The most common last names in America

These counts are exact: they come straight from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 surname file, which lists every last name held by 100 or more people. Smith is the most common surname with 2,442,977 people, and the top 10 surnames alone cover 4.7% of the population. Select any name to see its estimated count today and its full breakdown.

Most Common Last Names in the U.S., top 500
#	Last name	People (2010)	Per 100k	Hispanic origin
1	Smith	2,442,977	828	2.4%
2	Johnson	1,932,812	655	2.4%
3	Williams	1,625,252	551	2.5%
4	Brown	1,437,026	487	2.5%
5	Jones	1,425,470	483	2.3%
6	Garcia	1,166,120	395	92.0%
7	Miller	1,161,437	394	2.2%
8	Davis	1,116,357	378	2.4%
9	Rodriguez	1,094,924	371	93.8%
10	Martinez	1,060,159	359	92.9%
11	Hernandez	1,043,281	354	94.9%
12	Lopez	874,523	296	92.9%
13	Gonzalez	841,025	285	95.0%
14	Wilson	801,882	272	2.6%
15	Anderson	784,404	266	2.4%
16	Thomas	756,142	256	2.5%
17	Taylor	751,209	255	2.5%
18	Moore	724,374	246	2.3%
19	Jackson	708,099	240	2.5%
20	Martin	702,625	238	5.6%
21	Lee	693,023	235	1.9%
22	Perez	681,645	231	93.0%
23	Thompson	664,644	225	2.5%
24	White	660,491	224	2.4%
25	Harris	624,252	212	2.3%
26	Sanchez	612,752	208	93.0%
27	Clark	562,679	191	2.6%
28	Ramirez	557,423	189	94.5%
29	Lewis	531,781	180	2.6%
30	Robinson	529,821	180	2.6%
31	Walker	523,129	177	2.4%
32	Young	484,447	164	2.6%
33	Allen	482,607	164	2.5%
34	King	465,422	158	2.5%
35	Wright	458,980	156	2.4%
36	Scott	439,530	149	2.6%
37	Torres	437,813	148	92.2%
38	Nguyen	437,645	148	0.6%
39	Hill	434,827	147	2.5%
40	Flores	433,969	147	91.9%
41	Green	430,182	146	2.6%
42	Adams	427,865	145	2.6%
43	Nelson	424,958	144	2.5%
44	Baker	419,586	142	2.3%
45	Hall	407,076	138	2.3%
46	Rivera	391,114	133	91.1%
47	Campbell	386,157	131	2.5%
48	Mitchell	384,486	130	2.5%
49	Carter	376,966	128	2.3%
50	Roberts	376,774	128	2.4%
51	Gomez	365,655	124	92.6%
52	Phillips	360,802	122	2.4%
53	Evans	355,593	121	2.4%
54	Turner	348,627	118	2.2%
55	Diaz	347,636	118	92.6%
56	Parker	336,221	114	2.3%
57	Cruz	334,201	113	87.9%
58	Edwards	332,423	113	2.5%
59	Collins	329,770	112	2.5%
60	Reyes	327,904	111	88.6%
61	Stewart	324,957	110	2.5%
62	Morris	318,884	108	2.5%
63	Morales	311,777	106	93.2%
64	Murphy	308,417	105	2.3%
65	Cook	302,589	103	2.2%
66	Rogers	302,261	102	2.6%
67	Gutierrez	293,218	99	93.3%
68	Ortiz	286,899	97	93.1%
69	Morgan	286,280	97	2.8%
70	Cooper	280,791	95	2.4%
71	Peterson	278,297	94	2.4%
72	Bailey	277,845	94	2.3%
73	Reed	277,030	94	2.2%
74	Kelly	267,394	91	2.7%
75	Howard	264,826	90	2.4%
76	Ramos	263,464	89	86.8%
77	Kim	262,352	89	0.7%
78	Cox	261,231	89	2.3%
79	Ward	260,464	88	2.4%
80	Richardson	259,798	88	2.6%
81	Watson	252,579	86	2.4%
82	Brooks	251,663	85	2.5%
83	Chavez	250,898	85	93.0%
84	Wood	250,715	85	2.4%
85	James	249,379	85	3.1%
