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NAME RANKING · 2000 CENSUS · 1000 SHOWN OF 100,000

Most common last names in America · 2000

The most common last names in the United States, ranked by the number of people who carry each one in the 2000 Census.

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YEAR1990200020102020
RANKNAMEPEOPLE
01Smith2,376,206
02Johnson1,857,160
03Williams1,534,042
04Brown1,380,145
05Jones1,362,755
06Miller1,127,803
07Davis1,072,335
08Garcia858,289
09Rodriguez804,240
10Wilson783,051
11Martinez775,072
12Anderson762,394
13Taylor720,370
14Thomas710,696
15Hernandez706,372
16Moore698,671
17Martin672,711
18Jackson666,125
19Thompson644,368
20White639,515
21Lopez621,536
22Lee605,860
23Gonzalez597,718
24Harris593,542
25Clark548,369
26Lewis509,930
27Robinson503,028
28Walker501,307
29Perez488,521
30Hall473,568
31Young465,948
32Allen463,368
33Sanchez441,242
34Wright440,367
35King438,986
36Scott420,091
37Green413,477
38Baker413,351
39Adams413,086
40Nelson412,236
41Hill411,770
42Ramirez388,987
43Campbell371,953
44Mitchell367,433
45Roberts366,215
46Carter362,548
47Phillips351,848
48Evans342,237
49Turner335,663
50Torres325,169
51Parker324,246
52Collins317,848
53Edwards317,070
54Stewart312,899
55Flores312,615
56Morris311,754
57Nguyen310,125
58Murphy300,501
59Rivera299,463
60Cook294,795
61Rogers294,403
62Morgan276,400
63Peterson275,041
64Cooper270,097
65Reed267,443
66Bailey265,916
67Bell264,752
68Gomez263,590
69Kelly260,385
70Howard254,779
71Ward254,121
72Cox253,771
73Diaz251,772
74Richardson249,533
75Wood247,299
76Watson242,432
77Brooks240,751
78Bennett239,055
79Gray236,713
80James233,224
81Reyes232,511
82Cruz231,065
83Hughes229,390
84Price228,756
85Myers224,824
86Long223,494
87Foster221,040
88Sanders220,902
89Ross219,961
90Morales217,642
91Powell216,553
92Sullivan215,640
93Russell215,432
94Ortiz214,683
95Jenkins213,737
96Gutierrez212,905
97Perry212,644
98Butler210,879
99Barnes210,426
100Fisher210,279
101Henderson210,094
102Coleman208,624
103Simmons201,650
104Patterson198,557
105Jordan197,212
106Reynolds195,598
107Hamilton194,331
108Graham194,074
109Kim194,067
110Gonzales193,934
111Alexander193,443
112Ramos193,096
113Wallace190,760
114Griffin190,636
115West188,464
116Cole187,793
117Hayes187,473
118Chavez185,865
119Gibson184,420
120Bryant183,761
121Ellis181,934
122Stevens181,417
123Murray178,414
124Ford178,397
125Marshall177,213
126Owens176,334
127Mcdonald176,094
128Harrison175,577
129Ruiz175,429
130Kennedy171,636
131Wells170,635
132Alvarez168,817
133Woods168,814
134Mendoza168,567
135Castillo165,473
136Olson163,502
137Webb163,481
138Washington163,036
139Tucker162,933
140Freeman162,686
141Burns162,153
142Henry161,392
143Vasquez159,989
144Snyder159,363
145Simpson158,241
146Crawford158,121
147Jimenez157,475
148Porter156,848
149Mason155,484
150Shaw155,172
151Gordon154,934
152Wagner154,516
153Hunter154,410
154Romero153,772
155Hicks153,618
156Dixon152,015
157Hunt151,986
158Palmer150,407
159Robertson150,299
160Black150,186
161Holmes150,166
162Stone149,802
163Meyer149,664
164Boyd149,476
165Mills147,909
166Warren147,906
167Fox147,357
168Rose146,924
169Rice146,440
170Moreno146,088
171Schmidt145,565
172Patel145,066
173Ferguson142,256
174Nichols141,936
175Herrera140,786
176Medina139,353
177Ryan139,335
178Fernandez139,302
179Weaver138,811
180Daniels138,776
181Stephens138,742
