Bowman occupational 296 105,007
    20 Brewer occupational 303 103,318
    21 Barrett Norman 314 100,104
    22 Bates patronymic 325 95,622
    23 Barnett 324 95,681
    24 Beck occupational 328 93,786
    25 Byrd 331 92,904
    26 Becker Norse, place 357 87,859
    27 Barker English, occupational 360 87,162
    28 Benson English, place 365 86,081
    29 Bush occupational 372 84,018
    30 Baldwin patronymic 395 80,742
    31 Barber occupational 406 78,848
    32 Bowen Welsh, patronymic 407 78,822
    33 Blair 416 78,026
    34 Blake English, nickname 447 73,797
    35 Burgess Norman, place 444 73,931
    36 Brady Irish, place 450 73,145
    37 Barton English 488 68,233
    38 Ball place 508 66,059
    39 Buchanan Scottish Gaelic, place 503 66,648
    40 Bauer German, occupational 517 65,004
    41 Bowers 511 66,003
    42 Ballard 544 61,625
    43 Brock nickname 546 61,369
    44 Burnett French 554 60,791
    45 Barrera Spanish 550 60,998
    46 Bautista Spanish 558 60,264
    47 Briggs English, place 572 58,408
    48 Beil 565 59,463
    49 Bass 589 57,044
    50 Bryan Irish, patronymic 585 57,143
    51 Bruce 636 53,419
    52 Boone 632 53,792
    53 Bridges place 635 53,682
    54 Bradford English, place 628 54,015
    55 Barron Scottish, patronymic 656 52,070
    56 Bonilla Spanish 664 51,475
    57 Benitez Spanish 666 51,288
    58 Boyer French 676 50,742
    59 Booth 697 49,402
    60 Bond occupational 679 50,610
    61 Brennan Irish, patronymic 701 49,238
    62 Baxter English, occupational 706 49,033
    63 Berg German 712 48,746
    64 Beltran Spanish 692 49,776
    65 Barry Irish 738 47,274
    66 Beard nickname 721 48,207
    67 Beasley 732 47,693
    68 Blackwell 741 47,175
    69 Berger 785 43,851
    70 Bullock 770 44,740
    71 Barr 781 44,130
    72 Barajas Spanish 763 45,153
    73 Bartlett patronymic 791 43,648
    74 Browning English, patronymic 797 43,329
    75 Blankenship 787 43,830
    76 Buck place 812 42,639
    77 Bradshaw English, place 818 42,465
    78 Bravo Spanish 828 41,700
    79 Benjamin Greek, patronymic 850 40,590
    80 Buckley English, place 834 41,348
    81 Boyle Irish 866 39,921
    82 Bentley English, place 862 40,193
    83 Bender 881 39,551
    84 Bernal 873 39,693
    85 Blackburn English, place 889 39,097
    86 Bernard patronymic 899 38,512
    87 Best Norman 911 37,923
    88 Blanchard French 920 37,695
    89 Blevins Welsh 906 38,229
    90 Benton English, place 912 37,912
    91 Bean occupational 926 37,571
    92 Booker occupational 941 36,840
    93 Brandt German, place 948 36,613
    94 Burch 958 36,269
    95 Branch French 990 35,225
    96 Baird 1,010 34,721
    97 Braun German 1,012 34,491
    98 Bray Irish 1,003 34,906
    99 Bird 1,041 33,457
    100 Barlow English, place 1,047 33,335
    101 Bright 1,050 33,281
    102 Bonner 1,042 33,446
    103 Bolton English, place 1,068 32,815
    104 Becerra Spanish 1,051 33,274
    105 Barrios Spanish 1,067 32,873
    106 Blanco Spanish 1,099 31,800
    107 Byers 1,087 32,174
    108 Baez 1,121 31,298
    109 Britt 1,115 31,474
    110 Bruno Italian 1,135 30,883
    111 Beach 1,137 30,867
