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    Most common surnames among multiracial Americans

    Estimated from the 2010 Census by multiplying how many people carry each surname by the share who identified as two or more races. Smith comes first.

    Other groups: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American.

    #SurnameOriginPeople (Multiracial)US rankPeople in the US
    1 Smith English, occupational 53,501 1 2,442,977
    2 Johnson patronymic 49,480 2 1,932,812
    3 Williams 45,670 3 1,625,252
    4 Jones patronymic 37,205 5 1,425,470
    5 Brown English, nickname 36,644 4 1,437,026
    6 Davis 27,351 8 1,116,357
    7 Jackson patronymic 22,093 19 708,099
    8 Miller occupational 20,557 7 1,161,437
    9 Thomas Latin, patronymic 19,508 16 756,142
    10 Wilson patronymic 19,085 14 801,882
    11 Lee English, place 18,296 21 693,023
    12 Taylor occupational 18,104 17 751,209
    13 Harris English, patronymic 17,479 25 624,252
    14 Moore 16,950 18 724,374
    15 Anderson English, patronymic 16,551 15 784,404
    16 Thompson patronymic 15,752 23 664,644
    17 White Norman, nickname 15,720 24 660,491
    18 Robinson patronymic 14,676 30 529,821
    19 Martin Latin 14,193 20 702,625
    20 Lewis Norman, patronymic 13,720 29 531,781
    21 Walker occupational 13,340 31 523,129
    22 Young nickname 12,886 32 484,447
    23 Clark English, occupational 12,323 27 562,679
    24 Allen patronymic 11,486 33 482,607
    25 Scott nickname 11,384 36 439,530
    26 Wright occupational 11,061 35 458,980
    27 Hill place 10,914 39 434,827
    28 King nickname 10,751 34 465,422
    29 Green place 10,625 41 430,182
    30 Carter Irish, occupational 9,990 49 376,966
    31 Mitchell English, patronymic 9,612 48 384,486
    32 Adams patronymic 9,242 42 427,865
    33 Hall place 9,037 45 407,076
    34 Nelson English, patronymic 8,499 43 424,958
    35 Baker occupational 8,476 44 419,586
    36 Turner English, occupational 8,297 54 348,627
    37 Campbell Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 8,225 47 386,157
    38 Edwards patronymic 8,211 58 332,423
    39 Evans Welsh, patronymic 8,179 53 355,593
    40 Roberts patronymic 8,101 50 376,774
    41 Nguyen Vietnamese 8,009 38 437,645
    42 Parker occupational 7,901 56 336,221
    43 Phillips patronymic 7,829 52 360,802
    44 Collins patronymic 7,354 59 329,770
    45 Stewart occupational 7,279 61 324,957
    46 Morris patronymic 7,143 62 318,884
    47 Washington English, place 6,705 145 177,386
    48 James patronymic 6,584 85 249,379
    49 Howard Norse, patronymic 6,515 75 264,826
    50 Cooper occupational 6,486 70 280,791
    51 Brooks place 6,443 82 251,663
    52 Reed 6,372 73 277,030
    53 Rogers patronymic 6,347 66 302,261
    54 Richardson patronymic 6,339 80 259,798
    55 Coleman patronymic 6,112 107 219,070
    56 Morgan 6,012 69 286,280
    57 Bailey place 6,001 72 277,845
    58 Cook occupational 5,991 65 302,589
    59 Watson patronymic 5,809 81 252,579
    60 Wong Chinese 5,791 274 111,371
    61 Gray place 5,735 87 246,116
    62 Singh Punjabi 5,616 260 116,749
    63 Sanders English, patronymic 5,598 94 230,374
    64 Henderson patronymic 5,591 109 218,393
    65 Bell 5,537 106 220,599
    66 Alexander Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 5,443 118 204,621
    67 Murphy Irish, patronymic 5,428 64 308,417
    68 Ward occupational 5,418 79 260,464
    69 Perry place 5,388 103 221,741
    70 Jenkins patronymic 5,388 102 222,653
    71 Butler English, occupational 5,362 108 218,847
