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    Most common surnames among white Americans

    Estimated from the 2010 Census by multiplying how many people carry each surname by the share who identified as white (not Hispanic). Smith comes first.

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

    #SurnameOriginPeople (White)US rankPeople in the US
    1 Smith English, occupational 1,732,071 1 2,442,977
    2 Johnson patronymic 1,139,779 2 1,932,812
    3 Miller occupational 976,885 7 1,161,437
    4 Brown English, nickname 832,757 4 1,437,026
    5 Jones patronymic 786,717 5 1,425,470
    6 Williams 743,553 3 1,625,252
    7 Davis 694,374 8 1,116,357
    8 Anderson English, patronymic 589,636 15 784,404
    9 Wilson patronymic 540,148 14 801,882
    10 Martin Latin 525,564 20 702,625
    11 Taylor occupational 491,140 17 751,209
    12 Moore 481,057 18 724,374
    13 Thompson patronymic 463,789 23 664,644
    14 White Norman, nickname 432,688 24 660,491
    15 Clark English, occupational 420,040 27 562,679
    16 Thomas Latin, patronymic 397,958 16 756,142
    17 Baker occupational 334,956 44 419,586
    18 Nelson English, patronymic 330,022 43 424,958
    19 King nickname 326,540 34 465,422
    20 Allen patronymic 326,194 33 482,607
    21 Young nickname 320,995 32 484,447
    22 Harris English, patronymic 320,866 25 624,252
    23 Adams patronymic 316,706 42 427,865
    24 Lewis Norman, patronymic 309,656 29 531,781
    25 Walker occupational 306,867 31 523,129
    26 Wright occupational 302,009 35 458,980
    27 Hall place 295,741 45 407,076
    28 Roberts patronymic 291,133 50 376,774
    29 Campbell Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 284,443 47 386,157
    30 Jackson patronymic 282,461 19 708,099
    31 Hill place 279,855 39 434,827
    32 Phillips patronymic 276,699 52 360,802
    33 Scott nickname 264,641 36 439,530
    34 Robinson patronymic 258,023 30 529,821
    35 Murphy Irish, patronymic 256,325 64 308,417
    36 Lee English, place 249,142 21 693,023
    37 Cook occupational 247,518 65 302,589
    38 Green place 244,515 41 430,182
    39 Evans Welsh, patronymic 243,190 53 355,593
    40 Collins patronymic 236,148 59 329,770
    41 Peterson patronymic 234,855 71 278,297
    42 Morris patronymic 234,667 62 318,884
    43 Mitchell English, patronymic 234,613 48 384,486
    44 Parker occupational 232,564 56 336,221
    45 Rogers patronymic 227,905 66 302,261
    46 Stewart occupational 224,773 61 324,957
    47 Turner English, occupational 223,993 54 348,627
    48 Wood place 222,434 84 250,715
    49 Carter Irish, occupational 219,394 49 376,966
    50 Morgan 217,773 69 286,280
    51 Cox occupational 215,829 78 261,231
    52 Kelly Irish 208,808 74 267,394
    53 Edwards patronymic 206,534 58 332,423
    54 Bailey place 201,299 72 277,845
    55 Reed 197,495 73 277,030
    56 Ward occupational 196,859 79 260,464
    57 Myers patronymic 194,261 96 229,895
    58 Sullivan Irish 193,875 105 220,990
    59 Cooper occupational 190,741 70 280,791
    60 Bennett patronymic 189,562 86 247,599
    61 Hughes patronymic 185,213 90 236,271
    62 Long nickname 183,224 97 229,374
    63 Fisher occupational 177,302 112 214,703
    64 Price Welsh, patronymic 173,921 91 235,251
    65 Russell Norman, nickname 170,710 104 221,558
    66 Howard Norse, patronymic 170,310 75 264,826
    67 Gray place 169,032 87 246,116
    68 Watson patronymic 166,778 81 252,579
    69 Reynolds patronymic 162,360 121 200,247
    70 Foster occupational 158,638 99 227,764
    71 Ross Scottish Gaelic, occupational 158,172 98 229,368
    72 Olson Swedish, patronymic 155,440 157 164,035
    73 Richardson patronymic 155,099 80 259,798
