Last Names [Surnames] in the US

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Last names in alphabetical order:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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The latest available US census (from the year 2000) contains 151,671 unique last names of the United States residents. They are all presented here with their ranks, and some of them augmented with common meaning, origin and history behind the names.

Last names in popularity order:

1 - 10,001	40,001 - 50,001	80,001 - 90,001	120,001 - 130,001
10,001 - 20,001	50,001 - 60,001	90,001 - 100,001	130,001 - 140,001
20,001 - 30,001	60,001 - 70,001	100,001 - 110,001	140,001 - 150,001
30,001 - 40,001	70,001 - 80,001	110,001 - 120,001	150,001 - 151,671

10 most popular last names in the USA:

Last Name	Rank	Rank	Delta	Count	Meaning
	2000 census	1990 census	in rank	2000 census
Smith	1	1		2,376,206	A worker in metals. The name is writ...
Johnson	2	2		1,857,160	The son of John, originally pronou...
Williams	3	3		1,534,042	The son of William. For nearly ei...
Brown	4	5		1,380,145	Originally Broun, and le Brun - dark...
Jones	5	4		1,362,755	The son of John or Johan, or Jone, a...
Miller	6	7		1,127,803	The miller, one who grinds corn, a ...
Davis	7	6		1,072,335	The son of David, nickname Davy.
Garcia	8	18		858,289	Garcia was a very common first name...
Rodriguez	9	22		804,240	Son of Rodrigo. The name is deri...
Wilson	10	8		783,051	The son of William. The family are ...