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    Surnames beginning with S

    2,792 surnames starting with S, 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 Smith English, occupational 1 2,442,977
    2 Sánchez Spanish, patronymic 26 612,752
    3 Scott nickname 36 439,530
    4 Stewart occupational 61 324,957
    5 Sanders English, patronymic 94 230,374
    6 Sullivan Irish 105 220,990
    7 Simmons patronymic 114 210,182
    8 Stevens patronymic 135 185,674
    9 Silva Portuguese 163 161,633
    10 Simpson patronymic 158 163,181
    11 Shaw place 164 160,400
    12 Snyder Dutch, occupational 165 160,262
    13 Stone occupational 178 153,329
    14 Salazar Spanish, place 179 152,703
    15 Schmidt German, occupational 185 147,034
    16 Stephens patronymic 190 144,646
    17 Soto 191 144,451
    18 Santos 206 137,232
    19 Spencer English, occupational 199 139,951
    20 Sandoval Spanish 233 128,948
    21 Santiago 248 122,212
    22 Singh Punjabi 260 116,749
    23 Sims patronymic 270 113,374
    24 Schultz German, occupational 297 104,888
    25 Schneider German, occupational 312 101,290
    26 Stanley English, place 321 96,867
    27 Schwartz German 345 90,071
    28 Sutton English, place 341 90,964
    29 Shelton English 344 90,517
    30 Steele English, occupational 355 88,230
    31 Simon Norman, patronymic 397 80,460
    32 Solis 388 82,146
    33 Salinas Spanish, occupational 393 81,156
    34 Sharp 405 78,990
    35 Swanson 424 76,897
    36 Stevenson patronymic 432 75,169
    37 Serrano 429 75,996
    38 Sherman English, occupational 469 70,502
    39 Saunders patronymic 476 69,943
    40 Schroeder German 489 67,977
    41 Strickland English, place 494 67,769
    42 Suarez Spanish 510 66,013
    43 Salas Spanish 513 65,468
    44 Sparks Norse 533 63,440
    45 Stokes 542 61,639
    46 Santana Spanish 556 60,667
    47 Shepherd occupational 557 60,479
    48 Shaffer 560 59,943
    49 Shah Persian, occupational 573 58,287
    50 Short 581 57,477
    51 Summers 591 56,953
    52 Singleton English, place 622 54,621
    53 Skinner Danish, occupational 627 54,046
    54 Sweeney Irish 651 52,410
    55 Sosa Spanish 650 52,457
    56 Shields 672 50,832
    57 Savage 690 49,914
    58 Sawyer occupational 707 49,028
    59 Snow 734 47,528
    60 Stephenson patronymic 733 47,641
    61 Solomon Hebrew 745 46,534
    62 Stafford Irish, place 747 46,394
    63 Shannon Irish, patronymic 752 46,147
    64 Salgado Spanish 759 45,469
    65 Strong 760 45,432
    66 Stein German, patronymic 796 43,389
    67 Sloan 800 43,261
    68 Stout 798 43,305
    69 Sexton occupational 804 43,133
    70 Sellers patronymic 814 42,577
    71 Stark 827 41,735
    72 Spears patronymic 830 41,665
    73 Schaefer German, occupational 841 41,063
    74 Small English 861 40,212
    75 Shepard 882 39,430
    76 Sampson 886 39,277
    77 Stuart occupational 951 36,540
    78 Sheppard English, occupational 938 36,960
    79 Stanton place 968 35,997
    80 Spence 964 36,129
    81 Schmitt German 967 36,043
    82 Sanford place 957 36,312
    83 Sierra Spanish 973 35,770
    84 Saldana Spanish 1,015 34,434
    85 Saenz Spanish 1,029 33,787
    86 Shea Irish 1,048 33,329
    87 Slater English, occupational 1,075 32,584
    88 Sears 1,085 32,206
    89 Snider 1,088 32,148
    90 Springer 1,107 31,643
    91 Starr 1,158 30,363
