Most common surnames in United States
The top 50,000 family names, ranked by how many people carry them. Page 1 of 500.
| Rank | Surname | Origin & meaning | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | English · “metalworker” | 2,369,644 |
| 2 | Johnson | English · “son of John” | 1,858,234 |
| 3 | Williams | Welsh · “son of William” | 1,561,395 |
| 4 | Brown | English · “brown-haired or brown-skinned” | 1,386,083 |
| 5 | Jones | Welsh · “son of John” | 1,383,250 |
| 6 | García | Spanish | 1,149,510 |
| 7 | Miller | English · “grain miller” | 1,129,186 |
| 8 | Rodríguez | Spanish · “son of Rodrigo” | 1,085,838 |
| 9 | Davis | Welsh · “son of David” | 1,074,448 |
| 10 | Martínez | Spanish · “son of Martín” | 1,039,848 |
| 11 | Hernández | Spanish · “son of Hernando” | 1,013,895 |
| 12 | López | Spanish · “son of Lope” | 878,958 |
| 13 | González | Spanish · “son of Gonzalo” | 828,405 |
| 14 | Wilson | English · “son of Will” | 777,275 |
| 15 | Anderson | Scottish/Scandinavian · “son of Andrew” | 756,560 |
| 16 | Thomas | English/Welsh · “from given name Thomas” | 734,345 |
| 17 | Taylor | English · “tailor” | 723,758 |
| 18 | Moore | English/Irish | 696,384 |
| 19 | Lee | English/Chinese/Korean · “plum tree” | 695,657 |
| 20 | Jackson | English · “son of Jack” | 686,937 |
| 21 | Pérez | Spanish · “son of Pedro” | 680,712 |
| 22 | Martín | English/French · “from given name Martin” | 678,691 |
| 23 | Thompson | English · “son of Thomas” | 640,099 |
| 24 | White | English · “fair-haired or pale” | 636,798 |
| 25 | Sánchez | Spanish · “son of Sancho” | 607,848 |
| 26 | Harris | English · “son of Harry” | 603,371 |
| 27 | Ramírez | Spanish · “son of Ramiro” | 544,204 |
| 28 | Clark | English · “clerk or scribe” | 539,661 |
| 29 | Nguyễn | Vietnamese | 531,404 |
| 30 | Lewis | English/Welsh · “from given name Lewis” | 515,459 |
| 31 | Robinson | English · “son of Robin” | 510,138 |
| 32 | Walker | English · “cloth fuller” | 504,833 |
| 33 | Hall | English · “worker at a manor hall” | 470,080 |
| 34 | Young | English · “the younger” | 468,920 |
| 35 | Allen | English/Scottish · “from given name Alan” | 465,583 |
| 36 | King | English · “king (nickname)” | 453,539 |
| 37 | Wright | English · “craftsman, builder” | 443,210 |
| 38 | Torres | Spanish · “towers” | 435,998 |
| 39 | Flores | Spanish · “flowers” | 426,965 |
| 40 | Scott | Scottish · “a Scot” | 421,499 |
| 41 | Hill | English · “dweller by a hill” | 419,076 |
| 42 | Green | English · “dweller by the village green” | 415,664 |
| 43 | Adams | English · “son of Adam” | 413,470 |
| 44 | Nelson | English/Irish · “son of Neil” | 410,801 |
| 45 | Baker | English · “baker” | 401,148 |
| 46 | Rivera | Spanish · “riverbank” | 398,449 |
| 47 | Mitchell | English · “from given name Michael” | 372,104 |
| 48 | Campbell | Scottish · “crooked mouth” | 370,555 |
| 49 | Gómez | Spanish · “son of Gome” | 368,213 |
| 50 | Carter | English · “cart driver” | 364,355 |
| 51 | Roberts | English/Welsh · “son of Robert” | 362,049 |
| 52 | Díaz | Spanish · “son of Diego” | 356,910 |
| 53 | Phillips | English/Welsh · “son of Philip” | 343,656 |
| 54 | Evans | Welsh · “son of Evan” | 343,493 |
| 55 | Cruz | Spanish · “cross” | 342,580 |
| 56 | Reyes | Spanish · “kings” | 335,828 |
| 57 | Turner | English · “lathe worker” | 333,512 |
| 58 | Parker | English · “park keeper” | 323,880 |
| 59 | Edwards | English · “son of Edward” | 320,927 |
| 60 | Collins | English/Irish | 317,373 |
| 61 | Stewart | Scottish · “steward” | 311,429 |
| 62 | Morales | Spanish · “mulberry trees” | 310,866 |
| 63 | Patel | Indian (Gujarati) · “village headman” | 309,327 |
| 64 | Morris | English/Welsh · “from given name Maurice” | 307,446 |
| 65 | Murphy | Irish · “sea warrior” | 298,047 |
| 66 | Cook | English · “cook” | 290,386 |
| 67 | Rogers | English · “son of Roger” | 289,242 |
| 68 | Ortiz | Spanish | 288,277 |
| 69 | Morgan | Welsh | 276,366 |
| 70 | Gutiérrez | Spanish · “son of Gutierre” | 275,216 |
| 71 | Kim | Korean · “gold” | 274,068 |
| 72 | Cooper | English · “barrel maker” | 271,453 |
| 73 | Bailey | English · “bailiff” | 269,092 |
| 74 | Ramos | Spanish/Portuguese · “branches” | 268,640 |
| 75 | Reed | English · “red-haired” | 268,584 |
| 76 | Bell | — | 267,025 |
| 77 | Peterson | English/Scandinavian · “son of Peter” | 265,150 |
| 78 | Doe | — | 262,774 |
| 79 | Ward | English · “guard, watchman” | 255,767 |
| 80 | Kelly | Irish | 255,516 |
| 81 | Howard | English | 253,434 |
| 82 | Cox | English | 249,872 |
| 83 | Richardson | English · “son of Richard” | 249,840 |
| 84 | Chávez | Spanish/Portuguese | 244,201 |
| 85 | Brooks | English · “dweller by a brook” | 244,116 |
| 86 | James | English/Welsh · “from given name James” | 243,502 |
| 87 | Watson | English/Scottish · “son of Wat (Walter)” | 242,956 |
| 88 | Mendoza | Spanish (Basque) · “cold mountain” | 242,772 |
| 89 | Gray | English · “grey-haired” | 241,208 |
| 90 | Bennett | English · “from given name Benedict” | 239,397 |
| 91 | Wood | English · “dweller by a wood” | 238,948 |
| 92 | Ruiz | Spanish · “son of Ruy” | 237,286 |
| 93 | Chen | Chinese · “from the State of Chen” | 233,798 |
| 94 | Castillo | Spanish · “castle” | 231,347 |
| 95 | Álvarez | Spanish · “son of Álvaro” | 229,446 |
| 96 | Hughes | Welsh/English · “son of Hugh” | 226,912 |
| 97 | Price | Welsh · “son of Rhys” | 225,734 |
| 98 | Jiménez | Spanish · “son of Jimeno” | 225,722 |
| 99 | Ross | Scottish · “headland” | 224,952 |
| 100 | Long | English · “tall person” | 223,485 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.
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