Most Popular Surnames in the United States

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Most Popular Surnames in the United States

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of Census Bureau on Dec. 15, 2016. It is reproduced in full below.

DEC. 15, 2016 - Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released the country’s 1,000 most common surnames by race and Hispanic origin and those that occurred 100 or more times in the 2010 Census.

The graphics show the top 15 most popular surnames and those with the largest increase and rank. Additionally, the Random Samplings blog discusses trends gathered from the tabulations.

Visit the Census Bureau’s Genealogy page to see frequently occurring surnames from previous censuses.

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Dec. 15, 2016

Top 15 Most Popular Last Names in the U.S. by Rank

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Top Surnames

Dec. 15, 2016

Top 15 Last Names With the Largest Frequency Increase

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Source: U.S. Department of Census Bureau

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