50 most common last names in America – al.com

Quick…what’s the most common last name in the U.S?

If you guessed Smith you are correct.

According to an analysis by 24/7 Wall Street, the surname Smith occurs slightly more than 828 times per 100,000 people in the U.S., or about 2.442 million times. The name’s usage has grown almost 3 percent since 2000.

What are the other popular names? Using Census Bureau data, 24/7 Wall Street compiled a list of the top 50 last names in the U.S. Here’s what they found:

1. Smith

2. Johnson

3. Williams

4. Brown

5. Jones

6. Garcia

7. Miller

8. Davis

9. Rodriguez

10. Martinez

11. Hernandez

12. Lopez

13. Gonzalez

14. Wilson

15. Anderson

16. Thomas

17. Taylor

18. Moore

19. Jackson

20. Martin

21. Lee

22. Perez

23. Thompson

24. White

25. Harris

26. Sanchez

27. Clark

28. Ramirez

29. Lewis

30. Robinson

31. Walker

32. Young

33. Allen

34. King

35. Wright

36. Scott

37. Torres

38. Nguyen

39. Hill

40. Flores

41. Green

42. Adams

43. Nelson

44. Baker

45. Hall

46. Rivera

47. Campbell

48. Mitchell

49. Carter

50. Roberts

You can see more on the history and occurrence rates of each name here.