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NAME RANKING · 2010 CENSUS · 1000 SHOWN OF 93,752

Most common Black last names · 2010

The last names most carried by Black Americans, ranked by the Census-tabulated number of Black people with each name in 2010.

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YEAR200020102020
RANKNAMEPEOPLE
01Williams774,920
02Johnson669,333
03Smith564,572
04Jones548,521
05Brown511,581
06Jackson375,576
07Davis352,769
08Thomas293,005
09Harris264,620
10Robinson238,049
11Taylor213,494
12Wilson208,409
13Moore200,941
14White186,060
15Lewis185,273
16Walker183,357
17Green159,038
18Thompson156,657
19Washington155,266
20Anderson148,488
21Scott144,693
22Carter134,162
23Wright129,570
24Hill126,622
25Allen126,298
26Miller124,971
27Mitchell124,958
28Young119,513
29Lee113,171
30Martin110,734
31Clark107,022
32King105,930
33Edwards105,145
34Turner105,041
35Coleman97,705
36James96,909
37Evans91,459
38Hall87,888
39Richardson87,370
40Adams85,145
41Brooks84,232
42Parker83,349
43Jenkins81,892
44Stewart80,784
45Campbell79,046
46Howard78,097
47Simmons75,981
48Sanders75,954
49Henderson74,210
50Collins73,967
51Cooper73,371
52Bell71,364
53Watson70,470
54Alexander69,653
55Butler69,024
56Bryant68,589
57Nelson67,866
58Jordan64,042
59Morris64,032
60Barnes63,901
61Roberts62,997
62Reed62,692
63Woods62,631
64Dixon62,612
65Gray61,849
66Phillips61,661
67Griffin61,129
68Bailey61,126
69Powell60,986
70Baker60,588
71Ford59,146
72Holmes58,448
73Banks57,690
74Daniels56,488
75Ross56,103
76Rogers56,009
77Perry55,879
78Patterson55,053
79Joseph54,710
80Foster54,527
81Grant53,937
82Hunter53,102
83Henry52,452
84Owens51,910
85Marshall50,597
86Morgan49,441
87Wallace48,727
88Graham48,258
89Price48,250
90Ward48,186
91Hayes47,959
92Freeman47,937
93Hamilton47,834
94Boyd47,222
95Gordon47,174
96Franklin46,753
97Hawkins45,768
98Sims45,225
99Ellis44,351
100Harrison44,277
101Bennett43,404
102Kelly43,371
103Hicks42,556
104Crawford42,183
105Gibson41,527
106Porter41,416
107Watkins41,010
108Jefferson40,965
109Tucker40,472
110Willis40,438
111Matthews40,271
112Mason40,213
113Fields38,471
114Hughes38,111
115Cook37,975
116Reid37,974
117Simpson37,678
118Hudson37,007
119Russell36,978
120Cole36,890
121Warren36,424
122West36,187
123Murray35,669
124Murphy35,560
125Wells35,246
126Douglas35,175
127Mack34,860
128Frazier34,428
129Bradley34,303
130Shaw33,989
131Greene33,467
132Harper32,634
133Spencer32,497
134Charles32,417
135Perkins32,334
136Payne32,271
137Webb32,222
138Byrd32,135
139Lawrence31,971
140Oliver31,815
141Robertson31,671
142Cox31,531
143Mcdonald31,190
144Austin31,136
145Berry30,693
146Love30,688
147Montgomery30,414
148Burton29,909
149Mccoy29,580
150Knight29,544
151Pierre29,416
152Black29,400
153Stephens29,378
154Neal29,195
155Palmer29,081
156Harvey28,916
157Andrews28,874
158Cunningham28,745
159Haynes28,535
160Riley28,475
161Armstrong28,373
162Wade28,219
163Ferguson28,099
164Peterson28,080
165Hampton27,997
166Glover27,900
167Long27,754
168Gardner27,721
169Miles27,479
170Tate27,244
171Chambers27,072
172Garrett27,065
173Hunt26,821
174Singleton26,557
175Reynolds26,453
176Hines26,342
177Curry26,169
178Hardy25,953
179Little25,700
180Mosley25,497
181Mills25,481
182Fisher25,313
183Walton25,258
