List of most common surnames in North America

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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|1||Smith

Smith (surname)

Smith is an English family name originating in England. It is the most common surname in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States, the second most common surname in Canada, and the fifth most common surname in Ireland...

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|2||Jackson
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|3||Martin

Martin (name)

Martin may either be a surname or given name.Martin is a common given and family name in most European languages. It comes from the Latin name Martinus, which is a late derived form of the name of the Roman god Mars, the protective godhead of the Latins...

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|4||Brown

Brown (surname)

Brown is a surname of English and Scottish origin. It also originates independently in the United States, as an Anglicization of several other surnames, such as the German Braun. Among the earliest recorded Browns is John Brown of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England in 1312. Brown is one of the most...

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|5||Roy
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|6||Tremblay

Tremblay

Tremblay is a French language surname. It is the most common family name in Quebec . In France, it is more a place-name.-People:*Arthur Tremblay, Canadian politician...

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|7||Lee

Lee (surname)

This is a list of persons with the surname Lee.-A:* Alan Lee , Irish footballer for Crystal Palace F.C.* Albert Lee, English guitarist* Amy Lee, American singer...

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|8||Gagnon

Gagnon (surname)

Gagnon is a surname, and may refer to:* André Gagnon , Canadian musician and composer* André-Philippe Gagnon , Canadian comedian and impressionist* Aurore Gagnon , victim of child abuse...

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|9||Wilson

Wilson (surname)

Wilson is a common surname of English origin. It literally means "son of Wil" . It is the seventh most common surname in the United Kingdom, and eighth most common in the United States. In Ireland it is often Gaelicised as "McLiam"...which translated means "Son of William"...

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|10||Clark

Clark

Clark is surname in the English language, ultimately derived from the Latin clericus meaning "scribe", "secretary" or a scholar within a religious order, referring to someone who was educated. Clark evolved from "clerk". First records of the name are found in 12th century England...

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|11||Johnson

Johnson

Johnson is an English, Scottish, and Irish name of Norman origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John." The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs, from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan meaning "Yahweh has favoured"...

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|12||White

White (surname)

White is a surname of English origin. It is the sixteenth most common surname in the United Kingdom. In the 1990 United States Census, 'White' ranked fourteenth among all reported surnames in frequency, accounting for 0.28% of the population....

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|13||Williams

Williams (surname)

Williams is a patronymic form of the name William that originated in medieval England and later came to be extremely popular in Wales. The meaning is derived from son or descendant of Guillemin, the French form of William. Derived from an Old French given name with Germanic elements; will =...

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|14||Côté

Côté

Côté or Coté is a surname, and may refer to:* Alain Côté , Canadian ice hockey player* Alain Côté Côté or Coté is a surname, and may refer to:* Alain Côté (ice hockey b. 1957), (born 1957) Canadian ice hockey player* Alain Côté Côté or Coté is a surname, and may refer to:* Alain Côté (ice hockey...

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|15||Taylor

Taylor (surname)

Taylor is a surname in the English language which originated as an occupational surname in England The name is derived from the Old French tailleur, which is in turn derived from the Late Latin taliator, from taliare meaning "to cut"...

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|16||Campbell

Campbell (surname)

Campbell is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origins.The name in some cases derives from the Scottish Clan Campbell, in other cases from Mac Cathmhaoil meaning son of the battle chieftain....

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|17||Anderson

Anderson (surname)

Anderson, Andersson or Andersen is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Anders/Andrew"...

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|18||Cooper

Cooper (surname)

Cooper is a surname originating in England, and means maker of barrels; see Cooper . Cooper is the 32nd most common surname in the United Kingdom.Many notable persons share this surname.- A :...

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|19||Jones

Jones (surname)

Jones is a common Celtic Welsh surname based on the English version of the parent's name ending in -S. In 1881 people with this surname were largely confined to Wales. By 1998 many Welsh people had migrated to cities in England particularly those adjacent to Wales. The earliest record of the name...