    92 Shoemaker occupational 1,133 30,934
    93 Segura 1,136 30,880
    94 Sutherland place 1,195 29,585
    95 Sweet 1,169 30,051
    96 Saucedo Spanish 1,157 30,374
    97 Sharpe 1,226 28,879
    98 Sharma Hindi 1,236 28,559
    99 Sargent occupational 1,265 27,786
    100 Sorensen Danish 1,251 28,069
    101 Sykes English, place 1,276 27,546
    102 Sinclair patronymic 1,290 27,243
    103 Shirley English, place 1,292 27,224
    104 Slaughter 1,295 27,155
    105 Sheehan Irish, patronymic 1,305 26,902
    106 Singer occupational 1,366 25,828
    107 Stinson 1,317 26,681
    108 Simms patronymic 1,340 26,287
    109 Sterling 1,362 25,894
    110 Seymour Norman, place 1,394 25,436
    111 Stern 1,418 25,074
    112 Simons patronymic 1,371 25,755
    113 Soriano Spanish, place 1,361 25,916
    114 Smart 1,388 25,528
    115 Shafer 1,379 25,641
    116 Serna 1,390 25,503
    117 Swartz 1,393 25,444
    118 Shapiro Yiddish 1,469 24,335
    119 Swain 1,412 25,157
    120 Swift nickname 1,473 24,249
    121 Song Chinese 1,415 25,110
    122 Schumacher 1,404 25,292
    123 Steiner German 1,511 23,735
    124 Schafer German, occupational 1,452 24,543
    125 Schulz German 1,461 24,385
    126 Solano Spanish 1,430 24,881
    127 Sanderson English, patronymic 1,462 24,384
    128 Stover German 1,455 24,526
    129 Stroud English 1,477 24,211
    130 Sun 1,484 24,058
    131 Schmitz 1,496 23,931
    132 Souza 1,601 22,373
    133 Samuel Greek 1,558 23,125
    134 Self 1,520 23,595
    135 Swenson 1,563 23,009
    136 Stratton English 1,565 22,983
    137 Swan nickname 1,564 23,001
    138 Silver occupational 1,632 22,052
    139 Sheridan Irish 1,623 22,177
    140 Sprague 1,584 22,610
    141 Sewell 1,614 22,294
    142 Stahl 1,619 22,211
    143 Steward occupational 1,610 22,318
    144 Samuels 1,621 22,207
    145 Snell German 1,623 22,177
    146 Sherwood place 1,685 21,384
    147 Shin Korean 1,656 21,735
    148 Sadler occupational 1,678 21,504
    149 Stiles 1,689 21,357
    150 Stanford English, patronymic 1,692 21,295
    151 Siegel German 1,674 21,536
    152 Sotelo Spanish 1,679 21,455
    153 Sheets 1,685 21,384
    154 Spivey English 1,702 21,161
    155 Schaffer 1,738 20,614
    156 Sapp 1,752 20,448
    157 Stubbs 1,781 20,134
    158 Starks 1,782 20,130
    159 Street 1,805 19,866
    160 Sheffield English, place 1,817 19,738
    161 Sizemore 1,783 20,116
    162 Sheldon English, place 1,855 19,339
    163 Smiley nickname 1,812 19,829
    164 Sepulveda Spanish 1,810 19,851
    165 Shipley English, place 1,831 19,563
    166 Story 1,867 19,218
    167 Sands 1,944 18,584
    168 Sumner English, occupational 1,909 18,838
    169 Sylvester Latin 1,901 18,896
    170 Stacy 1,891 19,010
    171 Spaulding 1,899 18,902
    172 Saavedra 1,910 18,834
    173 Smallwood 1,926 18,717
    174 Spicer occupational 1,951 18,501
    175 Stapleton English, place 1,973 18,332
    176 Spangler 1,940 18,622
    177 Salcedo 1,967 18,387
    178 Staley 1,998 18,080
    179 Skaggs 2,028 17,778
    180 Shearer occupational 2,033 17,707
    181 Sneed English, place 2,027 17,804
    182 Schuster 2,088 17,325
    183 Shultz 2,080 17,395
    184 Stallings 2,093 17,269
    185 Staples 2,104 17,217
    186 Schwab German 2,152 16,870
    187 Saldivar Spanish 2,097 17,250
    188 Stringer occupational 2,091 17,300
    189 Shaver 2,135 16,972
