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    English surnames

    1,446 surnames that come from English, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Smith, Brown, Anderson. The 500 most common are listed.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Smith 1 2,442,977
    2 Brown 4 1,437,026
    3 Anderson 15 784,404
    4 Lee 21 693,023
    5 Harris 25 624,252
    6 Clark 27 562,679
    7 Nelson 43 424,958
    8 Mitchell 48 384,486
    9 Turner 54 348,627
    10 Sanders 94 230,374
    11 Butler 108 218,847
    12 Patterson 117 205,423
    13 Hamilton 119 201,746
    14 Hayes 127 194,246
    15 Washington 145 177,386
    16 Wells 147 176,230
    17 Crawford 156 164,457
    18 Porter 159 163,054
    19 Spencer 199 139,951
    20 Hawkins 200 139,751
    21 Knight 209 136,713
    22 Bradley 208 136,720
    23 Cunningham 211 135,718
    24 Chapman 236 127,939
    25 Harper 245 124,461
    26 Larson 247 122,587
    27 Franklin 251 120,621
    28 Burton 280 110,529
    29 Walsh 295 105,079
    30 Stanley 321 96,867
    31 Wade 319 97,040
    32 Caldwell 327 93,944
    33 Rhodes 343 90,670
    34 Sutton 341 90,964
    35 Shelton 344 90,517
    36 Steele 355 88,230
    37 Barker 360 87,162
    38 Hale 362 86,618
    39 Benson 365 86,081
    40 Horton 367 85,195
    41 Miles 368 84,942
    42 Thornton 373 83,967
    43 Dawson 380 83,182
    44 Reeves 390 81,978
    45 Ramsey 412 78,350
    46 Blake 447 73,797
    47 Newton 443 74,092
    48 Walton 446 73,854
    49 Goodwin 454 72,451
    50 Clarke 487 68,281
    51 Wolf 474 70,031
    52 Sherman 469 70,502
    53 Rowe 478 69,879
    54 Hampton 482 69,472
    55 Townsend 483 69,360
    56 Barton 488 68,233
    57 Strickland 494 67,769
    58 Osborne 502 66,827
    59 Tyler 509 66,056
    60 Norton 531 63,722
    61 Yates 535 63,254
    62 Cain 551 60,948
    63 Lamb 561 59,913
    64 Morton 568 59,213
    65 Briggs 572 58,408
    66 Holloway 576 58,040
    67 Houston 592 56,900
    68 Clayton 595 56,638
    69 Whitaker 596 56,616
    70 Randall 621 54,764
    71 Singleton 622 54,621
    72 Bradford 628 54,015
    73 Allison 646 52,701
    74 Dalton 654 52,184
    75 Wyatt 653 52,211
    76 Melton 688 50,069
    77 Baxter 706 49,033
    78 Clay 708 48,844
    79 Preston 736 47,367
    80 Mosley 730 47,963
    81 Eaton 740 47,184
    82 Vance 737 47,324
    83 Jacobson 767 44,808
    84 Leach 772 44,581
    85 Browning 797 43,329
    86 Livingston 821 42,103
    87 Middleton 813 42,578
    88 Bradshaw 818 42,465
    89 Herman 826 41,750
    90 Knapp 825 41,771
    91 Buckley 834 41,348
    92 House 844 41,000
    93 Small 861 40,212
    94 Bentley 862 40,193
    95 Blackburn 889 39,097
    96 Ashley 900 38,499
    97 Farley 898 38,528
    98 Haley 917 37,858
    99 Benton 912 37,912
    100 Richmond 934 37,053