86	Bennett	247,599	84	2.5%
87	Gray	246,116	83	2.4%
88	Mendoza	242,771	82	90.0%
89	Ruiz	238,234	81	92.9%
90	Hughes	236,271	80	2.5%
91	Price	235,251	80	2.2%
92	Alvarez	233,983	79	92.5%
93	Castillo	230,420	78	90.3%
94	Sanders	230,374	78	2.6%
95	Patel	229,973	78	0.4%
96	Myers	229,895	78	2.1%
97	Long	229,374	78	2.2%
98	Ross	229,368	78	2.8%
99	Foster	227,764	77	2.6%
100	Jimenez	227,118	77	94.0%
101	Powell	224,874	76	2.3%
102	Jenkins	222,653	75	2.1%
103	Perry	221,741	75	2.7%
104	Russell	221,558	75	2.5%
105	Sullivan	220,990	75	2.4%
106	Bell	220,599	75	2.5%
107	Coleman	219,070	74	2.3%
108	Butler	218,847	74	2.4%
109	Henderson	218,393	74	2.5%
110	Barnes	218,241	74	2.3%
111	Gonzales	214,758	73	84.1%
112	Fisher	214,703	73	2.4%
113	Vasquez	212,781	72	93.2%
114	Simmons	210,182	71	2.3%
115	Romero	208,614	71	88.5%
116	Jordan	208,403	71	4.1%
117	Patterson	205,423	70	2.4%
118	Alexander	204,621	69	3.2%
119	Hamilton	201,746	68	2.5%
120	Graham	201,159	68	2.5%
121	Reynolds	200,247	68	2.5%
122	Griffin	198,406	67	2.2%
123	Wallace	197,276	67	2.5%
124	Moreno	196,925	67	92.2%
125	West	195,818	66	2.5%
126	Cole	195,289	66	2.4%
127	Hayes	194,246	66	2.3%
128	Bryant	192,773	65	2.2%
129	Herrera	192,711	65	93.0%
130	Gibson	190,667	65	2.3%
131	Ellis	188,968	64	2.7%
132	Tran	188,498	64	0.8%
133	Medina	188,497	64	91.2%
134	Aguilar	186,512	63	93.3%
135	Stevens	185,674	63	2.7%
136	Murray	184,910	63	2.6%
137	Ford	184,832	63	2.4%
138	Castro	184,134	62	87.4%
139	Marshall	183,922	62	2.6%
140	Owens	182,719	62	2.2%
141	Harrison	181,091	61	2.7%
142	Fernandez	180,842	61	83.6%
143	McDonald	180,497	61	2.7%
144	Woods	177,425	60	2.4%
145	Washington	177,386	60	2.5%
146	Kennedy	176,865	60	2.5%
147	Wells	176,230	60	2.4%
148	Vargas	173,835	59	92.9%
149	Henry	170,964	58	2.8%
150	Chen	169,580	57	0.5%
151	Freeman	169,149	57	2.3%
152	Webb	168,878	57	2.3%
153	Tucker	167,446	57	2.4%
154	Guzman	167,044	57	93.8%
155	Burns	165,925	56	2.5%
156	Crawford	164,457	56	2.2%
157	Olson	164,035	56	2.0%
158	Simpson	163,181	55	2.5%
159	Porter	163,054	55	2.5%
160	Hunter	162,440	55	2.4%
161	Gordon	161,833	55	3.0%
162	Mendez	161,717	55	93.8%
163	Silva	161,633	55	61.3%
164	Shaw	160,400	54	2.4%
165	Snyder	160,262	54	1.9%
166	Mason	160,213	54	2.4%
167	Dixon	159,480	54	2.5%
168	Munoz	158,483	54	93.5%
169	Hunt	158,421	54	2.3%
170	Hicks	158,320	54	2.1%
171	Holmes	156,780	53	2.4%
172	Palmer	156,601	53	2.9%
173	Wagner	155,795	53	2.4%
174	Black	154,738	52	2.3%
175	Robertson	153,666	52	2.5%
176	Boyd	153,469	52	2.2%
177	Rose	153,397	52	3.0%
178	Stone	153,329	52	2.4%
179	Salazar	152,703	52	91.7%
180	Fox	152,334	52	2.4%
181	Warren	152,147	52	2.3%
182	Mills	151,942	52	2.3%
183	Meyer	150,895	51	2.3%
184	Rice	149,500	51	2.3%
185	Schmidt	147,034	50	2.3%
186	Garza	147,005	50	92.5%
187	Daniels	146,570	50	2.7%
188	Ferguson	146,426	50	2.5%