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|20||Lambert
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Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

Below are the most common surnames listed in Mexico's 2005 electoral roll.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Rank !! Surname !! Persons
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| 1 || Hernández || 5,526,929
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| 2 || García || 4,129,360
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| 3 || Martínez || 3,886,887
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| 4 || González || 3,188,693
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| 5 || López || 3,148,024
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| 6 || Rodríguez || 2,744,179
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| 7 || Pérez || 2,746,468
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| 8 || Sánchez || 2,234,625
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| 9 || Ramírez || 2,070,723
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| 10 || Flores || 1,392,707
|}

The following list is unsourced.

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! Rank !! Surname
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| 1 || Hernández

Hernández

Hernández is a Spanish and Portuguese surname that came into common use around the 15th century. Originally a patronymic, it means son of Hernán or sometimes son of the traveler-Television and film personalities:...

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| 2 || García

García (surname)

García is a surname common throughout the Americas, the Philippines and Spain. There are several theories about its origin and history, but it is probably of Basque origin...

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| 3 || Martínez

Martínez (surname)

Martínez, often spelled without the acute accent on the "i", is a common surname in the Spanish language. Martínez is the most common surname in Navarra, La Rioja, Cuenca and Murcia. There are also variations such as San Martin and Martín .It has originated as a patronymic surname, meaning "son of...

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| 4 || González

Gonzalez (surname)

González is a family name that originated in Spain. In Spain, it is the second most common surname with 2.08% of the population bearing the surname.. It's also very popular in Latin America, being the most common one in countries like Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay, and thus making it...

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| 5 || López

López

López is a common surname in the Spanish language . It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Lope, Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning wolf...

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| 6 || Rodríguez
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| 7 || Pérez

Pérez

Pérez is a surname with at least two distinct origins. One is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Pero, Pedro, or Peter." In Castilian Spanish, the name is pronounced ; in Latin America, . In American English, it is often the hyperforeign ....

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| 8 || Sánchez

Sánchez

Sánchez is a popular Spanish surname. It may also refer to:*Sánchez, Dominican Republic, a municipality in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic*Sanchez , a reggae singer...

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| 9 || Ramírez

Ramirez (surname)

Ramírez is a patronymic Spanish surname meaning "son of Ramiro". Although it should be properly written with an acute accent on the i, it is commonly written without it...

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| 10 || Flores

Flores

Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1.831.000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is Portuguese for "flowers".Flores is located east of Sumbawa...

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| 11 || Ruiz

Ruiz

Ruiz is a Hispanic surname meaning "son of Ruy". It refers to:*Persons**Adolfo Ruiz Cortines , President of Mexico 1952-1958.**Alejandro R. Ruiz, U.S...

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| 12 || Dominguez
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| 13 || Fernandez

Fernández

Fernández is a common Spanish surname meaning "son of Fernando."It is the 8 most popular name in Spain.It is the 138 most popular name in France.It is the 223 most popular name in the USA.It is the fourth most popular name in Argentina....

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| 14 || Muñoz

Muñoz

Muñoz is a surname of Spanish origin. It may refer to:*Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, a public airport located in Carolina, Puerto Rico*Luis Muñoz Rivera Park, a recreational and national park in Puerta de Tierra in San Juan, Puerto Rico...

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| 15 || Gomez
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| 16 || Álvarez

Alvarez (surname)

Álvarez is a Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Álvar".It may refer to several people:* Al Alvarez, a British author* any of several members of a prominent Spanish-American family:*Luis F. Alvarez, U.S. physician...

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| 17 || Suarez
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| 18 || Torres

Torres

Torres is a Portuguese and Spanish languages surname meaning "Towers". It may refer to the following people or fictional characters:-Athletes:* Abraham Torres, Venezuelan boxer* Andrés Torres, Puerto Rican baseball player...

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| 19 || Cruz

Cruz

Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile , Spain. It means “cross,” either the figure or a cross of lines or ways in Spanish and Portuguese. In The Philippines the word is rendered to “krus”, but the Spanish form is used for surnames...

