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.

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162,253 surnames

Rank	Name	Est. Bearers	Per 100K	Rarity
#201	Arnold	158,172	47.09	Common
#202	Pierce	157,870	47.00	Common
#203	Vazquez	157,500	46.89	Common
#204	Hansen	157,131	46.78	Common
#205	Peters	156,593	46.62	Common
#206	Santos	156,258	46.52	Common
#207	Hart	156,224	46.51	Common
#208	Bradley	155,687	46.35	Common
#209	Knight	155,687	46.35	Common
#210	Elliott	154,612	46.03	Common
#211	Cunningham	154,544	46.01	Common
#212	Duncan	153,940	45.83	Common
#213	Armstrong	153,772	45.78	Common
#214	Hudson	153,671	45.75	Common
#215	Carroll	152,932	45.53	Common
#216	Lane	152,831	45.50	Common
#217	Riley	152,428	45.38	Common
#218	Andrews	152,361	45.36	Common
#219	Alvarado	152,025	45.26	Common
#220	Ray	151,656	45.15	Common
#221	Delgado	151,421	45.08	Common
#222	Berry	151,219	45.02	Common
#223	Perkins	149,674	44.56	Common
#224	Hoffman	149,640	44.55	Common
#225	Johnston	149,607	44.54	Common
#226	Matthews	149,506	44.51	Common
#227	Pena	148,901	44.33	Common
#228	Richards	148,633	44.25	Common
#229	Contreras	148,230	44.13	Common
#230	Willis	148,196	44.12	Common
#231	Carpenter	147,927	44.04	Common
#232	Lawrence	147,692	43.97	Common
#233	Sandoval	146,819	43.71	Common
#234	Guerrero	146,517	43.62	Common
#235	George	146,449	43.60	Common
#236	Chapman	145,677	43.37	Common
#237	Rios	145,509	43.32	Common
#238	Estrada	145,139	43.21	Common
#239	Ortega	144,904	43.14	Common
#240	Watkins	144,703	43.08	Common
#241	Greene	143,594	42.75	Common
#242	Nunez	142,721	42.49	Common
#243	Wheeler	142,419	42.40	Common
#244	Valdez	142,318	42.37	Common
#245	Harper	141,713	42.19	Common
#246	Burke	139,933	41.66	Common
#247	Larson	139,597	41.56	Common
#248	Santiago	139,161	41.43	Common
#249	Maldonado	138,388	41.20	Common
#250	Morrison	137,918	41.06	Common