182Gardner138,660
183Payne138,028
184Kelley137,555
185Dunn136,955
186Pierce136,517
187Arnold136,315
188Tran136,095
189Spencer134,443
190Peters134,231
191Hawkins134,066
192Grant134,034
193Hansen133,474
194Castro133,254
195Hoffman132,645
196Hart132,466
197Elliott132,457
198Cunningham131,896
199Knight131,860
200Bradley131,289
201Carroll131,020
202Hudson130,793
203Duncan130,419
204Armstrong129,982
205Berry129,405
206Andrews129,320
207Johnston128,935
208Ray128,794
209Lane128,727
210Riley127,960
211Carpenter127,073
212Perkins126,951
213Aguilar126,399
214Silva126,164
215Richards125,653
216Willis125,627
217Matthews124,839
218Chapman124,614
219Lawrence124,321
220Garza124,130
221Vargas123,952
222Watkins122,447
223Wheeler121,684
224Larson121,064
225Carlson120,124
226Harper119,868
227George119,778
228Greene119,604
229Burke119,175
230Guzman118,390
231Morrison117,939
232Munoz117,774
233Jacobs115,540
234Obrien115,385
235Lawson115,186
236Franklin114,859
237Lynch114,448
238Bishop114,034
239Carr113,892
240Salazar113,468
241Austin113,160
242Mendez112,736
243Gilbert112,406
244Jensen112,332
245Williamson112,216
246Montgomery112,144
247Harvey112,136
248Oliver111,641
249Howell109,634
250Dean109,230
251Hanson109,079
252Weber107,866
253Garrett107,777
254Sims107,244
255Burton107,158
256Fuller106,682
257Soto106,631
258Mccoy106,481
259Welch105,804
260Chen105,544
261Schultz104,962
262Walters104,281
263Reid104,007
264Fields103,242
265Walsh103,216
266Little102,718
267Fowler102,620
268Bowman102,239
269Davidson102,044
270May101,726
271Day101,676
272Schneider100,553
273Newman100,491
274Brewer100,465
275Lucas100,417
276Holland99,885
277Wong99,392
278Banks99,294
279Santos98,993
280Curtis98,958
281Pearson98,728
282Delgado98,675
283Valdez98,610
284Pena98,345
285Rios96,569
286Douglas96,425
287Sandoval96,303
288Barrett95,896
289Hopkins94,603
290Keller94,300
291Guerrero94,152
292Stanley93,817
293Bates93,743
294Alvarado93,723
295Beck93,161
296Ortega93,131
297Wade92,834
298Estrada92,831
299Contreras92,660
300Barnett92,287
301Caldwell91,338
302Santiago90,967
303Lambert90,618
304Powers90,401
305Chambers90,325
306Nunez90,208
307Craig89,591
308Leonard89,198
309Lowe89,178
310Rhodes88,917
311Byrd88,811
312Gregory88,810
313Shelton88,326
314Frazier88,325
315Becker88,114
316Maldonado88,016
317Fleming87,949
318Vega87,728
319Sutton87,373
320Cohen87,226
321Jennings87,038
322Parks86,346
323Mcdaniel86,317
324Watts86,228
325Barker85,221
326Norris85,212
327Vaughn85,037
328Vazquez84,926
329Holt84,710
330Schwartz84,699
331Steele84,353
332Benson84,233
333Neal83,849
334Dominguez83,731
335Horton83,523
336Terry83,437
337Wolfe83,112
338Hale82,955
339Lyons82,258
340Graves82,179
341Haynes82,037
342Miles81,933
343Park81,890
344Warner81,824
345Padilla81,805
346Bush81,524
347Thornton81,191
348Mccarthy81,035
349Mann81,022
350Zimmerman80,944
351Erickson80,936
352Fletcher80,932
353Mckinney80,616
354Page80,493
355Dawson80,190
356Joseph80,030
357Marquez79,951
358Reeves79,817
359Klein79,685
360Espinoza79,322
361Baldwin79,151
362Moran78,546
363Love78,323
364Robbins78,141
365Higgins78,107
366Ball77,561
367Cortez77,492
368Le77,453
369Griffith77,429
370Bowen77,078
371Sharp76,868
372Cummings76,707
373Ramsey76,625
374Hardy76,608
375Swanson76,539
376Barber76,504
377Acosta76,477
378Luna76,127
379Chandler76,114
380Blair75,135
381Daniel75,135
382Cross75,134
383Simon74,839
384Dennis74,784
