Lists of most common surnames in North American countries explained

This article contains lists of the most common last names in some of the countries of North America, in alphabetical order of the country.

Canada

Top 10 common surnames in Canada^[1]

Rank	Surname	Number
1		192,145
2		108,859
3		106,668
4		91,680
5		90,417
6		85,120
7		83,424
8		82,768
9		79,492
10		78,766

Québec

Top 10 common surnames in Quebec as of 2006.^[2]

Rank	Surname	% of pop
1		1.08%
2		0.790%
3		0.753%
4		0.624%
5		0.530%
6		0.522%
7		0.498%
8		0.458%
9		0.449%
10		0.448%

Costa Rica

Most common surnames in Costa Rica as of 2007.^[3]

	Surname	Persons	% of pop.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22	Madrigal
First 22		n/d	n/d-->
Total pop. (2008)		4,016,173	100.00

Cuba

Most common surnames in Cuba.^[4]

Rank	Surname	Number
1		301,136
2		300,189
3		262,311
4		215,593
5		208,965
6		148,674
7		136,364
8		134,470
9		127,525
10		101,010

Dominican Republic

	Surname	Adults	% of adults	Origin
1		225,321		Spanish
2		158,059		Spanish
3		141,259		Spanish
4		137,124		Spanish
5		104,892		Spanish
6		104,392		Spanish
7		95,106		Spanish
8		94,396		Spanish
9		92,978		Spanish
10		92,863		Spanish
11		91,080		Spanish
12		89,630		Spanish
13		85,757		Spanish
14	Santana	81,973		Portuguese/Spanish
15	Núñez	79,374		Spanish
16	Castillo	78,338		Spanish
17		76,977		Spanish
18		64,613		Portuguese/Spanish
19	Guzmán	63,073		Spanish
20		62,310		Spanish
21	Santos	60,613		Spanish/Portuguese
22	López	59,566		Spanish
23	Fuentes	58,518		Spanish
24		56,149		Spanish
25	De Los Santos	54,634		Spanish
26	Mejía	51,605		Spanish
27	Ponce	49,952		Spanish
28		49,712		Spanish
29		49,353		Portuguese/Spanish
30		48,574		Spanish
First 30		n/d	n/d-->
Total pop.

El Salvador

Most common surnames in El Salvador as of 2005.^[5]

	Surname	Number of people	% of population
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
First 25		n/d	n/d-->
Total population (2007)		5,744,113^[6]	100.00

Guatemala

Most common surnames in Guatemala as of 2015.^[7]

	Surname	Persons	% of pop.
1		371,525	2.5%
2		285,670	1.9%
3		228,167	1.5%
4		222,755	1.5%
5		209,963	1.4%
6		208,795	1.4%
7		135,978	0.9%
8		134,010	0.9%
9		131,796	0.9%
10		123,186	0.8%
11		116,298	0.8%
12		115,252	0.8%
13		113,961	0.8%
14		110,824	0.7%
15		102,153	0.7%
16		98,462	0.7%
17		95,449	0.6%
18		94,403	0.6%
19		94,096	0.6%
20		89,975	0.6%
First 20		3,082,718	20.7%
Total population (2015)		14,918,999^[8]	100%

Mexico

Below are the most common surnames of Mexico. All of the surnames listed are of Spanish origin.^[9]

Rank	Surname	Number
1		5,526,929
2		4,129,360
3		3,886,887
4		3,188,693
5		3,148,024
6		2,744,179
7		2,746,468
8		2,234,625
9		2,070,723
10		1,392,707
11		989,295
12		841,966
13		811,553
14		806,894
15		800,874
16		771,796
17		748,789
18		738,320
19		708,718
20		670,453
21		613,683
22		611,904
23		576,989
24		557,332
25		553,799
26		540,922
27		539,927
28		517,392
29		508,022
30		455,728
31		451,226
32		431,518
33		427,854
34		419,216
35		410,239
36		392,284
37		385,741
38		384,929
39		376,633
40		372,471
41		368,231
42		365,457
43		361,557
44		358,521
45		357,578
46		348,182
47		335,829
48		331,510
49		324,103
50		306,227
51		301,954
52		298,034
53		289,842
54		285,864
55		284,530
56	Cervantes	276,101
57		273,091
58		267,333
59		266,993
60		265,553
61		260,246
62		260,141
63		258,408
64		254,273
65		248,933
66		246,709
67		241,343
68	Solís	240,008
69		237,339
70		233,910
71		233,858
72		232,680
73		230,848
74		228,963
75		228,754
76		227,392
77		224,385
78		223,205
79		222,472
80		222,153
81		220,868
82		220,647
83		218,935
84		217,049
85		212,981
86		212,078
87		210,342
88		210,221
89		209,232
90		208,964
91		207,662
92		203,308
93		198,634
94		195,043
95		192,341
96		185,071
97		183,351
98		183,098
99		182,020
100		181,835

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 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.^[10] This reflects the anticipated population shift in the United States.^[11]

During the 2000 U.S. census, the top one 100 surnames in the U.S. were:^{[12] [13] [14]}

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

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

Notes and References

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3. Web site: June 17, 2007. Conozca los nombres más curiosos del país. Periódico Al Día. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090222122530/http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2007/junio/17/nacionales1135131.html. February 22, 2009.
4. Web site: Cuba Genealogy Resources & Vital Records. forebears.co.uk.
5. Web site: ¿Quiénes somos?. 2005. El Diario de Hoy.
6. Web site: El Salvador. CIA World Factbook. CIA. 14 July 2022 . CIA. Langley, Virginia.
7. Web site: ¿Piensas que tu apellido es común? Mira los 50 que más se repiten en Guatemala . November 10, 2015 . Spanish . . November 13, 2015 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20151113005550/http://www.publinews.gt/nacionales/piensas-que-tu-apellido-es-comun-mira-los-50-que-mas-se-repiten-en-guatemala/Tetokj---JMvIhOaWBYek/ . November 13, 2015 .
8. Web site: Guatemala. CIA World Factbook. CIA. 14 July 2022 . CIA. Langley, Virginia.
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