List of most common surnames in North America

This is a list of the most common surnames in North America.

1 Canada
2 Mexico
3 United States
4 See also
5 Notes
6 References

Canada

Statistics Canada does not release lists of common surnames. This ranking was compiled from a compendium of telephone directories, by the American company InfoUSA. This company claims to have assembled a directory of every telephone listing in Canada. This does not include people who use only cellphones or homes with unlisted numbers. It also ranks them by household, not necessarily individuals.^[1]

Rank	Surname
1	Li
2	Smith
3	Lam
4	Martin
5	Brown
6	Roy
7	Tremblay
8	Lee
9	Gagnon
10	Wilson
11	Clark
12	Johnson
13	White
14	Williams
15	Côté
16	Taylor
17	Campbell
18	Anderson
19	Chan
20	Jones

Mexico

Below are the most common surnames listed in Mexico's 2005 electoral roll.^[2]

Rank	Surname	Persons
1	Hernández	5,526,929
2	García	4,129,360
3	Martínez	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

The following list is unsourced.

Rank	Surname
1	Hernández
2	García
3	Martínez
4	González
5	López
6	Rodríguez
7	Pérez
8	Sánchez
9	Ramírez
10	Flores
11	Ruiz
12	Dominguez
13	Fernandez
14	Muñoz
15	Gomez
16	Álvarez
17	Suarez
18	Torres
19	Cruz
20	Martin
21	Reyes
22	Ortiz
23	Santos
24	Smith
25	Jiménez

United States

According to 2000 U.S. Census data, the top hundred surnames in the U.S. are:^[3]

