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
#251 Franklin 137,347 40.89 Common
#252 Carlson 137,280 40.87 Common
#253 Austin 136,305 40.58 Common
#254 Dominguez 135,835 40.44 Common
#255 Carr 135,600 40.37 Common
#256 Lawson 135,567 40.36 Common
#257 Jacobs 135,063 40.21 Common
#258 Obrien 134,995 40.19 Common
#259 Lynch 134,021 39.90 Common
#260 Singh 132,947 39.58 Common
#261 Vega 132,846 39.55 Common
#262 Bishop 132,779 39.53 Common
#263 Montgomery 132,040 39.31 Common
#264 Oliver 131,972 39.29 Common
#265 Jensen 131,737 39.22 Common
#266 Harvey 131,704 39.21 Common
#267 Williamson 130,898 38.97 Common
#268 Gilbert 130,898 38.97 Common
#269 Dean 129,856 38.66 Common
#270 Sims 129,084 38.43 Common
#271 Espinoza 127,707 38.02 Common
#272 Howell 127,572 37.98 Common
#273 Li 127,304 37.90 Common
#274 Wong 126,833 37.76 Common
#275 Reid 126,800 37.75 Common
#276 Hanson 126,565 37.68 Common
#277 Le 126,363 37.62 Common
#278 Mccoy 126,094 37.54 Common
#279 Garrett 126,061 37.53 Common
#280 Burton 125,859 37.47 Common
#281 Fuller 125,389 37.33 Common
#282 Wang 125,120 37.25 Common
#283 Weber 124,616 37.10 Common
#284 Welch 124,113 36.95 Common
#285 Rojas 123,474 36.76 Common
#286 Lucas 122,635 36.51 Common
#287 Marquez 122,433 36.45 Common
#288 Fields 122,433 36.45 Common
#289 Park 121,493 36.17 Common
#290 Yang 120,754 35.95 Common
#291 Little 120,619 35.91 Common
#292 Banks 120,518 35.88 Common
#293 Padilla 119,981 35.72 Common
#294 Day 119,679 35.63 Common
#295 Walsh 119,645 35.62 Common
#296 Bowman 119,578 35.60 Common
#297 Schultz 119,444 35.56 Common
#298 Luna 119,007 35.43 Common
#299 Fowler 119,007 35.43 Common
#300 Mejia 118,503 35.28 Common