189	Nichols	145,584	49	2.4%
190	Stephens	144,646	49	2.5%
191	Soto	144,451	49	93.5%
192	Weaver	143,837	49	2.1%
193	Ryan	143,452	49	2.5%
194	Gardner	142,894	48	2.3%
195	Payne	142,601	48	2.4%
196	Grant	142,277	48	2.8%
197	Dunn	141,427	48	2.3%
198	Kelley	140,693	48	2.2%
199	Spencer	139,951	47	2.7%
200	Hawkins	139,751	47	2.5%
201	Arnold	138,893	47	2.4%
202	Pierce	138,629	47	2.5%
203	Vazquez	138,322	47	95.8%
204	Hansen	137,977	47	2.5%
205	Peters	137,513	47	2.5%
206	Santos	137,232	47	62.2%
207	Hart	137,184	47	2.5%
208	Bradley	136,720	46	2.3%
209	Knight	136,713	46	2.5%
210	Elliott	135,765	46	2.2%
211	Cunningham	135,718	46	2.6%
212	Duncan	135,187	46	2.5%
213	Armstrong	135,044	46	2.8%
214	Hudson	134,963	46	2.2%
215	Carroll	134,317	46	2.4%
216	Lane	134,227	46	2.3%
217	Riley	133,872	45	2.5%
218	Andrews	133,799	45	2.6%
219	Alvarado	133,501	45	94.4%
220	Ray	133,171	45	2.6%
221	Delgado	132,985	45	92.5%
222	Berry	132,812	45	2.5%
223	Perkins	131,440	45	2.4%
224	Hoffman	131,401	45	2.1%
225	Johnston	131,373	45	2.6%
226	Matthews	131,303	45	2.4%
227	Pena	130,776	44	92.5%
228	Richards	130,529	44	2.8%
229	Contreras	130,164	44	94.6%
230	Willis	130,152	44	2.3%
231	Carpenter	129,898	44	2.2%
232	Lawrence	129,699	44	2.5%
233	Sandoval	128,948	44	91.9%
234	Guerrero	128,677	44	92.3%
235	George	128,625	44	3.2%
236	Chapman	127,939	43	2.5%
237	Rios	127,794	43	93.6%
238	Estrada	127,470	43	92.9%
239	Ortega	127,256	43	93.1%
240	Watkins	127,083	43	2.1%
241	Greene	126,101	43	2.2%
242	Nunez	125,350	42	92.7%
243	Wheeler	125,058	42	2.4%
244	Valdez	124,995	42	88.7%
245	Harper	124,461	42	2.3%
246	Burke	122,877	42	2.4%
247	Larson	122,587	42	1.9%
248	Santiago	122,212	41	88.1%
249	Maldonado	121,526	41	93.7%
250	Morrison	121,130	41	2.5%
251	Franklin	120,621	41	2.7%
252	Carlson	120,552	41	2.1%
253	Austin	119,706	41	2.8%
254	Dominguez	119,304	40	93.1%
255	Carr	119,076	40	2.4%
256	Lawson	119,053	40	2.2%
257	Jacobs	118,614	40	2.5%
258	Obrien	118,557	40	2.3%
259	Lynch	117,708	40	2.5%
260	Singh	116,749	40	2.5%
261	Vega	116,673	40	92.7%
262	Bishop	116,618	40	2.4%
263	Montgomery	115,953	39	2.4%
264	Oliver	115,900	39	4.5%
265	Jensen	115,679	39	2.6%
266	Harvey	115,662	39	2.5%
267	Williamson	114,959	39	2.3%
268	Gilbert	114,940	39	3.0%
269	Dean	114,030	39	2.6%
270	Sims	113,374	38	2.2%
271	Espinoza	112,154	38	94.9%
272	Howell	112,041	38	2.5%
273	Li	111,786	38	0.6%
274	Wong	111,371	38	4.0%
275	Reid	111,360	38	2.6%
276	Hanson	111,144	38	2.1%
277	Le	110,967	38	0.8%
278	McCoy	110,744	38	2.6%
279	Garrett	110,697	38	2.2%
280	Burton	110,529	37	2.3%
281	Fuller	110,116	37	2.3%
282	Wang	109,883	37	0.3%
283	Weber	109,433	37	2.2%
284	Welch	108,987	37	2.5%
285	Rojas	108,421	37	94.5%
286	Lucas	107,690	37	8.1%
287	Marquez	107,533	36	90.7%
288	Fields	107,522	36	2.3%
289	Park	106,696	36	1.0%
