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

Most common White last names · 2000

The last names most carried by White Americans, ranked by the Census-tabulated number of White people with each name in 2000.

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YEAR200020102020
RANKNAMEPEOPLE
01Smith1,742,947
02Johnson1,143,082
03Miller967,768
04Brown837,886
05Jones786,173
06Williams744,317
07Davis694,122
08Anderson591,618
09Wilson545,943
10Martin521,149
11Taylor488,411
12Moore481,035
13Thompson467,038
14White434,295
15Clark421,367
16Thomas394,649
17Hall355,697
18Baker339,279
19Nelson330,984
20Allen325,470
21Young321,085
22Harris319,800
23King319,582
24Adams314,648
25Lewis310,904
26Walker307,051
27Wright300,771
28Roberts291,361
29Campbell284,432
30Jackson279,306
31Phillips277,784
32Hill275,186
33Scott262,977
34Robinson258,255
35Murphy255,576
36Cook246,213
37Green245,316
38Lee242,889
39Evans241,790
40Peterson237,333
41Morris236,684
42Collins234,953
43Mitchell233,504
44Parker231,803
45Rogers229,046
46Stewart224,599
47Turner223,787
48Wood222,717
49Carter219,378
50Morgan216,891
51Cox214,386
52Kelly209,324
53Edwards206,603
54Bailey198,825
55Ward197,681
56Reed196,597
57Myers194,675
58Sullivan192,890
59Cooper190,040
60Bennett188,853
61Hughes184,888
62Long184,047
63Fisher177,875
64Price174,106
65Russell171,161
66Howard170,269
67Gray168,374
68Bell168,303
69Watson166,260
70Reynolds162,894
71Foster159,149
72Ross157,184
73Olson157,011
74Richardson155,334
75Snyder151,984
76Powell151,500
77Stevens151,302
78Brooks150,999
79Perry150,361
80West146,418
81Cole145,709
82Wagner145,199
83Meyer143,782
84Kennedy142,406
85Barnes141,932
86Hamilton141,454
87Graham141,364
88Schmidt140,441
89Sanders140,140
90Mcdonald139,449
91Patterson139,169
92Murray138,431
93Gibson137,522
94Wallace136,889
95Butler136,544
96Hayes134,306
97Burns133,257
98Ellis132,484
99Fox132,356
100Stone130,927
101Henderson130,636
102Wells130,212
103Ryan130,041
104Jenkins128,499
105Hansen127,655
106Webb127,090
107James126,990
108Jordan126,807
109Griffin126,697
110Hoffman126,610
111Harrison124,660
112Rose123,754
113Simmons122,099
114Marshall122,082
115Johnston120,077
116Owens120,066
117Nichols119,638
118Weaver118,975
119Kelley118,036
120Mills117,883
121Alexander117,826
122Tucker117,410
123Palmer117,122
124Rice116,639
125Larson116,379
126Simpson115,975
127Shaw115,867
128Carlson115,583
129Hunt115,555
130Black115,118
131Ford114,674
132Peters114,311
133Arnold113,619
134Robertson113,250
135Pierce112,927
136Dunn112,782
137Crawford112,756
138Bryant112,039
139Carpenter111,913
140Porter111,660
141Carroll111,433
142Elliott111,092
143Freeman110,561
144Mason110,378
145Ferguson110,305
146Obrien109,973
147Hart109,563
148Coleman108,568
149Warren107,232
150Jensen107,210
151Gardner107,087
152Hicks106,703
153Stephens106,193
154Henry105,002
155Gordon104,968
156Burke104,564
157Weber103,098
158Duncan102,875
159Richards102,709
160Woods102,436
161Hanson102,392
162Lane102,158
163Payne101,713
164Chapman101,648
165Schultz101,015
166Wheeler100,742
167Ray99,931
168Cunningham99,661
169Walsh98,984
170Knight98,618
171Bishop98,503
172Boyd98,116
173Armstrong97,435
174Schneider97,205
175Hunter97,155
176Spencer96,409
177Lynch96,388
178Morrison96,333
179Riley96,072
180Andrews95,994
181Berry94,815
182Bradley93,491
183Perkins90,795
184Hudson90,705
185Welch90,568