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| 20 || Martin
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| 21 || Reyes
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| 22 || Ortiz
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| 23 || Santos
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| 24 || Smith

Smith (surname)

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| 25 || Jiménez
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United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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

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| Name || Rank in 2000 || Rank in 1990 || Change in rank || Number of occurrences || Occurrences per 100,000 || Cumulative occurrence per 100,000 || % White

White American

White Americans are people of the United States who are considered or consider themselves White. The United States Census Bureau defines White people as those "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa...

|| % Black

African American

African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

|| % Asian

Asian American

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...

and Pacific Islander

Pacific Islander American

Pacific Islander Americans, also known as Oceanian Americans, are residents of the United States with original ancestry from Oceania. They represent the smallest racial group counted in the United States census of 2000. They numbered 874,000 people or 0.3 percent of the United States population...

|| % American Indian and Alaska Native

Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...

|| % 2 races || % Hispanic

Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...

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| Smith

Smith (surname)

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| Johnson ||2||2||0||1857160||688.44||1569.3||61.55||33.8||0.42||0.91||1.82||1.5
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| Williams

Williams (surname)

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| Brown

Brown (surname)

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| Jones

Jones (surname)

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| Miller

Miller (surname)

Miller is a surname of English, Scottish, Irish, and German origins.-In arts and entertainment:* Ann Miller , American singer, dancer, and actress* Buddy Miller , American country singer...

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| Davis

Davis (surname)

Davis is a patronymic surname originating in Wales, that means 'son of David'. It is the 52nd most common surname in the United Kingdom. According to the 1990 United States Census survey, 'Davis' was the 6th most frequently reported surname, accounting for 0.48% of the population, preceding Miller...

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| García

García (surname)

García is a surname common throughout the Americas, the Philippines and Spain. There are several theories about its origin and history, but it is probably of Basque origin...

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| Rodríguez ||9||22||13||804240||298.13||4586.62||5.52||0.54||0.58||0.24||0.41||92.7
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| Wilson

Wilson (surname)

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| Martínez

Martínez (surname)

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| Anderson

Anderson (surname)

Anderson, Andersson or Andersen is a surname deriving from a patronymic meaning "son of Anders/Andrew"...

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| Taylor

Taylor (surname)

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| Thomas

Thomas (surname)

Thomas is a common surname used in British , French, German, Dutch, Danish, and southern India .It derives from the medieval personal name, of Biblical origin, from Aramaic t'om'a, a byname meaning 'twin'. It was borne by one of the disciples of Christ, best known for his scepticism about Christ's...

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| Hernández

Hernández

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| Moore

Moore (surname)

The name Moore is a popular surname in many English-speaking countries and is of Gaelic/English origin. It is the 31st most common surname in the United Kingdom, and 9th most common in the United States....

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| Martin

Martin (name)

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| Jackson

Jackson (name)

Jackson is a common surname of English and Scottish origin. It literally means "son of Jack". In 1980 Jackson was the 24th most popular surname in England and Wales...

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| Thompson

Thompson (surname)

Thompson is a patronymic surname of English origin, with a variety of spellings meaning "son of Tom ". It is the 14th-most common surname in the United Kingdom...

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| White

White (surname)

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| López

López

López is a common surname in the Spanish language . It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Lope, Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning wolf...

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| Lee

Lee (surname)

This is a list of persons with the surname Lee.-A:* Alan Lee , Irish footballer for Crystal Palace F.C.* Albert Lee, English guitarist* Amy Lee, American singer...

||22||24||2||605860||224.59||7925.4||40.09||17.41||37.83||1.03||2.3||1.34
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| González

Gonzalez (surname)

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| Harris ||24||15||-9||593542||220.02||8366.99||53.88||41.63||0.36||0.65||2.02||1.45
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| Clark

Clark

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| Lewis

Lewis (surname)

Lewis is a surname in the English language. It has several independent origins.One of origins of the surname, in England and Wales, is from the Norman personal name Lowis, Lodovicus. This name is composed of the Germanic elements hlod and wig, meaning "fame" and "war"...

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| Robinson

Robinson (name)

Robinson is an English language patronymic surname, originating in England. It means "son of Robin ". There are similar surname spellings such as Robison and Robeson. Robinson is the 15th most common surname in the United Kingdom...

