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.

Rarity

Sort by

156,619 surnames

Rank	Name	Est. Bearers	Per 100K	Rarity
#201	Ryan	157,788	46.04	Common
#202	Gardner	157,536	45.96	Common
#203	Kelley	157,388	45.92	Common
#204	Dunn	157,380	45.92	Common
#205	Payne	157,350	45.91	Common
#206	Nichols	156,748	45.73	Common
#207	Hawkins	155,533	45.38	Common
#208	Spencer	155,393	45.34	Common
#209	Pena	155,232	45.29	Common
#210	Hansen	154,865	45.18	Common
#211	Alvarado	152,575	44.51	Common
#212	Knight	152,150	44.39	Common
#213	Pierce	151,685	44.25	Common
#214	Arnold	151,551	44.22	Common
#215	Peters	151,480	44.19	Common
#216	Elliott	151,250	44.13	Common
#217	Hart	150,852	44.01	Common
#218	Bradley	149,678	43.67	Common
#219	Ray	149,406	43.59	Common
#220	Hudson	149,000	43.47	Common
#221	Armstrong	148,875	43.43	Common
#222	Duncan	148,740	43.40	Common
#223	Lane	148,636	43.37	Common
#224	Riley	148,422	43.30	Common
#225	Andrews	148,163	43.23	Common
#226	Carroll	148,115	43.21	Common
#227	Delgado	147,890	43.15	Common
#228	Nunez	147,807	43.12	Common
#229	Cunningham	147,777	43.11	Common
#230	George	146,194	42.65	Common
#231	Berry	146,142	42.64	Common
#232	Liu	145,929	42.58	Common
#233	Rios	144,930	42.28	Common
#234	Matthews	144,864	42.26	Common
#235	Perkins	144,656	42.20	Common
#236	Richards	144,646	42.20	Common
#237	Johnston	144,565	42.18	Common
#238	Santiago	144,140	42.05	Common
#239	Contreras	143,795	41.95	Common
#240	Guerrero	143,603	41.90	Common
#241	Estrada	143,553	41.88	Common
#242	Willis	143,481	41.86	Common
#243	Ortega	143,149	41.76	Common
#244	Sandoval	143,125	41.76	Common
#245	Hoffman	142,833	41.67	Common
#246	Lawrence	142,710	41.64	Common
#247	Carpenter	142,611	41.61	Common
#248	Greene	140,859	41.10	Common
#249	Chapman	140,585	41.02	Common
#250	Valdez	140,407	40.96	Common