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Lists of most common surnames in North American countries

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This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of North America. Countries are arranged in alphabetical order.

Canada

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|+ Top 10 common surnames in Canada{{cite web |title=Most Common Last Names In Canada |url=https://forebears.io/canada/surnames |website=Forebears |access-date=28 July 2021}}

RankSurnameNumber
1Smith192,145
2Brown108,859
3Tremblay106,668
4Martin91,680
5Roy90,417
6Gagnon85,120
7Lee83,424
8Wilson82,768
9Johnson79,492
10MacDonald78,766

= Quebec =

Top 10 common surnames in Quebec as of 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/statistiques/population-demographie/caracteristiques/noms_famille_1000.htm |title=Les 1 000 premiers noms de famille selon le rang, Québec |author= |date=2006-05-05 |website=stat.gouv.qc.ca |publisher=Institut de la statistique du Québec |language=fr |access-date=2020-02-20}}

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! Rank !! Surname !! % of pop

1Tremblay1.08%
2Gagnon0.790%
3Roy0.753%
4Côté0.624%
5Bouchard0.530%
6Gauthier0.522%
7Morin0.498%
8Lavoie0.458%
9Fortin0.449%
10Gagné0.448%

Costa Rica

Most common surnames in Costa Rica as of 2007.{{Cite web|date=June 17, 2007|url=http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2007/junio/17/nacionales1135131.html|title=Conozca los nombres más curiosos del país|work=Periódico Al Día|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090222122530/http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2007/junio/17/nacionales1135131.html|archive-date=February 22, 2009}}

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! # !! Surname !! Persons !! % of pop.

align="left" | 1Hernández{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 2Mora{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 3Rodríguez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 4González{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 5Jiménez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 6Morales{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 7Sánchez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 8Ramírez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 9Pérez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 10Calderón{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 11Gutiérrez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 12Rojas{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 13Vargas{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 14Torres{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 15Salas{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 16Segura{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 17Valverde{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 18Villalobos{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 19Araya{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 20Herrera{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 21López{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 22Madrigal{{N/A}}{{N/A}}

colspan="2" | Total pop. (2008)4,016,173100.00

Cuba

Most common surnames in Cuba.{{cite web|url=http://forebears.co.uk/cuba#surnames|title=Cuba Genealogy Resources & Vital Records|website=forebears.co.uk}}

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! Rank !! Surname !! Number

1Rodríguez301,136
2Pérez300,189
3González262,311
4Hernández215,593
5García208,965
6Martínez148,674
7Díaz136,364
8Fernández134,470
9López127,525
10Álvarez101,010

Dominican Republic

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! # !! Surname !! Adults !! % of adults !! Origin

align="left" | 1Rodríguez225,321{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 2Pérez158,059{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 3Martínez141,259{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 4García137,124{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 5Reyes104,892{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 6Sánchez104,392{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 7Díaz95,106{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 8Peña94,396{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 9Jiménez92,978{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 10Ramírez92,863{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 11Hernández91,080{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 12Rosario89,630{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 13González85,757{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 14Santana81,973{{N/A}}Portuguese/Spanish
align="left" | 15Núñez79,374{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 16Castillo78,338{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 17de la Cruz76,977{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 18Cruz64,613{{N/A}}Portuguese/Spanish
align="left" | 19Guzmán63,073{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 20Gómez62,310{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 21Santos60,613{{N/A}}Portuguese/Spanish
align="left" | 22López59,566{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 23Fuentes58,518{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 24Vásquez56,149{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 25De Los Santos54,634{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 26Mejía51,605{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 27Ponce49,952{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 28Fernández49,712{{N/A}}Spanish
align="left" | 29Vargas49,353{{N/A}}Portuguese/Spanish
align="left" | 30Montes48,574{{N/A}}Spanish

colspan="2" | Total pop.

