Most common surnames in United States
The top 50,000 family names, ranked by how many people carry them. Page 3 of 500.
| Rank | Surname | Origin & meaning | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Ryan | Irish | 137,599 |
| 202 | Gardner | — | 137,379 |
| 203 | Kelley | — | 137,250 |
| 204 | Dunn | — | 137,243 |
| 205 | Payne | — | 137,217 |
| 206 | Nichols | — | 136,692 |
| 207 | Hawkins | — | 135,632 |
| 208 | Spencer | — | 135,510 |
| 209 | Peña | — | 135,370 |
| 210 | Hansen | Norwegian · “son of Hans” | 135,050 |
| 211 | Alvarado | — | 133,053 |
| 212 | Knight | — | 132,682 |
| 213 | Pierce | — | 132,277 |
| 214 | Arnold | — | 132,160 |
| 215 | Peters | — | 132,098 |
| 216 | Elliott | — | 131,897 |
| 217 | Hart | — | 131,550 |
| 218 | Bradley | — | 130,526 |
| 219 | Ray | Indian | 130,289 |
| 220 | Hudson | — | 129,935 |
| 221 | Armstrong | — | 129,826 |
| 222 | Duncan | — | 129,708 |
| 223 | Lane | — | 129,618 |
| 224 | Riley | — | 129,431 |
| 225 | Andrews | — | 129,205 |
| 226 | Carroll | — | 129,163 |
| 227 | Delgado | — | 128,967 |
| 228 | Núñez | — | 128,895 |
| 229 | Cunningham | — | 128,869 |
| 230 | George | — | 127,488 |
| 231 | Berry | — | 127,443 |
| 232 | Liu | Chinese | 127,257 |
| 233 | Ríos | — | 126,386 |
| 234 | Matthews | — | 126,328 |
| 235 | Perkins | — | 126,147 |
| 236 | Richards | — | 126,138 |
| 237 | Johnston | — | 126,068 |
| 238 | Santiago | — | 125,697 |
| 239 | Contreras | — | 125,396 |
| 240 | Guerrero | — | 125,229 |
| 241 | Estrada | — | 125,185 |
| 242 | Willis | — | 125,122 |
| 243 | Ortega | — | 124,833 |
| 244 | Sandoval | — | 124,812 |
| 245 | Hoffman | — | 124,557 |
| 246 | Lawrence | — | 124,450 |
| 247 | Carpenter | — | 124,364 |
| 248 | Greene | — | 122,836 |
| 249 | Chapman | — | 122,597 |
| 250 | Valdez | — | 122,442 |
| 251 | Watkins | — | 122,315 |
| 252 | Zhang | Chinese · “to draw a bow” | 122,053 |
| 253 | Maldonado | — | 119,954 |
| 254 | Wheeler | — | 119,866 |
| 255 | Harper | — | 119,191 |
| 256 | Burke | Irish (Anglo-Norman) | 118,342 |
| 257 | Larson | — | 117,441 |
| 258 | Vega | — | 116,828 |
| 259 | Lin | Chinese · “forest” | 116,776 |
| 260 | Domínguez | Spanish · “son of Domingo” | 116,738 |
| 261 | O'Brien | Irish · “descendant of Brian” | 115,547 |
| 262 | Morrison | — | 115,546 |
| 263 | Carlson | — | 115,532 |
| 264 | Franklin | — | 115,358 |
| 265 | Carr | — | 115,016 |
| 266 | Jacobs | — | 114,905 |
| 267 | Lawson | — | 114,522 |
| 268 | Jensen | Norwegian · “son of Jens” | 114,314 |
| 269 | Lynch | Irish | 114,010 |
| 270 | Austin | — | 113,709 |
| 271 | Wong | — | 112,062 |
| 272 | Bishop | — | 112,014 |
| 273 | Harvey | — | 111,716 |
| 274 | Park | Korean | 111,265 |
| 275 | Montgomery | — | 110,972 |
| 276 | Mejía | — | 110,790 |
| 277 | Sims | — | 109,854 |
| 278 | Oliver | — | 109,817 |
| 279 | Dean | — | 109,762 |
| 280 | Williamson | — | 109,310 |
| 281 | Reid | — | 109,275 |
| 282 | Rojas | — | 109,184 |
| 283 | Joseph | — | 108,935 |
| 284 | Gilbert | — | 108,832 |
| 285 | Espinoza | — | 108,031 |
| 286 | Howell | — | 107,414 |
| 287 | McCoy | — | 107,288 |
| 288 | Hanson | — | 106,689 |
| 289 | Luna | — | 106,387 |
| 290 | Weber | German · “weaver” | 106,260 |
| 291 | Márquez | — | 106,054 |
| 292 | Burton | — | 105,987 |
| 293 | Fuller | — | 105,864 |
| 294 | Acosta | — | 104,841 |
| 295 | Padilla | — | 104,340 |
| 296 | Welch | — | 103,903 |
| 297 | Banks | — | 103,658 |
| 298 | Fields | — | 103,194 |
| 299 | Lucas | — | 102,949 |
| 300 | Day | — | 102,775 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.
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