Name	Rank in 2000	Rank in 1990^[4]	Change in rank	Number of occurrences	Occurrences per 100,000	Cumulative occurrence per 100,000	% White	% Black	% Asian and Pacific Islander	% American Indian and Alaska Native	% 2 races	% Hispanic
Smith	1	1	0	2376207	880.85	880.85	73.35	22.22	0.4	0.85	1.63	1.56
Johnson	2	2	0	1857160	688.44	1569.3	61.55	33.8	0.42	0.91	1.82	1.5
Williams	3	3	0	1534042	568.66	2137.96	48.52	46.72	0.37	0.78	2.01	1.6
Brown	4	5	1	1380145	511.62	2649.58	60.71	34.54	0.41	0.83	1.86	1.64
Jones	5	4	-1	1362755	505.17	3154.75	57.69	37.73	0.35	0.94	1.85	1.44
Miller	6	7	1	1127803	418.07	3572.82	85.81	10.41	0.42	0.63	1.31	1.43
Davis	7	6	-1	1072335	397.51	3970.33	64.73	30.77	0.4	0.79	1.73	1.58
García	8	18	10	858289	318.17	4288.5	6.17	0.49	1.43	0.58	0.51	90.81
Rodríguez	9	22	13	804240	298.13	4586.62	5.52	0.54	0.58	0.24	0.41	92.7
Wilson	10	8	-2	783051	290.27	4876.9	69.72	25.32	0.46	1.03	1.74	1.73
Martínez	11	19	8	775072	287.32	5164.22	6.04	0.52	0.6	0.64	0.46	91.72
Anderson	12	11	-1	762394	282.62	5446.83	77.6	18.06	0.48	0.7	1.59	1.58
Taylor	13	10	-3	720370	267.04	5713.87	67.8	27.67	0.39	0.75	1.78	1.61
Thomas	14	12	-2	710696	263.45	5977.33	55.53	38.17	1.63	1.01	2	1.66
Hernández	15	29	14	706372	261.85	6239.18	4.55	0.38	0.65	0.27	0.35	93.81
Moore	16	9	-7	698671	259	6498.17	68.85	26.92	0.37	0.65	1.7	1.5
Martin	17	16	-1	672711	249.37	6747.54	77.47	15.3	0.71	0.94	1.59	3.99
Jackson	18	13	-5	666125	246.93	6994.47	41.93	53.02	0.31	1.04	2.18	1.53
Thompson	19	17	-2	644368	238.87	7233.34	72.48	22.53	0.44	1.15	1.78	1.62
White	20	14	-6	639515	237.07	7470.4	67.91	27.38	0.39	1.01	1.76	1.55
López	21	32	11	621536	230.4	7700.81	5.85	0.61	1.04	0.47	0.52	91.51
Lee	22	24	2	605860	224.59	7925.4	40.09	17.41	37.83	1.03	2.3	1.34
González	23	38	15	597718	221.57	8146.97	4.76	0.37	0.38	0.18	0.33	93.99
Harris	24	15	-9	593542	220.02	8366.99	53.88	41.63	0.36	0.65	2.02	1.45
Clark	25	21	-4	548369	203.28	8570.27	76.84	18.53	0.41	0.94	1.6	1.68
Lewis	26	23	-3	509930	189.03	8759.3	60.97	33.83	0.45	1.14	1.97	1.64
Robinson	27	20	-7	503028	186.47	8945.77	51.34	44.1	0.37	0.51	1.99	1.68
Walker	28	25	-3	501307	185.83	9131.61	61.25	34.17	0.35	0.83	1.8	1.6
Pérez	29	42	13	488521	181.09	9312.7	5.95	0.48	1.18	0.26	0.48	91.65
Hall	30	26	-4	473568	175.55	9488.25	75.11	20.75	0.48	0.63	1.63	1.4
Young	31	28	-3	465948	172.73	9660.97	68.91	23.79	2.95	0.73	1.93	1.69
Allen	32	27	-5	463368	171.77	9832.74	70.24	25.14	0.41	0.83	1.77	1.62
Sánchez	33	52	19	441242	163.57	9996.31	5.77	0.5	1.01	0.49	0.45	91.78
Wright	34	31	-3	440367	163.24	10159.55	68.3	27.36	0.4	0.66	1.75	1.52
King	35	30	-5	438986	162.73	10322.28	72.8	22.02	0.88	0.97	1.71	1.62
Scott	36	34	-2	420091	155.73	10478.01	62.6	32.26	0.41	1.15	1.9	1.68
Green	37	35	-2	413477	153.27	10631.29	59.33	36.23	0.34	0.61	1.78	1.71
Baker	38	37	-1	413351	153.23	10784.51	82.08	13.63	0.45	0.83	1.54	1.47
Adams	39	36	-3	413086	153.13	10937.64	76.17	19.2	0.45	0.79	1.63	1.76
Nelson	40	39	-1	412236	152.81	11090.46	80.29	14.93	0.51	1.09	1.49	1.68
Hill	41	33	-8	411770	152.64	11243.1	66.83	28.42	0.42	0.91	1.78	1.64
Ramírez	42	70	28	388987	144.2	11387.3	4.4	0.29	0.97	0.27	0.4	93.67
Campbell	43	46	3	371953	137.88	11525.18	76.47	19.13	0.43	0.65	1.67	1.65
Mitchell	44	41	-3	367433	136.21	11661.38	63.55	31.52	0.39	0.98	1.93	1.63
Roberts	45	43	-2	366215	135.75	11797.14	79.56	15.86	0.47	0.85	1.67	1.58
Carter	46	40	-6	362548	134.4	11931.53	60.51	34.99	0.39	0.71	1.88	1.52
Phillips	47	45	-2	351848	130.43	12061.96	78.95	16.36	0.45	0.99	1.68	1.58
Evans	48	48	0	342237	126.87	12188.83	70.65	25.05	0.4	0.68	1.67	1.55
Turner	49	44	-5	335663	124.43	12313.26	66.67	29.31	0.33	0.56	1.72	1.4
Torres	50	67	17	325169	120.54	12433.8	6.05	0.58	1.42	0.26	0.53	91.16
Parker	51	47	-4	324246	120.2	12554	71.49	24.09	0.44	0.85	1.67	1.46
Collins	52	50	-2	317848	117.83	12671.82	73.92	21.7	0.37	0.75	1.65	1.61
Edwards	53	49	-4	317070	117.54	12789.36	65.16	30.21	0.4	0.75	1.84	1.63
Stewart	54	51	-3	312899	115.99	12905.35	71.78	23.83	0.38	0.74	1.69	1.59
Flores	55	89	34	312615	115.89	13021.23	5.57	0.47	2.15	0.43	0.54	90.84