El Salvador

Most common surnames in El Salvador as of 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://www.elsalvador.com/vertice/2005/041205/deportada.html|date=2005|title=¿Quiénes somos?|work=El Diario de Hoy}}

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! # !! Surname !! Number of people !! % of population

align="left" | 1Hernández{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 2Martínez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 3López{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 4García{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 5Rodríguez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 6Flores{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 7Pérez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 8Ramírez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 9González{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 10Rivera{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 11Vásquez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 12Cruz{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 13Mejía{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 14Rivas{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 15Sánchez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 16Reyes{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 17Díaz{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 18Ramos{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 19Gómez{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 20Portillo{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 21Escobar{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 22Orellana{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 23Romero{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 24Aguilar{{N/A}}{{N/A}}
align="left" | 25Alvarado{{N/A}}{{N/A}}

colspan="2" | Total population (2007)5,744,113{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/el-salvador/|title=El Salvador|work=CIA World Factbook|author=CIA|date=14 July 2022 |publisher=CIA|location=Langley, Virginia}}100.00

Guatemala

Most common surnames in Guatemala as of 2015.{{Cite web|url=http://www.publinews.gt/nacionales/piensas-que-tu-apellido-es-comun-mira-los-50-que-mas-se-repiten-en-guatemala/Tetokj---JMvIhOaWBYek/ |title=¿Piensas que tu apellido es común? Mira los 50 que más se repiten en Guatemala |date=November 10, 2015 |language=Spanish |work=Publinews |access-date=November 13, 2015 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=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/ |archive-date=November 13, 2015 }}

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! # !! Surname !! Persons !! % of pop.

align="left" | 1López371,5252.5%
align="left" | 2García285,6701.9%
align="left" | 3Morales228,1671.5%
align="left" | 4Hernández222,7551.5%
align="left" | 5Pérez209,9631.4%
align="left" | 6González208,7951.4%
align="left" | 7Rodríguez135,9780.9%
align="left" | 8De León134,0100.9%
align="left" | 9Ramírez131,7960.9%
align="left" | 10Martínez123,1860.8%
align="left" | 11Castillo116,2980.8%
align="left" | 12Estrada115,2520.8%
align="left" | 13Marroquín113,9610.8%
align="left" | 14Gómez110,8240.7%
align="left" | 15Vásquez102,1530.7%
align="left" | 16Méndez98,4620.7%
align="left" | 17Reyes95,4490.6%
align="left" | 18Díaz94,4030.6%
align="left" | 19Aguilar94,0960.6%
align="left" | 20Velásquez89,9750.6%
colspan="2" | First 203,082,71820.7%
colspan="2" | Total population (2015)14,918,999{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/guatemala/|title=Guatemala|work=CIA World Factbook|author=CIA|date=14 July 2022 |publisher=CIA|location=Langley, Virginia}}100%

Mexico

Below are the most common surnames of Mexico. All of the surnames listed are of Spanish origin.{{cite web|url=http://hablaparaqueteconozca.blogspot.com/2008/04/3-148-024-seoras-y-seores-lpez.html|title=Habla para que te conozca: 3 148 024 SEÑORAS Y SEÑORES LÓPEZ|first=Antonio L.|last=Z|date=23 April 2008|publisher=}}