    112 Bacon 1,181 29,860
    113 Byrne Irish, patronymic 1,198 29,503
    114 Britton 1,217 29,040
    115 Bui Vietnamese 1,222 28,919
    116 Belcher French 1,243 28,321
    117 Boggs 1,262 27,880
    118 Baca 1,249 28,082
    119 Burks 1,278 27,523
    120 Broussard French 1,302 26,971
    121 Bland 1,315 26,722
    122 Battle place 1,332 26,432
    123 Bingham Norse, place 1,360 25,941
    124 Bermudez Spanish, patronymic 1,316 26,691
    125 Boyce French, place 1,337 26,376
    126 Bowling 1,311 26,762
    127 Burris 1,312 26,760
    128 Burt 1,331 26,475
    129 Brandon English, place 1,342 26,284
    130 Beatty patronymic 1,389 25,510
    131 Buckner 1,434 24,822
    132 Burgos 1,411 25,169
    133 Burrell French 1,458 24,504
    134 Bloom English 1,483 24,081
    135 Blue German 1,466 24,341
    136 Bowden English, patronymic 1,450 24,560
    137 Bustamante Spanish, place 1,454 24,536
    138 Blanton place 1,478 24,154
    139 Bowles 1,514 23,713
    140 Browne nickname 1,615 22,289
    141 Benavides Spanish 1,508 23,761
    142 Bullard French 1,509 23,755
    143 Butts 1,548 23,227
    144 Butcher occupational 1,567 22,978
    145 Barragan 1,551 23,176
    146 Biggs 1,581 22,641
    147 Billings 1,588 22,553
    148 Boswell French, place 1,591 22,540
    149 Block German 1,658 21,717
    150 Babcock English 1,638 22,016
    151 Bragg 1,643 21,934
    152 Bunch 1,629 22,117
    153 Blackmon 1,628 22,130
    154 Bolden 1,649 21,819
    155 Beaver place 1,665 21,640
    156 Betancourt 1,664 21,663
    157 Bower 1,682 21,445
    158 Brito 1,711 21,007
    159 Brantley German 1,684 21,395
    160 Beal Norman 1,726 20,752
    161 Bassett French, nickname 1,750 20,482
    162 Barnard German, patronymic 1,760 20,366
    163 Benoit French 1,775 20,160
    164 Betts 1,799 19,983
    165 Blount 1,803 19,878
    166 Barnhart 1,777 20,157
    167 Boucher French 1,791 20,050
    168 Bergeron French 1,786 20,073
    169 Brewster occupational 1,830 19,564
    170 Burger 1,840 19,480
    171 Barbosa 1,992 18,106
    172 Burkett 1,852 19,369
    173 Bateman occupational 1,893 19,001
    174 Brand 1,879 19,135
    175 Bernstein German 2,015 17,916
    176 Beyer German 1,937 18,641
    177 Barrientos Spanish 1,905 18,877
    178 Batista 1,974 18,323
    179 Bledsoe 1,948 18,510
    180 Bryson patronymic 1,954 18,486
    181 Banuelos 1,939 18,636
    182 Bergman 2,021 17,846
    183 Blum German 2,072 17,458
    184 Barraza 2,004 18,030
    185 Burroughs place 2,087 17,336
    186 Benedict patronymic 2,130 17,036
    187 Burrows place 2,085 17,355
    188 Busch 2,086 17,354
    189 Bain Scottish Gaelic 2,082 17,371
    190 Bagley 2,089 17,324
    191 Bellamy Norman 2,108 17,167
    192 Bauman 2,040 17,641
    193 Begay 2,053 17,553
    194 Barrow English 2,159 16,801
    195 Brunson 2,115 17,099
    196 Boykin 2,096 17,255
    197 Bueno 2,140 16,936
    198 Bello 2,143 16,915
    199 Bustos Spanish 2,129 17,040
    200 Baer German 2,192 16,587
    201 Burnette French 2,172 16,717
    202 Bartley 2,175 16,689
    203 Berman 2,271 16,025
    204 Baron French 2,234 16,308
    205 Barney English, patronymic 2,224 16,404