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| Walker ||28||25||-3||501307||185.83||9131.61||61.25||34.17||0.35||0.83||1.8||1.6
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| Pérez

Pérez

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| Hall

Hall (surname)

Hall is a family name of English origin and means 'kind' and 'forgiving'. This originates from the belief that Viking thanes were eternally benevolent to those that worked within his hall. The name was used to indicate the main occupation of the individual, in a role such as a servant or...

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| Young

Young (surname)

Young is a surname originating in England and Scotland . Derived from the Old English word geong, meaning "young," the Young surname was used as a descriptive name to distinguish father from son or to the younger of two relatives. Young can also be a Korean surname and Chinese surname...

||31||28||-3||465948||172.73||9660.97||68.91||23.79||2.95||0.73||1.93||1.69
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| Allen

Allen (surname)

Allen is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin, coming from aluinn meaning handsome. Allen is the 42nd most common surname in the United Kingdom. It is reported as 27th in a list of common surnames in the United States. In Ireland, Allen is the Anglicization of the Gaelic name Ó...

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| Sánchez

Sánchez (surname)

Sánchez or Sanchez is a frequently common Spanish surname. As a patronymic, it means "son of Sancho". The name "Sancho" itself comes from the Basque Santxo.-Popularity:Sanchez is the fifth most common surname in Spain.-People:...

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| Wright ||34||31||-3||440367||163.24||10159.55||68.3||27.36||0.4||0.66||1.75||1.52
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| King

King (surname)

King is a family name of Scottish and English origin.The English name comes from Old English cyning , which may derive from Brythonic cun or cwn....

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| Scott

Scott (name)

Scott originated from Scotti .Scott came from the name of a Gaelic speaking Celtic tribe called the Scoti although there is no clear evidence to the etymology of the word, even if it has Gaelic roots or whether it was first applied to them by outsiders...

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| Green

Green (name)

Green is a common surname derived from several languages.-Etymology:# one of the most common and widespread of English surnames, either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color or who had played the part of the "Green Man" in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for...

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| Baker

Baker (surname)

Baker is a common surname meaning "baker" and may refer to:*A J Baker, Australian philosopher*Al Baker, several people*Alison Baker , Canadian racewalker...

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| Adams

Adams (surname)

Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning "son of Adam".-Politics and law:* Abigail Adams , U.S. First Lady* Brock Adams , U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Washington...

||39||36||-3||413086||153.13||10937.64||76.17||19.2||0.45||0.79||1.63||1.76
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| Nelson

Nelson (surname)

Nelson is a family name. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 39th-most common surname of 88799 listed.It is in origin a patronymic meaning "son of Nels" or "son of Nell"...

||40||39||-1||412236||152.81||11090.46||80.29||14.93||0.51||1.09||1.49||1.68
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| Hill

Hill (surname)

Hill is a surname of English origin, meaning "a person who lived on a hill". It is the 30th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.-A:*Aaron Hill , a player in Major League Baseball*Alban Hill...

||41||33||-8||411770||152.64||11243.1||66.83||28.42||0.42||0.91||1.78||1.64
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| Ramírez

Ramirez (surname)

Ramírez is a patronymic Spanish surname meaning "son of Ramiro". Although it should be properly written with an acute accent on the i, it is commonly written without it...

||42||70||28||388987||144.2||11387.3||4.4||0.29||0.97||0.27||0.4||93.67
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| Campbell

Campbell (surname)

Campbell is a Scottish family name of Gaelic origins.The name in some cases derives from the Scottish Clan Campbell, in other cases from Mac Cathmhaoil meaning son of the battle chieftain....

||43||46||3||371953||137.88||11525.18||76.47||19.13||0.43||0.65||1.67||1.65
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| Mitchell

Mitchell (surname)

Mitchell is an English surname, the surname is generally derived from the Middle English and Old French personal name Michel which is the vernacular form of the personal name Michael. In some cases the surname is derived from a nickname for a big man which is derived from the Middle English michel,...

||44||41||-3||367433||136.21||11661.38||63.55||31.52||0.39||0.98||1.93||1.63
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| Roberts

Roberts (surname)