    101 Sheppard 938 36,960
    102 Whitney 994 35,118
    103 Dudley 972 35,781
    104 Compton 971 35,830
    105 Pollard 974 35,749
    106 Jarvis 985 35,350
    107 Hinton 979 35,606
    108 Mayo 989 35,228
    109 Cantrell 988 35,266
    110 Odom 996 35,020
    111 Barlow 1,047 33,335
    112 Cotton 1,044 33,374
    113 Bolton 1,068 32,815
    114 Slater 1,075 32,584
    115 Fulton 1,083 32,258
    116 Carver 1,079 32,415
    117 Hartley 1,124 31,221
    118 Cleveland 1,127 31,123
    119 Dodd 1,144 30,732
    120 Alston 1,148 30,693
    121 Alford 1,140 30,771
    122 Hewitt 1,191 29,694
    123 Whitfield 1,171 29,962
    124 England 1,174 29,926
    125 Holley 1,163 30,231
    126 Hilton 1,223 28,918
    127 Knowles 1,239 28,460
    128 Hastings 1,253 28,015
    129 Lyon 1,271 27,690
    130 Pryor 1,263 27,805
    131 Womack 1,245 28,201
    132 Denton 1,268 27,742
    133 Sykes 1,276 27,546
    134 Shirley 1,292 27,224
    135 Langley 1,289 27,252
    136 Pike 1,318 26,655
    137 Whitley 1,313 26,732
    138 Brandon 1,342 26,284
    139 Weston 1,380 25,637
    140 Ackerman 1,398 25,401
    141 Elmore 1,369 25,774
    142 Roe 1,406 25,286
    143 Albright 1,410 25,189
    144 Manley 1,413 25,136
    145 Walden 1,435 24,821
    146 Helton 1,414 25,118
    147 Bloom 1,483 24,081
    148 Bowden 1,450 24,560
    149 Sanderson 1,462 24,384
    150 Tatum 1,451 24,558
    151 Crow 1,482 24,089
    152 Metcalf 1,494 23,946
    153 Stroud 1,477 24,211
    154 Horner 1,500 23,881
    155 Newsome 1,491 23,958
    156 Phipps 1,519 23,610
    157 Holbrook 1,502 23,843
    158 Lord 1,535 23,405
    159 Payton 1,515 23,670
    160 Wesley 1,555 23,135
    161 Mead 1,578 22,727
    162 Aldridge 1,562 23,034
    163 Heard 1,534 23,408
    164 Stratton 1,565 22,983
    165 Godwin 1,583 22,628
    166 Arrington 1,573 22,840
    167 Whaley 1,575 22,833
    168 Clifford 1,618 22,245
    169 Dunham 1,604 22,362
    170 Dodge 1,635 22,035
    171 Babcock 1,638 22,016
    172 Thorpe 1,651 21,813
    173 Winston 1,662 21,667
    174 Hadley 1,653 21,771
    175 Willard 1,690 21,352
    176 Stanford 1,692 21,295
    177 Waddell 1,691 21,301
    178 Carlton 1,698 21,202
    179 Henley 1,717 20,934
    180 Spivey 1,702 21,161
    181 Milton 1,732 20,703
    182 Hackett 1,772 20,278
    183 Deal 1,760 20,366
    184 Lockwood 1,806 19,865
    185 Hargrove 1,764 20,360
    186 Westbrook 1,770 20,284
    187 Farr 1,794 20,011
    188 Sheffield 1,817 19,738
    189 Sheldon 1,855 19,339
    190 Goodrich 1,838 19,487
    191 Langston 1,816 19,742
    192 Shipley 1,831 19,563
    193 Hanley 1,864 19,240
    194 Langford 1,870 19,208
    195 Hutton 1,955 18,479
    196 Mansfield 1,923 18,725
    197 Sumner 1,909 18,838
    198 Overton 1,914 18,820
    199 Ogden 1,906 18,860
    200 Haywood 1,970 18,360