    74 Brooks place 151,551 82 251,663
    75 Perry place 151,493 103 221,741
    76 Stevens patronymic 151,213 135 185,674
    77 Powell Welsh, patronymic 151,115 101 224,874
    78 Snyder Dutch, occupational 150,758 165 160,262
    79 West 147,803 125 195,818
    80 Cole patronymic 147,111 126 195,289
    81 Wagner German 144,064 173 155,795
    82 Meyer Yiddish 143,109 183 150,895
    83 Kennedy Irish 142,942 146 176,865
    84 Hamilton English, place 141,646 119 201,746
    85 Barnes patronymic 141,442 110 218,241
    86 Graham 140,852 120 201,159
    87 Sanders English, patronymic 140,021 94 230,374
    88 Schmidt German, occupational 139,903 185 147,034
    89 Murray Scottish Gaelic, place 138,535 136 184,910
    90 McDonald Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 138,351 143 180,497
    91 Patterson English, patronymic 138,188 117 205,423
    92 Gibson patronymic 137,547 130 190,667
    93 Wallace Norman, nickname 136,594 123 197,276
    94 Butler English, occupational 136,473 108 218,847
    95 Bell 134,808 106 220,599
    96 Hayes English, patronymic 134,768 127 194,246
    97 Fox 134,176 180 152,334
    98 Burns 133,171 155 165,925
    99 Ellis patronymic 132,958 131 188,968
    100 Stone occupational 131,786 178 153,329
    101 Ryan Irish, patronymic 131,474 193 143,452
    102 Wells English, place 130,410 147 176,230
    103 Henderson patronymic 130,228 109 218,393
    104 Hansen Danish, patronymic 130,002 204 137,977
    105 James patronymic 128,630 85 249,379
    106 Jenkins patronymic 128,604 102 222,653
    107 Jordan Greek, patronymic 128,043 116 208,403
    108 Webb occupational 127,554 152 168,878
    109 Griffin 126,524 122 198,406
    110 Rose patronymic 125,908 177 153,397
    111 Harrison patronymic 124,337 141 181,091
    112 Hoffman German, occupational 123,622 224 131,401
    113 Simmons patronymic 121,716 114 210,182
    114 Marshall occupational 121,444 139 183,922
    115 Weaver occupational 121,413 192 143,837
    116 Johnston place 120,364 225 131,373
    117 Owens patronymic 120,320 140 182,719
    118 Nichols patronymic 119,990 189 145,584
    119 Alexander Scottish Gaelic, patronymic 119,069 118 204,621
    120 Kelley Irish 117,873 198 140,693
    121 Mills occupational 117,755 182 151,942
    122 Palmer French, nickname 117,576 172 156,601
    123 Tucker occupational 117,229 153 167,446
    124 Hunt occupational 116,550 169 158,421
    125 Larson English, patronymic 116,200 247 122,587
    126 Rice Welsh, occupational 116,057 184 149,500
    127 Shaw place 115,600 164 160,400
    128 Simpson patronymic 115,500 158 163,181
    129 Black French, nickname 115,481 174 154,738
    130 Ford place 114,688 137 184,832
    131 Carlson Danish, patronymic 114,319 252 120,552
    132 Peters patronymic 113,943 205 137,513
    133 Dunn Irish, patronymic 113,255 197 141,427
    134 Arnold patronymic 112,878 201 138,893
    135 Robertson patronymic 112,822 175 153,666
    136 Crawford English, place 112,752 156 164,457
    137 Bryant Irish, patronymic 112,695 128 192,773
    138 Pierce patronymic 112,262 202 138,629
    139 Carpenter Latin, occupational 111,985 231 129,898
    140 Porter English, occupational 111,806 159 163,054
    141 Carroll Irish 111,416 215 134,317
    142 O'Brien Irish, patronymic 111,266 258 118,557
    143 Elliott Hebrew, patronymic 110,811 210 135,765
    144 Freeman 110,793 151 169,149
    145 Hart patronymic 110,488 207 137,184
    146 Mason occupational 110,259 166 160,213
    147 Ferguson patronymic 109,571 188 146,426
    148 Jensen Danish, patronymic 108,704 265 115,679
    149 Coleman patronymic 108,286 107 219,070
    150 Gardner occupational 107,185 194 142,894