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American Last Names

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

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