    201 Hathaway 1,966 18,401
    202 Hay 2,005 18,029
    203 Stapleton 1,973 18,332
    204 Judd 1,991 18,110
    205 Hawley 1,993 18,100
    206 Corley 2,012 17,931
    207 Calvert 2,043 17,619
    208 Aldrich 2,060 17,509
    209 Ashby 2,069 17,482
    210 Sneed 2,027 17,804
    211 Oakley 2,099 17,238
    212 Dutton 2,123 17,057
    213 Barrow 2,159 16,801
    214 Huddleston 2,102 17,231
    215 Coe 2,157 16,819
    216 Finney 2,139 16,939
    217 Whitlock 2,142 16,927
    218 Gage 2,187 16,614
    219 Grayson 2,138 16,946
    220 Hawk 2,149 16,884
    221 Chadwick 2,222 16,415
    222 Clinton 2,242 16,263
    223 Purvis 2,177 16,686
    224 Barney 2,224 16,404
    225 Felton 2,266 16,044
    226 Woodall 2,243 16,260
    227 Kinsey 2,258 16,102
    228 Fenton 2,274 16,017
    229 Willoughby 2,257 16,111
    230 Burnham 2,315 15,775
    231 Boston 2,309 15,814
    232 Rowley 2,338 15,588
    233 Skelton 2,330 15,624
    234 Royal 2,319 15,755
    235 Hough 2,345 15,549
    236 Tinsley 2,361 15,442
    237 Hearn 2,385 15,234
    238 Whitmore 2,380 15,296
    239 Chester 2,408 15,066
    240 Rudd 2,451 14,732
    241 Priest 2,430 14,915
    242 Worthington 2,503 14,452
    243 Cloud 2,478 14,555
    244 Oswald 2,530 14,322
    245 Higginbotham 2,492 14,489
    246 Staton 2,514 14,413
    247 Shelley 2,533 14,300
    248 Kelsey 2,501 14,456
    249 Linton 2,524 14,354
    250 Newcomb 2,534 14,292
    251 Mayberry 2,527 14,326
    252 Upton 2,616 13,769
    253 Lockett 2,555 14,140
    254 Heaton 2,606 13,834
    255 Lawton 2,630 13,713
    256 Brinkley 2,632 13,695
    257 Lovelace 2,613 13,787
    258 Robb 2,686 13,402
    259 Pruett 2,644 13,618
    260 Stockton 2,709 13,306
    261 Newberry 2,675 13,482
    262 Witherspoon 2,736 13,171
    263 Carrington 2,706 13,320
    264 Nesbitt 2,717 13,248
    265 Ely 2,745 13,130
    266 Marlow 2,728 13,205
    267 Spear 2,712 13,284
    268 Oldham 2,792 12,928
    269 Willey 2,759 13,067
    270 Pringle 2,750 13,115
    271 Radford 2,785 12,956
    272 Lytle 2,781 12,970
    273 Willingham 2,814 12,818
    274 Chisholm 2,878 12,503
    275 Ashton 2,922 12,263
    276 Matlock 2,861 12,599
    277 Wheatley 2,875 12,520
    278 Crawley 2,874 12,523
    279 Shelby 2,912 12,303
    280 Shockley 2,877 12,504
    281 Ralston 2,914 12,302
    282 Broughton 2,918 12,273
    283 Milner 2,955 12,153
    284 Cornwell 2,950 12,168
    285 Duckworth 2,968 12,080
    286 Bigelow 3,086 11,650
    287 Edgar 3,014 11,895
    288 Harley 2,943 12,186
    289 Nye 2,952 12,167
    290 Wharton 3,084 11,656
    291 Paxton 3,049 11,754
    292 Moulton 2,963 12,104
    293 Beckwith 3,020 11,876
    294 Stuckey 3,026 11,846
    295 Holton 3,058 11,731
    296 Harlow 3,060 11,726
    297 Smalley 3,055 11,737
    298 Canfield 3,117 11,560