    206 Baum German 2,230 16,334
    207 Burkhart 2,204 16,526
    208 Balderas Spanish 2,196 16,576
    209 Brenner 2,255 16,114
    210 Brunner 2,337 15,593
    211 Bynum 2,251 16,166
    212 Brannon 2,253 16,136
    213 Burnham English, place 2,315 15,775
    214 Borden 2,352 15,500
    215 Bruner 2,292 15,898
    216 Boudreaux French 2,282 15,976
    217 Boston English, place 2,309 15,814
    218 Burr 2,323 15,703
    219 Busby Norse, place 2,320 15,754
    220 Beavers 2,348 15,531
    221 Bartholomew Greek, patronymic 2,374 15,339
    222 Burk 2,352 15,500
    223 Bianco 2,381 15,278
    224 Bliss nickname 2,471 14,588
    225 Banda 2,409 15,055
    226 Briones Spanish, place 2,403 15,098
    227 Beckman German 2,412 15,045
    228 Brower 2,423 14,950
    229 Beebe 2,441 14,847
    230 Boles 2,426 14,946
    231 Bail 2,421 14,957
    232 Baumann German 2,461 14,644
    233 Barth 2,474 14,579
    234 Barbour 2,504 14,451
    235 Blackman 2,535 14,278
    236 Barger 2,528 14,324
    237 Bowser 2,517 14,383
    238 Breen 2,549 14,170
    239 Burdick 2,567 14,081
    240 Baughman 2,543 14,230
    241 Branham 2,599 13,872
    242 Beam 2,584 13,972
    243 Brinkley English 2,632 13,695
    244 Briscoe Norse, place 2,629 13,728
    245 Bonds 2,643 13,620
    246 Braswell 2,605 13,838
    247 Braden Irish, patronymic 2,648 13,603
    248 Borges Portuguese 2,908 12,337
    249 Bock 2,691 13,382
    250 Bearden 2,670 13,499
    251 Bales 2,704 13,326
    252 Bourgeois French 2,705 13,325
    253 Barkley 2,764 13,051
    254 Bouchard French 2,739 13,154
    255 Blank 2,765 13,050
    256 Burleson 2,734 13,176
    257 Bachman 2,763 13,057
    258 Byler 2,722 13,230
    259 Burden 2,770 13,028
    260 Barfield 2,737 13,165
    261 Bolin 2,783 12,962
    262 Baltazar Spanish 2,767 13,045
    263 Beaty 2,800 12,869
    264 Belanger French 2,793 12,922
    265 Bertrand French 2,881 12,461
    266 Barone 2,826 12,758
    267 Breaux French 2,842 12,705
    268 Babb 2,820 12,794
    269 Baggett 2,833 12,717
    270 Birch 2,954 12,161
    271 Braxton place 2,921 12,268
    272 Benavidez 2,849 12,648
    273 Baugh 2,873 12,543
    274 Bollinger German 2,891 12,425
    275 Bach German 2,986 11,999
    276 Broughton English, place 2,918 12,273
    277 Begum 2,924 12,255
    278 Berrios Spanish 2,885 12,451
    279 Bundy 2,971 12,065
    280 Brubaker 2,934 12,218
    281 Brinson 2,912 12,303
    282 Billingsley 2,995 11,973
    283 Beauchamp French, place 3,023 11,865
    284 Bigelow English, place 3,086 11,650
    285 Brink 2,989 11,982
    286 Beckett 3,045 11,763
    287 Bethea 2,972 12,061
    288 Bowie 3,039 11,786
    289 Beverly 2,992 11,978
    290 Beckwith English 3,020 11,876
    291 Barclay 3,115 11,568
    292 Baumgartner German 3,156 11,448
    293 Blakely 3,077 11,669
    294 Bair 3,052 11,740
    295 Brice patronymic 3,067 11,697
    296 Bull nickname 3,088 11,646
    297 Boland German, patronymic 3,092 11,631
    298 Brumfield 3,027 11,842
    299 Branson place 3,106 11,587
    300 Bolanos Spanish 3,029 11,829
    301 Butterfield 3,152 11,468
    302 Brothers 3,096 11,619
    303 Benner 3,100 11,612
