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.

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156,619 surnames

Rank	Name	Est. Bearers	Per 100K	Rarity
#251	Watkins	140,262	40.92	Common
#252	Zhang	139,961	40.83	Common
#253	Maldonado	137,554	40.13	Common
#254	Wheeler	137,453	40.10	Common
#255	Harper	136,679	39.88	Common
#256	Burke	135,706	39.59	Common
#257	Larson	134,673	39.29	Common
#258	Vega	133,970	39.09	Common
#259	Lin	133,910	39.07	Common
#260	Dominguez	133,866	39.06	Common
#261	Obrien	132,501	38.66	Common
#262	Morrison	132,500	38.66	Common
#263	Carlson	132,484	38.65	Common
#264	Franklin	132,284	38.59	Common
#265	Carr	131,892	38.48	Common
#266	Jacobs	131,765	38.44	Common
#267	Lawson	131,325	38.31	Common
#268	Jensen	131,087	38.25	Common
#269	Lynch	130,738	38.14	Common
#270	Austin	130,393	38.04	Common
#271	Wong	128,504	37.49	Common
#272	Bishop	128,449	37.48	Common
#273	Harvey	128,108	37.38	Common
#274	Park	127,590	37.23	Common
#275	Montgomery	127,254	37.13	Common
#276	Mejia	127,046	37.07	Common
#277	Sims	125,972	36.75	Common
#278	Oliver	125,930	36.74	Common
#279	Dean	125,867	36.72	Common
#280	Williamson	125,349	36.57	Common
#281	Reid	125,308	36.56	Common
#282	Rojas	125,204	36.53	Common
#283	Joseph	124,919	36.45	Common
#284	Gilbert	124,800	36.41	Common
#285	Espinoza	123,882	36.14	Common
#286	Howell	123,174	35.94	Common
#287	Mccoy	123,030	35.89	Common
#288	Hanson	122,343	35.69	Common
#289	Luna	121,997	35.59	Common
#290	Weber	121,851	35.55	Common
#291	Marquez	121,615	35.48	Common
#292	Burton	121,538	35.46	Common
#293	Fuller	121,397	35.42	Common
#294	Acosta	120,224	35.08	Common
#295	Padilla	119,649	34.91	Common
#296	Welch	119,148	34.76	Common
#297	Banks	118,867	34.68	Common
#298	Fields	118,335	34.52	Common
#299	Lucas	118,054	34.44	Common
#300	Day	117,855	34.38	Common