Most Common U.S. Surnames

Browse 156,619 U.S. surnames from the latest 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.

156,619 surnames

Rank Name Est. Bearers Per 100K Rarity
#51 Roberts 415,171 121.13 Common
#52 Diaz 409,278 119.41 Common
#53 Phillips 394,079 114.97 Common
#54 Evans 393,892 114.92 Common
#55 Cruz 392,845 114.61 Common
#56 Reyes 385,103 112.36 Common
#57 Turner 382,447 111.58 Common
#58 Parker 371,402 108.36 Common
#59 Edwards 368,015 107.37 Common
#60 Collins 363,940 106.18 Common
#61 Stewart 357,124 104.19 Common
#62 Morales 356,478 104.00 Common
#63 Patel 354,713 103.49 Common
#64 Morris 352,556 102.86 Common
#65 Murphy 341,778 99.72 Common
#66 Cook 332,993 97.15 Common
#67 Rogers 331,681 96.77 Common
#68 Ortiz 330,575 96.45 Common
#69 Morgan 316,916 92.46 Common
#70 Gutierrez 315,597 92.08 Common
#71 Kim 314,281 91.69 Common
#72 Cooper 311,282 90.82 Common
#73 Bailey 308,575 90.03 Common
#74 Ramos 308,056 89.88 Common
#75 Reed 307,992 89.86 Common
#76 Bell 306,204 89.34 Common
#77 Peterson 304,054 88.71 Common
#78 Doe 301,330 87.91 Common
#79 Ward 293,295 85.57 Common
#80 Kelly 293,007 85.49 Common
#81 Howard 290,619 84.79 Common
#82 Cox 286,535 83.60 Common
#83 Richardson 286,498 83.59 Common
#84 Chavez 280,032 81.70 Common
#85 Brooks 279,934 81.67 Common
#86 James 279,230 81.47 Common
#87 Watson 278,604 81.28 Common
#88 Mendoza 278,393 81.22 Common
#89 Gray 276,599 80.70 Common
#90 Bennett 274,523 80.09 Common
#91 Wood 274,008 79.94 Common
#92 Ruiz 272,102 79.39 Common
#93 Chen 268,102 78.22 Common
#94 Castillo 265,292 77.40 Common
#95 Alvarez 263,112 76.76 Common
#96 Hughes 260,206 75.92 Common
#97 Price 258,855 75.52 Common
#98 Jimenez 258,841 75.52 Common
#99 Ross 257,958 75.26 Common
#100 Long 256,276 74.77 Common