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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 last names in some of the countries of North America, in alphabetical order of the country.

Canada

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Top 10 common surnames in Canada[1]
Rank Surname Number
1 Smith 192,145
2 Brown 108,859
3 Tremblay 106,668
4 Martin 91,680
5 Roy 90,417
6 Gagnon 85,120
7 Lee 83,424
8 Wilson 82,768
9 Johnson 79,492
10 MacDonald 78,766

Québec

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

Rank Surname % of pop
1 Tremblay 1.08%
2 Gagnon 0.790%
3 Roy 0.753%
4 Côté 0.624%
5 Bouchard 0.530%
6 Gauthier 0.522%
7 Morin 0.498%
8 Lavoie 0.458%
9 Fortin 0.449%
10 Gagné 0.448%

Costa Rica

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

# Surname Persons % of pop.
1 Hernández — —
2 Mora — —
3 Rodríguez — —
4 González — —
5 Jiménez — —
6 Morales — —
7 Sánchez — —
8 Ramírez — —
9 Pérez — —
10 Calderón — —
11 Gutiérrez — —
12 Rojas — —
13 Vargas — —
14 Torres — —
15 Salas — —
16 Segura — —
17 Valverde — —
18 Villalobos — —
19 Araya — —
20 Herrera — —
21 López — —
22 Madrigal — —
Total pop. (2008) 4,016,173 100.00

Cuba

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Most common surnames in Cuba.[4]

Rank Surname Number
1 Rodríguez 301,136
2 Pérez 300,189
3 González 262,311
4 Hernández 215,593
5 García 208,965
6 Martínez 148,674
7 Díaz 136,364
8 Fernández 134,470
9 López 127,525
10 Álvarez 101,010

Dominican Republic

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# Surname Adults % of adults Origin
1 Rodríguez 225,321 — Spanish
2 Pérez 158,059 — Spanish
3 Martinez 141,259 — Spanish
4 García 137,124 — Spanish
5 Reyes 104,892 — Spanish
6 Sánchez 104,392 — Spanish
7 Díaz 95,106 — Spanish
8 Peña 94,396 — Spanish
9 Jiménez 92,978 — Spanish
10 Ramírez 92,863 — Spanish
11 Hernández 91,080 — Spanish
12 Rosario 89,630 — Spanish
13 González 85,757 — Spanish
14 Santana 81,973 — Portuguese/Spanish
15 Núñez 79,374 — Spanish
16 Castillo 78,338 — Spanish
17 de la Cruz 76,977 — Spanish
18 Cruz 64,613 — Portuguese/Spanish
19 Guzmán 63,073 — Spanish
20 Gómez 62,310 — Spanish
21 Santos 60,613 — Spanish/Portuguese
22 López 59,566 — Spanish
23 Fuentes 58,518 — Spanish
24 Vásquez 56,149 — Spanish
25 De Los Santos 54,634 — Spanish
26 Mejía 51,605 — Spanish
27 Ponce 49,952 — Spanish
28 Fernández 49,712 — Spanish
29 Vargas 49,353 — Portuguese/Spanish
30 Montes 48,574 — Spanish
Total pop.

El Salvador

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

# Surname Number of people % of population
1 Hernández — —
2 Martínez — —
3 López — —
4 García — —
5 Rodríguez — —
6 Flores — —
7 Pérez — —
8 Ramírez — —
9 González — —
10 Rivera — —
11 Vásquez — —
12 Cruz — —
13 Mejía — —
14 Rivas — —
15 Sánchez — —
16 Reyes — —
17 Díaz — —
18 Ramos — —
19 Gómez — —
20 Portillo — —
21 Escobar — —
22 Orellana — —
23 Romero — —
24 Aguilar — —
25 Alvarado — —
Total population (2007) 5,744,113[6] 100.00

Guatemala

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

# Surname Persons % of pop.
1 López 371,525 2.5%
2 García 285,670 1.9%
3 Morales 228,167 1.5%
4 Hernández 222,755 1.5%
5 Pérez 209,963 1.4%
6 González 208,795 1.4%
7 Rodríguez 135,978 0.9%
8 De León 134,010 0.9%
9 Ramírez 131,796 0.9%
10 Martínez 123,186 0.8%
11 Castillo 116,298 0.8%
12 Estrada 115,252 0.8%
13 Marroquín 113,961 0.8%
14 Gómez 110,824 0.7%
15 Vásquez 102,153 0.7%
16 Méndez 98,462 0.7%
17 Reyes 95,449 0.6%
18 Díaz 94,403 0.6%
19 Aguilar 94,096 0.6%
20 Velásquez 89,975 0.6%
First 20 3,082,718 20.7%
Total population (2015) 14,918,999[8] 100%