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! Rank !! Surname !! Number

1Hernández5,526,929
2García4,129,360
3Martínez3,886,887
4González3,188,693
5López3,148,024
6Rodríguez2,744,179
7Pérez2,746,468
8Sánchez2,234,625
9Ramírez2,070,723
10Flores1,392,707
11Gómez989,295
12Torres841,966
13Díaz811,553
14Vásquez806,894
15Cruz800,874
16Morales771,796
17Gutiérrez748,789
18Reyes738,320
19Ruíz708,718
20Jiménez670,453
21Mendoza613,683
22Aguilar611,904
23Ortíz576,989
24Álvarez557,332
25Castillo553,799
26Romero540,922
27Moreno539,927
28Chávez517,392
29Rivera508,022
30Ramos455,728
31Herrera451,226
32Medina431,518
33Vargas427,854
34Castro419,216
35Méndez410,239
36Guzmán392,284
37Fernández385,741
38Juárez384,929
39Muñoz376,633
40Ortega372,471
41Salazar368,231
42Rojas365,457
43Guerrero361,557
44Contreras358,521
45Luna357,578
46Domínguez348,182
47Garza335,829
48Velásquez331,510
49Estrada324,103
50Soto306,227
51Cortez301,954
52Lara298,034
53Espinoza289,842
54Vega285,864
55Ávila284,530
56Cervantes276,101
57Sandoval273,091
58Carrillo267,333
59Alvarado266,993
60Silva265,553
61León260,246
62Ríos260,141
63Navarro258,408
64Delgado254,273
65Márquez248,933
66Campos246,709
67Ibarra241,343
68Solís240,008
69Rosas237,339
70Miranda233,910
71Camacho233,858
72Valdez232,680
73Cárdenas230,848
74Orozco228,963
75Aguirre228,754
76Mejía227,392
77Acosta224,385
78Padilla223,205
79Robles222,472
80Núñez222,153
81Peña220,868
82Cabrera220,647
83Rosales218,935
84Molina217,049
85Pacheco212,981
86Castañeda212,078
87Fuentes210,342
88Valenzuela210,221
89Rangel209,232
90Ayala208,964
91Meza207,662
92Nava203,308
93Valencia198,634
94Maldonado195,043
95Ochoa192,341
96Serrano185,071
97Tapia183,351
98Salinas183,098
99Suárez182,020
100Zamora181,835

United States

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The table below presents the most common 100 surnames as of the 2010 Census. It includes the total number of people with each surname as well as the rate per 100,000 people. Figures for the 2000 Census are also included for comparison.{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/about/history/census-records-family-history/frequently-occurring-surnames.html |title = Common U.S. Surnames |date = February 26, 2024 |website = US Census |access-date = 23 Dec 2024}}

In 2010, there were 51,089,493 people with last names in the top 100, representing 16.5% of the total (308,745,538). Surnames appearing less than 100 times represented less than 10% of the population.{{cite web |url = https://www2.census.gov/topics/genealogy/2010surnames/surnames.pdf |title = Frequently Occurring Surnames in the 2010 Census |date = October 2016 |website = US Census |access-date = 23 Dec 2024}} The most common surname remains Smith; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents. The most common name among black Americans was Williams and the most common name among Asian Americans was Nguyen. The name Wilson was 10th in the 2000 census but was replaced by Martinez in 2010. The names Garcia and Rodriguez had previously entered the top ten in the 2000 Census, replacing Taylor and Moore.{{cite web |url = https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/1990_census.html |title = Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census |date = December 16, 2021 |website = US Census |access-date = 23 Dec 2024}}

