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    Place-name surnames

    Surnames taken from where an ancestor lived or came from: 1,616 of them on this site, the most common first. Also see occupational surnames, patronymic surnames and nickname surnames.

    #SurnameOriginUS rankPeople in the US
    1 Lee English, place 21 693,023
    2 Hill place 39 434,827
    3 Torres place 37 437,813
    4 Green place 41 430,182
    5 Hall place 45 407,076
    6 Bailey place 72 277,845
    7 Brooks place 82 251,663
    8 Wood place 84 250,715
    9 Gray place 87 246,116
    10 Castillo Spanish, place 93 230,420
    11 Perry place 103 221,741
    12 Hamilton English, place 119 201,746
    13 Ford place 137 184,832
    14 Murray Scottish Gaelic, place 136 184,910
    15 Washington English, place 145 177,386
    16 Wells English, place 147 176,230
    17 Crawford English, place 156 164,457
    18 Gordon place 161 161,833
    19 Shaw place 164 160,400
    20 Boyd Scottish Gaelic, place 176 153,469
    21 Salazar Spanish, place 179 152,703
    22 Bradley English, place 208 136,720
    23 Cunningham English, place 211 135,718
    24 Lane place 216 134,227
    25 Johnston place 225 131,373
    26 Rios Spanish, place 237 127,794
    27 Burke Norman, place 246 122,877
    28 Carr Norse, place 255 119,076
    29 Montgomery French, place 263 115,953
    30 Dean place 269 114,030
    31 Burton English, place 280 110,529
    32 Banks place 292 105,833
    33 Douglas Scottish Gaelic, place 311 101,458
    34 Holland place 305 102,538
    35 Acosta Catalan, place 302 103,418
    36 Stanley English, place 321 96,867
    37 Wade English, place 319 97,040
    38 Caldwell English, place 327 93,944
    39 Rhodes English, place 343 90,670
    40 Sutton English, place 341 90,964
    41 Becker Norse, place 357 87,859
    42 Holt place 358 87,531
    43 Hale English, place 362 86,618
    44 Benson English, place 365 86,081
    45 Horton English, place 367 85,195
    46 Thornton English, place 373 83,967
    47 Cummings Scottish Gaelic, place 403 79,316
    48 Ramsey English, place 412 78,350
    49 Cross place 420 77,557
    50 Gill Norse, place 435 74,948
    51 Newton English, place 443 74,092
    52 Burgess Norman, place 444 73,931
    53 Brady Irish, place 450 73,145
    54 Hampton English, place 482 69,472
    55 Valencia Spanish, place 475 70,000
    56 Townsend English, place 483 69,360
    57 Logan Scottish Gaelic, place 492 67,909
    58 Maxwell place 490 67,961
    59 Strickland English, place 494 67,769
    60 Harrington place 500 66,959
    61 Ball place 508 66,059
    62 Buchanan Scottish Gaelic, place 503 66,648
    63 Ibarra Spanish, place 507 66,063
    64 Orozco Basque, place 512 65,904
    65 Norton English, place 531 63,722
    66 Lindsey place 529 63,760
    67 Marsh place 537 62,304
    68 Pratt French, place 541 61,671
    69 Zamora Spanish, place 540 61,729
    70 Morton English, place 568 59,213
    71 Hess German, place 564 59,486
    72 Nash place 569 58,714
    73 Briggs English, place 572 58,408
    74 Holloway English, place 576 58,040
    75 Houston English, place 592 56,900
    76 Underwood place 588 57,064
    77 Clayton English, place 595 56,638
    78 Copeland place 609 55,850
    79 Monroe Scottish Gaelic, place 617 55,136
    80 Kirk place 623 54,394
    81 Singleton English, place 622 54,621
    82 Bridges place 635 53,682
    83 Bradford English, place 628 54,015
