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This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of North America, including one transcontinental country. Countries are arranged in alphabetical order.

Canada

Québec

Top 10 common surnames in Quebec as of 2006.

Costa Rica

Most common surnames in Costa Rica as of 2007.

Cuba

Most common surnames in Cuba.

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

Most common surnames in El Salvador as of 2005.

Guatemala

Most common surnames in Guatemala as of 2015.

Mexico

Below are the most common surnames of Mexico. All of the surnames listed are of Spanish origin.

United States

All figures are for the 2000 United States census, except for the 1990 Rank column, which is for the 1990 United States census.

The distribution of U.S. surnames reflects the history of immigration into the country. Many immigrants from non-English-speaking countries Anglicized their names. Some examples are the popular Swedish name Johansson, which was frequently changed to Johnson, and the German Müller, which became Miller. Some very common Swedish names were so similar that only a minor change of spelling was necessary, such as Andersson and Jonsson, which is why these names are much more common in the U.S. than in the United Kingdom. British surnames such as Williams, Jackson, Robinson, Harris, Davis, Brown and Jones are also common among people of non-British descent, such as African Americans due to slavery. Garcia and Martinez represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States.

According to the table below, from the 2000 U.S. census, 17.11% of Americans have a surname among the top 100. On the other hand, 13.97% of Americans have a surname that occurs fewer than 100 times in the entire population. The census found the most common surname in the United States – Smith – had fewer than 2.4 million occurrences (making up 0.84% of the general population) and that more than 150,000 surnames would be required to reach more than 89.8% of the US population.

The U.S Census Bureau had generated the list of top 1,000 surnames according to the 2010 U.S. census. In the accompanied list of top 10 surnames the #10 is Martinez displacing Wilson. This reflects the anticipated population shift in the United States.

During the 2000 U.S. census, the top one 100 surnames in the U.S. were:

Name	Rank	1990 rank	Change	2010 rank	Change	Total number	Frequency per 100,000	Cumulative per 100,000	White	Black	Asian or Pacific Islander	Native American or Alaskan	Multiracial	Hispanic
Smith	1	1	0	1	0	2,376,207	880.85	880.85	73.35	22.22	0.4	0.85	1.63	1.56
Johnson	2	2	0	2	0	1,857,160	688.44	1569.3	61.55	33.8	0.42	0.91	1.82	1.5
Williams	3	3	0	3	0	1,534,042	568.66	2137.96	48.52	46.72	0.37	0.78	2.01	1.6
Brown	4	5	1	4	0	1,380,145	511.62	2649.58	60.71	34.54	0.41	0.83	1.86	1.64
Jones	5	4	−1	5	0	1,362,755	505.17	3154.75	57.69	37.73	0.35	0.94	1.85	1.44
Miller	6	7	1	7	−1	1,127,803	418.07	3572.82	85.81	10.41	0.42	0.63	1.31	1.43
Davis	7	6	−1	8	−1	1,072,335	397.51	3970.33	64.73	30.77	0.4	0.79	1.73	1.58
Garcia	8	18	10	6	2	858,289	318.17	4288.5	6.17	0.49	1.43	0.58	0.51	90.81
Rodriguez	9	22	13	9	0	804,240	298.13	4586.62	5.52	0.54	0.58	0.24	0.41	92.7
Wilson	10	8	−2	14	−4	783,051	290.27	4876.9	69.72	25.32	0.46	1.03	1.74	1.73
Martinez	11	19	8	10	1	775,072	287.32	5164.22	6.04	0.52	0.6	0.64	0.46	91.72
Anderson	12	11	−1	15	−3	762,394	282.62	5446.83	77.6	18.06	0.48	0.7	1.59	1.58
Taylor	13	10	−3	17	−4	720,370	267.04	5713.87	67.8	27.67	0.39	0.75	1.78	1.61
Thomas	14	12	−2	16	−2	710,696	263.45	5977.33	55.53	38.17	1.63	1.01	2	1.66
Hernandez	15	29	14	11	4	706,372	261.85	6239.18	4.55	0.38	0.65	0.27	0.35	93.81
Moore	16	9	−7	18	−2	698,671	259	6498.17	68.85	26.92	0.37	0.65	1.7	1.5
Martin	17	16	−1	20	−3	672,711	249.37	6747.54	77.47	15.3	0.71	0.94	1.59	3.99
Jackson	18	13	−5	19	−1	666,125	246.93	6994.47	41.93	53.02	0.31	1.04	2.18	1.53
Thompson	19	17	−2	23	−4	644,368	238.87	7233.34	72.48	22.53	0.44	1.15	1.78	1.62
White	20	14	−6	24	−4	639,515	237.07	7470.4	67.91	27.38	0.39	1.01	1.76	1.55
Lopez	21	32	11	12	10	621,536	230.4	7700.81	5.85	0.61	1.04	0.47	0.52	91.51
Lee	22	24	2	21	−1	605,860	224.59	7925.4	40.09	17.41	37.83	1.03	2.3	1.34
Gonzalez	23	38	15	13	10	597,718	221.57	8146.97	4.76	0.37	0.38	0.18	0.33	93.99
Harris	24	15	−9			593,542	220.02	8366.99	53.88	41.63	0.36	0.65	2.02	1.45
Clark	25	21	−4			548,369	203.28	8570.27	76.84	18.53	0.41	0.94	1.6	1.68
Lewis	26	23	−3			509,930	189.03	8759.3	60.97	33.83	0.45	1.14	1.97	1.64
Robinson	27	20	−7			503,028	186.47	8945.77	51.34	44.1	0.37	0.51	1.99	1.68
Walker	28	25	−3			501,307	185.83	9131.61	61.25	34.17	0.35	0.83	1.8	1.6
Perez	29	42	13	22	7	488,521	181.09	9312.7	5.95	0.48	1.18	0.26	0.48	91.65
Hall	30	26	−4			473,568	175.55	9488.25	75.11	20.75	0.48	0.63	1.63	1.4
Young	31	28	−3			465,948	172.73	9660.97	68.91	23.79	2.95	0.73	1.93	1.69
Allen	32	27	−5			463,368	171.77	9832.74	70.24	25.14	0.41	0.83	1.77	1.62
Sanchez	33	52	19	26	7	441,242	163.57	9996.31	5.77	0.5	1.01	0.49	0.45	91.78
Wright	34	31	−3			440,367	163.24	10159.55	68.3	27.36	0.4	0.66	1.75	1.52
King	35	30	−5			438,986	162.73	10322.28	72.8	22.02	0.88	0.97	1.71	1.62
Scott	36	34	−2			420,091	155.73	10478.01	62.6	32.26	0.41	1.15	1.9	1.68
Green	37	35	−2			413,477	153.27	10631.29	59.33	36.23	0.34	0.61	1.78	1.71
Baker	38	37	−1			413,351	153.23	10784.51	82.08	13.63	0.45	0.83	1.54	1.47
Adams	39	36	−3			413,086	153.13	10937.64	76.17	19.2	0.45	0.79	1.63	1.76
Nelson	40	39	−1			412,236	152.81	11090.46	80.29	14.93	0.51	1.09	1.49	1.68
Hill	41	33	−8			411,770	152.64	11243.1	66.83	28.42	0.42	0.91	1.78	1.64
Ramirez	42	70	28	28	14	388,987	144.2	11387.3	4.4	0.29	0.97	0.27	0.4	93.67
Campbell	43	46	3			371,953	137.88	11525.18	76.47	19.13	0.43	0.65	1.67	1.65
Mitchell	44	41	−3			367,433	136.21	11661.38	63.55	31.52	0.39	0.98	1.93	1.63
Roberts	45	43	−2			366,215	135.75	11797.14	79.56	15.86	0.47	0.85	1.67	1.58
Carter	46	40	−6			362,548	134.4	11931.53	60.51	34.99	0.39	0.71	1.88	1.52
Phillips	47	45	−2			351,848	130.43	12061.96	78.95	16.36	0.45	0.99	1.68	1.58
Evans	48	48	0			342,237	126.87	12188.83	70.65	25.05	0.4	0.68	1.67	1.55
Turner	49	44	−5			335,663	124.43	12313.26	66.67	29.31	0.33	0.56	1.72	1.4
Torres	50	67	17	37	13	325,169	120.54	12433.8	6.05	0.58	1.42	0.26	0.53	91.16
Parker	51	47	−4			324,246	120.2	12554	71.49	24.09	0.44	0.85	1.67	1.46
Collins	52	50	−2			317,848	117.83	12671.82	73.92	21.7	0.37	0.75	1.65	1.61
Edwards	53	49	−4			317,070	117.54	12789.36	65.16	30.21	0.4	0.75	1.84	1.63
Stewart	54	51	−3			312,899	115.99	12905.35	71.78	23.83	0.38	0.74	1.69	1.59
Flores	55	89	34	40	15	312,615	115.89	13021.23	5.57	0.47	2.15	0.43	0.54	90.84
