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Quick…what’s the most common last name in the U.S?
If you guessed Smith you are correct.
According to an analysis by 24/7 Wall Street, the surname Smith occurs slightly more than 828 times per 100,000 people in the U.S., or about 2.442 million times. The name’s usage has grown almost 3 percent since 2000.
What are the other popular names? Using Census Bureau data, 24/7 Wall Street compiled a list of the top 50 last names in the U.S. Here’s what they found:
1. Smith
2. Johnson
3. Williams
4. Brown
5. Jones
6. Garcia
7. Miller
8. Davis
9. Rodriguez
10. Martinez
11. Hernandez
12. Lopez
13. Gonzalez
14. Wilson
15. Anderson
16. Thomas
17. Taylor
18. Moore
19. Jackson
20. Martin
21. Lee
22. Perez
23. Thompson
24. White
25. Harris
26. Sanchez
27. Clark
28. Ramirez
29. Lewis
30. Robinson
31. Walker
32. Young
33. Allen
34. King
35. Wright
36. Scott
37. Torres
38. Nguyen
39. Hill
40. Flores
41. Green
42. Adams
43. Nelson
44. Baker
45. Hall
46. Rivera
47. Campbell
48. Mitchell
49. Carter
50. Roberts
You can see more on the history and occurrence rates of each name here.
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