Morris	56	53	-3	311754	115.57	13136.8	75.92	19.29	0.43	0.93	1.7	1.73
Nguyen	57	228	172	310125	114.96	13251.76	1.26	0.18	95.93	0.04	2.01	0.58
Murphy	58	59	1	300501	111.39	13363.16	85.05	11.03	0.43	0.65	1.29	1.54
Rivera	59	61	2	299463	111.01	13474.17	5.92	1.06	2.06	0.24	0.55	90.17
Cook	60	56	-4	294795	109.28	13583.45	83.52	12.27	0.44	0.86	1.48	1.42
Rogers	61	54	-7	294403	109.13	13692.58	77.8	17.66	0.42	0.77	1.58	1.77
Morgan	62	57	-5	276400	102.46	13795.04	78.47	16.47	0.42	1.15	1.64	1.86
Peterson	63	68	5	275041	101.96	13897	86.29	9.58	0.52	0.7	1.33	1.56
Cooper	64	66	-2	270097	100.12	13997.12	70.36	25.26	0.4	0.76	1.69	1.54
Reed	65	55	-10	267443	99.14	14096.26	73.51	21.97	0.4	1	1.67	1.45
Bailey	66	60	-6	265916	98.57	14194.84	74.77	21.14	0.4	0.61	1.63	1.45
Bell	67	58	-9	264752	98.14	14292.98	63.57	31.78	0.41	0.9	1.8	1.55
Gómez	68	121	53	263590	97.71	14390.69	6.1	0.81	1.04	0.34	0.54	91.16
Kelly	69	74	5	260385	96.52	14487.22	80.39	15.48	0.49	0.55	1.35	1.73
Howard	70	65	-5	254779	94.45	14581.66	66.83	28.69	0.38	0.82	1.74	1.55
Ward	71	66	-5	254121	94.2	14675.86	77.79	17.77	0.4	0.83	1.57	1.64
Cox	72	64	-8	253771	94.07	14769.94	84.48	11.55	0.39	0.64	1.42	1.52
Díaz	73	99	26	251772	93.33	14863.27	6.17	0.73	1.19	0.22	0.47	91.22
Richardson	74	63	-11	249533	92.5	14955.77	62.25	32.77	0.36	1.05	1.82	1.75
Wood	75	78	3	247299	91.67	15047.44	90.06	5.61	0.51	0.82	1.4	1.6
Watson	76	72	-4	242432	89.87	15137.31	68.58	26.85	0.47	0.8	1.72	1.58
Brooks	77	73	-4	240751	89.25	15226.56	62.72	32.67	0.41	0.75	1.83	1.62
Bennett	78	77	-1	239055	88.62	15315.17	79	16.51	0.41	0.89	1.54	1.65
Gray	79	69	-10	236713	87.75	15402.92	71.13	24.36	0.44	0.84	1.66	1.57
James	80	71	-9	233224	86.46	15489.38	54.45	38.09	0.81	2.51	2.1	2.04
Reyes	81	141	60	232511	86.19	15575.57	5.26	0.75	6.02	0.3	0.76	86.9
Cruz	82	118	36	231065	85.66	15661.22	5.95	0.83	5.61	0.38	0.99	86.24
Hughes	83	88	5	229390	85.03	15746.26	80.6	15.45	0.39	0.52	1.46	1.58
Price	84	76	-8	228756	84.8	15831.06	76.11	19.79	0.42	0.64	1.58	1.46
Myers	85	101	16	224824	83.34	15914.4	86.59	9.75	0.38	0.53	1.35	1.4
Long	86	86	0	223494	82.85	15997.25	82.35	11.75	1.78	1.21	1.44	1.47
Foster	87	93	6	221040	81.94	16079.19	72	23.19	0.46	0.86	1.78	1.7
Sanders	88	75	-13	220902	81.89	16161.07	63.44	31.9	0.33	0.85	1.73	1.76
Ross	89	80	-9	219961	81.54	16242.61	71.46	23.67	0.46	0.89	1.69	1.82
Morales	90	136	46	217642	80.68	16323.29	5.6	0.6	1.24	0.25	0.44	91.88
Powell	91	85	-6	216553	80.28	16403.57	69.96	25.97	0.38	0.56	1.71	1.41
Sullivan	92	105	13	215640	79.94	16483.5	89.45	6.78	0.46	0.52	1.16	1.63
Russell	93	97	4	215432	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	213737	79.23	16722.18	60.12	35.97	0.33	0.55	1.69	1.34
Gutiérrez	96	202	106	212905	78.92	16801.1	5.21	0.25	1.4	0.33	0.42	92.39
Perry	97	84	-13	212644	78.83	16879.93	70.71	24.37	0.46	0.82	1.86	1.78
Butler	98	91	-7	210879	78.17	16958.1	64.75	30.85	0.35	0.81	1.75	1.5
Barnes	99	79	-20	210426	78	17036.1	67.45	28.23	0.4	0.72	1.71	1.49
Fisher	100	113	13	210279	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. The name Smith also became even more frequent because of some Polish immigrants who anglicized the name "Kowalski" to become "Smith". 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.

García and Martínez represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States. According 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.

Notes

References

^ "Common surnames". www.cbc.ca/news. 26 July 2007. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/name-change/common-surnames.html. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
^ Padrón Electoral Mexicano 2005
^ Sam Roberts (2007-11-17). "In U.S. Name Count, Garcias Are Catching Up With Joneses". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/us/17surnames.html. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
^ United States Census Bureau (9 May 1995). s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100).

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