    84 Kirby place 633 53,767
    85 York Norse, place 642 53,059
    86 Gates place 648 52,569
    87 Dalton English, place 654 52,184
    88 Meza place 639 53,230
    89 Tapia Basque, place 647 52,651
    90 Melton English, place 688 50,069
    91 Keith Scottish Gaelic, place 718 48,487
    92 Preston English, place 736 47,367
    93 Mosley English, place 730 47,963
    94 Eaton English, place 740 47,184
    95 Vance English, place 737 47,324
    96 Stafford Irish, place 747 46,394
    97 Moon Irish, place 758 45,528
    98 Lester place 768 44,784
    99 Conway Welsh, place 779 44,320
    100 Kent Latin, place 778 44,325
    101 Dorsey Norman, place 793 43,631
    102 Durham place 792 43,635
    103 Howe Norse, place 820 42,265
    104 Buck place 812 42,639
    105 Middleton English, place 813 42,578
    106 Bradshaw English, place 818 42,465
    107 Esparza Spanish, place 816 42,559
    108 Buckley English, place 834 41,348
    109 Crosby Norse, place 851 40,563
    110 House English, place 844 41,000
    111 Trejo Spanish, place 843 41,021
    112 Bentley English, place 862 40,193
    113 Blackburn English, place 889 39,097
    114 Ashley English, place 900 38,499
    115 Farley English, place 898 38,528
    116 Lynn Welsh, place 924 37,644
    117 Hayden Dutch, place 930 37,451
    118 Benton English, place 912 37,912
    119 Stanton place 968 35,997
    120 Brandt German, place 948 36,613
    121 Whitney English, place 994 35,118
    122 Dudley English, place 972 35,781
    123 Compton English, place 971 35,830
    124 Sanford place 957 36,312
    125 Alfaro Spanish, place 975 35,725
    126 Hinton English, place 979 35,606
    127 Barlow English, place 1,047 33,335
    128 Lindsay place 1,052 33,255
    129 Cotton English, place 1,044 33,374
    130 Bolton English, place 1,068 32,815
    131 Fulton English, place 1,083 32,258
    132 Lancaster place 1,080 32,362
    133 Hartley English, place 1,124 31,221
    134 Kendall Norse, place 1,126 31,209
    135 Alston English, place 1,148 30,693
    136 Alford English, place 1,140 30,771
    137 Sutherland place 1,195 29,585
    138 Whitfield English, place 1,171 29,962
    139 England English, place 1,174 29,926
    140 Ratliff place 1,168 30,083
    141 Holley English, place 1,163 30,231
    142 Hyde place 1,213 29,094
    143 Knowles English, place 1,239 28,460
    144 Hollis place 1,233 28,617
    145 Carranza Spanish, place 1,235 28,581
    146 Rutherford place 1,250 28,079
    147 Locke Norse, place 1,272 27,643
    148 Denton English, place 1,268 27,742
    149 Renteria Spanish, place 1,256 27,976
    150 Sykes English, place 1,276 27,546
    151 Shirley English, place 1,292 27,224
    152 Langley English, place 1,289 27,252
    153 Covington place 1,298 27,068
    154 Hamm place 1,314 26,726
    155 Whitley English, place 1,313 26,732
    156 Battle place 1,332 26,432
    157 Bingham Norse, place 1,360 25,941
    158 Boyce French, place 1,337 26,376
    159 Brandon English, place 1,342 26,284
    160 Seymour Norman, place 1,394 25,436
    161 Crabtree place 1,354 26,104
    162 Weston English, place 1,380 25,637
    163 Hinojosa Spanish, place 1,352 26,146
    164 Soriano Spanish, place 1,361 25,916
    165 Heller place 1,399 25,373
    166 Leslie Scottish Gaelic, place 1,417 25,078
    167 Ocampo Spanish, place 1,374 25,720
    168 Clifton place 1,439 24,758
    169 Yarbrough place 1,441 24,749