    299 Ridley 3,133 11,521
    300 Harlan 3,188 11,339
    301 Waugh 3,171 11,387
    302 Perrin 3,121 11,550
    303 Houghton 3,228 11,184
    304 Whatley 3,109 11,579
    305 Gresham 3,162 11,412
    306 Brownlee 3,186 11,344
    307 Ellington 3,132 11,522
    308 Morley 3,275 11,028
    309 Pemberton 3,207 11,272
    310 Bronson 3,215 11,229
    311 Whiteside 3,191 11,334
    312 Needham 3,289 10,983
    313 Leigh 3,499 10,213
    314 Wren 3,220 11,211
    315 Harwood 3,212 11,238
    316 Hardwick 3,310 10,841
    317 Wheat 3,290 10,979
    318 Wayne 3,498 10,215
    319 Charlton 3,383 10,555
    320 Stowe 3,355 10,668
    321 Younger 3,357 10,658
    322 Wolford 3,326 10,789
    323 Maxey 3,372 10,584
    324 Lindley 3,482 10,260
    325 Etheridge 3,425 10,420
    326 Crist 3,401 10,518
    327 Ferry 3,467 10,312
    328 Grantham 3,440 10,379
    329 Easton 3,477 10,276
    330 Cosby 3,471 10,300
    331 Eggleston 3,550 10,057
    332 Logsdon 3,491 10,242
    333 Mears 3,569 9,988
    334 Culpepper 3,521 10,135
    335 Ashworth 3,531 10,116
    336 Beckham 3,575 9,960
    337 Parkinson 3,637 9,767
    338 Colburn 3,564 10,005
    339 Abney 3,579 9,948
    340 Free 3,586 9,923
    341 Upchurch 3,587 9,922
    342 Isbell 3,594 9,905
    343 Littleton 3,581 9,939
    344 Whitworth 3,647 9,748
    345 Wadsworth 3,588 9,912
    346 Chaffin 3,629 9,782
    347 Ripley 3,799 9,314
    348 Quarles 3,631 9,780
    349 Wilbur 3,719 9,527
    350 Smyth 3,741 9,470
    351 Cosgrove 3,749 9,441
    352 Landon 3,844 9,211
    353 Saxton 3,726 9,509
    354 Ashford 3,760 9,421
    355 Fulmer 3,708 9,570
    356 Seaton 3,759 9,423
    357 Bourne 3,823 9,270
    358 Hackney 3,727 9,507
    359 Ainsworth 3,874 9,149
    360 Lea 3,863 9,180
    361 Buford 3,907 9,089
    362 Clarkson 3,953 9,004
    363 Hoyle 3,857 9,192
    364 Headley 3,830 9,250
    365 Lawless 3,903 9,093
    366 Barnhill 3,940 9,040
    367 Bedford 4,029 8,814
    368 Wofford 4,011 8,856
    369 Greenlee 3,933 9,048
    370 Nunley 3,936 9,046
    371 Langdon 4,041 8,794
    372 Belton 3,939 9,041
    373 Holly 3,979 8,934
    374 Dodds 4,031 8,813
    375 Cranford 3,999 8,883
    376 Lovejoy 4,249 8,351
    377 Fullerton 4,162 8,517
    378 Leighton 4,222 8,399
    379 Kirkwood 4,320 8,227
    380 Blunt 4,259 8,326
    381 Burley 4,149 8,542
    382 Bradbury 4,343 8,172
    383 Cromwell 4,397 8,087
    384 Kersey 4,189 8,459
    385 Pinkerton 4,195 8,446
    386 Wingate 4,242 8,359
    387 Burchett 4,270 8,318
    388 Buckingham 4,394 8,094
    389 Wick 4,253 8,333
    390 Hales 4,240 8,363
    391 Denham 4,355 8,156
    392 Creamer 4,305 8,255
    393 Kingsley 4,417 8,043
    394 Hailey 4,256 8,327
    395 Nickel 4,291 8,292
    396 Badger 4,442 7,987
    397 Buxton 4,477 7,925
    398 Wentworth 4,428 8,023
