Appendix:English surnames (United States)

For the latest data based on the 2010 Census, see Appendix:English surnames (United States, 2010)

Below is a list of the 250 most common surnames in the United States in the 2000 census. The number of bearers is given for the ten most common names, and as a sample in intervals of 50. The source does not register diacritical signs (Rodriguez=Rodríguez) or capital letters (Obrien=O'Brien). *= the name derives from Spanish (Spanish spelling in parentheses, if it is different). **=the name derives from Spanish and also some other language(s), such as Portuguese or Italian. #=the name is not English onomasticon, and not even from the British Isles; say, Vietnamese.

1.Smith (2,376,206)

2.Johnson (1,857,160)

3.Williams (1,534,042)

4.Brown (1,380,145)

5.Jones (1,362,755)

6.Miller (1,127,803)

7.Davis (1,072,335)

8.*Garcia

(García) (858,289)

9.*Rodriguez

(Rodríguez) (804,240)

10.Wilson (783,051)