    170 Bustamante Spanish, place 1,454 24,536
    171 Tatum English, place 1,451 24,558
    172 Blanton place 1,478 24,154
    173 Pollock place 1,543 23,310
    174 Holbrook English, place 1,502 23,843
    175 Forrest place 1,569 22,954
    176 Payton English, place 1,515 23,670
    177 Wesley English, place 1,555 23,135
    178 Montalvo Spanish, place 1,531 23,454
    179 Aldridge English, place 1,562 23,034
    180 Arrington English, place 1,573 22,840
    181 Whaley English, place 1,575 22,833
    182 Norwood place 1,596 22,461
    183 Clifford English, place 1,618 22,245
    184 Boswell French, place 1,591 22,540
    185 Dunham English, place 1,604 22,362
    186 Thorpe English, place 1,651 21,813
    187 Hadley English, place 1,653 21,771
    188 Sherwood place 1,685 21,384
    189 Grove place 1,657 21,732
    190 Beaver place 1,665 21,640
    191 Hoyt place 1,701 21,169
    192 Latham Norse, place 1,693 21,277
    193 Waddell English, place 1,691 21,301
    194 Carlton English, place 1,698 21,202
    195 Castle place 1,744 20,534
    196 Ash place 1,709 21,030
    197 Milton English, place 1,732 20,703
    198 Carlisle place 1,763 20,365
    199 Lockwood English, place 1,806 19,865
    200 Carmichael Scottish, place 1,825 19,628
    201 Fountain place 1,774 20,193
    202 Westbrook English, place 1,770 20,284
    203 Melvin French, place 1,795 20,008
    204 Sheffield English, place 1,817 19,738
    205 Sheldon English, place 1,855 19,339
    206 Gifford place 1,834 19,514
    207 Toledo Spanish, place 1,841 19,474
    208 Langston English, place 1,816 19,742
    209 Trent place 1,824 19,630
    210 Polanco Spanish, place 1,820 19,688
    211 Shipley English, place 1,831 19,563
    212 Hanley English, place 1,864 19,240
    213 Langford English, place 1,870 19,208
    214 Hutton English, place 1,955 18,479
    215 Arriaga Basque, place 1,865 19,236
    216 Herndon place 1,871 19,183
    217 Kyle Scottish Gaelic, place 1,924 18,721
    218 Overton English, place 1,914 18,820
    219 Ogden English, place 1,906 18,860
    220 Darby Norse, place 1,921 18,757
    221 Lacey French, place 1,930 18,691
    222 Haywood English, place 1,970 18,360
    223 Platt place 2,006 18,022
    224 Hathaway English, place 1,966 18,401
    225 Stapleton English, place 1,973 18,332
    226 Hawley English, place 1,993 18,100
    227 Drummond Scottish Gaelic, place 2,014 17,922
    228 Kincaid Scottish Gaelic, place 2,000 18,075
    229 Hope place 2,052 17,562
    230 Vernon Norman, place 2,070 17,480
    231 Paris French, place 2,033 17,707
    232 Burroughs place 2,087 17,336
    233 Sneed English, place 2,027 17,804
    234 Champion place 2,058 17,527
    235 Dumas French, place 2,076 17,442
    236 Burrows place 2,085 17,355
    237 Grover place 2,056 17,534
    238 Oakley English, place 2,099 17,238
    239 Dutton English, place 2,123 17,057
    240 Huddleston English, place 2,102 17,231
    241 Atwood place 2,114 17,112
    242 Prescott place 2,134 16,975
    243 Pendleton place 2,168 16,751
    244 Finney English, place 2,139 16,939
    245 Currie Scottish Gaelic, place 2,100 17,234
    246 London place 2,249 16,195
    247 Hawthorne place 2,167 16,758
    248 Chadwick English, place 2,222 16,415
    249 Clinton English, place 2,242 16,263
    250 Ennis Irish, place 2,220 16,419
    251 Felton English, place 2,266 16,044
    252 Nugent Norman, place 2,281 15,977
