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
#1952 Sylvester 20,663 6.03 Uncommon
#1953 Landis 20,642 6.02 Uncommon
#1954 Bateman 20,635 6.02 Uncommon
#1955 Sands 20,628 6.02 Uncommon
#1956 Trinh 20,623 6.02 Uncommon
#1957 Caudill 20,620 6.02 Uncommon
#1958 Trent 20,617 6.02 Uncommon
#1959 Luu 20,611 6.01 Uncommon
#1960 Lacey 20,599 6.01 Uncommon
#1961 Engle 20,596 6.01 Uncommon
#1962 Banuelos 20,585 6.01 Uncommon
#1963 Chavarria 20,579 6.00 Uncommon
#1964 Espinal 20,573 6.00 Uncommon
#1965 Kraus 20,565 6.00 Uncommon
#1966 Arriaga 20,559 6.00 Uncommon
#1967 Mansfield 20,550 6.00 Uncommon
#1968 Hanley 20,549 6.00 Uncommon
#1968 Stacy 20,549 6.00 Uncommon
#1970 Ernst 20,513 5.98 Uncommon
#1971 Bello 20,511 5.98 Uncommon
#1972 Ferrer 20,505 5.98 Uncommon
#1973 Pack 20,491 5.98 Uncommon
#1974 Almeida 20,453 5.97 Uncommon
#1975 Mchugh 20,450 5.97 Uncommon
#1976 Najera 20,409 5.95 Uncommon
#1977 Chau 20,406 5.95 Uncommon
#1978 Moya 20,399 5.95 Uncommon
#1979 Dietz 20,396 5.95 Uncommon
#1980 Burkett 20,395 5.95 Uncommon
#1981 Toney 20,377 5.95 Uncommon
#1982 Youngblood 20,360 5.94 Uncommon
#1983 Ledford 20,356 5.94 Uncommon
#1983 Overton 20,356 5.94 Uncommon
#1985 Mccain 20,348 5.94 Uncommon
#1986 Richey 20,330 5.93 Uncommon
#1987 Hawley 20,315 5.93 Uncommon
#1988 Zambrano 20,310 5.93 Uncommon
#1989 Pan 20,307 5.92 Uncommon
#1989 Stapleton 20,307 5.92 Uncommon
#1991 Friend 20,294 5.92 Uncommon
#1992 Hathaway 20,284 5.92 Uncommon
#1993 Spicer 20,276 5.92 Uncommon
#1994 Beyer 20,266 5.91 Uncommon
#1995 Sumner 20,261 5.91 Uncommon
#1996 Fong 20,259 5.91 Uncommon
#1997 Haywood 20,250 5.91 Uncommon
#1998 Wilkes 20,243 5.91 Uncommon
#1999 Presley 20,228 5.90 Uncommon
#2000 Montero 20,227 5.90 Uncommon
#2001 Rizzo 20,218 5.90 Uncommon