    304 Blalock 3,145 11,493
    305 Burkholder 3,128 11,532
    306 Botello Galician 3,113 11,569
    307 Brownlee English, place 3,186 11,344
    308 Byrnes 3,271 11,039
    309 Barbee 3,151 11,470
    310 Breeden 3,169 11,395
    311 Bronson English, patronymic 3,215 11,229
    312 Burdette French 3,200 11,284
    313 Brockman 3,223 11,204
    314 Bruns 3,234 11,158
    315 Bostic Slovene 3,259 11,079
    316 Brackett Norman 3,278 11,027
    317 Boyles 3,236 11,156
    318 Bunn 3,230 11,180
    319 Bayer German 3,389 10,544
    320 Barba 3,268 11,043
    321 Beers 3,268 11,043
    322 Brant nickname 3,301 10,886
    323 Bone 3,350 10,692
    324 Boehm German 3,340 10,730
    325 Broderick Welsh 3,404 10,504
    326 Briseno 3,313 10,821
    327 Beaulieu French 3,349 10,695
    328 Burge 3,447 10,364
    329 Barreto 3,524 10,127
    330 Behrens 3,398 10,524
    331 Brinkman Dutch 3,421 10,432
    332 Bagwell 3,460 10,324
    333 Barksdale 3,472 10,294
    334 Broome 3,522 10,133
    335 Ballesteros Spanish 3,481 10,261
    336 Betz 3,527 10,120
    337 Box 3,538 10,098
    338 Binder 3,660 9,720
    339 Beckham English 3,575 9,960
    340 Blaylock 3,563 10,008
    341 Boudreau 3,534 10,103
    342 Bills 3,552 10,051
    343 Bahena 3,571 9,983
    344 Broyles German 3,630 9,781
    345 Brandenburg 3,691 9,624
    346 Bohannon Irish, patronymic 3,677 9,663
    347 Badillo 3,642 9,753
    348 Bess 3,677 9,663
    349 Bernier French 3,693 9,614
    350 Bivens 3,701 9,603
    351 Bourne English 3,823 9,270
    352 Batchelor 3,762 9,417
    353 Brill patronymic 3,841 9,215
    354 Bratton 3,809 9,300
    355 Buss French, occupational 3,865 9,177
    356 Biddle 3,840 9,219
    357 Bader 3,854 9,197
    358 Buford English 3,907 9,089
    359 Bolen 3,793 9,323
    360 Bohn 3,822 9,272
    361 Bittner 3,870 9,163
    362 Bobo 3,828 9,254
    363 Beall 3,847 9,202
    364 Bratcher 3,807 9,301
    365 Beattie 3,955 8,993
    366 Barnhill English, place 3,940 9,040
    367 Bowens 3,861 9,188
    368 Burney Norman 3,888 9,126
    369 Bedford English 4,029 8,814
    370 Blocker 3,874 9,149
    371 Breedlove 3,914 9,075
    372 Baptiste French, patronymic 3,983 8,915
    373 Bourque French 3,961 8,973
    374 Bergstrom Swedish 3,986 8,908
    375 Borders 3,928 9,053
    376 Belton English, place 3,939 9,041
    377 Burnside place 4,009 8,859
    378 Batson patronymic 3,972 8,951
    379 Bannister occupational 4,105 8,639
    380 Bartels 4,032 8,809
    381 Basham 4,036 8,806
    382 Barahona Spanish 4,019 8,844
    383 Bianchi Italian 4,293 8,284
    384 Back 4,051 8,762
    385 Belt place 4,065 8,737
    386 Boss 4,154 8,529
    387 Brittain Norman, place 4,096 8,671
    388 Boothe 4,100 8,656
    389 Buffington 4,063 8,738
    390 Bunting nickname 4,072 8,725
    391 Burkhardt German 4,080 8,707
    392 Begley Irish, patronymic 4,200 8,435
    393 Blunt English, nickname 4,259 8,326
    394 Blackwood place 4,213 8,407
    395 Burley English 4,149 8,542
    396 Bandy 4,133 8,582
    397 Bradbury English, place 4,343 8,172
    398 Barboza 4,172 8,497
    399 Batts patronymic 4,179 8,473
    400 Bertram patronymic 4,236 8,369