184Rice25,026
185Carr24,792
186Lawson24,692
187Caldwell24,595
188Alston24,502
189Myers24,231
190Kennedy24,107
191Roberson24,034
192Booker24,027
193Terry23,786
194George23,744
195Francis23,733
196Houston23,608
197Mcgee23,503
198Duncan23,428
199Ray23,358
200Burns23,329
201Person23,264
202Fuller23,190
203Flowers23,181
204Pearson22,923
205Watts22,878
206Ingram22,870
207Dorsey22,758
208Thornton22,738
209Stevenson22,694
210Lane22,658
211Gaines22,226
212Stokes22,190
213Ware22,133
214Parks22,067
215Stevens21,947
216Clarke21,918
217Dennis21,849
218Dawson21,528
219Mckinney21,055
220Holloway20,935
221Reese20,875
222Horton20,702
223Jennings20,685
224Fleming20,638
225Daniel20,582
226Tyler20,471
227Battle20,435
228Graves20,363
229Dunn20,351
230Williamson20,014
231Hopkins20,001
232Vaughn19,963
233Lucas19,933
234Wiggins19,918
235Jacobs19,820
236Clay19,782
237Sutton19,739
238Rivers19,691
239Floyd19,411
240Richards19,397
241Dean19,180
242Malone19,083
243Beil19,076
244Moss19,004
245Mccray18,897
246Bush18,854
247Hart18,712
248Chapman18,705
249Shelton18,683
250Hail18,628
251Logan18,539
252Arnold18,528
253Ali18,427
254Gibbs18,407
255Mohamed18,350
256Townsend18,325
257Gilbert18,298
258Saunders18,269
259Rhodes18,170
260Rodgers18,141
261Holland18,118
262Simon18,112
263Bates18,073
264Morrison17,951
265Wilkins17,919
266Lowe17,852
267Pierce17,828
268Rose17,809
269Mathis17,702
270Anthony17,598
271Elliott17,595
272Cannon17,416
273Fletcher17,377
274Nichols17,295
275Pittman17,227
276Mckenzie17,062
277Norman16,973
278Garner16,961
279Howell16,896
280Benjamin16,877
281Glenn16,732
282Barnett16,715
283Boone16,681
284Blake16,663
285Wheeler16,620
286Lindsey16,399
287Dickerson16,381
288Hubbard16,289
289Mcdaniel16,282
290Lyons16,202
291Branch16,168
292Cobb16,144
293Monroe16,138
294Curtis16,125
295Mays16,034
296Woodard15,999
297Mcclain15,943
298Muhammad15,806
299Copeland15,794
300Bolden15,769
301Sullivan15,757
302Paul15,753
303Bradford15,718
304Page15,710
305Cummings15,594
306Pitts15,593
307Louis15,548
308Chandler15,544
309Randolph15,510
310Collier15,442
311Carroll15,420
312Manning15,245
313Kelley15,195
314Pope15,185
315Tillman15,033
316Solomon14,942
317Whitfield14,885
318Jean14,857
319Bullock14,746
320Moody14,728
321Hodges14,677
322Harrell14,661
323Stanley14,627
324Burnett14,626
325Bridges14,521
326Barber14,492
327Hinton14,467
328Nash14,455
329Clayton14,426
330Mcneil14,414
331Weaver14,369
332Webster14,343
333Peters14,315
334Bowman14,302
335Calhoun14,245
336Wilkerson14,238
337Gregory14,219
338Lloyd14,195
339Cross14,177
340Cotton14,131
341Waters14,048
342Maxwell14,020
343Craig14,015
344Oneal13,995
345Bass13,993
346Benson13,980
347Wiley13,973
348Wood13,965
349Baldwin13,928
350Patton13,855
351Lynch13,819
352Terrell13,806
353Burgess13,803
354Atkins13,781
355Whitaker13,775
356Steele13,764
357Knox13,682
358Gilmore13,671
359Newton13,648
360Winston13,577
361Reeves13,543
362Moses13,518
363Bonner13,495
364Fowler13,472
365Blackwell13,426
366Barrett13,414
367Christian13,316
368Hodge13,188
369Beasley13,173
370Ruffin13,124
371Brewer13,059
372Hairston13,009
373Holt12,998
374Polk12,994
375Norris12,940
376Ramsey12,936
377Rucker12,881
378Leonard12,871
379Poole12,769
380Heard12,762
381Harmon12,720
382Cherry12,718
