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, counts, ethnicity information. Some of the surnames have been augmented with common meanings, origins, and history behind them. We also made available some information about the name from the Census of the year 1990. Read here why there is still no 2010 Census surnames data available. |
10 most popular surnames in the USA: |
Name | Rank | Rank | Delta | Count | Meaning | ||
2000 census | 1990 census | in rank |
2000 census | ||||
Smith | 1 | 1 | 2,376,206 | The smith. Common to... | |||
Johnson | 2 | 2 | 1,857,160 | The son of John, ori... | |||
Williams | 3 | 3 | 1,534,042 | The son of William. ... | |||
Brown | 4 | 5 | 1,380,145 | The son of Brun (i.e... | |||
Jones | 5 | 4 | 1,362,755 | The son of John or J... | |||
Miller | 6 | 7 | 1,127,803 | The miller, one who ... | |||
Davis | 7 | 6 | 1,072,335 | The son of David, ni... | |||
Garcia | 8 | 18 | 858,289 | Garcia was a very co... | |||
Rodriguez | 9 | 22 | 804,240 | Son of Rodrigo. The ... | |||
Wilson | 10 | 8 | 783,051 | The son of William, ... |
Rank | Male name | Female name |
1 | Jacob | Isabella |
2 | Ethan | Sophia |
3 | Michael | Emma |
4 | Jayden | Olivia |
5 | William | Ava |
6 | Alexander | Emily |
7 | Noah | Abigail |
8 | Daniel | Madison |
9 | Aiden | Chloe |
10 | Anthony | Mia |
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