    190 Schwarz German 2,295 15,884
    191 Schrader 2,171 16,727
    192 Stovall 2,155 16,827
    193 Schulte 2,183 16,658
    194 Schilling 2,200 16,546
    195 Schreiber German 2,269 16,034
    196 Stoner 2,246 16,204
    197 Schaeffer 2,272 16,024
    198 Saylor occupational 2,276 16,010
    199 Shook 2,262 16,070
    200 Sams 2,275 16,014
    201 Sorenson Danish 2,284 15,962
    202 Scruggs 2,310 15,808
    203 Sousa Portuguese 2,370 15,377
    204 Seals place 2,299 15,858
    205 Skelton English, place 2,330 15,624
    206 Stauffer 2,307 15,821
    207 Stoltzfus 2,311 15,786
    208 Shipman occupational 2,339 15,581
    209 Sauer German 2,364 15,430
    210 Starkey 2,415 15,004
    211 Strange 2,425 14,948
    212 Silverman 2,463 14,636
    213 Solorzano 2,412 15,045
    214 Salmon 2,486 14,511
    215 Stearns 2,479 14,554
    216 Schuler 2,448 14,745
    217 Salter occupational 2,462 14,641
    218 Strauss German 2,604 13,840
    219 Soria 2,495 14,477
    220 Staton English 2,514 14,413
    221 Shelley English, place 2,533 14,300
    222 Stoddard occupational 2,531 14,317
    223 Starnes 2,507 14,442
    224 Stump 2,539 14,257
    225 Sebastian 2,586 13,934
    226 Seay 2,573 14,046
    227 Satterfield 2,577 14,023
    228 Squires 2,574 14,045
    229 Singletary 2,622 13,749
    230 Sarmiento Spanish 2,631 13,710
    231 Sherrill 2,640 13,631
    232 Suggs 2,652 13,585
    233 Storey nickname 2,635 13,669
    234 Stockton English, place 2,709 13,306
    235 Scherer 2,682 13,421
    236 Stamper 2,666 13,528
    237 Solorio Spanish 2,663 13,537
    238 Shell 2,696 13,369
    239 Salisbury 2,768 13,038
    240 Slack 2,692 13,377
    241 Shank 2,700 13,343
    242 Seaman occupational 2,719 13,237
    243 Scales 2,732 13,190
    244 Spear English, occupational 2,712 13,284
    245 Schell 2,773 13,016
    246 Soares Portuguese 3,069 11,694
    247 Steen patronymic 2,776 12,989
    248 Segovia 2,733 13,182
    249 Su Chinese 2,779 12,973
    250 Salvador Spanish 2,772 13,021
    251 Santillan Spanish 2,756 13,081
    252 Seitz 2,855 12,630
    253 Schofield 2,822 12,790
    254 Steinberg German 2,841 12,709
    255 Snodgrass 2,818 12,806
    256 Schubert German 2,856 12,629
    257 Stock 2,832 12,722
    258 Shen 2,806 12,839
    259 Slade 2,861 12,599
    260 Still 2,904 12,354
    261 Swann nickname 2,916 12,293
    262 Smalls 2,888 12,435
    263 Spann 2,882 12,457
    264 Shelby English, place 2,912 12,303
    265 Shockley English, place 2,877 12,504
    266 Scarborough Norse, place 2,925 12,252
    267 Sisk 2,901 12,365
    268 Santamaria 2,897 12,375
    269 Stack 2,996 11,967
    270 Stoll German 2,979 12,032
    271 Slone 2,956 12,142
    272 Spurlock 2,957 12,141
    273 Sam Chinese 2,974 12,053
    274 Streeter 2,987 11,988
    275 Shanks 3,031 11,822
    276 Selby Norse, place 3,008 11,908
    277 Sommer German 3,080 11,662
    278 Stuckey English, place 3,026 11,846
    279 Speer 3,041 11,770
    280 Smalley English 3,055 11,737
    281 Sommers 3,063 11,706
    282 Simpkins 3,107 11,585
    283 Spain Norman, nickname 3,093 11,628
    284 Scanlon Irish, patronymic 3,101 11,610
    285 Schmid German 3,165 11,400
    286 Steffen German 3,144 11,494
    287 Shackelford 3,130 11,525
    288 Shipp occupational 3,219 11,217
    289 Sample 3,150 11,471
    290 Sage place 3,222 11,207
    291 Sisson 3,177 11,380
    292 Shuler 3,195 11,315