383Mcbride12,703
384Richard12,643
385Goodwin12,476
386Prince12,476
387Davenport12,476
388Stone12,466
389Gamble12,453
390Joyner12,450
391Epps12,443
392Starks12,436
393Samuel12,395
394Small12,389
395Patrick12,382
396Dillard12,346
397Carson12,324
398Mccall12,271
399Chatman12,252
400Mcdowell12,235
401Covington12,229
402Tolbert12,168
403Greer12,167
404Farmer12,148
405Ellison12,129
406Nixon12,051
407Middleton11,990
408Tyson11,984
409Mcknight11,933
410Samuels11,854
411Bishop11,825
412Ballard11,814
413Sampson11,779
414Strong11,735
415Morton11,689
416Mclean11,641
417Strickland11,629
418Burks11,623
419Goodman11,577
420Nicholson11,566
421Clemons11,498
422Burrell11,495
423Wynn11,487
424Blair11,446
425Minor11,409
426Francois11,388
427Humphrey11,386
428Welch11,378
429Massey11,352
430Buchanan11,330
431Wesley11,325
432Mcghee11,311
433Newman11,294
434Dukes11,253
435Smalls11,252
436Sykes11,244
437Pollard11,222
438Hammond11,185
439Hood11,123
440Pugh11,104
441Blue11,097
442Mcfadden11,064
443Givens11,062
444Carpenter11,028
445Spears10,975
446Day10,972
447Madison10,876
448Simms10,849
449Briggs10,841
450Mobley10,827
451Burke10,764
452Noel10,680
453Wise10,675
454Whitehead10,663
455Ahmed10,640
456Giles10,616
457Mcneal10,603
458Mcclendon10,556
459Kemp10,535
460Rowe10,524
461Davidson10,476
462Gill10,463
463Blackmon10,454
464Paige10,445
465Randall10,443
466Conner10,441
467Colbert10,433
468Peoples10,430
469Walls10,416
470English10,401
471Jamison10,384
472Cain10,361
473Gary10,332
474Mcmillan10,317
475Lockett10,095
476Walters10,091
477Mcintosh10,086
478Slaughter10,066
479Gates10,056
480Gilliam10,042
481Myles10,025
482Bernard9,948
483Mims9,941
484Lowery9,937
485Randle9,931
486Sheppard9,902
487Dudley9,901
488May9,886
489Hale9,883
490Arrington9,869
491Cameron9,866
492Diggs9,848
493Golden9,798
494Grimes9,793
495Savage9,768
496Todd9,745
497Crosby9,743
498Everett9,736
499Wyatt9,727
500Mccullough9,707
501Pratt9,676
502Preston9,663
503Shepherd9,640
504Milton9,631
505Harden9,548
506Pruitt9,538
507Pryor9,462
508Benton9,459
509Beard9,453
510Payton9,451
511Dawkins9,438
512Bowen9,427
513Alford9,410
514Valentine9,408
515Shields9,404
516Durham9,399
517Blount9,361
518Woodson9,312
519Tatum9,307
520Norwood9,294
521Waller9,256
522Lambert9,255
523Bellamy9,251
524Pickett9,240
525Fox9,231
526Calloway9,222
527Bland9,155
528Ervin9,148
529Maddox9,142
530Drake9,125
531Hargrove9,119
532Rollins9,117
533Hogan9,109
534Mcnair9,086
535Newsome9,075
536Avery9,072
537Horne9,057
538Odom9,053
539Bond9,049
540Hutchinson9,020
541Bethea9,017
542Haywood9,011
543Holley9,009
544Shannon9,003
545Wooten8,993
546Merritt8,968
547Ricks8,914
548Yates8,900
549Braxton8,886
550Gipson8,872
551Felder8,870
552Dotson8,827
553Livingston8,795
554Childs8,749
555Boykin8,709
556Mayfield8,691
557Hightower8,664
558Conley8,606
559Lockhart8,596
560Higgins8,595
561Lyles8,588
562Warner8,579
563Underwood8,577
564Galloway8,542
565Herring8,541
566Best8,533
567Talley8,524
568Hassan8,491
569Bruce8,488
570Magee8,466
571Richmond8,463
572Summers8,429
573Steward8,427
574Morrow8,367
575Sharp8,341
576Lester8,330
577Kendrick8,294
578Harrington8,290
579Keys8,289
580Hollis8,285
581Rush8,283
582Osborne8,280
583Mann8,267
584Key8,245
585Womack8,192
586Witherspoon8,177
587Mayes8,168