    253 Hogue French, place 2,213 16,457
    254 Hairston place 2,260 16,090
    255 Woodall English, place 2,243 16,260
    256 Means French, place 2,247 16,203
    257 Fenton English, place 2,274 16,017
    258 Willoughby English, place 2,257 16,111
    259 Burnham English, place 2,315 15,775
    260 Boston English, place 2,309 15,814
    261 Seals place 2,299 15,858
    262 Rowley English, place 2,338 15,588
    263 Skelton English, place 2,330 15,624
    264 Royal English, place 2,319 15,755
    265 Lombardo Latin, place 2,336 15,598
    266 Busby Norse, place 2,320 15,754
    267 Tinsley English, place 2,361 15,442
    268 Irving Scottish Gaelic, place 2,433 14,896
    269 Power place 2,435 14,890
    270 Wray Norse, place 2,367 15,405
    271 Chester English, place 2,408 15,066
    272 Briones Spanish, place 2,403 15,098
    273 Urbina Spanish, place 2,409 15,055
    274 Worthington English, place 2,503 14,452
    275 Wakefield place 2,472 14,587
    276 Monroy place 2,456 14,673
    277 Higginbotham English, place 2,492 14,489
    278 Shelley English, place 2,533 14,300
    279 Kelsey English, place 2,501 14,456
    280 Linton English, place 2,524 14,354
    281 Lofton Norse, place 2,590 13,900
    282 Upton English, place 2,616 13,769
    283 Pickering place 2,653 13,582
    284 Heaton English, place 2,606 13,834
    285 Briscoe Norse, place 2,629 13,728
    286 Stockton English, place 2,709 13,306
    287 Witherspoon English, place 2,736 13,171
    288 Carrington English, place 2,706 13,320
    289 Layne place 2,697 13,367
    290 Alba place 2,699 13,347
    291 Nesbitt English, place 2,717 13,248
    292 Lyle French, place 2,731 13,192
    293 Marlow English, place 2,728 13,205
    294 Oldham English, place 2,792 12,928
    295 Willey English, place 2,759 13,067
    296 Pringle English, place 2,750 13,115
    297 Radford English, place 2,785 12,956
    298 Willingham English, place 2,814 12,818
    299 Chisholm English, place 2,878 12,503
    300 Ashton English, place 2,922 12,263
    301 Churchill place 2,930 12,235
    302 Jauregui Spanish, place 2,823 12,783
    303 Braxton place 2,921 12,268
    304 Wheatley English, place 2,875 12,520
    305 Munguia Spanish, place 2,857 12,615
    306 Shelby English, place 2,912 12,303
    307 Dewey French, place 2,926 12,249
    308 Shockley English, place 2,877 12,504
    309 Scarborough Norse, place 2,925 12,252
    310 Ralston English, place 2,914 12,302
    311 Zelaya Spanish, place 2,886 12,448
    312 Broughton English, place 2,918 12,273
    313 Duckworth English, place 2,968 12,080
    314 Beauchamp French, place 3,023 11,865
    315 Bigelow English, place 3,086 11,650
    316 Harley English, place 2,943 12,186
    317 Nye English, place 2,952 12,167
    318 Porras Spanish, place 2,962 12,106
    319 Paxton English, place 3,049 11,754
    320 Almonte Spanish, place 2,958 12,128
    321 Moulton English, place 2,963 12,104
    322 Selby Norse, place 3,008 11,908
    323 Stuckey English, place 3,026 11,846
    324 Lamar French, place 3,057 11,733
    325 Holton English, place 3,058 11,731
    326 Harlow English, place 3,060 11,726
    327 Godoy Spanish, place 3,070 11,690
    328 Branson place 3,106 11,587
    329 Canfield English, place 3,117 11,560
    330 Rao place 3,075 11,672
    331 Dockery place 3,089 11,644
    332 Edge place 3,119 11,556
    333 Colby Norse, place 3,204 11,278
