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    Norse surnames

    126 surnames that come from Norse, ordered by how many people carry them in the United States, starting with Howard, Carr, Becker.

    #SurnameUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Howard 75 264,826
    2 Carr 255 119,076
    3 Becker 357 87,859
    4 Gill 435 74,948
    5 Sparks 533 63,440
    6 York 642 53,059
    7 Howe 820 42,265
    8 Crosby 851 40,563
    9 Gamble 1,024 34,005
    10 Kendall 1,126 31,209
    11 Locke 1,272 27,643
    12 Bingham 1,360 25,941
    13 Lund 1,465 24,347
    14 Gunn 1,525 23,524
    15 Thurman 1,492 23,950
    16 Poe 1,522 23,563
    17 Latham 1,693 21,277
    18 Rock 1,859 19,313
    19 Darby 1,921 18,757
    20 Corey 2,340 15,569
    21 Busby 2,320 15,754
    22 Wray 2,367 15,405
    23 Lofton 2,590 13,900
    24 Briscoe 2,629 13,728
    25 Holm 2,701 13,341
    26 Scarborough 2,925 12,252
    27 Selby 3,008 11,908
    28 Colby 3,204 11,278
    29 Grigsby 3,141 11,501
    30 Marr 3,341 10,724
    31 Haskell 3,617 9,816
    32 Fisk 3,634 9,779
    33 Osman 3,590 9,908
    34 Hornsby 4,850 7,267
    35 Irish 4,813 7,336
    36 Leake 5,070 6,915
    37 Flagg 5,122 6,834
    38 Hasty 5,244 6,654
    39 Tait 5,540 6,271
    40 Myer 5,507 6,317
    41 Thorp 5,716 6,067
    42 Cory 5,867 5,879
    43 Sturgis 5,863 5,885
    44 Bagby 6,174 5,542
    45 Roscoe 6,571 5,152
    46 Borg 6,928 4,843
    47 Haug 6,757 4,989
    48 Swindell 7,229 4,618
    49 Tooley 7,605 4,371
    50 Braithwaite 8,470 3,898
    51 Rye 8,128 4,079
    52 Frisby 8,350 3,964
    53 Boe 8,556 3,850
    54 Hake 8,432 3,918
    55 Blaisdell 8,551 3,852
    56 Leite 10,316 3,123
    57 Applewhite 8,882 3,687
    58 Ormsby 8,981 3,643
    59 Edenfield 10,555 3,036
    60 Lian 10,678 2,995
    61 Wake 11,488 2,739
    62 Whitby 12,279 2,532
    63 Smithey 12,231 2,544
    64 Weatherby 12,276 2,533
    65 Orme 12,473 2,489
    66 Brekke 13,226 2,310
    67 Norby 13,267 2,299
    68 Kerry 14,579 2,043
    69 Owenby 13,536 2,241
    70 Threlkeld 13,551 2,237
    71 Hulme 14,447 2,068
    72 Lusby 14,286 2,096
    73 Groat 14,794 2,006
    74 Wetherbee 15,328 1,913
    75 Scaife 15,418 1,900
    76 Haig 17,864 1,566
    77 Scholes 16,284 1,771
    78 Dolphin 16,125 1,795
    79 Storrs 17,572 1,600
    80 Voll 17,202 1,646
    81 Dock 17,274 1,639
    82 Swaby 18,354 1,509
    83 Croston 19,145 1,419
    84 Sunde 20,512 1,293
    85 Stackpole 20,248 1,314
    86 Satterthwaite 20,408 1,302
    87 Holness 20,601 1,286
    88 Bigby 21,483 1,216
    89 Weatherbee 21,750 1,196
    90 Lade 23,096 1,106
    91 Muff 22,838 1,121
    92 Tovey 27,707 868
    93 Yule 24,838 1,002
    94 Fitton 24,159 1,041
    95 Turton 24,787 1,005
    96 Thorburn 27,002 898
    97 Whinery 27,756 866
    98 Trenholm 28,883 823
    99 Ripper 30,043 781
    100 Axel 33,941 670
    101 Saxby 30,509 765
    102 Biggar 30,735 758
    103 Gosling 33,499 681
    104 Airey 33,856 672
    105 Gadsby 34,668 652
    106 Goldthwaite 41,501 524
    107 Hazelrigg 34,110 666
    108 Berland 36,900 605
    109 Sneath 34,707 651
    110 Garthwaite 35,016 644
    111 Killingbeck 35,866 626
    112 Burby 36,525 612
    113 Holderby 36,630 610
    114 Lofthouse 37,442 595
    115 Wragg 37,646 591
    116 Sowerby 61,585 326
    117 Antrobus 38,948 566
    118 Scarff 39,212 561
    119 Kirkby 47,107 451
    120 Hesketh 41,579 523
    121 Haldane 56,073 365
    122 Botten 52,736 393
    123 Catterall 53,316 388
    124 Birkbeck 54,864 375
    125 Clouston 60,347 334
    126 Outhwaite