385Oconnor74,756
386Quinn74,531
387Gross74,285
388Navarro73,970
389Moss73,750
390Fitzgerald73,522
391Doyle73,518
392Mclaughlin73,128
393Rojas73,071
394Rodgers73,021
395Stevenson72,892
396Singh72,642
397Yang72,627
398Figueroa72,533
399Harmon72,414
400Newton72,328
401Paul72,248
402Manning72,069
403Garner72,052
404Mcgee71,925
405Reese71,754
406Francis71,723
407Burgess71,604
408Adkins71,528
409Goodman71,482
410Curry71,344
411Brady71,175
412Christensen71,144
413Potter71,103
414Walton70,997
415Goodwin70,333
416Mullins70,286
417Molina70,211
418Webster70,123
419Fischer70,095
420Campos69,950
421Avila69,843
422Sherman69,840
423Todd69,810
424Chang69,756
425Blake69,279
426Malone69,257
427Wolf68,905
428Hodges68,868
429Juarez68,785
430Gill68,699
431Farmer68,309
432Hines68,145
433Gallagher68,075
434Duran68,046
435Hubbard68,021
436Cannon67,923
437Miranda67,646
438Wang67,570
439Saunders67,210
440Tate67,208
441Mack67,154
442Hammond67,063
443Carrillo67,054
444Townsend66,853
445Wise66,738
446Ingram66,665
447Barton66,622
448Mejia66,534
449Ayala66,515
450Schroeder66,412
451Hampton66,378
452Rowe66,205
453Parsons66,203
454Frank65,918
455Waters65,817
456Strickland65,814
457Osborne65,802
458Maxwell65,779
459Chan65,719
460Deleon65,598
461Norman65,269
462Harrington65,131
463Casey64,815
464Patton64,772
465Logan64,576
466Bowers64,496
467Mueller64,305
468Glover64,180
469Floyd64,141
470Hartman63,827
471Buchanan63,825
472Cobb63,739
473French63,149
474Kramer63,023
475Mccormick62,663
476Clarke62,546
477Tyler62,534
478Gibbs62,514
479Moody62,344
480Conner62,335
481Sparks62,234
482Mcguire62,116
483Leon62,034
484Bauer61,979
485Norton61,805
486Pope61,750
487Flynn61,747
488Hogan61,651
489Robles61,619
490Salinas61,582
491Yates61,400
492Lindsey61,199
493Lloyd61,154
494Marsh60,999
495Mcbride60,874
496Owen60,461
497Solis60,045
498Pham59,949
499Lang59,843
500Pratt59,801
501Lara59,731
502Brock59,682
503Ballard59,660
504Trujillo59,609
505Shaffer59,227
506Drake59,055
507Roman59,020
508Aguirre58,918
509Morton58,788
510Stokes58,687
511Lamb58,555
512Pacheco58,534
513Patrick58,257
514Cochran58,233
515Shepherd57,935
516Cain57,873
517Burnett57,859
518Hess57,822
519Li57,786
520Cervantes57,685
521Olsen57,357
522Briggs57,297
523Ochoa57,210
524Cabrera57,171
525Velasquez57,163
526Montoya57,075
527Roth57,030
528Meyers56,744
529Cardenas56,618
530Fuentes56,441
531Weiss56,153
532Hoover56,068
533Wilkins56,068
534Nicholson55,986
535Underwood55,973
536Short55,903
537Carson55,821
538Morrow55,664
539Colon55,512
540Holloway55,466
541Summers55,391
542Bryan55,269
543Petersen55,185
544Mckenzie55,084
545Serrano55,057
546Wilcox54,987
547Carey54,924
548Clayton54,875
549Poole54,706
550Calderon54,691
551Gallegos54,672
552Greer54,611
553Rivas54,588
554Guerra54,575
555Decker54,450
556Collier54,414
557Wall54,401
558Whitaker54,343
559Bass54,296
560Flowers54,277
561Davenport54,206
562Conley54,194
563Houston54,026
564Huff53,892
565Copeland53,771
566Hood53,737
567Monroe53,475
568Massey53,459
569Roberson53,198
570Combs53,180
571Franco53,161
572Larsen52,963
573Pittman52,689
574Randall52,495
575Skinner52,490
576Wilkinson52,483
577Kirby52,473
578Cameron52,439
579Bridges52,260
580Anthony52,146
581Richard52,138
582Kirk52,056
583Bruce52,004
584Singleton51,797
585Mathis51,796
586Bradford51,726
587Boone51,679
588Abbott51,620
589Charles51,518
590Allison51,504
591Sweeney51,500
592Atkinson51,489