    334 Houghton English, place 3,228 11,184
    335 Newby place 3,148 11,483
    336 Whatley English, place 3,109 11,579
    337 Gresham English, place 3,162 11,412
    338 Brownlee English, place 3,186 11,344
    339 Ellington English, place 3,132 11,522
    340 Sage place 3,222 11,207
    341 Grigsby Norse, place 3,141 11,501
    342 Morley English, place 3,275 11,028
    343 Whiteside English, place 3,191 11,334
    344 Leigh English, place 3,499 10,213
    345 Harwood English, place 3,212 11,238
    346 Hardwick English, place 3,310 10,841
    347 Plunkett Norman, place 3,335 10,758
    348 Winchester Latin, place 3,413 10,480
    349 Wolford English, place 3,326 10,789
    350 Acker place 3,400 10,519
    351 Hiller place 3,387 10,546
    352 Maxey English, place 3,372 10,584
    353 Lindley English, place 3,482 10,260
    354 Grantham English, place 3,440 10,379
    355 Shore place 3,523 10,130
    356 Easton English, place 3,477 10,276
    357 Cosby English, place 3,471 10,300
    358 Poston French, place 3,434 10,396
    359 Griswold French, place 3,427 10,417
    360 Eggleston English, place 3,550 10,057
    361 Logsdon English, place 3,491 10,242
    362 Mears English, place 3,569 9,988
    363 Ashworth English, place 3,531 10,116
    364 Colburn English, place 3,564 10,005
    365 Abney English, place 3,579 9,948
    366 Keaton place 3,656 9,723
    367 Upchurch English, place 3,587 9,922
    368 Littleton English, place 3,581 9,939
    369 Thorn place 3,569 9,988
    370 Whitworth English, place 3,647 9,748
    371 Lomax place 3,627 9,789
    372 Wadsworth English, place 3,588 9,912
    373 Quarles English, place 3,631 9,780
    374 Irvine Scottish Gaelic, place 3,769 9,397
    375 Fairbanks place 3,743 9,466
    376 Landon English, place 3,844 9,211
    377 Saxton English, place 3,726 9,509
    378 Dallas place 3,761 9,418
    379 Seaton English, place 3,759 9,423
    380 Mundy Scottish, place 3,752 9,439
    381 Hackney English, place 3,727 9,507
    382 Poirier French, place 3,747 9,453
    383 Pitt place 3,873 9,151
    384 Ainsworth English, place 3,874 9,149
    385 Swafford place 3,777 9,369
    386 Duval French, place 4,014 8,851
    387 Barnhill English, place 3,940 9,040
    388 Spalding place 4,125 8,601
    389 Greenlee English, place 3,933 9,048
    390 Nunley English, place 3,936 9,046
    391 Langdon English, place 4,041 8,794
    392 Belton English, place 3,939 9,041
    393 Holly English, place 3,979 8,934
    394 Peebles Scottish, place 4,021 8,843
    395 Burnside place 4,009 8,859
    396 Moy place 4,046 8,781
    397 Belt place 4,065 8,737
    398 Brittain Norman, place 4,096 8,671
    399 Atwell place 4,116 8,622
    400 Fullerton English, place 4,162 8,517
    401 Leighton English, place 4,222 8,399
    402 Kirkwood English, place 4,320 8,227
    403 Blackwood place 4,213 8,407
    404 Moncada Spanish, place 4,134 8,574
    405 Matheny French, place 4,128 8,595
    406 Bradbury English, place 4,343 8,172
    407 Sandberg German, place 4,210 8,416
    408 Cromwell English, place 4,397 8,087
    409 Rayburn Scottish, place 4,152 8,532
    410 Kersey English, place 4,189 8,459
    411 Pinkerton English, place 4,195 8,446
    412 Wingate English, place 4,242 8,359
    413 Burchett English, place 4,270 8,318
    414 Buckingham English, place 4,394 8,094
    415 Palermo Sicilian, place 4,348 8,165
    416 Hales English, place 4,240 8,363
