Most common surnames in United States

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Most common surnames in United States
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
101	Trần	Vietnamese	223,440
102	Sanders	English · “son of Alexander”	221,987
103	Myers	English	220,983
104	Foster	English · “forester”	218,824
105	Powell	—	216,911
106	Jenkins	—	213,644
107	Sullivan	—	212,701
108	Russell	—	211,729
109	Perry	—	211,657
110	Coleman	—	211,259
111	Henderson	—	210,128
112	Butler	—	208,167
113	Romero	—	208,066
114	Gonzales	—	207,620
115	Fisher	—	206,799
116	Barnes	—	206,431
117	Vásquez	—	201,992
118	Jordan	—	200,984
119	Simmons	—	199,853
120	Alexander	—	197,734
121	Patterson	—	197,137
122	Hamilton	—	194,450
123	Graham	—	194,159
124	Moreno	—	192,910
125	Reynolds	—	191,703
126	Griffin	—	191,130
127	West	—	189,360
128	Wallace	—	189,325
129	Cole	—	187,989
130	Castro	—	187,649
131	Herrera	—	186,848
132	Medina	—	186,456
133	Hayes	—	186,445
134	Fernández	Spanish · “son of Fernando”	185,352
135	Bryant	—	184,727
136	Gibson	—	182,917
137	Ellis	—	182,308
138	Aguilar	—	180,700
139	Murray	Irish/Scottish	179,133
140	Ford	—	178,559
141	Stevens	—	177,585
142	Marshall	—	175,713
143	Owens	—	175,160
144	Vargas	—	174,429
145	McDonald	—	172,700
146	Harrison	—	172,637
147	Woods	—	172,463
148	Washington	—	172,075
149	Kennedy	—	171,457
150	Guzmán	—	170,696
151	Wang	Korean · “king”	169,987
152	Wells	—	169,750
153	Henry	—	166,610
154	Li	Chinese · “plum tree”	165,790
155	Méndez	—	165,623
156	Singh	Indian (Sanskrit) · “lion”	163,612
157	Silva	Portuguese · “woods, forest”	162,724
158	Webb	—	162,492
159	Freeman	—	162,107
160	Tucker	—	160,581
161	Crawford	—	159,143
162	Burns	—	159,111
163	Gordon	—	157,985
164	Muñoz	—	156,875
165	Porter	—	156,720
166	Olson	—	156,271
167	Simpson	—	156,097
168	Hunter	—	155,740
169	Shaw	—	155,184
170	Dixon	—	154,538
171	Mason	—	153,847
172	Snyder	—	152,979
173	Hunt	—	152,764
174	Hicks	—	151,942
175	Black	—	151,439
176	Palmer	—	151,165
177	Salazar	—	150,906
178	Holmes	—	150,877
179	Rose	—	149,763
180	Fox	—	149,757
181	Wagner	German · “wagon maker”	149,267
182	Boyd	—	147,346
183	Meyer	German · “steward, tenant farmer”	147,096
184	Stone	—	147,006
185	Robertson	—	146,630
186	Warren	—	145,946
187	Mills	—	145,448
188	Soto	—	145,165
189	Garza	—	144,658
190	Santos	Portuguese · “saints”	144,026
191	Vázquez	Spanish · “son of Vasco”	143,372
192	Rice	—	142,463
193	Schmidt	German · “smith”	142,290
194	Daniels	—	141,286
195	Weaver	—	140,670
196	Grant	—	139,862
197	Stephens	—	139,485
198	Ferguson	—	139,234
199	Yang	Korean · “poplar”	139,210
200	Lê	Vietnamese	138,532

Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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