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NAME RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 1000 SHOWN OF 100,000

Most common Black last names

The last names most carried by Black Americans, ranked by the Census-tabulated number of Black people with each name in 2020.

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YEAR200020102020
RANKNAMEPEOPLE
01Williams721,683
02Johnson623,699
03Smith535,967
04Jones514,871
05Brown480,749
06Jackson352,051
07Davis330,935
08Thomas277,281
09Harris247,603
10Robinson221,607
11Taylor199,792
12Wilson198,581
13Moore187,883
14Lewis175,266
15White173,785
16Walker171,459
17Green148,766
18Thompson146,892
19Washington143,828
20Anderson139,255
21Scott135,108
22Carter125,680
23Wright121,889
24Allen119,112
25Mitchell118,205
26Miller118,120
27Hill117,840
28Young112,255
29Lee106,166
30Martin104,262
31King101,005
32Clark99,576
33Hall99,254
34Edwards99,042
35Turner96,801
36James93,370
37Coleman91,071
38Evans85,916
39Bell83,851
40Richardson81,159
41Adams80,577
42Brooks79,432
43Parker78,061
44Jenkins76,023
45Stewart75,684
46Campbell74,872
47Howard72,998
48Sanders71,429
49Simmons70,354
50Collins69,972
51Henderson69,226
52Cooper68,875
53Watson65,952
54Alexander65,943
55Nelson64,232
56Bryant63,943
57Butler63,364
58Morris61,540
59Jordan60,795
60Joseph60,478
61Barnes59,679
62Dixon59,279
63Gray59,222
64Roberts59,153
65Woods59,127
66Reed58,771
67Bailey58,326
68Powell58,014
69Phillips57,720
70Griffin57,237
71Baker56,320
72Doe55,923
73Ford54,886
74Banks54,488
75Holmes54,331
76Ross53,968
77Daniels52,444
78Rogers52,198
79Grant52,147
80Perry51,922
81Patterson51,555
82Henry51,492
83Foster50,721
84Hunter49,557
85Owens48,082
86Morgan47,750
87Marshall46,864
88Ward46,419
89Gordon46,070
90Graham45,755
91Wallace45,480
92Freeman45,128
93Hamilton45,085
94Price45,027
95Hayes44,683
96Boyd43,744
97Franklin43,333
98Hawkins42,919
99Sims42,619
100Ellis42,110
101Bennett41,592
102Harrison41,215
103Kelly40,281
104Hicks39,710
105Crawford39,369
106Gibson39,218
107Jefferson38,387
108Watkins38,190
109Tucker38,175
110Porter38,030
111Matthews37,958
112Willis37,896
113Mason37,831
114Reid36,999
115Fields35,961
116Cole35,808
117Hughes35,769
118Cook35,370
119Simpson35,247
120Russell35,009
121Hudson34,785
122Charles34,620
123Warren34,293
124West33,776
125Pierre33,639
126Wells33,386
127Murray33,352
128Murphy33,271
129Douglas33,191
130Mack33,114
131Frazier32,087
132Bradley32,064
133Greene31,789
134Shaw31,787
135Spencer30,717
136Harper30,329
137Lawrence30,206
138Webb30,119
139Love30,011
140Perkins29,957
141Payne29,830
142Byrd29,811
143Mcdonald29,600
144Cox29,385
145Robertson29,381
146Black29,145
147Austin28,976
148Oliver28,914
149Berry28,857
150Montgomery28,334
151Stephens28,007
152Palmer27,942
153Knight27,924
154Mccoy27,833
155Mohamed27,745
156Harvey27,683
157Burton27,675
158Neal27,515
159Riley27,431
160Andrews27,339
161Haynes27,156
162Ali26,649
163Cunningham26,531
164Armstrong26,528
165Long26,370
166Wade26,301
167Hampton26,290
168Gardner26,271
169Ferguson26,116
170Miles25,978
171Glover25,935
172Chambers25,697
173Peterson25,661
174Tate25,314
175Hunt25,212
176Reynolds24,802
177Garrett24,706
178Curry24,612
179Hines24,474
180Singleton24,418
181Hardy24,250