Mexico

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

Rank Surname Number
1 Hernández 5,526,929
2 García 4,129,360
3 Martínez 3,886,887
4 González 3,188,693
5 López 3,148,024
6 Rodríguez 2,744,179
7 Pérez 2,746,468
8 Sánchez 2,234,625
9 Ramírez 2,070,723
10 Flores 1,392,707
11 Gómez 989,295
12 Torres 841,966
13 Díaz 811,553
14 Vásquez 806,894
15 Cruz 800,874
16 Morales 771,796
17 Gutiérrez 748,789
18 Reyes 738,320
19 Ruíz 708,718
20 Jiménez 670,453
21 Mendoza 613,683
22 Aguilar 611,904
23 Ortíz 576,989
24 Álvarez 557,332
25 Castillo 553,799
26 Romero 540,922
27 Moreno 539,927
28 Chávez 517,392
29 Rivera 508,022
30 Ramos 455,728
31 Herrera 451,226
32 Medina 431,518
33 Vargas 427,854
34 Castro 419,216
35 Méndez 410,239
36 Guzmán 392,284
37 Fernández 385,741
38 Juárez 384,929
39 Muñoz 376,633
40 Ortega 372,471
41 Salazar 368,231
42 Rojas 365,457
43 Guerrero 361,557
44 Contreras 358,521
45 Luna 357,578
46 Domínguez 348,182
47 Garza 335,829
48 Velásquez 331,510
49 Estrada 324,103
50 Soto 306,227
51 Cortez 301,954
52 Lara 298,034
53 Espinoza 289,842
54 Vega 285,864
55 Ávila 284,530
56 Cervantes 276,101
57 Sandoval 273,091
58 Carrillo 267,333
59 Alvarado 266,993
60 Silva 265,553
61 León 260,246
62 Ríos 260,141
63 Navarro 258,408
64 Delgado 254,273
65 Márquez 248,933
66 Campos 246,709
67 Ibarra 241,343
68 Solís 240,008
69 Rosas 237,339
70 Miranda 233,910
71 Camacho 233,858
72 Valdez 232,680
73 Cárdenas 230,848
74 Orozco 228,963
75 Aguirre 228,754
76 Mejía 227,392
77 Acosta 224,385
78 Padilla 223,205
79 Robles 222,472
80 Núñez 222,153
81 Peña 220,868
82 Cabrera 220,647
83 Rosales 218,935
84 Molina 217,049
85 Pacheco 212,981
86 Castañeda 212,078
87 Fuentes 210,342
88 Valenzuela 210,221
89 Rangel 209,232
90 Ayala 208,964
91 Meza 207,662
92 Nava 203,308
93 Valencia 198,634
94 Maldonado 195,043
95 Ochoa 192,341
96 Serrano 185,071
97 Tapia 183,351
98 Salinas 183,098
99 Suárez 182,020
100 Zamora 181,835