186Gilbert90,273
187Lawrence89,424
188Howell89,143
189Walters88,962
190Holmes88,928
191Williamson88,898
192Jacobs88,561
193Davidson88,013
194Lawson87,887
195Keller87,633
196May87,016
197Dixon86,725
198Day86,608
199Carr86,319
200Dean86,008
201George85,569
202Fowler85,524
203Beck85,457
204Newman85,387
205Hawkins85,266
206Becker84,942
207Bowman84,756
208Greene84,129
209Harper84,051
210Brewer83,728
211Matthews82,656
212Powers82,274
213Schwartz81,963
214Willis81,331
215Fuller80,577
216Barrett79,805
217Daniels79,338
218Harvey79,280
219Cohen79,053
220Curtis79,048
221Watkins79,027
222Holland78,769
223Montgomery78,748
224Austin78,725
225Grant78,075
226Garrett78,063
227Erickson78,014
228Lambert77,669
229Klein76,920
230Zimmerman76,743
231Wolfe76,704
232Mccarthy76,092
233Stanley76,029
234Barker75,455
235Burton74,721
236Oliver74,509
237Little74,245
238Lucas73,877
239Leonard73,669
240Pearson73,542
241Mccoy73,472
242Craig72,721
243Barnett72,676
244Bates72,266
245Gregory71,821
246Hopkins71,482
247Oconnor70,831
248Warner70,630
249Swanson70,424
250Norris69,882
251Hale69,674
252Robbins69,616
253Holt68,776
254Rhodes68,608
255Christensen68,199
256Steele67,811
257Mcdaniel67,742
258Benson67,370
259Mann67,329
260Shelton67,287
261Lowe67,142
262Higgins67,110
263Fischer67,088
264Doyle66,710
265Griffith66,450
266Reid65,774
267Franklin65,722
268Quinn65,684
269Fleming65,601
270Sutton65,600
271Ball65,562
272Mclaughlin65,559
273Wolf65,432
274Sharp65,430
275Gallagher65,406
276Bowen65,146
277Fitzgerald64,721
278Gross64,338
279Schroeder64,247
280Potter64,227
281Caldwell64,183
282Jennings63,868
283Reeves63,686
284Adkins63,603
285Brady63,360
286Lyons63,240
287Mullins63,201
288Wade62,654
289Baldwin62,624
290Vaughn62,613
291Mueller62,350
292Chambers62,144
293Page62,108
294Parks61,720
295Blair61,708
296Fields61,677
297Parsons61,377
298Fletcher61,120
299Watts61,058
300Sims60,957
301Ramsey60,948
302Hartman60,904
303Kramer60,798
304Bush60,442
305Horton60,262
306Bauer59,711
307Barber59,581
308Sherman59,301
309Douglas59,147
310Graves59,128
311Chandler58,433
312Cross58,364
313Barton58,048
314Harmon57,938
315Cummings57,891
316Flynn57,820
317Todd57,810
318Mckinney57,697
319Goodman57,657
320Terry57,421
321Casey57,368
322Frank57,144
323Dawson56,518
324Owen56,446
325Newton56,344
326Thornton56,290
327Moran56,105
328Shaffer56,035
329Mccormick55,833
330Burgess55,686
331Mcguire55,631
332Goodwin55,542
333Hess55,474
334Norton55,414
335French55,407
336Osborne55,261
337Manning55,234
338Bowers55,041
339Roth54,903
340Harrington54,658
341Olsen54,650
342Rowe54,414
343Byrd54,397
344Neal54,242
345Hammond54,173
346Weiss54,160
347Farmer53,971
348Wise53,838
349Sparks53,471
350Garner53,419
351Webster53,406
352Paul53,319
353Rodgers53,247
354Moss53,004
355Garcia52,956
356Petersen52,509
357Simon52,342
358Hoover52,295
359Hodges52,285
360Haynes52,274
361Frazier52,156
362Miles52,118
363Decker51,929
364Marsh51,855
365Meyers51,734
366Strickland51,657
367Blake51,294
368Dennis51,227
369Lamb51,183
370Buchanan51,009
371Hogan50,788
372Brock50,742
373Yates50,723
374Cochran50,680
375Larsen50,654
376Conner50,373
377Lang50,364
378Daniel50,355
379Hubbard49,975
380Maxwell49,854
381Waters49,540
382Cannon49,068
383Patton48,942
384Reese48,915
385Hardy48,776
386Gill48,708
387Malone48,341
388Drake48,331
389Pratt48,002
390Stevenson47,956
391Short47,914