    417 Denham English, place 4,355 8,156
    418 Cornish place 4,410 8,050
    419 Badger English, place 4,442 7,987
    420 Samaniego Basque, place 4,295 8,281
    421 Buxton English, place 4,477 7,925
    422 Wentworth English, place 4,428 8,023
    423 Tilton English, place 4,376 8,124
    424 Lum Chinese, place 4,406 8,060
    425 Knowlton English, place 4,354 8,157
    426 Settle English, place 4,329 8,202
    427 Brent English, place 4,535 7,820
    428 Hyland English, place 4,512 7,862
    429 Holcombe English, place 4,390 8,103
    430 Milburn English, place 4,507 7,871
    431 Dykstra Frisian, place 4,485 7,913
    432 Ashe place 4,573 7,756
    433 Zayas Basque, place 4,414 8,045
    434 Lilley English, place 4,557 7,780
    435 Huntington place 4,831 7,306
    436 Poland place 4,581 7,746
    437 Orta Catalan, place 4,535 7,820
    438 Drayton place 4,640 7,648
    439 Eden place 4,736 7,489
    440 Hazel place 4,600 7,711
    441 Halsey English, place 4,654 7,619
    442 Berryman English, place 4,717 7,517
    443 Warfield English, place 4,758 7,443
    444 Stidham place 4,684 7,579
    445 Windsor English, place 4,652 7,621
    446 Osuna Spanish, place 4,666 7,601
    447 Upshaw English, place 4,778 7,401
    448 Bristow place 4,819 7,323
    449 Hornsby Norse, place 4,850 7,267
    450 Whitehurst English, place 4,774 7,412
    451 Dabney Norman, place 4,793 7,376
    452 Wickham English, place 4,814 7,335
    453 Utley English, place 4,788 7,385
    454 Bettencourt French, place 4,797 7,365
    455 Byron English, place 5,275 6,610
    456 Harwell English, place 4,871 7,234
    457 Ridge English, place 4,936 7,133
    458 Bussey Norman, place 4,880 7,219
    459 Gurrola place 4,883 7,211
    460 Amezcua Spanish, place 4,889 7,206
    461 Woodbury English, place 4,924 7,144
    462 Hargrave English, place 4,989 7,037
    463 Hartwell English, place 5,000 7,032
    464 Rigsby place 4,941 7,124
    465 Rana Hindi, place 4,923 7,145
    466 Trowbridge English, place 4,956 7,095
    467 Oxendine place 4,930 7,139
    468 Boynton English, place 5,024 6,983
    469 Bremer German, place 5,195 6,733
    470 Hamer English, place 5,158 6,783
    471 Ackley English, place 4,952 7,102
    472 Dalrymple Scottish Gaelic, place 5,116 6,843
    473 Brodie Scottish Gaelic, place 5,288 6,585
    474 Woodley English, place 5,026 6,982
    475 Woolley English, place 5,176 6,749
    476 Arango Spanish, place 5,020 6,998
    477 Stockwell English, place 5,234 6,664
    478 Turney Norman, place 5,145 6,803
    479 Haight English, place 5,062 6,929
    480 Ard Scottish Gaelic, place 5,141 6,807
    481 Marlowe place 5,325 6,543
    482 Underhill place 5,119 6,839
    483 Cantwell place 5,259 6,635
    484 Hetrick place 5,156 6,784
    485 Wellington English, place 5,156 6,784
    486 Baines French, place 5,313 6,557
    487 Colton English, place 5,210 6,704
    488 Tindall place 5,146 6,802
    489 Cooksey English, place 5,187 6,740
    490 Marston English, place 5,329 6,535
    491 Porterfield place 5,160 6,780
    492 Rountree English, place 5,196 6,726
    493 Hume place 5,301 6,573
    494 Copley English, place 5,303 6,568
    495 Horsley English, place 5,306 6,565
    496 Atherton English, place 5,382 6,466
    497 Burchfield English, place 5,274 6,612
    498 Newhouse place 5,377 6,471
    499 Stowell English, place 5,390 6,455
    500 Kingsbury English, place 5,500 6,325