182Francis24,167
183Mills23,949
184Walton23,879
185Little23,755
186George23,532
187Lawson23,402
188Fisher23,338
189Carr23,189
190Mosley23,172
191Rice23,134
192Clarke23,075
193Roberson22,937
194Myers22,791
195Kennedy22,762
196Caldwell22,745
197Duncan22,472
198Terry22,386
199Booker22,337
200Houston22,313
201Ray22,264
202Alston22,093
203Burns22,057
204Flowers21,975
205Lane21,677
206Mcgee21,677
207Fuller21,534
208Watts21,439
209Ingram21,315
210Pearson21,242
211Gaines20,976
212Stevenson20,954
213Ware20,929
214Dorsey20,924
215Daniel20,778
216Dennis20,756
217Dawson20,481
218Stokes20,385
219Stevens20,327
220Parks20,298
221Thornton20,186
222Mckinney19,911
223Person19,746
224Holloway19,647
225Reese19,579
226Horton19,435
227Jennings19,288
228Dunn19,194
229Fleming19,119
230Richards18,990
231Tyler18,955
232Ahmed18,949
233Jacobs18,906
234Wiggins18,898
235Hopkins18,774
236Clay18,693
237Lucas18,673
238Vaughn18,593
239Graves18,584
240Williamson18,520
241Sutton18,446
242Battle18,428
243Jean18,185
244Rivers18,163
245Dean18,009
246Floyd17,998
247Louis17,961
248Moss17,666
249Logan17,651
250Simon17,587
251Rose17,492
252Mccray17,479
253Malone17,455
254Bush17,425
255Hart17,417
256Rodgers17,379
257Chapman17,353
258Paul17,338
259Gibbs17,297
260Shelton17,286
261Arnold17,167
262Gilbert17,135
263Lowe17,079
264Townsend17,044
265Rhodes17,029
266Elliott16,995
267Morrison16,994
268Bates16,938
269Mckenzie16,776
270Saunders16,744
271Holland16,656
272Benjamin16,594
273Fletcher16,557
274Pierce16,473
275Wilkins16,356
276Mathis16,312
277Anthony16,305
278Cannon16,052
279Pittman16,048
280Blake16,018
281Howell15,965
282Nichols15,947
283Muhammad15,888
284Garner15,809
285Wheeler15,608
286Norman15,568
287Barnett15,450
288Glenn15,443
289Mcdaniel15,413
290Solomon15,394
291Boone15,363
292Lindsey15,358
293Lyons15,264
294Dickerson15,192
295Hubbard15,184
296Cobb15,144
297Mays14,996
298Monroe14,962
299Curtis14,943
300Sullivan14,770
301Branch14,702
302Kelley14,691
303Copeland14,644
304Bradford14,624
305Woodard14,563
306Collier14,553
307Cummings14,531
308Mcclain14,513
309Bolden14,509
310Pitts14,497
311Carroll14,416
312Randolph14,358
313Manning14,282
314Page14,240
315Tillman14,199
316Pope14,189
317Chandler14,116
318Harrell13,922
319Small13,915
320Burnett13,908
321Peters13,899
322Whitfield13,806
323Hodges13,661
324Nash13,605
325Bridges13,571
326Hassan13,564
327Hinton13,500
328Moody13,480
329Barber13,478
330Stanley13,478
331Bullock13,439
332Cross13,436
333Webster13,398
334Weaver13,377
335Wiley13,370
336Maxwell13,294
337Oneal13,248
338Clayton13,240
339Calhoun13,228
340Lloyd13,221
341Lynch13,219
342Bowman13,186
343Benson13,180
344Wilkerson13,159
345Mcneil13,147
346Steele13,145
347Craig13,080
348Barrett13,073
349Baldwin13,043
350Bass12,987
351Terrell12,889
352Knox12,861
353Bonner12,856
354Patton12,854
355Gregory12,846
356Samuel12,829
357Newton12,825
358Francois12,816
359Moses12,800
360Reeves12,759
361Gilmore12,759
362Burgess12,745
363Whitaker12,721
364Cotton12,716
365Atkins12,679
366Waters12,676
367Fowler12,531
368Abdi12,507
369Wood12,504
370Hodge12,486
371Ruffin12,472
372Christian12,454
373Beasley12,448
374Winston12,358
375Prince12,325
376Richard12,281
377Blackwell12,210
378Leonard12,189
379Brewer12,164
380Samuels12,116
