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
#1901 Sylvester 21,971 6.41 Uncommon
#1902 Nowak 21,936 6.40 Uncommon
#1903 Weir 21,936 6.40 Uncommon
#1904 Darling 21,936 6.40 Uncommon
#1905 Barrientos 21,936 6.40 Uncommon
#1906 Ogden 21,902 6.39 Uncommon
#1907 Mcclendon 21,902 6.39 Uncommon
#1908 Araujo 21,902 6.39 Uncommon
#1909 Sumner 21,902 6.39 Uncommon
#1910 Saavedra 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1910 Gillis 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1912 Landis 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1913 Caudill 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1914 Jacobsen 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1914 Overton 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1916 Diehl 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1917 Alarcon 21,868 6.38 Uncommon
#1918 Hedrick 21,833 6.37 Uncommon
#1919 Toney 21,833 6.37 Uncommon
#1920 Cheung 21,799 6.36 Uncommon
#1921 Darby 21,799 6.36 Uncommon
#1922 Thorne 21,765 6.35 Uncommon
#1923 Mansfield 21,765 6.35 Uncommon
#1924 Kyle 21,765 6.35 Uncommon
#1925 Dietz 21,765 6.35 Uncommon
#1926 Smallwood 21,765 6.35 Uncommon
#1927 Adair 21,731 6.34 Uncommon
#1928 Gold 21,731 6.34 Uncommon
#1929 Laird 21,731 6.34 Uncommon
#1930 Lacey 21,731 6.34 Uncommon
#1931 Christie 21,696 6.33 Uncommon
#1932 Pack 21,696 6.33 Uncommon
#1933 Vidal 21,696 6.33 Uncommon
#1934 Kiser 21,696 6.33 Uncommon
#1935 Peoples 21,696 6.33 Uncommon
#1936 Waite 21,696 6.33 Uncommon
#1937 Beyer 21,662 6.32 Uncommon
#1938 Desai 21,662 6.32 Uncommon
#1939 Banuelos 21,662 6.32 Uncommon
#1940 Spangler 21,628 6.31 Uncommon
#1941 Mondragon 21,628 6.31 Uncommon
#1942 Fair 21,628 6.31 Uncommon
#1943 Rizzo 21,628 6.31 Uncommon
#1944 Sands 21,594 6.30 Uncommon
#1945 Queen 21,559 6.29 Uncommon
#1946 Ledford 21,525 6.28 Uncommon
#1947 Allred 21,525 6.28 Uncommon
#1948 Bledsoe 21,525 6.28 Uncommon
#1949 Rhoades 21,491 6.27 Uncommon
#1950 Ricks 21,491 6.27 Uncommon