392Wall47,764
393Foley47,597
394Sweeney47,442
395Townsend47,192
396Wilcox47,173
397Wilkinson47,166
398Hensley46,986
399Abbott46,974
400Farrell46,961
401Shepherd46,916
402Saunders46,825
403Martinez46,814
404Norman46,720
405Mcgee46,708
406Bryan46,691
407Mcbride46,575
408Berg46,497
409Combs46,463
410Love46,446
411Brennan46,350
412Cain46,339
413Cline46,305
414Huffman46,196
415Ballard46,111
416Cobb45,937
417Kirby45,898
418Oneill45,873
419Francis45,824
420Koch45,815
421Lloyd45,810
422Russo45,787
423Carey45,702
424Callahan45,577
425Moody45,505
426Morrow45,411
427Underwood45,338
428York45,030
429Pope44,991
430Boyer44,929
431Huff44,671
432Morton44,644
433Summers44,634
434Briggs44,629
435Horn44,572
436Kane44,470
437Walton44,416
438Phelps44,412
439Rodriguez44,394
440Dalton44,342
441Patrick44,287
442Conley44,152
443Kirk44,117
444Curry44,041
445Hancock43,741
446Floyd43,577
447Macdonald43,516
448Yoder43,409
449Logan43,318
450Lindsey43,237
451Nicholson43,109
452Jacobson43,101
453Garrison43,066
454Walter42,934
455Kline42,826
456Allison42,753
457Skinner42,727
458Silva42,492
459Chase42,475
460Ingram42,459
461Gibbs42,409
462Burnett42,104
463Atkinson42,082
464Dillon42,016
465Vincent41,647
466Heath41,619
467Bruce41,525
468Carson41,458
469Stein41,420
470Clarke41,368
471Booth41,366
472Greer41,297
473Rich41,295
474Odonnell41,287
475Hines41,214
476Hood41,157
477Banks41,008
478Poole40,986
479Berger40,899
480Cameron40,834
481Blankenship40,521
482Mcclure40,324
483Massey40,313
484Eaton40,250
485Barry40,184
486Randall40,090
487Davenport40,080
488Tyler40,072
489Parrish40,010
490Melton39,988
491Dyer39,970
492Whitaker39,888
493Stout39,883
494Bond39,856
495Roy39,730
496Snow39,635
497Wyatt39,621
498Sawyer39,592
499Knapp39,575
500Baxter39,525
501Henson39,366
502Nolan39,348
503Bartlett39,294
504Schaefer39,285
505Marks39,277
506Stark39,230
507Nielsen39,215
508Clayton39,203
509Gates39,142
510Sexton39,101
511Tate39,088
512Tanner39,014
513Bass38,995
514Mckee38,964
515Mathews38,918
516Herman38,871
517Shields38,792
518Stephenson38,739
519Reilly38,726
520Hurst38,572
521Johns38,422
522Vance38,175
523Richard38,160
524Hobbs38,154
525Buck38,137
526Kerr38,136
527Grimes38,125
528Browning37,947
529Keith37,945
530Collier37,872
531Mckenzie37,832
532Morse37,638
533Conrad37,539
534Hutchinson37,482
535Howe37,412
536Savage37,359
537Hampton37,358
538Boyle37,192
539Donovan37,145
540Hebert37,056
541Mayer36,979
542Copeland36,871
543Nash36,858
544Bridges36,822
545Stafford36,796
546Golden36,731
547Kent36,659
548Mcmahon36,571
549Roach36,559
550Wilkins36,556
551Mahoney36,529
552Peck36,431
553Hull36,382
554Lopez36,360
555Dougherty36,341
556Beard36,331
557Conway36,300
558Case36,259
559Leach36,099
560Barr36,063
561Leblanc36,049
562Pennington36,047
563Hodge35,960
564Hurley35,814
565Orr35,728
566Frost35,712
567Stokes35,670
568Christian35,665
569Gentry35,626
570Krueger35,615
571Meadows35,564
572Friedman35,559
573Mcconnell35,502
574Huber35,488
575Winters35,487
576Weeks35,322
577Glover35,241
578Hahn35,148
579Humphrey35,142
580Duffy34,974
581Atkins34,967
582Pittman34,959
583Monroe34,876
584Bradford34,796
585Fry34,764
586Shannon34,750
587Bender34,698
588Buckley34,686
589Sloan34,632
590Gillespie34,600
591Moyer34,578
592Preston34,498
593Merritt34,465
594Fitzpatrick34,413
595Mcintyre34,363
596Oconnell34,339
597Mcdowell34,323
598Schmitt34,203