290	Yang	106,033	36	0.5%
291	Little	105,936	36	2.0%
292	Banks	105,833	36	2.5%
293	Padilla	105,365	36	90.2%
294	Day	105,091	36	2.4%
295	Walsh	105,079	36	2.2%
296	Bowman	105,007	36	2.2%
297	Schultz	104,888	36	2.2%
298	Luna	104,518	35	88.8%
299	Fowler	104,515	35	2.2%
300	Mejia	104,057	35	94.5%
301	Davidson	103,930	35	2.4%
302	Acosta	103,418	35	89.5%
303	Brewer	103,318	35	2.2%
304	May	103,306	35	3.0%
305	Holland	102,538	35	2.4%
306	Juarez	101,949	35	95.7%
307	Newman	101,931	35	2.6%
308	Pearson	101,836	35	2.2%
309	Curtis	101,801	35	2.6%
310	Cortez	101,694	34	89.7%
311	Douglas	101,458	34	2.8%
312	Schneider	101,290	34	2.2%
313	Joseph	100,959	34	3.0%
314	Barrett	100,104	34	2.6%
315	Navarro	99,807	34	88.1%
316	Figueroa	98,468	33	92.8%
317	Keller	98,268	33	2.3%
318	Avila	97,314	33	91.0%
319	Wade	97,040	33	2.3%
320	Molina	96,979	33	90.3%
321	Stanley	96,867	33	2.3%
322	Hopkins	96,810	33	2.1%
323	Campos	96,111	33	90.5%
324	Barnett	95,681	32	2.6%
325	Bates	95,622	32	2.4%
326	Chambers	94,988	32	2.5%
327	Caldwell	93,944	32	2.3%
328	Beck	93,786	32	2.2%
329	Lambert	93,678	32	2.8%
330	Miranda	93,628	32	81.0%
331	Byrd	92,904	32	2.1%
332	Craig	92,507	31	2.4%
333	Ayala	92,463	31	94.3%
334	Lowe	92,260	31	2.6%
335	Frazier	92,152	31	2.3%
336	Powers	91,970	31	2.4%
337	Neal	91,694	31	2.2%
338	Leonard	91,475	31	2.4%
339	Gregory	91,384	31	2.5%
340	Carrillo	91,129	31	93.3%
341	Sutton	90,964	31	2.1%
342	Fleming	90,677	31	2.2%
343	Rhodes	90,670	31	2.2%
344	Shelton	90,517	31	2.2%
345	Schwartz	90,071	31	1.9%
346	Norris	89,796	30	2.2%
347	Jennings	89,700	30	2.5%
348	Watts	89,649	30	2.3%
349	Duran	89,401	30	87.1%
350	Walters	89,376	30	2.6%
351	Cohen	89,091	30	3.3%
352	McDaniel	88,728	30	2.4%
353	Moran	88,615	30	30.8%
354	Parks	88,586	30	2.1%
355	Steele	88,230	30	2.4%
356	Vaughn	88,060	30	2.3%
357	Becker	87,859	30	2.3%
358	Holt	87,531	30	2.1%
359	Deleon	87,414	30	83.1%
360	Barker	87,162	30	2.4%
361	Terry	87,000	29	2.7%
362	Hale	86,618	29	2.4%
363	Leon	86,363	29	85.2%
364	Hail	86,240	29	2.3%
365	Benson	86,081	29	2.4%
366	Haynes	85,974	29	2.5%
367	Horton	85,195	29	2.2%
368	Miles	84,942	29	2.4%
369	Lyons	84,516	29	2.3%
370	Pham	84,320	29	0.7%
371	Graves	84,179	29	2.6%
372	Bush	84,018	28	2.3%
373	Thornton	83,967	28	2.1%
374	Wolfe	83,928	28	2.1%
375	Warner	83,781	28	2.4%
376	Cabrera	83,621	28	91.0%
377	McKinney	83,616	28	2.3%
378	Mann	83,510	28	2.7%
379	Zimmerman	83,265	28	1.9%
380	Dawson	83,182	28	2.3%
381	Lara	83,067	28	92.3%
382	Fletcher	83,063	28	2.6%
383	Page	82,992	28	2.6%
384	McCarthy	82,950	28	2.2%
385	Love	82,873	28	2.5%
386	Robles	82,458	28	91.8%
387	Cervantes	82,161	28	95.3%
388	Solis	82,146	28	92.4%
389	Erickson	82,085	28	1.9%
390	Reeves	81,978	28	2.7%
391	Chang	81,939	28	3.7%
392	Klein	81,471	28	2.3%
393	Salinas	81,156	28	92.9%
394	Fuentes	81,006	27	93.2%
395	Baldwin	80,742	27	2.4%