Roberts is a surname of North Welsh origin, deriving from the Anglo Saxon/Norman given name Robert, meaning "bright fame" – from the Germanic elements "hrod" meaning fame and "beraht" meaning bright. Roberts may mean either "servant of Robert" or "son of Robert"; the latter is more common in...

||45||43||-2||366215||135.75||11797.14||79.56||15.86||0.47||0.85||1.67||1.58
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| Carter

Carter (surname)

Carter is a family name, and also may be a given name. Carter is of English and Irish origin and is an occupational name given to one who transports goods by cart or wagon. The name is derived from Anglo-Norman caretier, which is further derived from the Old French caret .. Carter is also cinema...

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| Phillips ||47||45||-2||351848||130.43||12061.96||78.95||16.36||0.45||0.99||1.68||1.58
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| Evans

Evans (surname)

Evans is a family name of Welsh, and possibly Cornish, origin. Within the United Kingdom it is the 8th most common surname, being most common in the city of Swansea, Wales. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 48th-most common surname.-Origin:...

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| Turner

Turner

Turner is a common surname of English 12th Century origin, meaning "one who works with a lathe". Turner is the 28th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.-List of people with surname Turner:...

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| Torres

Torres

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| Parker

Parker (surname)

Parker is a family name of English origin, derived from Old French with the meaning "keeper of the park". "Parker" was also a nickname given to gamekeepers in medieval England. It is the 51st-most common surname in the United Kingdom...

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| Collins

Collins (surname)

The surname Collins has a variety of likely origins in Britain and Ireland:#Anglo-Saxon: A patronymic surname based on the name Colin, an English diminutive form of Nicholas. In England, Collins usually signified "son of Colin."...

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| Edwards

Edwards (surname)

Edwards is a patronymic surname, which arose separately in England and Wales. It means 'son of Edward'. Edwards is the 18th-most common surname in the United Kingdom...

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| Stewart

Stewart (name)

Stewart is a Scottish surname and is also used as a masculine given name of pre-7th century Old English origin, derived from stigeweard, the genitive prefix stige meaning "sty", and the suffix weard meaning "guardian" or "warden". An alternative spelling is Stuart. The progenitor of the Stewart...

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| Flores

Flores (surname)

-History:In Spain, Flores is first found in Asturias, where the Visigothic court took refuge after the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.In Italy, the surname's roots can be traced back to Naples around the early 14th century where records show a Flores family receiving land grants in the...

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| Morris

Morris (surname)

Morris is a surname of various origins though mostly of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh origin. The name in some cases can be of German origin and even an Americanisation of several Jewish surnames...

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| Nguyen ||57||228||172||310125||114.96||13251.76||1.26||0.18||95.93||0.04||2.01||0.58
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| Murphy

Murphy

Murphy is an Anglicized version of two Irish surnames: Ó Murchadha/Ó Murchadh , and Mac Murchaidh/Mac Murchadh derived from the Irish personal name Murchadh, which meant "sea-warrior" or "sea-battler"...

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| Rivera

Rivera (disambiguation)

Rivera is a surname of Spanish and Italian origin which was the old spelling of ribera, the Spanish word of “riverbank”.The name Rivera is a Northern Italian variation of the Southern Ribera name...

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| Cook ||60||56||-4||294795||109.28||13583.45||83.52||12.27||0.44||0.86||1.48||1.42
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| Rogers

Rogers (surname)

Rogers is a patronymic surname of English origin, deriving from the given name of Roger commonly used by the Normans and meaning 'son of Roger'...

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| Morgan

Morgan (surname)

The surname Morgan has several different British origins. The Welsh surname is derived from the Old Welsh personal name Morcant, which is of an uncertain origin. The Irish surname is an amalgamation of this Welsh surname, which was brought to Ireland in the Middle Ages, and several Gaelic surnames,...

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| Peterson

Peterson (name)

Peterson is a common English language patronymic surname, meaning "son of Peter". There are over 700 variant spellings of the surname. The form Peterson may also have arisen from Danish Petersen with a change of spelling commonly applied by Danish immigrants to English-speaking countries. ...

