List of most common surnames in North America

This is a list of the most common last names in North America. (Canada, Quebec, Mexico and the US)

Canada (Canadian)

Rank	Surname
1	Li
2	Smith
3	Lam
4	Martin
5	Brown
6	Roy
7	Tremblay
8	Lee
9	Gagnon
10	Wilson

Quebec (Canadian)

Rank	Surname	% of pop.
1	Tremblay	1.076
2	Gagnon	0.79
3	Roy	0.75
4	Côté	0.69
5	Bouchard	0.53
6	Gauthier	0.52
7	Morin	0.49
8	Lavoie	0.45
9	Fortin	0.449
10	Gagné	0.448
11	Ouellet	0.447
12	Pelletier	0.435
13	Bélanger	0.429
14	Lévesque	0.412
15	Bergeron	0.399
16	Leblanc	0.367
17	Paquette	0.361
18	Girard	0.356
19	Simard	0.354
20	Boucher	0.341
21	Caron	0.321
22	Beaulieu	0.300
23	Cloutier	0.297
24	Dubé	0.296
25	Poirier	0.294
26	Fournier	0.293
27	Lapointe	0.290
28	Leclerc	0.285
29	Lefebvre	0.279
30	Poulin	0.268
31	Thibault	0.268
32	St-Pierre	0.264
33	Nadeau	0.258
34	Martin	0.257
35	Landry	0.254
36	Martel	0.250
37	Bédard	0.250
38	Grenier	0.249
39	Lessard	0.238
40	Bernier	0.233
41	Richard	0.228
42	Michaud	0.225
43	Hébert	0.224
44	Desjardins	0.223
45	Couture	0.220
46	Turcotte	0.220
47	Lachance	0.218
48	Parent	0.216
49	Blais	0.214
50	Gosselin	0.212
51	Savard	0.211
52	Proulx	0.219
53	Beaudoin	0.209
54	Demers	0.203
55	Perreault	0.203
56	Boudreau	0.199
57	Lemieux	0.195
58	Cyr	0.193
59	Perron	0.193
60	Dufour	0.191
61	Dion	0.189
62	Mercier	0.189
63	Bolduc	0.187
64	Bérubé	0.186
65	Boisvert	0.186
66	Brown	0.184
67	Ménard	0.181
68	Therrien	0.178
69	Plante	0.177
70	Bilodeau	0.177
71	Blanchette	0.176
72	Dubois	0.176
73	Champagne	0.174
74	Fortier	0.170
75	Arsenault	0.170
76	Dupuis	0.169
77	Gaudreault	0.169
78	Hamel	0.169
79	Houle	0.169
80	Villeneuve	0.165
81	Paradis	0.164
82	Rousseau	0.163
83	Gravel	0.162
84	Thériault	0.162
85	Lemay	0.161
86	Robert	0.158
87	Allard	0.157
88	Deschênes	0.157
89	Giroux	0.155
90	Guay	0.155
91	Leduc	0.155
92	Boivin	0.153
93	Charbonneau	0.153
94	Lambert	0.152
95	Raymond	0.151
96	Vachon	0.150
97	Gilbert	0.148
98	Audet	0.147
99	Jean	0.147
100	Larouche	0.146

Cuba (Cuban)

Rank	Surname	Number
1	Rodríguez	301,136
2	Pérez	300,189
3	González	262,311
4	Hernández	215,593
5	García	208,965
6	Martinez	148,674
7	Diaz	136,364
8	Fernández	134,470
9	López	127,525
10	Álvarez	101,010

Mexico (Mexican)

Below are the most common surnames listed in Mexico's 2005 electoral roll.

Rank	Surname	Number
1	Martínez	5,526,929
2	García	4,129,360
3	Hernandez	3,886,887
4	González	3,188,693
5	López	3,148,024
6	Rodríguez	2,744,179
7	Pérez	2,746,468
8	Sánchez	2,234,625
9	Ramírez	2,070,723
10	Flores	1,392,707

United States (American)

All figures are for the 2000 US Census, except for the 1990 Rank column which is for the 1990 US Census.