396	Daniel	80,526	27	5.6%
397	Simon	80,460	27	7.1%
398	Velasquez	80,364	27	92.2%
399	Hardy	80,252	27	2.2%
400	Higgins	79,803	27	2.3%
401	Aguirre	79,517	27	92.9%
402	Lin	79,508	27	0.5%
403	Cummings	79,316	27	2.5%
404	Chandler	79,186	27	2.4%
405	Sharp	78,990	27	2.3%
406	Barber	78,848	27	2.4%
407	Bowen	78,822	27	2.7%
408	Ochoa	78,677	27	94.1%
409	Dennis	78,482	27	2.9%
410	Robbins	78,381	27	2.1%
411	Liu	78,370	27	0.5%
412	Ramsey	78,350	27	2.5%
413	Francis	78,327	27	3.8%
414	Griffith	78,260	27	2.6%
415	Paul	78,256	27	2.7%
416	Blair	78,026	26	2.5%
417	Oconnor	77,923	26	2.6%
418	Cardenas	77,652	26	93.7%
419	Pacheco	77,642	26	81.4%
420	Cross	77,557	26	2.5%
421	Calderon	77,085	26	92.5%
422	Quinn	76,986	26	2.6%
423	Moss	76,908	26	2.3%
424	Swanson	76,897	26	2.1%
425	Chan	76,664	26	4.6%
426	Rivas	76,205	26	93.7%
427	Khan	76,171	26	2.2%
428	Rodgers	76,095	26	2.7%
429	Serrano	75,996	26	90.3%
430	Fitzgerald	75,356	26	2.2%
431	Rosales	75,185	25	93.2%
432	Stevenson	75,169	25	2.7%
433	Christensen	75,143	25	2.4%
434	Manning	74,949	25	2.4%
435	Gill	74,948	25	4.7%
436	Curry	74,919	25	2.5%
437	McLaughlin	74,816	25	2.4%
438	Harmon	74,737	25	2.3%
439	McGee	74,542	25	2.3%
440	Gross	74,503	25	2.5%
441	Doyle	74,458	25	2.4%
442	Garner	74,324	25	2.3%
443	Newton	74,092	25	2.6%
444	Burgess	73,931	25	2.2%
445	Reese	73,919	25	2.6%
446	Walton	73,854	25	2.1%
447	Blake	73,797	25	2.7%
448	Trujillo	73,664	25	89.1%
449	Adkins	73,599	25	1.7%
450	Brady	73,145	25	2.7%
451	Goodman	73,136	25	2.4%
452	Roman	72,918	25	75.7%
453	Webster	72,625	25	2.5%
454	Goodwin	72,451	25	2.3%
455	Fischer	72,357	25	2.6%
456	Huang	72,328	25	0.4%
457	Potter	72,175	24	2.5%
458	Delacruz	72,109	24	77.2%
459	Montoya	71,844	24	88.4%
460	Todd	71,759	24	2.3%
461	Wu	71,721	24	0.5%
462	Hines	71,717	24	2.3%
463	Mullins	71,646	24	1.7%
464	Castaneda	71,368	24	93.4%
465	Malone	71,286	24	2.5%
466	Cannon	71,085	24	2.4%
467	Tate	71,058	24	2.1%
468	Mack	71,056	24	2.4%
469	Sherman	70,502	24	2.3%
470	Hubbard	70,362	24	2.1%
471	Hodges	70,223	24	2.6%
472	Zhang	70,125	24	0.1%
473	Guerra	70,071	24	86.6%
474	Wolf	70,031	24	2.2%
475	Valencia	70,000	24	89.2%
476	Saunders	69,943	24	2.6%
476	Franco	69,943	24	81.0%
478	Rowe	69,879	24	2.5%
479	Gallagher	69,834	24	2.5%
480	Farmer	69,617	24	2.1%
481	Hammond	69,515	24	2.2%
482	Hampton	69,472	24	2.2%
483	Townsend	69,360	24	2.4%
484	Ingram	69,345	24	2.4%
485	Wise	68,649	23	2.4%
486	Gallegos	68,373	23	90.9%
487	Clarke	68,281	23	3.6%
488	Barton	68,233	23	3.1%
489	Schroeder	67,977	23	2.1%
490	Maxwell	67,961	23	2.7%
491	Waters	67,929	23	2.4%
492	Logan	67,909	23	3.2%
493	Camacho	67,893	23	89.6%
494	Strickland	67,769	23	2.0%
495	Norman	67,704	23	2.4%
496	Person	67,411	23	12.9%
497	Colon	67,338	23	89.8%
498	Parsons	67,310	23	2.3%
499	Frank	67,304	23	2.7%
500	Harrington	66,959	23	2.4%