381Heard12,060
382Rucker11,987
383Holt11,945
384Hairston11,936
385Polk11,915
386Stone11,910
387Ramsey11,894
388Diallo11,819
389Mcbride11,785
390Norris11,779
391Patrick11,764
392Goodwin11,705
393Poole11,663
394Starks11,641
395Walters11,627
396Harmon11,602
397Greer11,587
398Mccall11,584
399Gamble11,569
400Chatman11,560
401Cherry11,550
402Carson11,543
403Davenport11,503
404Dillard11,473
405Tolbert11,410
406Mcdowell11,407
407Covington11,382
408Morton11,265
409Epps11,262
410Joyner11,197
411Noel11,195
412Middleton11,170
413Bishop11,163
414Ellison11,141
415Farmer11,119
416Mclean11,099
417Mcknight11,087
418Sampson11,080
419Blair10,985
420Buchanan10,981
421Tyson10,954
422Burks10,952
423Minor10,929
424Strong10,925
425Mcghee10,872
426Nixon10,812
427Wynn10,793
428Strickland10,765
429Welch10,753
430Ballard10,710
431Burrell10,669
432Goodman10,668
433Newman10,655
434Dukes10,639
435Clemons10,602
436Wesley10,574
437Sykes10,548
438Givens10,493
439Humphrey10,481
440Spears10,480
441Hammond10,440
442Day10,421
443Smalls10,411
444Massey10,387
445Nicholson10,380
446Carpenter10,378
447Bernard10,330
448Blue10,306
449Pugh10,245
450Simms10,236
451Hood10,225
452Pollard10,192
453Burke10,169
454Mcfadden10,159
455Davidson10,081
456Rowe10,053
457Briggs10,049
458Paige10,028
459Giles9,979
460Wise9,951
461Madison9,942
462Mobley9,893
463Mcclendon9,852
464Mcintosh9,749
465Whitehead9,737
466Colbert9,703
467Peoples9,701
468Randall9,698
469Walls9,698
470Cain9,693
471English9,691
472Mcneal9,682
473Gates9,654
474Cameron9,632
475Conner9,626
476Gill9,625
477Blackmon9,625
478Kemp9,621
479Myles9,599
480May9,573
481Savage9,542
482Mims9,495
483Jamison9,463
484Gary9,453
485Slaughter9,427
486Mcmillan9,411
487Lockett9,396
488Randle9,350
489Ibrahim9,244
490Hale9,242
491Shepherd9,217
492Diggs9,209
493Gilliam9,200
494Ball9,199
495Dawkins9,172
496Todd9,171
497Lowery9,162
498Payton9,145
499Milton9,143
500Dudley9,139
501Pratt9,102
502Golden9,085
503Arrington9,080
504Harden9,064
505Sheppard9,063
506Crosby9,055
507Everett9,034
508Wyatt9,029
509Grimes9,015
510Lambert9,013
511Bowen9,003
512Mccullough8,988
513Preston8,917
514Shields8,898
515Pruitt8,849
516Benton8,834
517Alford8,825
518Jeanbaptiste8,793
519Beard8,789
520Durham8,779
521Pryor8,774
522Woodson8,763
523Pickett8,761
524Valentine8,710
525Fox8,669
526Blount8,630
527Bond8,626
528Hutchinson8,581
529Hogan8,565
530Gipson8,562
531Norwood8,560
532Tatum8,536
533Calloway8,522
534Waller8,514
535Avery8,481
536Kamara8,467
537Maddox8,458
538Shannon8,456
539Bellamy8,455
540Bland8,454
541Newsome8,428
542Haywood8,413
543Mcnair8,380
544Drake8,379
545Wooten8,368
546Horne8,363
547Dotson8,362
548Rollins8,331
549Hargrove8,319
550Ricks8,315
551Childs8,308
552Merritt8,297
553Ervin8,275
554Odom8,224
555Bethea8,195
556Holley8,181
557Yates8,155
558Braxton8,149
559Warner8,120
560Best8,103
561Felder8,102
562Magee8,072
563Boykin8,072
564Mohammed8,067
565Mayfield8,061
566Lockhart8,048
567Livingston8,027
568Bruce7,986
569Mann7,952
570Underwood7,949
571Keys7,941
572Conley7,920
573Antoine7,920
574Herring7,911
575Richmond7,908
576Steward7,903
577John7,899
578Summers7,896
579Galloway7,891
580Higgins7,890
581Sharp7,846
582Hightower7,840
583Talley7,830
584Lester7,805
585Griffith7,783
586Morrow7,769
587Lyles7,717