During the 2000 US Census, the top hundred surnames in the U.S. were:

Name	Rank	1990 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	2,376,207	880.85	880.85	73.35	22.22	0.4	0.85	1.63	1.56
Johnson	2	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	1,534,042	568.66	2137.96	48.52	46.72	0.37	0.78	2.01	1.6
Brown	4	5	1	1,380,145	511.62	2649.58	60.71	34.54	0.41	0.83	1.86	1.64
Jones	5	4	−1	1,362,755	505.17	3154.75	57.69	37.73	0.35	0.94	1.85	1.44
Miller	6	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	1,072,335	397.51	3970.33	64.73	30.77	0.4	0.79	1.73	1.58
Garcia	8	18	10	858,289	318.17	4288.5	6.17	0.49	1.43	0.58	0.51	90.81
Rodriguez	9	22	13	804,240	298.13	4586.62	5.52	0.54	0.58	0.24	0.41	92.7
Wilson	10	8	−2	783,051	290.27	4876.9	69.72	25.32	0.46	1.03	1.74	1.73
Martinez	11	19	8	775,072	287.32	5164.22	6.04	0.52	0.6	0.64	0.46	91.72
Anderson	12	11	−1	762,394	282.62	5446.83	77.6	18.06	0.48	0.7	1.59	1.58
Taylor	13	10	−3	720,370	267.04	5713.87	67.8	27.67	0.39	0.75	1.78	1.61
Thomas	14	12	−2	710,696	263.45	5977.33	55.53	38.17	1.63	1.01	2	1.66
Hernandez	15	29	14	706,372	261.85	6239.18	4.55	0.38	0.65	0.27	0.35	93.81
Moore	16	9	−7	698,671	259	6498.17	68.85	26.92	0.37	0.65	1.7	1.5
Martin	17	16	−1	672,711	249.37	6747.54	77.47	15.3	0.71	0.94	1.59	3.99
Jackson	18	13	−5	666,125	246.93	6994.47	41.93	53.02	0.31	1.04	2.18	1.53
Thompson	19	17	−2	644,368	238.87	7233.34	72.48	22.53	0.44	1.15	1.78	1.62
White	20	14	−6	639,515	237.07	7470.4	67.91	27.38	0.39	1.01	1.76	1.55
Lopez	21	32	11	621,536	230.4	7700.81	5.85	0.61	1.04	0.47	0.52	91.51
Lee	22	24	2	605,860	224.59	7925.4	40.09	17.41	37.83	1.03	2.3	1.34
Gonzalez	23	38	15	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	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	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	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	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	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	310,125	114.96	13251.76	1.26	0.18	95.93	0.04	2.01	0.58
Murphy	58	59	1	300,501	111.39	13363.16	85.05	11.03	0.43	0.65	1.29	1.54
Rivera	59	61	2	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	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	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	232,511	86.19	15575.57	5.26	0.75	6.02	0.3	0.76	86.9
Cruz	82	118	36	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	223,494	82.85	15997.25	82.35	11.75	1.78	1.21	1.44	1.47
Foster	87	93	6	221,040	81.94	16079.19	72	23.19	0.46	0.86	1.78	1.7
Sanders	88	75	−13	220,902	81.89	16161.07	63.44	31.9	0.33	0.85	1.73	1.76
Ross	89	80	−9	219,961	81.54	16242.61	71.46	23.67	0.46	0.89	1.69	1.82
Morales	90	136	46	217,642	80.68	16323.29	5.6	0.6	1.24	0.25	0.44	91.88
Powell	91	85	−6	216,553	80.28	16403.57	69.96	25.97	0.38	0.56	1.71	1.41
Sullivan	92	105	13	215,640	79.94	16483.5	89.45	6.78	0.46	0.52	1.16	1.63
Russell	93	97	4	215,432	79.86	16563.36	79.45	15.79	0.43	1	1.7	1.63
Ortiz	94	120	26	214683	79.58	16642.95	5.4	0.64	0.68	0.48	0.45	92.35
Jenkins	95	83	−12	213,737	79.23	16722.18	60.12	35.97	0.33	0.55	1.69	1.34
Gutierrez	96	202	106	212,905	78.92	16801.1	5.21	0.25	1.4	0.33	0.42	92.39
Perry	97	84	−13	212,644	78.83	16879.93	70.71	24.37	0.46	0.82	1.86	1.78
Butler	98	91	−7	210,879	78.17	16958.1	64.75	30.85	0.35	0.81	1.75	1.5
Barnes	99	79	−20	210,426	78	17036.1	67.45	28.23	0.4	0.72	1.71	1.49
Fisher	100	113	13	210,279	77.95	17114.05	84.59	11.28	0.42	0.71	1.42	1.58

The distribution reflects the history of immigration into the country. Many immigrants from non-English-speaking countries Anglicized their names. Good examples of this 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. Names such as Williams, Jackson, Robinson, Harris, Davis, Brown and Jones are common among African Americans.

Garcia and Martinez represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States. According to the above table, from the 2000 Census, 17.11% of Americans have a surname among the top 100. On the other hand, 13.97% of Americans have a surname which occurs fewer than 100 times in the entire population.

See also

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

References

• Popular baby names by decade and states—US Social Security Administration
• Most common male, female first and last names—US Census 1990
• 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

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• http://forebears.co.uk/cuba#surnames
• Padrón Electoral Mexicano 2005
• Census.gov. "Frequent Names". 2000.
• United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100).