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! Name

! Count{{br}}2010

! Rate{{br}}2010

! Count{{br}}2000

! Rate{{br}}2000

Smith2,442,977828.22,376,206880.9
Johnson1,932,812655.21,857,160688.4
Williams1,625,252551.01,534,042568.7
Brown1,437,026487.21,380,145511.6
Jones1,425,470483.21,362,755505.2
Garcia1,166,120395.3858,289318.2
Miller1,161,437393.71,127,803418.1
Davis1,116,357378.51,072,335397.5
Rodriguez1,094,924371.2804,240298.1
Martinez1,060,159359.4775,072287.3
Hernandez1,043,281353.7706,372261.9
Lopez874,523296.5621,536230.4
Gonzalez841,025285.1597,718221.6
Wilson801,882271.8783,051290.3
Anderson784,404265.9762,394282.6
Thomas756,142256.3710,696263.5
Taylor751,209254.7720,370267.0
Moore724,374245.6698,671259.0
Jackson708,099240.1666,125246.9
Martin702,625238.2672,711249.4
Lee693,023234.9605,860224.6
Perez681,645231.1488,521181.1
Thompson664,644225.3644,368238.9
White660,491223.9639,515237.1
Harris624,252211.6593,542220.0
Sanchez612,752207.7441,242163.6
Clark562,679190.8548,369203.3
Ramirez557,423189.0388,987144.2
Lewis531,781180.3509,930189.0
Robinson529,821179.6503,028186.5
Walker523,129177.3501,307185.8
Young484,447164.2465,948172.7
Allen482,607163.6463,368171.8
King465,422157.8438,986162.7
Wright458,980155.6440,367163.2
Scott439,530149.0420,091155.7
Torres437,813148.4325,169120.5
Nguyen437,645148.4310,125115.0
Hill434,827147.4411,770152.6
Flores433,969147.1312,615115.9
Green430,182145.8413,477153.3
Adams427,865145.1413,086153.1
Nelson424,958144.1412,236152.8
Baker419,586142.2413,351153.2
Hall407,076138.0473,568175.6
Rivera391,114132.6299,463111.0
Campbell386,157130.9371,953137.9
Mitchell384,486130.3367,433136.2
Carter376,966127.8362,548134.4
Roberts376,774127.7366,215135.8
Gomez365,655124.0263,59097.7
Phillips360,802122.3351,848130.4
Evans355,593120.6342,237126.9
Turner348,627118.2335,663124.4
Diaz347,636117.9251,77293.3
Parker336,221114.0324,246120.2
Cruz334,201113.3231,06585.7
Edwards332,423112.7317,070117.5
Collins329,770111.8317,848117.8
Reyes327,904111.2232,51186.2
Stewart324,957110.2312,899116.0
Morris318,884108.1311,754115.6
Morales311,777105.7217,64280.7
Murphy308,417104.6300,501111.4
Cook302,589102.6294,795109.3
Rogers302,261102.5294,403109.1
Gutierrez293,21899.4212,90578.9
Ortiz286,89997.3214,68379.6
Morgan286,28097.1276,400102.5
Cooper280,79195.2270,097100.1
Peterson278,29794.3275,041102.0
Bailey277,84594.2265,91698.6
Reed277,03093.9267,44399.1
Kelly267,39490.7260,38596.5
Howard264,82689.8254,77994.5
Ramos263,46489.3193,09671.6
Kim262,35288.9194,06771.9
Cox261,23188.6253,77194.1
Ward260,46488.3254,12194.2
Richardson259,79888.1249,53392.5
Watson252,57985.6242,43289.9
Brooks251,66385.3240,75189.3
Chavez250,89885.1185,86568.9
Wood250,71585.0247,29991.7
James249,37984.5233,22486.5
Bennett247,59983.9239,05588.6
Gray246,11683.4236,71387.8
Mendoza242,77182.3168,56762.5
Ruiz238,23480.8175,42965.0
Hughes236,27180.1229,39085.0
Price235,25179.8228,75684.8
Alvarez233,98379.3168,81762.6
Castillo230,42078.1165,47361.3
Sanders230,37478.1220,90281.9
Patel229,97378.0145,06653.8
Myers229,89577.9224,82483.3
Long229,37477.8223,49482.9
Ross229,36877.8219,96181.5
Foster227,76477.2221,04081.9
Jimenez227,11877.0157,47558.4

See also

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References

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Further reading

  • [http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/ Popular baby names by decade and states]—US Social Security Administration
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20091231131629/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/data/1990surnames/names_files.html Most common male, female first and last names]—U.S. Census 1990
  • [https://viborc.com/most-common-us-surnames-top-list/ Top 200 most common US surnames]
  • [https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2000_surnames.html Top 1000 names, surnames occurring 100 or more times]—US Census 2000
  • [https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/ai-repository/ai/util/areas/nlp/corpora/names/ CMU AI Repository Names Corpus]

External links

  • [http://archive.pov.org/apps/thesweetestsound/popularity-index/ "How Popular is Your Last Name?" searchable data base from 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census, on PBS.org]

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