Most Common U.S. Surnames
Browse over 162,000 U.S. surnames from Census Bureau frequency tables. Filter by rarity and sort by rank, count, or frequency. Click any name for a full profile with ancestry and ethnicity breakdowns.
162,253 surnames
| Rank | Name | Est. Bearers | Per 100K | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Smith | 2,781,834 | 828.19 | Very Common |
| #2 | Johnson | 2,200,907 | 655.24 | Very Common |
| #3 | Williams | 1,850,671 | 550.97 | Very Common |
| #4 | Brown | 1,636,337 | 487.16 | Very Common |
| #5 | Jones | 1,623,170 | 483.24 | Very Common |
| #6 | Garcia | 1,327,853 | 395.32 | Very Common |
| #7 | Miller | 1,322,546 | 393.74 | Very Common |
| #8 | Davis | 1,271,188 | 378.45 | Very Common |
| #9 | Rodriguez | 1,246,802 | 371.19 | Very Common |
| #10 | Martinez | 1,207,200 | 359.40 | Very Common |
| #11 | Hernandez | 1,187,987 | 353.68 | Very Common |
| #12 | Lopez | 995,823 | 296.47 | Very Common |
| #13 | Gonzalez | 957,665 | 285.11 | Very Common |
| #14 | Wilson | 913,092 | 271.84 | Very Common |
| #15 | Anderson | 893,207 | 265.92 | Very Common |
| #16 | Thomas | 861,029 | 256.34 | Very Common |
| #17 | Taylor | 855,419 | 254.67 | Very Common |
| #18 | Moore | 824,853 | 245.57 | Very Common |
| #19 | Jackson | 806,312 | 240.05 | Very Common |
| #20 | Martin | 800,064 | 238.19 | Very Common |
| #21 | Lee | 789,148 | 234.94 | Very Common |
| #22 | Perez | 776,182 | 231.08 | Very Common |
| #23 | Thompson | 756,835 | 225.32 | Very Common |
| #24 | White | 752,099 | 223.91 | Very Common |
| #25 | Harris | 710,851 | 211.63 | Very Common |
| #26 | Sanchez | 697,751 | 207.73 | Very Common |
| #27 | Clark | 640,716 | 190.75 | Very Common |
| #28 | Ramirez | 634,737 | 188.97 | Very Common |
| #29 | Lewis | 605,548 | 180.28 | Very Common |
| #30 | Robinson | 603,298 | 179.61 | Very Common |
| #31 | Walker | 595,673 | 177.34 | Very Common |
| #32 | Young | 551,637 | 164.23 | Very Common |
| #33 | Allen | 549,555 | 163.61 | Very Common |
| #34 | King | 529,972 | 157.78 | Very Common |
| #35 | Wright | 522,650 | 155.60 | Very Common |
| #36 | Scott | 500,481 | 149.00 | Very Common |
| #37 | Torres | 498,533 | 148.42 | Common |
| #38 | Nguyen | 498,331 | 148.36 | Common |
| #39 | Hill | 495,140 | 147.41 | Common |
| #40 | Flores | 494,166 | 147.12 | Common |
| #41 | Green | 489,833 | 145.83 | Common |
| #42 | Adams | 487,213 | 145.05 | Common |
| #43 | Nelson | 483,888 | 144.06 | Common |
| #44 | Baker | 477,775 | 142.24 | Common |
| #45 | Hall | 463,533 | 138.00 | Common |
| #46 | Rivera | 445,361 | 132.59 | Common |
| #47 | Campbell | 439,718 | 130.91 | Common |
| #48 | Mitchell | 437,803 | 130.34 | Common |
| #49 | Carter | 429,238 | 127.79 | Common |
| #50 | Roberts | 429,036 | 127.73 | Common |
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