593Horn51,380
594Jefferson51,361
595Rosales51,336
596York51,334
597Christian51,177
598Phelps51,154
599Farrell51,095
600Castaneda51,089
601Nash51,021
602Dickerson51,017
603Bond50,980
604Wyatt50,874
605Foley50,852
606Chase50,777
607Gates50,748
608Vincent50,628
609Mathews50,608
610Hodge50,577
611Garrison50,482
612Trevino50,454
613Villarreal50,351
614Heath50,307
615Dalton50,166
616Valencia50,026
617Callahan49,925
618Hensley49,858
619Atkins49,754
620Huffman49,737
621Roy49,725
622Boyer49,601
623Shields49,556
624Lin49,360
625Hancock49,330
626Grimes49,245
627Glenn49,241
628Cline49,167
629Delacruz49,158
630Camacho49,000
631Dillon48,833
632Parrish48,823
633Oneill48,656
634Melton48,594
635Booth48,580
636Kane48,527
637Berg48,480
638Harrell48,471
639Pitts48,462
640Savage48,367
641Wiggins48,355
642Brennan48,296
643Salas48,282
644Marks48,281
645Russo48,126
646Sawyer47,979
647Baxter47,857
648Golden47,839
649Hutchinson47,809
650Liu47,665
651Walter47,615
652Mcdowell47,526
653Wiley47,503
654Rich47,477
655Humphrey47,470
656Johns47,289
657Koch47,286
658Suarez47,235
659Hobbs47,220
660Beard47,128
661Gilmore47,050
662Ibarra46,895
663Keith46,747
664Macias46,739
665Khan46,713
666Andrade46,702
667Ware46,682
668Stephenson46,662
669Henson46,609
670Wilkerson46,605
671Dyer46,574
672Mcclure46,505
673Blackwell46,495
674Mercado46,437
675Tanner46,412
676Eaton46,403
677Clay46,264
678Barron46,196
679Beasley46,179
680Oneal46,161
681Preston45,850
682Small45,850
683Wu45,815
684Zamora45,806
685Macdonald45,782
686Vance45,763
687Snow45,689
688Mcclain45,560
689Stafford45,349
690Orozco45,289
691Barry45,044
692English45,032
693Shannon44,902
694Kline44,900
695Jacobson44,874
696Woodard44,830
697Huang44,715
698Kemp44,701
699Mosley44,698
700Prince44,640
701Merritt44,626
702Hurst44,587
703Villanueva44,570
704Roach44,454
705Nolan44,421
706Lam44,385
707Yoder44,245
708Mccullough44,123
709Lester43,919
710Santana43,875
711Valenzuela43,770
712Winters43,762
713Barrera43,720
714Leach43,666
715Orr43,666
716Berger43,556
717Mckee43,555
718Strong43,430
719Conway43,395
720Stein43,331
721Whitehead43,310
722Bullock43,021
723Escobar42,955
724Knox42,937
725Meadows42,884
726Solomon42,839
727Velez42,820
728Odonnell42,802
729Kerr42,758
730Stout42,669
731Blankenship42,663
732Browning42,642
733Kent42,597
734Lozano42,567
735Bartlett42,512
736Pruitt42,463
737Buck42,441
738Barr42,432
739Gaines42,369
740Durham42,365
741Gentry42,357
742Mcintyre42,335
743Sloan42,281
744Melendez42,139
745Rocha42,139
746Herman42,091
747Sexton42,080
748Moon42,062
749Hendricks41,879
750Rangel41,868
751Stark41,863
752Lowery41,670
753Hardin41,664
754Hull41,656
755Sellers41,561
756Ellison41,459
757Calhoun41,452
758Gillespie41,393
759Mora41,348
760Knapp41,267
761Mccall41,231
762Morse41,112
763Dorsey41,104
764Weeks41,053
765Nielsen41,007
766Livingston40,964
767Leblanc40,923
768Mclean40,871
769Bradshaw40,794
770Glass40,724
771Middleton40,708
772Buckley40,706
773Schaefer40,663
774Frost40,582
775Howe40,555
776House40,477
777Mcintosh40,453
778Ho40,413
779Pennington40,339
780Reilly40,310
781Hebert40,283
782Mcfarland40,244
783Hickman40,224
784Noble40,217
785Spears40,203
786Conrad40,102
787Arias40,086
788Galvan40,046
789Velazquez40,030
790Huynh40,011
791Frederick39,909
792Randolph39,742
793Cantu39,601
794Fitzpatrick39,501
795Mahoney39,440
796Peck39,432
797Villa39,402
798Michael39,369
799Donovan39,270