Morris	56	53	−3			311,754	115.57	13136.8	75.92	19.29	0.43	0.93	1.7	1.73
Nguyen	57	228	172	38	19	310,125	114.96	13251.76	1.26	0.18	95.93	0.04	2.01	0.58
Murphy	58	59	1	64	6	300,501	111.39	13363.16	85.05	11.03	0.43	0.65	1.29	1.54
Rivera	59	61	2	46	13	299,463	111.01	13474.17	5.92	1.06	2.06	0.24	0.55	90.17
Cook	60	56	−4			294,795	109.28	13583.45	83.52	12.27	0.44	0.86	1.48	1.42
Rogers	61	54	−7			294,403	109.13	13692.58	77.8	17.66	0.42	0.77	1.58	1.77
Morgan	62	57	−5			276,400	102.46	13795.04	78.47	16.47	0.42	1.15	1.64	1.86
Peterson	63	68	5			275,041	101.96	13897	86.29	9.58	0.52	0.7	1.33	1.56
Cooper	64	66	−2			270,097	100.12	13997.12	70.36	25.26	0.4	0.76	1.69	1.54
Reed	65	55	−10			267,443	99.14	14096.26	73.51	21.97	0.4	1	1.67	1.45
Bailey	66	60	−6			265,916	98.57	14194.84	74.77	21.14	0.4	0.61	1.63	1.45
Bell	67	58	−9			264,752	98.14	14292.98	63.57	31.78	0.41	0.9	1.8	1.55
Gomez	68	121	53	51	17	263,590	97.71	14390.69	6.1	0.81	1.04	0.34	0.54	91.16
Kelly	69	74	5			260,385	96.52	14487.22	80.39	15.48	0.49	0.55	1.35	1.73
Howard	70	65	−5			254,779	94.45	14581.66	66.83	28.69	0.38	0.82	1.74	1.55
Ward	71	66	−5			254,121	94.2	14675.86	77.79	17.77	0.4	0.83	1.57	1.64
Cox	72	64	−8			253,771	94.07	14769.94	84.48	11.55	0.39	0.64	1.42	1.52
Diaz	73	99	26	55	18	251,772	93.33	14863.27	6.17	0.73	1.19	0.22	0.47	91.22
Richardson	74	63	−11			249,533	92.5	14955.77	62.25	32.77	0.36	1.05	1.82	1.75
Wood	75	78	3			247,299	91.67	15047.44	90.06	5.61	0.51	0.82	1.4	1.6
Watson	76	72	−4			242,432	89.87	15137.31	68.58	26.85	0.47	0.8	1.72	1.58
Brooks	77	73	−4			240,751	89.25	15226.56	62.72	32.67	0.41	0.75	1.83	1.62
Bennett	78	77	−1			239,055	88.62	15315.17	79	16.51	0.41	0.89	1.54	1.65
Gray	79	69	−10			236,713	87.75	15402.92	71.13	24.36	0.44	0.84	1.66	1.57
James	80	71	−9			233,224	86.46	15489.38	54.45	38.09	0.81	2.51	2.1	2.04
Reyes	81	141	60	60	21	232,511	86.19	15575.57	5.26	0.75	6.02	0.3	0.76	86.9
Cruz	82	118	36	57	25	231,065	85.66	15661.22	5.95	0.83	5.61	0.38	0.99	86.24
Hughes	83	88	5			229,390	85.03	15746.26	80.6	15.45	0.39	0.52	1.46	1.58
Price	84	76	−8			228,756	84.8	15831.06	76.11	19.79	0.42	0.64	1.58	1.46
Myers	85	101	16			224,824	83.34	15914.4	86.59	9.75	0.38	0.53	1.35	1.4
Long	86	86	0	100	−14	223,494	82.85	15997.25	82.35	11.75	1.78	1.21	1.44	1.47
Foster	87	93	6	99	−12	221,040	81.94	16079.19	72	23.19	0.46	0.86	1.78	1.7
Sanders	88	75	−13	94	−12	220,902	81.89	16161.07	63.44	31.9	0.33	0.85	1.73	1.76
Ross	89	80	−9	98	−9	219,961	81.54	16242.61	71.46	23.67	0.46	0.89	1.69	1.82
Morales	90	136	46	63	27	217,642	80.68	16323.29	5.6	0.6	1.24	0.25	0.44	91.88
Powell	91	85	−6	101	−10	216,553	80.28	16403.57	69.96	25.97	0.38	0.56	1.71	1.41
Sullivan	92	105	13	95	−3	215,640	79.94	16483.5	89.45	6.78	0.46	0.52	1.16	1.63
Russell	93	97	4	104	−11	215,432	79.86	16563.36	79.45	15.79	0.43	1	1.7	1.63
Ortiz	94	120	26	68	26	214,683	79.58	16642.95	5.4	0.64	0.68	0.48	0.45	92.35
Jenkins	95	83	−12	102	−7	213,737	79.23	16722.18	60.12	35.97	0.33	0.55	1.69	1.34
Gutierrez	96	202	106	67	29	212,905	78.92	16801.1	5.21	0.25	1.4	0.33	0.42	92.39
Perry	97	84	−13	103	−6	212,644	78.83	16879.93	70.71	24.37	0.46	0.82	1.86	1.78
Butler	98	91	−7	108	−10	210,879	78.17	16958.1	64.75	30.85	0.35	0.81	1.75	1.5
Barnes	99	79	−20	110	−11	210,426	78	17036.1	67.45	28.23	0.4	0.72	1.71	1.49
Fisher	100	113	13	112	−12	210,279	77.95	17114.05	84.59	11.28	0.42	0.71	1.42	1.58

See also

• List of family name affixes
• List of most popular given names
• Lists of most common surnames, for other continents

References

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12. Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 2010 Census
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Further reading

• Popular baby names by decade and states—US Social Security Administration
• Most common male, female first and last names—U.S. Census 1990
• Top 200 most common US surnames
• Top 1000 names, surnames occurring 100 or more times—US Census 2000
• CMU AI Repository Names Corpus

External links

• "How Popular is Your Last Name?" searchable data base from 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census, on PBS.org

• Lists of surnames
• Lists of popular names
• Surnames of North American origin
• North American records