    293 Stanfield 3,215 11,229
    294 South 3,231 11,178
    295 Samson 3,246 11,123
    296 Snowden 3,233 11,171
    297 Switzer 3,248 11,114
    298 Seeley 3,264 11,061
    299 Strand 3,265 11,051
    300 Sauceda 3,255 11,093
    301 Sell 3,280 11,014
    302 Somers 3,333 10,762
    303 Sifuentes 3,293 10,954
    304 Seibert 3,312 10,826
    305 Stowe English 3,355 10,668
    306 Skidmore 3,310 10,841
    307 Salcido 3,331 10,776
    308 Sales Catalan 3,418 10,439
    309 Sager 3,390 10,541
    310 Schrock 3,386 10,549
    311 Stepp 3,376 10,571
    312 Snead 3,407 10,500
    313 Seifert German 3,408 10,499
    314 Shore place 3,523 10,130
    315 Serrato 3,415 10,449
    316 Skipper 3,457 10,338
    317 Seward 3,430 10,399
    318 Severson 3,436 10,391
    319 Searcy 3,490 10,243
    320 Sikes 3,475 10,280
    321 Shi Chinese 3,551 10,055
    322 Steed 3,484 10,250
    323 Sanborn 3,558 10,025
    324 Sowers 3,504 10,198
    325 Storm 3,596 9,895
    326 Schweitzer German 3,544 10,068
    327 Stephen Greek, patronymic 3,585 9,925
    328 Starling nickname 3,567 10,004
    329 Son 3,541 10,094
    330 Schindler German 3,624 9,801
    331 Stine 3,573 9,979
    332 Sutter occupational 3,640 9,760
    333 Schott 3,607 9,842
    334 Straub 3,691 9,624
    335 Smyth English, occupational 3,741 9,470
    336 Saleh Arabic 3,682 9,656
    337 Syed 3,657 9,722
    338 Shull 3,710 9,565
    339 Sowell 3,696 9,612
    340 Saxton English, place 3,726 9,509
    341 Sibley 3,742 9,467
    342 Swisher German 3,754 9,431
    343 Seaton English, place 3,759 9,423
    344 Staggs patronymic 3,724 9,514
    345 Salerno Latin 3,751 9,440
    346 Stacey patronymic 3,720 9,520
    347 Scroggins 3,732 9,495
    348 Sturm German 3,832 9,242
    349 Schiller German 3,884 9,132
    350 Seal French, occupational 3,797 9,316
    351 Shay Irish 3,843 9,212
    352 Scholl 3,787 9,351
    353 Stull 3,792 9,324
    354 Swafford place 3,777 9,369
    355 Sweat 3,856 9,194
    356 Strom 3,877 9,142
    357 Stutzman 3,862 9,185
    358 Smoot 3,868 9,168
    359 Shuman 3,937 9,043
    360 Sander patronymic 3,906 9,090
    361 See 3,911 9,081
    362 Soliz 3,871 9,159
    363 Slocum 3,899 9,102
    364 Sturgeon 3,950 9,007
    365 Spalding place 4,125 8,601
    366 Smail 3,900 9,097
    367 Scully Irish 4,060 8,747
    368 Sanabria 3,945 9,026
    369 Sabo 3,992 8,899
    370 Sigler 3,956 8,992
    371 Showalter German 4,044 8,786
    372 Simonson patronymic 3,965 8,968
    373 Strain 3,999 8,883
    374 Sevilla 3,958 8,980
    375 Stubblefield 4,002 8,878
    376 Spring 4,053 8,757
    377 Santoro Italian 4,076 8,713
    378 Slattery Irish, patronymic 4,082 8,695
    379 Southard 4,035 8,808
    380 Shorter 4,092 8,675
    381 Shanahan Irish 4,119 8,616
    382 Szymanski Polish 4,059 8,748
    383 Sarabia 4,082 8,695
    384 Santoyo 4,086 8,692
    385 Sorrell 4,104 8,641
    386 Sharkey Irish, patronymic 4,163 8,514
    387 Samples 4,099 8,663
    388 Salem Arabic 4,215 8,404
    389 Sells 4,110 8,633
    390 Seidel German 4,204 8,430
    391 Schulze German 4,164 8,509
    392 Slagle German 4,135 8,573
    393 Sandberg German, place 4,210 8,416
    394 Siddiqui Urdu 4,169 8,502
    395 Shifflett 4,147 8,544
    396 Sandlin 4,206 8,421
    397 Swope German 4,211 8,415
    398 Shumaker 4,165 8,508
    399 Snipes 4,205 8,428
    400 Sturgill 4,196 8,444