Most common surnames by group

The largest surnames where most bearers identified with each group in the 2010 Census.

White

Smith2,442,977 · 71%
Johnson1,932,812 · 59%
Brown1,437,026 · 58%
Jones1,425,470 · 55%
Miller1,161,437 · 84%
Davis1,116,357 · 62%

Black

Jackson708,099 · 53%
Washington177,386 · 88%
Banks105,833 · 55%
Joseph100,959 · 54%
Charles61,211 · 53%
Jefferson55,179 · 74%

Hispanic

Garcia1,166,120 · 92%
Rodriguez1,094,924 · 94%
Martinez1,060,159 · 93%
Hernandez1,043,281 · 95%
Lopez874,523 · 93%
Gonzalez841,025 · 95%

Asian / Pacific Islander

Nguyen437,645 · 96%
Kim262,352 · 94%
Patel229,973 · 95%
Tran188,498 · 96%
Chen169,580 · 96%
Singh116,749 · 83%

American Indian / Alaska Native

Locklear19,716 · 73%
Begay17,553 · 94%
Yazzie14,949 · 95%
Oxendine7,139 · 64%
Benally5,562 · 94%
Tsosie5,255 · 95%

Questions about surnames

What is the most common last name in the U.S.?

Smith, held by 2,442,977 people at the 2010 Census, followed by Johnson and Williams.

Are these surname counts exact?

Yes. They are the official counts from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 surname file, which lists every surname held by at least 100 people. Our name reports also scale them to today's population.

Why is the data from 2010?

The 2010 file is the newest Census surname release with full counts and race/Hispanic-origin detail for every name. Surname rankings change slowly, so it remains a reliable picture.

Look up your last name

The Census file covers 162,253 surnames, so yours is likely in it.