599Novak34,167
600Lester34,134
601Rasmussen34,042
602Brandt34,035
603Michael33,999
604Crane33,997
605Blackburn33,904
606Holloway33,685
607Blevins33,562
608Mathis33,517
609Mccullough33,476
610Gould33,363
611English33,355
612Harrell33,334
613Kaufman33,315
614Boone33,245
615Dickerson33,207
616Krause33,170
617Hardin33,148
618Werner33,115
619Frederick33,085
620Anthony33,076
621Woodward33,071
622Ayers33,011
623Kemp32,971
624Haas32,899
625Bradshaw32,823
626Sellers32,787
627Hendricks32,737
628Mullen32,681
629Mcgrath32,639
630Mcfarland32,537
631Bentley32,520
632Noble32,507
633Glass32,331
634Church32,291
635Irwin32,284
636Mccarty32,210
637Landry32,206
638Clements32,199
639Hernandez32,140
640Lynn32,109
641Gilmore32,088
642Wiley32,079
643Blanchard32,007
644Andersen32,003
645Durham31,986
646Pitts31,941
647Pruitt31,902
648Levine31,900
649Coffey31,884
650Beasley31,873
651Baird31,871
652Mack31,797
653Farley31,764
654Daugherty31,753
655Estes31,728
656Maynard31,705
657Mccann31,650
658Cantrell31,595
659Vaughan31,588
660Raymond31,580
661Whitehead31,560
662Harding31,512
663Frey31,504
664Blackwell31,482
665Good31,435
666Braun31,359
667Hatfield31,349
668Glenn31,337
669House31,301
670Fritz31,299
671Prince31,266
672Pace31,211
673Wilkerson31,188
674Hickman31,170
675Hanna31,106
676Dodson30,991
677Frye30,955
678Compton30,947
679Ritter30,928
680Oneal30,909
681Bean30,834
682Kaiser30,821
683Potts30,817
684Hays30,744
685Lutz30,720
686Shea30,703
687Rowland30,607
688Livingston30,596
689Bird30,576
690Stuart30,492
691Mooney30,445
692Flowers30,357
693Mckay30,356
694Shepard30,356
695Haley30,338
696Riggs30,292
697Joyce30,229
698Lehman30,157
699Strong30,140
700Madden29,887
701Dunlap29,881
702Whitney29,836
703Hayden29,821
704Osborn29,711
705Small29,633
706Jarvis29,630
707Moon29,624
708Donnelly29,515
709Houston29,514
710Katz29,488
711Duke29,480
712Snider29,442
713Mcintosh29,442
714Davies29,380
715Costa29,362
716Riddle29,336
717Lowery29,315
718Donahue29,301
719Vogel29,294
720Levy29,293
721Stanton29,273
722Mcclain29,250
723Kuhn29,216
724Goldstein29,200
725Witt29,177
726Shoemaker29,163
727Merrill29,135
728Perez29,067
729Winter29,065
730Haney29,040
731Goldberg28,916
732Odell28,874
733Faulkner28,870
734Mclean28,855
735Rush28,811
736Bray28,721
737Costello28,705
738Downs28,701
739Roberson28,647
740Burch28,623
741Gorman28,620
742Carver28,611
743Lange28,505
744Gonzalez28,451
745Workman28,435
746Joseph28,395
747Maloney28,374
748Ellison28,362
749Guthrie28,352
750Kaplan28,328
751Mercer28,302
752Goff28,295
753Daly28,258
754Cramer28,248
755Mccall28,223
756Moser28,217
757Knox28,214
758Middleton28,211
759Crosby28,209
760Carney28,189
761Richter28,172
762Woodard28,014
763Spears27,957
764Hooper27,922
765Herring27,918
766Sanford27,887
767Crowley27,828
768Kessler27,827
769Walls27,796
770Byrne27,787
771Connolly27,760
772Mcdermott27,753
773Everett27,726
774Wiggins27,674
775Bullock27,589
776Hendrickson27,576
777Childers27,573
778Helms27,572
779Mcmillan27,569
780Fink27,564
781Finley27,560
782Ashley27,533
783Mccabe27,445
784Pearce27,421
785Hartley27,418
786Archer27,364
787Hendrix27,345
788Beach27,284
789Avery27,215
790Lancaster27,215
791Best27,178
792Justice27,155
793Hickey27,139
794Welsh27,128
795Dickson27,123
796Tracy27,117
797Kinney27,111
798Pugh26,999
799Holden26,862
800Marino26,789
801Solomon26,787
802Mcpherson26,733
803Flanagan26,701