588Edmonds7,704
589Osborne7,700
590Hollis7,689
591Harrington7,689
592Forbes7,685
593Spence7,674
594Womack7,640
595Isaac7,631
596Sherman7,614
597Donaldson7,612
598Key7,608
599Rush7,580
600Gaston7,576
601Skinner7,575
602Mayes7,574
603Kendrick7,555
604Finley7,525
605Holman7,517
606Wilder7,508
607Ashley7,497
608Etienne7,458
609Grier7,449
610David7,428
611Witherspoon7,412
612Addison7,394
613Bynum7,385
614Dunbar7,380
615Mcleod7,349
616Kirkland7,342
617Lofton7,341
618Cleveland7,328
619Hester7,325
620Chaney7,297
621Crockett7,275
622Bright7,245
623Guy7,243
624Penn7,212
625Mayo7,195
626Artis7,192
627House7,187
628Foreman7,187
629Marsh7,185
630Mathews7,180
631Hooks7,175
632Lott7,169
633Vincent7,158
634Sterling7,155
635Dozier7,152
636Hatcher7,139
637Sellers7,127
638Bowers7,123
639Mcpherson7,118
640Bah7,118
641Gross7,090
642Osman7,081
643Atkinson7,072
644Hickman7,071
645Carey7,068
646Darden7,044
647Hobbs7,038
648Proctor7,020
649Brandon7,017
650Crenshaw7,009
651Hollins7,005
652Parham7,000
653Travis6,973
654Broussard6,964
655Lindsay6,962
656Brantley6,961
657Huff6,949
658Manuel6,936
659Petty6,925
660Rainey6,923
661Toney6,906
662Baptiste6,903
663Hendricks6,894
664Brock6,888
665Mcrae6,886
666Mackey6,882
667Heath6,879
668Dunlap6,877
669Mcqueen6,864
670Bryan6,858
671Abraham6,855
672Crump6,842
673Mcintyre6,835
674Brunson6,831
675Mcgill6,821
676Dupree6,814
677Vinson6,810
678Glass6,809
679Marks6,799
680Gooden6,780
681Rodriguez6,771
682Scales6,758
683Fulton6,749
684Michel6,729
685Grayson6,726
686Edmond6,720
687Barker6,691
688Melton6,680
689Allison6,618
690Felton6,600
691Holder6,574
692Winters6,544
693Hussein6,543
694Amos6,542
695Bowens6,537
696Goode6,523
697Stafford6,521
698Sharpe6,513
699Lacy6,501
700Bolton6,495
701Parrish6,478
702Bradshaw6,464
703Stephenson6,443
704Gay6,431
705Major6,428
706Coley6,423
707Echols6,417
708Coles6,408
709Singletary6,378
710Augustin6,352
711Mcmillian6,349
712Sawyer6,282
713Mckoy6,281
714Stallworth6,279
715Sparks6,278
716Garcia6,265
717Ferrell6,262
718Orr6,254
719Gant6,252
720Butts6,250
721Jeffries6,247
722Keith6,245
723Dumas6,244
724Swain6,239
725Barry6,238
726Baxter6,226
727Omar6,219
728Fitzgerald6,210
729William6,205
730Hardin6,188
731Askew6,181
732Pace6,178
733Quinn6,173
734Crowder6,170
735Sanford6,155
736Guillory6,153
737Kidd6,144
738Royal6,143
739Rouse6,135
740Kimble6,118
741Boston6,117
742Martinez6,103
743Pierrelouis6,075
744Mcgowan6,074
745Fountain6,063
746Spann6,063
747Britt6,057
748Mcfarland6,055
749Jeter6,034
750Seals6,024
751Sneed6,015
752Stinson6,010
753Pickens6,007
754Ransom5,985
755Johns5,973
756Toussaint5,965
757Trotter5,963
758Mccloud5,960
759Bonds5,960
760Buckner5,943
761Eason5,943
762Plummer5,942
763Mensah5,924
764Browne5,918
765Redmond5,903
766Lang5,889
767Shepard5,886
768Meadows5,869
769Darby5,843
770Reaves5,842
771Hilliard5,836
772Alexis5,814
773Griggs5,804
774London5,796
775Gunn5,790
776Meeks5,783
777Grady5,756
778Smiley5,747
779Herron5,730
780Irving5,724
781Leach5,720
782Armstead5,716
783Roach5,705
784Whitley5,699
785Singh5,665
786Huggins5,646
787Holden5,637
788Dubose5,635
789Faison5,635
790Noble5,631
791Lopez5,620
792Carrington5,614
793Grace5,613
794Vance5,598
795Hawthorne5,598
796Sloan5,586
797Jarrett5,579
798Kimbrough5,553