800Mcconnell39,203
801Walls39,166
802Boyle39,141
803Mayer39,111
804Zuniga39,057
805Giles39,002
806Pineda38,999
807Pace38,975
808Hurley38,971
809Mays38,914
810Mcmillan38,896
811Crosby38,844
812Ayers38,836
813Case38,759
814Bentley38,714
815Shepard38,705
816Everett38,702
817Pugh38,691
818David38,659
819Mcmahon38,557
820Dunlap38,516
821Bender38,464
822Hahn38,354
823Harding38,340
824Acevedo38,232
825Raymond38,158
826Blackburn38,137
827Duffy37,962
828Landry37,961
829Dougherty37,903
830Bautista37,847
831Shah37,833
832Potts37,687
833Arroyo37,678
834Valentine37,669
835Meza37,662
836Gould37,660
837Vaughan37,591
838Fry37,542
839Rush37,470
840Avery37,440
841Herring37,353
842Dodson37,298
843Clements37,237
844Sampson37,234
845Tapia37,201
846Bean37,145
847Lynn37,125
848Crane37,123
849Farley37,116
850Cisneros37,050
851Benton37,032
852Ashley37,021
853Mckay36,948
854Finley36,874
855Best36,862
856Blevins36,841
857Friedman36,833
858Moses36,814
859Sosa36,813
860Blanchard36,764
861Huber36,729
862Frye36,716
863Krueger36,694
864Bernard36,546
865Rosario36,539
866Rubio36,531
867Mullen36,442
868Benjamin36,439
869Haley36,433
870Chung36,422
871Moyer36,421
872Choi36,390
873Horne36,288
874Yu36,285
875Woodward36,242
876Ali36,079
877Nixon36,037
878Hayden36,024
879Rivers35,980
880Estes35,839
881Mccarty35,718
882Richmond35,715
883Stuart35,701
884Maynard35,648
885Brandt35,616
886Oconnell35,610
887Hanna35,599
888Sanford35,565
889Sheppard35,554
890Church35,539
891Burch35,521
892Levy35,464
893Rasmussen35,453
894Coffey35,442
895Ponce35,400
896Faulkner35,389
897Donaldson35,387
898Schmitt35,326
899Novak35,282
900Costa35,227
901Montes35,196
902Booker35,101
903Cordova35,074
904Waller35,001
905Arellano34,999
906Maddox34,970
907Mata34,888
908Bonilla34,824
909Stanton34,812
910Compton34,788
911Kaufman34,786
912Dudley34,770
913Mcpherson34,763
914Beltran34,736
915Dickson34,698
916Mccann34,692
917Villegas34,684
918Proctor34,682
919Hester34,675
920Cantrell34,674
921Daugherty34,650
922Cherry34,615
923Bray34,575
924Davila34,541
925Rowland34,498
926Levine34,472
927Madden34,472
928Spence34,435
929Good34,430
930Irwin34,374
931Werner34,352
932Krause34,345
933Petty34,278
934Whitney34,251
935Baird34,233
936Hooper34,084
937Pollard34,079
938Zavala34,068
939Jarvis34,050
940Holden34,041
941Haas34,032
942Hendrix34,032
943Mcgrath34,031
944Bird33,962
945Lucero33,922
946Terrell33,914
947Riggs33,868
948Joyce33,843
949Mercer33,797
950Rollins33,797
951Galloway33,773
952Duke33,745
953Odom33,717
954Andersen33,508
955Downs33,494
956Hatfield33,464
957Benitez33,441
958Archer33,411
959Huerta33,348
960Travis33,339
961Mcneil33,239
962Hinton33,209
963Zhang33,202
964Hays33,194
965Mayo33,126
966Fritz33,068
967Branch33,040
968Mooney32,953
969Ewing32,925
970Ritter32,864
971Esparza32,772
972Frey32,735
973Braun32,676
974Gay32,672
975Riddle32,654
976Haney32,644
977Kaiser32,567
978Holder32,466
979Chaney32,433
980Mcknight32,386
981Gamble32,377
982Vang32,333
983Cooley32,287
984Carney32,282
985Cowan32,242
986Forbes32,228
987Ferrell32,174
988Davies32,165
989Barajas32,147
990Shea32,069
991Osborn32,044
992Bright32,042
993Cuevas32,015
994Bolton31,995
995Murillo31,964
996Lutz31,940
997Duarte31,896
998Kidd31,886
999Key31,882
1000Cooke31,860
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UPDATED 2026-06-13 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU GENEALOGY NAME FILES