    399 Tilton 4,376 8,124
    400 Knowlton 4,354 8,157
    401 Settle 4,329 8,202
    402 Budd 4,427 8,026
    403 Brent 4,535 7,820
    404 Worth 4,598 7,713
    405 Hyland 4,512 7,862
    406 Blythe 4,470 7,947
    407 Holcombe 4,390 8,103
    408 Milburn 4,507 7,871
    409 Sumpter 4,467 7,950
    410 Lilley 4,557 7,780
    411 Mather 4,652 7,621
    412 Eaves 4,489 7,902
    413 Sayers 4,603 7,705
    414 Luckett 4,547 7,790
    415 Otis 4,699 7,549
    416 Halsey 4,654 7,619
    417 Berryman 4,717 7,517
    418 Sparrow 4,657 7,614
    419 Warfield 4,758 7,443
    420 Windsor 4,652 7,621
    421 Upshaw 4,778 7,401
    422 Grim 4,771 7,418
    423 Whitehurst 4,774 7,412
    424 Paterson 4,990 7,035
    425 Hogg 4,945 7,119
    426 Wickham 4,814 7,335
    427 Utley 4,788 7,385
    428 Gooding 4,942 7,123
    429 Wainwright 4,948 7,114
    430 Byron 5,275 6,610
    431 Backus 4,974 7,064
    432 Nesmith 4,955 7,097
    433 Tibbs 4,835 7,294
    434 Harwell 4,871 7,234
    435 Ridge 4,936 7,133
    436 Kingston 4,998 7,033
    437 Strother 4,910 7,170
    438 Woodbury 4,924 7,144
    439 Hargrave 4,989 7,037
    440 Hartwell 5,000 7,032
    441 Trowbridge 4,956 7,095
    442 Boynton 5,024 6,983
    443 Hamer 5,158 6,783
    444 Ackley 4,952 7,102
    445 Woodley 5,026 6,982
    446 Chaplin 5,344 6,513
    447 Gosnell 5,060 6,931
    448 Woolley 5,176 6,749
    449 Prior 5,154 6,787
    450 Stockwell 5,234 6,664
    451 Stott 5,215 6,693
    452 Haight 5,062 6,929
    453 Woodcock 5,151 6,794
    454 Wellington 5,156 6,784
    455 Colton 5,210 6,704
    456 Cooksey 5,187 6,740
    457 Marston 5,329 6,535
    458 Rountree 5,196 6,726
    459 Birmingham 5,297 6,577
    460 Copley 5,303 6,568
    461 Rathbun 5,381 6,467
    462 Horsley 5,306 6,565
    463 Broadway 5,247 6,647
    464 Atherton 5,382 6,466
    465 Burchfield 5,274 6,612
    466 Stowell 5,390 6,455
    467 Kingsbury 5,500 6,325
    468 Milne 5,555 6,258
    469 Tibbetts 5,327 6,538
    470 Caraway 5,340 6,517
    471 Alfred 5,364 6,490
    472 Hewett 5,489 6,336
    473 Hatley 5,379 6,468
    474 Chilton 5,551 6,263
    475 Beer 5,829 5,931
    476 Rawson 5,442 6,395
    477 Elmer 5,671 6,119
    478 Homer 5,610 6,198
    479 Marley 5,591 6,220
    480 Weddle 5,522 6,296
    481 Flack 5,759 6,016
    482 Barham 5,547 6,266
    483 Hilbert 5,707 6,077
    484 Ashmore 5,642 6,155
    485 Tapp 5,619 6,186
    486 Sim 5,732 6,047
    487 Parton 5,739 6,039
    488 Claxton 5,949 5,786
    489 Alden 5,985 5,748
    490 Harkness 5,953 5,783
    491 Cowley 5,881 5,868
    492 Benefield 5,769 6,004
    493 Westcott 6,097 5,626
    494 Buckman 5,881 5,868
    495 Crossley 5,868 5,878
    496 Pelton 5,980 5,753
    497 Appleton 6,132 5,588
    498 Dibble 5,884 5,866
    499 Nickell 5,894 5,855
    500 Bancroft 6,315 5,404