799Ewing5,548
800Mcneill5,543
801Spivey5,526
802Lanier5,524
803Batiste5,521
804Yarbrough5,517
805Drayton5,517
806Coates5,516
807Abrams5,507
808Hendrix5,489
809Denson5,489
810Short5,487
811Stubbs5,478
812Tolliver5,474
813Frederick5,467
814Wilcox5,464
815Bowie5,461
816Cooley5,458
817Adkins5,455
818Raymond5,441
819Gillespie5,431
820Kirk5,421
821Chase5,420
822Britton5,408
823Gabriel5,406
824Dickson5,400
825Goins5,396
826Sinclair5,381
827Weston5,360
828Stovall5,356
829Chavis5,351
830Cooks5,343
831Robbins5,329
832Thorpe5,308
833Gayle5,305
834Redd5,298
835Brinson5,289
836Frank5,285
837Akins5,252
838Dyer5,247
839Dent5,241
840Lovett5,235
841Garrison5,226
842Burch5,217
843Dailey5,189
844Riddick5,180
845Timmons5,179
846Boyce5,174
847Sewell5,170
848Hoskins5,169
849Littlejohn5,165
850Ragland5,148
851Faulkner5,138
852Tanner5,136
853Gore5,132
854Mccain5,122
855Mallory5,119
856Conway5,105
857Barton5,096
858Donald5,089
859Potts5,085
860Belton5,085
861Jeanlouis5,083
862Thurman5,080
863Hannah5,076
864Dickens5,074
865Irvin5,072
866Neely5,069
867Cohen5,065
868Felix5,064
869Mcduffie5,057
870Triplett5,057
871Pressley5,055
872Bacon5,046
873Fair5,036
874Mclaughlin5,034
875Briscoe5,020
876Smart5,008
877Herbert5,007
878Cochran5,001
879Barksdale4,991
880Ivy4,981
881Beverly4,961
882Harding4,957
883Nance4,946
884Holliday4,944
885Yusuf4,943
886Barr4,940
887Lamb4,935
888Pinkney4,930
889Doss4,925
890Ivey4,922
891Drummond4,920
892Brice4,920
893Corbin4,919
894Henley4,916
895Levy4,915
896French4,904
897Dillon4,902
898Melvin4,899
899Purnell4,899
900Handy4,898
901Bowden4,897
902Archie4,895
903Christopher4,885
904Daley4,865
905Traylor4,854
906Ivory4,846
907Booth4,841
908Scruggs4,840
909Mclaurin4,833
910Newell4,819
911Henson4,807
912Gentry4,802
913Mckay4,802
914Landry4,790
915Shorter4,786
916Hopson4,780
917Riggins4,776
918Brady4,770
919Cooke4,760
920Phelps4,755
921Bentley4,753
922Haile4,747
923Irby4,746
924Rutledge4,746
925Hayden4,740
926Joiner4,728
927Pritchett4,727
928Pringle4,724
929Nicholas4,719
930Law4,719
931Suggs4,716
932Casey4,712
933Toliver4,707
934Haley4,692
935Wills4,674
936Bean4,667
937Muse4,667
938Arthur4,667
939Easley4,665
940Rawls4,663
941Buford4,661
942Lomax4,655
943Combs4,647
944Hurst4,641
945Reddick4,640
946Vaughan4,636
947Brumfield4,621
948Blackman4,613
949Leslie4,607
950Slater4,605
951Abdullahi4,597
952Kirby4,593
953Ashford4,590
954Cadet4,587
955Overton4,566
956Buckley4,566
957Lipscomb4,558
958Forrest4,554
959Elmore4,553
960Hurt4,547
961Quarles4,547
962Boateng4,545
963Ratliff4,542
964Mosby4,540
965Betts4,537
966Archer4,533
967Ridley4,526
968Cowan4,523
969Vann4,510
970Farah4,510
971Powers4,509
972Godfrey4,508
973Stanford4,505
974Mullins4,503
975Worthy4,502
976Chery4,495
977Cheatham4,490
978Canty4,488
979Hinds4,482
980Mccormick4,463
981Tarver4,458
982Jack4,454
983Gadson4,450
984Burris4,441
985Desir4,440
986Outlaw4,432
987Rich4,428
988Mckinley4,419
989Elder4,418
990Hernandez4,417
991Mcallister4,411
992Chappell4,409
993Roy4,405
994Westbrook4,399
995Nesbitt4,399
996Mohamud4,397
997Weathers4,387
998Harley4,387
999Durant4,387
1000Royster4,387
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UPDATED 2026-06-13 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU GENEALOGY NAME FILES