    72 Ross Scottish Gaelic, occupational 5,321 98 229,368
    73 Foster occupational 5,307 99 227,764
    74 Simmons patronymic 5,297 114 210,182
    75 Powell Welsh, patronymic 5,150 101 224,874
    76 Kim Korean 5,142 77 262,352
    77 Barnes patronymic 5,129 110 218,241
    78 Jordan Greek, patronymic 5,106 116 208,403
    79 Price Welsh, patronymic 5,034 91 235,251
    80 Bennett patronymic 4,927 86 247,599
    81 Woods patronymic 4,861 144 177,425
    82 Kelly Irish 4,840 74 267,394
    83 Russell Norman, nickname 4,830 104 221,558
    84 Patterson English, patronymic 4,827 117 205,423
    85 Peterson patronymic 4,787 71 278,297
    86 Bryant Irish, patronymic 4,761 128 192,773
    87 Cox occupational 4,754 78 261,231
    88 Ford place 4,658 137 184,832
    89 Hughes patronymic 4,655 90 236,271
    90 Hamilton English, place 4,620 119 201,746
    91 Wallace Norman, nickname 4,557 123 197,276
    92 Hayes English, patronymic 4,545 127 194,246
    93 Griffin 4,524 122 198,406
    94 Long nickname 4,519 97 229,374
    95 Owens patronymic 4,513 140 182,719
    96 Wood place 4,488 84 250,715
    97 Gibson patronymic 4,462 130 190,667
    98 West 4,445 125 195,818
    99 Marshall occupational 4,304 139 183,922
    100 Graham 4,285 120 201,159
    101 Hunter occupational 4,272 160 162,440
    102 Ellis patronymic 4,233 131 188,968
    103 Dixon patronymic 4,162 167 159,480
    104 Myers patronymic 4,138 96 229,895
    105 Harrison patronymic 4,111 141 181,091
    106 Cole patronymic 4,101 126 195,289
    107 Fisher occupational 4,058 112 214,703
    108 Reynolds patronymic 4,045 121 200,247
    109 Freeman 4,026 151 169,149
    110 Khan 4,014 427 76,171
    111 Henry French, patronymic 4,001 149 170,964
    112 Daniels patronymic 3,928 187 146,570
    113 Wells English, place 3,912 147 176,230
    114 Mason occupational 3,813 166 160,213
    115 Patel Gujarati 3,795 95 229,973
    116 Stevens patronymic 3,788 135 185,674
    117 Crawford English, place 3,783 156 164,457
    118 Tucker occupational 3,768 153 167,446
    119 Porter English, occupational 3,767 159 163,054
    120 Simpson patronymic 3,753 158 163,181
    121 Murray Scottish Gaelic, place 3,735 136 184,910
    122 Hunt occupational 3,723 169 158,421
    123 Holmes 3,716 171 156,780
    124 Gordon place 3,657 161 161,833
    125 McDonald Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 3,628 143 180,497
    126 Boyd Scottish Gaelic, place 3,622 176 153,469
    127 Hicks patronymic 3,531 170 158,320
    128 Sullivan Irish 3,514 105 220,990
    129 Hawkins English, patronymic 3,494 200 139,751
    130 Spencer English, occupational 3,471 199 139,951
    131 Shaw place 3,449 164 160,400
    132 Warren French 3,439 181 152,147
    133 Chang Chinese 3,425 391 81,939
    134 Ali Arabic 3,396 559 60,002
    135 Payne 3,380 195 142,601
    136 Webb occupational 3,361 152 168,878
    137 Franklin English, nickname 3,353 251 120,621
    138 Grant Norman, nickname 3,344 196 142,277
    139 Willis patronymic 3,319 230 130,152
    140 Kennedy Irish 3,307 146 176,865
    141 Palmer French, nickname 3,304 172 156,601
    142 Ferguson patronymic 3,265 188 146,426
    143 Watkins patronymic 3,253 240 127,083
    144 Robertson patronymic 3,242 175 153,666
    145 Black French, nickname 3,219 174 154,738
    146 Tran Vietnamese 3,204 132 188,498
    147 Banks place 3,154 292 105,833
    148 Mills occupational 3,130 182 151,942
    149 Armstrong nickname 3,120 213 135,044
    150 Berry 3,108 222 132,812