588Wilder8,167
589Sherman8,157
590Griffith8,139
591Edmonds8,136
592Skinner8,123
593Donaldson8,087
594Holman8,046
595Finley8,043
596Bynum8,035
597Gaston8,025
598Cleveland8,024
599Kirkland7,974
600Grier7,962
601Dunbar7,948
602Ashley7,931
603Ball7,927
604Mathews7,925
605Spence7,854
606Lofton7,849
607Hester7,820
608Mayo7,814
609Addison7,804
610Darden7,769
611Foreman7,761
612Bright7,754
613Hooks7,727
614Hatcher7,706
615Gross7,704
616Crockett7,687
617Hickman7,681
618Proctor7,680
619Brunson7,679
620House7,667
621Artis7,660
622Brandon7,649
623Dozier7,642
624Dunlap7,625
625Crenshaw7,624
626Chaney7,620
627Carey7,615
628Forbes7,611
629Bowers7,610
630Sellers7,596
631Brantley7,591
632Isaac7,578
633Hobbs7,540
634Hollins7,538
635Mcrae7,518
636Hendricks7,516
637Parham7,513
638Mackey7,512
639Marsh7,501
640Lott7,491
641Penn7,472
642Mcpherson7,463
643Heath7,460
644Atkinson7,451
645Jeanbaptiste7,443
646Huff7,440
647Crump7,418
648Mcleod7,412
649Vincent7,407
650Dupree7,399
651Rainey7,397
652Broussard7,382
653Sterling7,377
654Manuel7,375
655Fulton7,352
656Travis7,350
657Vinson7,331
658Petty7,322
659Lindsay7,316
660Scales7,314
661Antoine7,299
662Mcqueen7,262
663Glass7,253
664Mcgill7,251
665Felton7,221
666Goode7,212
667Gay7,209
668Guy7,207
669Brock7,205
670Toney7,195
671Diallo7,175
672William7,171
673Grayson7,156
674Mcintyre7,133
675Melton7,110
676Singletary7,099
677John7,054
678Parrish7,052
679Keith7,040
680Coles7,038
681Gooden7,027
682Bowens7,002
683Stafford6,992
684Bradshaw6,973
685Lacy6,968
686Jeffries6,961
687Holder6,951
688Butts6,926
689Amos6,921
690Allison6,904
691Major6,889
692Marks6,880
693Bolton6,871
694Stallworth6,851
695Gant6,848
696Sharpe6,847
697Crowder6,838
698Barker6,825
699Baxter6,801
700Guillory6,797
701Hardin6,795
702Edmond6,794
703Winters6,773
704Mcmillian6,750
705Jeter6,748
706Swain6,740
707Askew6,738
708Bryan6,737
709Ferrell6,737
710Echols6,731
711Shepard6,723
712Coley6,717
713Abdi6,713
714Rouse6,704
715Sneed6,693
716Sawyer6,678
717Orr6,658
718Stephenson6,651
719Fitzgerald6,646
720Baptiste6,624
721Sparks6,617
722Buckner6,580
723Britt6,578
724Pace6,576
725Dumas6,563
726David6,544
727Bonds6,536
728Mckoy6,511
729Mcgowan6,501
730Fountain6,500
731Mccloud6,484
732Kidd6,471
733Etienne6,467
734Boston6,462
735Mcfarland6,459
736Sanford6,456
737Royal6,433
738Seals6,430
739Eason6,425
740Quinn6,421
741Abraham6,411
742Ransom6,408
743Trotter6,399
744Lang6,387
745Spann6,384
746Kimble6,381
747Stinson6,358
748Plummer6,320
749Meadows6,306
750Pickens6,304
751Roach6,298
752Carrington6,276
753Redmond6,266
754Faison6,254
755Hawthorne6,174
756Leach6,170
757Griggs6,163
758Hilliard6,154
759Reaves6,138
760Holden6,136
761London6,135
762Dubose6,120
763Gunn6,112
764Whitley6,108
765Darby6,105
766Smiley6,095
767Vance6,095
768Grady6,090
769Irving6,070
770Bowie6,052
771Huggins6,042
772Johns6,033
773Armstead6,033
774Stovall6,012
775Meeks6,012
776Drayton6,005
777Noble6,000
778Sloan5,992
779Chase5,978
780Dickson5,964
781Ewing5,960
782Stubbs5,960
783Denson5,942
784Tolliver5,927
785Rodriguez5,913
786Herron5,912
787Gillespie5,909
788Kamara5,905
789Adkins5,903
790Chavis5,895
791Short5,886
792Yarbrough5,873
793Wilcox5,865
794Kimbrough5,862
795Coates5,848
796Batiste5,837
797Frederick5,824
798Lanier5,820
799Michel5,806