804Calhoun26,687
805Horne26,650
806Delaney26,647
807Springer26,589
808Sears26,579
809Haines26,551
810Richmond26,511
811Benton26,511
812Ritchie26,446
813Donaldson26,434
814Giles26,361
815Cowan26,332
816Hester26,301
817Dolan26,249
818Kern26,186
819Crowe26,173
820England26,113
821Spence26,078
822Tuttle26,005
823Valentine25,980
824Petty25,976
825Doherty25,972
826Byers25,950
827Ewing25,905
828Emerson25,902
829Cooley25,881
830Holcomb25,867
831Kendall25,848
832Lake25,840
833Dodd25,747
834Slater25,719
835Sorensen25,658
836Cooke25,647
837Clay25,630
838Gustafson25,619
839Lyon25,579
840Newell25,539
841Sanchez25,460
842Camp25,453
843Craft25,408
844Barlow25,389
845Sweet25,381
846Travis25,351
847Maddox25,304
848David25,240
849Sheehan25,235
850Hyde25,206
851Puckett25,186
852Boggs25,143
853Waller25,138
854Oneil25,128
855Dwyer25,116
856Proctor25,068
857Albert25,039
858Singleton25,033
859Mcnamara25,028
860Sheppard25,019
861Mckenna25,018
862Chamberlain24,987
863Gibbons24,870
864Barron24,863
865Franks24,853
866Hastings24,840
867Holder24,765
868Ferrell24,758
869Crabtree24,692
870Mcgowan24,689
871Bernard24,617
872Park24,616
873Dailey24,613
874Hewitt24,583
875Sutherland24,578
876Kidd24,546
877Pike24,458
878Cassidy24,414
879Swartz24,373
880Shafer24,351
881Galloway24,350
882Ott24,289
883Romano24,280
884Kenney24,217
885Bolton24,172
886Heller24,171
887Farris24,169
888Rosenberg24,169
889Finch24,140
890Gay24,115
891Starr24,077
892Hopper24,058
893Bowling24,055
894Ware24,041
895Odom24,040
896Muller24,024
897Meier23,973
898Rollins23,949
899Dickinson23,930
900Dempsey23,926
901Forbes23,926
902Shapiro23,897
903Dudley23,880
904Rossi23,879
905Chaney23,864
906Pierson23,853
907Lindsay23,843
908Kirkpatrick23,825
909Schumacher23,819
910Denton23,802
911Mcginnis23,718
912Pate23,717
913Curran23,687
914Sargent23,662
915Ziegler23,620
916Nixon23,590
917Ackerman23,589
918Connor23,526
919Ratliff23,488
920Singer23,461
921Bright23,458
922Downey23,447
923Gleason23,419
924Dye23,392
925Sampson23,376
926Couch23,367
927Fulton23,339
928Coffman23,298
929Dale23,273
930Elder23,219
931Funk23,200
932Stern23,193
933Worley23,166
934Courtney23,148
935Rutherford23,133
936Randolph23,130
937Shirley23,120
938Cash23,086
939Mcallister23,026
940Hamm23,006
941Schafer23,004
942Fish23,000
943Downing22,947
944Belcher22,931
945Bruno22,917
946Knowles22,903
947Britt22,880
948Schulz22,864
949Emery22,847
950Albright22,847
951Helton22,834
952Holman22,775
953Roe22,770
954Key22,735
955Hilton22,700
956Hatch22,683
957Lund22,676
958Dewitt22,651
959Bacon22,617
960Rankin22,604
961Langley22,600
962Bloom22,544
963Kurtz22,478
964Padgett22,426
965Mays22,411
966Field22,402
967Akers22,383
968Feldman22,351
969Dotson22,351
970Schmitz22,345
971Goldman22,345
972Whalen22,311
973Godfrey22,290
974Mayo22,211
975Webber22,207
976Pollard22,185
977Hagen22,086
978Elkins22,080
979Tipton22,080
980Crouch22,079
981Locke22,077
982Conklin22,055
983Wills22,025
984Driscoll22,021
985Post22,020
986Simons22,014
987Thomson22,010
988Swenson21,977
989Steiner21,966
990Arthur21,964
991Stover21,908
992Rosen21,896
993Christopher21,866
994Head21,864
995Santos21,709
996Horner21,672
997Holbrook21,643
998Meeks21,629
999Kimball21,627
1000Egan21,618
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UPDATED 2026-06-13 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU GENEALOGY NAME FILES