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| Cooper

Cooper (surname)

Cooper is a surname originating in England, and means maker of barrels; see Cooper . Cooper is the 32nd most common surname in the United Kingdom.Many notable persons share this surname.- A :...

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| Reed

Reed (name)

Reed may be either a surname or given name.-Reed as a surname:"Reed" is a variant of the surname "Read", which is commonly believed to be a nickname-derived surname referring to a person's complexion or hair being ruddy or red....

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| Bailey

Bailey (surname)

Bailey is an occupational surname of English origin. Bailey is the 65th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.-A:*Aaron Bailey, multiple people*Ace Bailey , Canadian hockey player*Adrian Bailey, British politician...

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| Bell

Bell (surname)

Bell is a surname of Scottish and Irish origin. Notable persons with that surname include:- A :* Aaron Bell , American jazz double-bassist* Acton Bell, pseudonym of Anne Brontë...

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| Gómez ||68||121||53||263590||97.71||14390.69||6.1||0.81||1.04||0.34||0.54||91.16
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| Kelly ||69||74||5||260385||96.52||14487.22||80.39||15.48||0.49||0.55||1.35||1.73
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| Howard

Howard

Howard is a popular English language occupational given name of Old English origin, meaning "noble watchman". A diminutive is "Howie" and its shortened form is "Ward" . Between 1900-1960, Howard ranked in the U.S. Top 200; between 1960–1990, it ranked in the U.S. Top 400; between 1990–2004, it...

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| Ward

Ward (surname)

Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066.The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word "werd" .The Old Gaelic surname...

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| Cox

Cox (surname)

The surname Cox is of English or Welsh origin, and may have originated independently in several locations in Great Britain, with the variations arriving at a standard spelling only later. An early record of the surname dates from 1556 with the marriage of Alicea Cox at St. Martin in the Fields,...

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| Díaz

Diaz

Díaz is a common Spanish surname meaning "son of Diago" variant of Diego. The name accounts for ~0.74% of the Spanish population, ranking 14th most frequently found surname in both 1999 and 2004...

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| Richardson

Richardson (surname)

Richardson is an Anglo Saxon patronymic surname.The prefix Richard, is a given name derived from the Old English ric and heard . The suffix -son denotes "son/descendant of". The name Richard and Richardson is found in records as early as 1381 in Yorkshire, England. It is the 60th-most common...

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| Wood

Wood (surname)

Wood is a surname in the English language. It is common throughout the world, especially countries with historical links to Britain.- Etymology :...

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| Watson

Watson (surname)

Watson is a patronymic surname of English and Scottish origin. Meaning "son of Walter", the popular Middle English given names Wat or Watt were pet forms of the name Walter. Watson is the 36th-most common surname in the United Kingdom.-A:* A. J...

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| Brooks

Brooks (surname)

Brooks is a surname of English origin, that is thought to have been derived from the condition of residing near a stream . The Hundred Rolls, a late thirteenth century census of England and part of Wales, contains many uses of "Broke" and variants "Brock" and "Brok" as a surname...

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| Bennett

Bennett (name)

Bennett is an English and Irish language surname derived from the medieval given name Benedict . The oldest public record of the surname is dated 1208 in County Durham...

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| Gray

Gray (surname)

Gray is a surname of Scottish or Irish origin, and may refer to many people.Among the Scottish and Irish Grays, the surname usually has a Gaelic source. Similar to most Irish and Scottish surnames, Gray is usually a literal translation or a phonetic transcription brought on by the English, forcing...

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| James

James (surname)

James is a surname, and may refer to:* A. P. T. James , better known as "Fargo" James; Tobagonian politician* Alex James , Scottish soccer player* Alex James , English musician and journalist...

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| Reyes ||81||141||60||232511||86.19||15575.57||5.26||0.75||6.02||0.3||0.76||86.9
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| Cruz

Cruz

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| Hughes

Hughes (surname)

Hughes is a patronymic surname of Irish origin. Ireland & Goidelic BritainThe surname evolved from the ancient Celt name of Ó hAodha meaning Fire. It's an old Irish name in Gaeltachtaí, which can be Hughes or Hayes.Hughes is the 15th most popular name in Ulster and Northern Ireland although it...