800Lovett5,798
801Riddick5,788
802Britton5,764
803Spivey5,760
804Weston5,756
805Goins5,750
806Kirk5,744
807Ragland5,736
808Browne5,728
809Jarrett5,721
810Mcneill5,717
811Gore5,714
812Redd5,707
813Littlejohn5,703
814Hendrix5,694
815Grace5,693
816Neely5,677
817Robbins5,675
818Brinson5,662
819Abrams5,653
820Dailey5,641
821Dickens5,640
822Thurman5,638
823Barksdale5,632
824Mcduffie5,631
825Faulkner5,630
826Akins5,619
827Belton5,611
828Cooley5,606
829Mallory5,595
830Garrison5,586
831Burch5,567
832Dent5,564
833Irvin5,552
834Mohammed5,549
835Mccain5,533
836Thorpe5,532
837Conway5,527
838Pressley5,525
839Timmons5,519
840Toussaint5,496
841Christopher5,494
842Hoskins5,491
843Bacon5,482
844Raymond5,481
845Potts5,477
846Cooks5,467
847Nance5,454
848Fair5,441
849Sinclair5,432
850Barton5,431
851Melvin5,430
852Harding5,427
853Herbert5,402
854Sewell5,402
855Triplett5,392
856Scruggs5,386
857Cochran5,371
858Dyer5,359
859Frank5,357
860Booth5,355
861Tanner5,340
862Beverly5,339
863Corbin5,335
864Cohen5,319
865Pinkney5,316
866Briscoe5,304
867Holliday5,303
868Mclaughlin5,297
869Boyce5,291
870Handy5,289
871Brice5,274
872Ivey5,271
873Ivory5,270
874Pierrelouis5,267
875Hayden5,262
876Purnell5,252
877Cooke5,249
878Garcia5,248
879Mckay5,245
880Archie5,244
881Hannah5,240
882Alexis5,236
883Singh5,230
884Bowden5,229
885Gentry5,228
886Traylor5,211
887Ivy5,209
888Gabriel5,209
889Augustin5,206
890Mclaurin5,196
891Martinez5,195
892Riggins5,188
893French5,183
894Barr5,181
895Henson5,181
896Smart5,172
897Buford5,170
898Drummond5,165
899Rutledge5,165
900Lamb5,165
901Donald5,162
902Toliver5,157
903Lomax5,157
904Pringle5,153
905Suggs5,145
906Easley5,125
907Reddick5,110
908Overton5,098
909Irby5,085
910Blackman5,080
911Wills5,077
912Joiner5,076
913Henley5,066
914Hopson5,063
915Shorter5,045
916Bean5,042
917Brady5,040
918Phelps5,038
919Newell5,028
920Ashford5,023
921Doss5,023
922Vaughan5,021
923Law5,021
924Haley5,009
925Quarles5,008
926Ibrahim4,989
927Lopez4,985
928Barry4,983
929Bentley4,976
930Casey4,972
931Hurt4,969
932Lipscomb4,968
933Combs4,954
934Landry4,948
935Cheatham4,939
936Slater4,936
937Elmore4,936
938Cowan4,930
939Kirby4,925
940Royster4,922
941Mullins4,915
942Worthy4,911
943Stanford4,906
944Dillon4,895
945Lassiter4,891
946Archer4,889
947Betts4,888
948Leslie4,883
949Brumfield4,880
950Ratliff4,879
951Hurst4,869
952Pritchett4,866
953Vann4,861
954Rawls4,858
955Tinsley4,843
956Gayle4,834
957Mccormick4,831
958Levy4,828
959Canty4,828
960Roy4,806
961Pinckney4,796
962Poindexter4,795
963Ridley4,784
964Nicholas4,780
965Outlaw4,774
966Gadson4,773
967Mcallister4,771
968Mosby4,767
969Hooper4,767
970Mckinley4,766
971Finch4,757
972Buckley4,747
973Weathers4,741
974Bostic4,737
975Powers4,736
976Harley4,733
977Burris4,726
978Mccants4,712
979Smallwood4,700
980Garland4,697
981Cobbs4,688
982Elder4,684
983Crews4,672
984Tarver4,670
985Forrest4,669
986Godfrey4,664
987Wilkes4,663
988Means4,657
989Mcclure4,650
990Chappell4,644
991Felix4,643
992Nesbitt4,641
993Hemphill4,631
994Dodson4,624
995Ayers4,620
996Westbrook4,615
997Kent4,614
998Murrell4,605
999Capers4,603
1000Barron4,598
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UPDATED 2026-06-13 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU GENEALOGY NAME FILES