List of the most common U.S. county names

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This is a list of the most common U.S. county names, specifically the names shared by more than eight counties.

# Name Number of counties Most commonly named for
1 Washington County 31 George Washington
2 Jefferson County 27 Thomas Jefferson
3 Franklin County 25 Benjamin Franklin
4 Jackson County 24 Andrew Jackson
4 Lincoln County 24 Abraham Lincoln
6 Madison County 20 James Madison
7 Clay County 18 Henry Clay
7 Montgomery County 18 Richard Montgomery
7 Union County 18
10 Marion County 17 Francis Marion
10 Monroe County 17 James Monroe
12 Wayne County 16 Anthony Wayne
13 Grant County 15
14 Greene County 14 Nathanael Greene
14 Warren County 14 Joseph Warren
16 Carroll County 13 Charles Carroll of Carrollton
17 Adams County 12 John Adams or John Quincy Adams
17 Clark County 12 William Clark or George Rogers Clark
17 Douglas County 12 Stephen A. Douglas
17 Johnson County 12
17 Lake County 12
17 Lee County 12
17 Marshall County 12
17 Polk County 12 James K. Polk
25 Calhoun County 11 John C. Calhoun
25 Crawford County 11
25 Fayette County 11 Marquis de la Fayette
25 Lawrence County 11 James Lawrence
25 Morgan County 11
25 Scott County 11
31 Hamilton County 10
31 Hancock County 10 John Hancock
31 Henry County 10 Patrick Henry
31 Logan County 10
31 Perry County 10
31 Pike County 10 Zebulon Pike
37 Benton County 9 Thomas Hart Benton
37 Brown County 9
37 Cass County 9 Lewis Cass
37 Clinton County 9 DeWitt Clinton
37 Knox County 9 Henry Knox
37 Putnam County 9 Israel Putnam
37 Shelby County 9 Isaac Shelby
44 Boone County 8 Daniel Boone
44 Butler County 8
44 Cherokee County 8 Cherokee
44 Columbia County 8
44 Cumberland County 8
44 Fulton County 8 Robert Fulton
44 Harrison County 8 William Henry Harrison
44 Jasper County 8
44 Mercer County 8 Hugh Mercer
44 Orange County 8 Orange (fruit) or William of Orange
44 Randolph County 8
44 Webster County 8 Daniel Webster
44 Howard County 8
44 Lewis County 8 Meriwether Lewis
44 Pulaski County 8 Kazimierz Pułaski
44 Richland County 8
44 Taylor County 8 Zachary Taylor

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