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| Price ||84||76||-8||228756||84.8||15831.06||76.11||19.79||0.42||0.64||1.58||1.46
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| Myers

Myers

Myers is an English origin and German origin surname. The English surname is an early medieval patronymic meaning "son of Mayer", an occupational name for a mayor. The English surname may also have evolved from "physician" , or "marsh" . The first English public record of the surname was in 1212...

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| Long

Long (surname)

Long is a surname and may refer to many people.Long is a romanization of the Chinese surname 龍, which means "dragon" in Chinese. The name ranked number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up from 108 in 1990. The name is also romanized as Lung.The Longs in Ireland got their names...

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| Foster

Foster (surname)

Foster is a surname, perhaps derived from the name of a Frankish saint, Vedast, also known as Foster or St. Foster.Other possibilities for the origins of this surname are the Old English "cild-fostre", which was a nickname for a foster parent or foster child, the Anglo-French word Forest itself, or...

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| Sanders

Sanders (surname)

-A:* Addison Hiatt Sanders American Civil War Brevet Brigadier General; Secretary of the Montana Territory, USA* Adrian Sanders , UK politician* Ajai Sanders , American actress and stand-up comedian...

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| Ross

Ross (disambiguation)

Ross is a forename, a surname as well as a place name. It may refer to any of the following...-Fictional persons:* Ross Geller, a character from the TV series Friends* Thane of Ross, a character from Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth-Places:...

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| Morales ||90||136||46||217642||80.68||16323.29||5.6||0.6||1.24||0.25||0.44||91.88
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| Powell ||91||85||-6||216553||80.28||16403.57||69.96||25.97||0.38||0.56||1.71||1.41
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| Sullivan ||92||105||13||215640||79.94||16483.5||89.45||6.78||0.46||0.52||1.16||1.63
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| Russell

Russell (surname)

Russell also Rossell is a Scottish, English or Irish name derived from the Anglo-Norman French nickname Rousel. The nickname was a diminutive of the Old French Rous, meaning 'red.' The nickname, with the -el added, likely originated to denote "the little red-haired one."The name may also refer to...

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| Ortiz ||94||120||26||214683||79.58||16642.95||5.4||0.64||0.68||0.48||0.45||92.35
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| Jenkins

Jenkins (surname)

Jenkins is a surname that originated in Cornwall, England, but came to be popular in southern Wales. The name "Jenkin" originally meant "little John" or "son of John"...

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| Gutiérrez

Gutierrez

Gutiérrez is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Gutierre." Gutierre is a form of Gualtierre, Spanish form of Walter. In English, "Gutiérrez" is often spelled "Gutierrez".-People:* Álvaro Gutiérrez, Peruvian politician...

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| Perry

Perry (surname)

Perry is a surname of English origin, deriving from either the Old English pyrige , referring to one who dwells by a pear tree; the Norman French perrieur , possibly referring to a quarryman; or the Welsh ap Herry, son of Herry...

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| Butler

Butler (surname)

Butler is a surname that has been associated with many different places and people. It can be either:* an English occupational name that originally denoted a servant in charge of the wine cellar, from the Norman French word butuiller...

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| Barnes

Barnes (name)

Barnes is an English surname and rare given name. At the time of the British Census of 1881, the relative frequency of the surname Barnes was highest in Dorset , followed by Wiltshire, Cumberland, Hampshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire and Sussex.There are...

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| Fisher

Fisher (surname)

Fisher is an English surname in the English language. It is an occupational name from the Old English "fiscare," which means "fisherman", one who obtained his living by fishing. In Ireland it is the anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. The...

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The distribution reflects the history of immigration into the country. Many immigrants from non-English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

-speaking countries Anglicized

Anglicisation

Anglicisation, or anglicization , is the process of converting verbal or written elements of any other language into a form that is more comprehensible to an English speaker, or, more generally, of altering something such that it becomes English in form or character.The term most often refers to...

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 American

African American

s.

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.

CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

See also

Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...