United States

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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.[citation needed] 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
Smith 1 1 0 1 0 2,376,207 880.85 880.85 73.35 22.22 0.4 0.85 1.63 1.56
Johnson 2 2 0 2 0 1,857,160 688.44 1569.3 61.55 33.8 0.42 0.91 1.82 1.5
Williams 3 3 0 3 0 1,534,042 568.66 2137.96 48.52 46.72 0.37 0.78 2.01 1.6
Brown 4 5 Increase 1 4 0 1,380,145 511.62 2649.58 60.71 34.54 0.41 0.83 1.86 1.64
Jones 5 4 Decrease −1 5 0 1,362,755 505.17 3154.75 57.69 37.73 0.35 0.94 1.85 1.44
Miller 6 7 Increase 1 7 Decrease −1 1,127,803 418.07 3572.82 85.81 10.41 0.42 0.63 1.31 1.43
Davis 7 6 Decrease −1 8 Decrease −1 1,072,335 397.51 3970.33 64.73 30.77 0.4 0.79 1.73 1.58
Garcia 8 18 Increase 10 6 Increase 2 858,289 318.17 4288.5 6.17 0.49 1.43 0.58 0.51 90.81
Rodriguez 9 22 Increase 13 9 0 804,240 298.13 4586.62 5.52 0.54 0.58 0.24 0.41 92.7
Wilson 10 8 Decrease −2 14 Decrease −4 783,051 290.27 4876.9 69.72 25.32 0.46 1.03 1.74 1.73
Martinez 11 19 Increase 8 10 Increase 1 775,072 287.32 5164.22 6.04 0.52 0.6 0.64 0.46 91.72
Anderson 12 11 Decrease −1 15 Decrease −3 762,394 282.62 5446.83 77.6 18.06 0.48 0.7 1.59 1.58
Taylor 13 10 Decrease −3 17 Decrease −4 720,370 267.04 5713.87 67.8 27.67 0.39 0.75 1.78 1.61
Thomas 14 12 Decrease −2 16 Decrease −2 710,696 263.45 5977.33 55.53 38.17 1.63 1.01 2 1.66
Hernandez 15 29 Increase 14 11 Increase 4 706,372 261.85 6239.18 4.55 0.38 0.65 0.27 0.35 93.81
Moore 16 9 Decrease −7 18 Decrease −2 698,671 259 6498.17 68.85 26.92 0.37 0.65 1.7 1.5
Martin 17 16 Decrease −1 20 Decrease −3 672,711 249.37 6747.54 77.47 15.3 0.71 0.94 1.59 3.99
Jackson 18 13 Decrease −5 19 Decrease −1 666,125 246.93 6994.47 41.93 53.02 0.31 1.04 2.18 1.53
Thompson 19 17 Decrease −2 23 Decrease −4 644,368 238.87 7233.34 72.48 22.53 0.44 1.15 1.78 1.62
White 20 14 Decrease −6 24 Decrease −4 639,515 237.07 7470.4 67.91 27.38 0.39 1.01 1.76 1.55
Lopez 21 32 Increase 11 12 Increase 10 621,536 230.4 7700.81 5.85 0.61 1.04 0.47 0.52 91.51
Lee 22 24 Increase 2 21 Decrease −1 605,860 224.59 7925.4 40.09 17.41 37.83 1.03 2.3 1.34
Gonzalez 23 38 Increase 15 13 Increase 10 597,718 221.57 8146.97 4.76 0.37 0.38 0.18 0.33 93.99
Harris 24 15 Decrease −9 593,542 220.02 8366.99 53.88 41.63 0.36 0.65 2.02 1.45
Clark 25 21 Decrease −4 548,369 203.28 8570.27 76.84 18.53 0.41 0.94 1.6 1.68
Lewis 26 23 Decrease −3 509,930 189.03 8759.3 60.97 33.83 0.45 1.14 1.97 1.64
Robinson 27 20 Decrease −7 503,028 186.47 8945.77 51.34 44.1 0.37 0.51 1.99 1.68
Walker 28 25 Decrease −3 501,307 185.83 9131.61 61.25 34.17 0.35 0.83 1.8 1.6
Perez 29 42 Increase 13 22 Increase 7 488,521 181.09 9312.7 5.95 0.48 1.18 0.26 0.48 91.65
Hall 30 26 Decrease −4 473,568 175.55 9488.25 75.11 20.75 0.48 0.63 1.63 1.4
Young 31 28 Decrease −3 465,948 172.73 9660.97 68.91 23.79 2.95 0.73 1.93 1.69
Allen 32 27 Decrease −5 463,368 171.77 9832.74 70.24 25.14 0.41 0.83 1.77 1.62
Sanchez 33 52 Increase 19 26 Increase 7 441,242 163.57 9996.31 5.77 0.5 1.01 0.49 0.45 91.78
Wright 34 31 Decrease −3 440,367 163.24 10159.55 68.3 27.36 0.4 0.66 1.75 1.52
King 35 30 Decrease −5 438,986 162.73 10322.28 72.8 22.02 0.88 0.97 1.71 1.62
Scott 36 34 Decrease −2 420,091 155.73 10478.01 62.6 32.26 0.41 1.15 1.9 1.68
Green 37 35 Decrease −2 413,477 153.27 10631.29 59.33 36.23 0.34 0.61 1.78 1.71
Baker 38 37 Decrease −1 413,351 153.23 10784.51 82.08 13.63 0.45 0.83 1.54 1.47
Adams 39 36 Decrease −3 413,086 153.13 10937.64 76.17 19.2 0.45 0.79 1.63 1.76
Nelson 40 39 Decrease −1 412,236 152.81 11090.46 80.29 14.93 0.51 1.09 1.49 1.68
Hill 41 33 Decrease −8 411,770 152.64 11243.1 66.83 28.42 0.42 0.91 1.78 1.64
Ramirez 42 70 Increase 28 28 Increase 14 388,987 144.2 11387.3 4.4 0.29 0.97 0.27 0.4 93.67
Campbell 43 46 Increase 3 371,953 137.88 11525.18 76.47 19.13 0.43 0.65 1.67 1.65
Mitchell 44 41 Decrease −3 367,433 136.21 11661.38 63.55 31.52 0.39 0.98 1.93 1.63
Roberts 45 43 Decrease −2 366,215 135.75 11797.14 79.56 15.86 0.47 0.85 1.67 1.58
Carter 46 40 Decrease −6 362,548 134.4 11931.53 60.51 34.99 0.39 0.71 1.88 1.52
Phillips 47 45 Decrease −2 351,848 130.43 12061.96 78.95 16.36 0.45 0.99 1.68 1.58
Evans 48 48 0 342,237 126.87 12188.83 70.65 25.05 0.4 0.68 1.67 1.55
Turner 49 44 Decrease −5 335,663 124.43 12313.26 66.67 29.31 0.33 0.56 1.72 1.4
Torres 50 67 Increase 17 37 Increase 13 325,169 120.54 12433.8 6.05 0.58 1.42 0.26 0.53 91.16
Parker 51 47 Decrease −4 324,246 120.2 12554 71.49 24.09 0.44 0.85 1.67 1.46
Collins 52 50 Decrease −2 317,848 117.83 12671.82 73.92 21.7 0.37 0.75 1.65 1.61
Edwards 53 49 Decrease −4 317,070 117.54 12789.36 65.16 30.21 0.4 0.75 1.84 1.63
Stewart 54 51 Decrease −3 312,899 115.99 12905.35 71.78 23.83 0.38 0.74 1.69 1.59
Flores 55 89 Increase 34 40 Increase 15 312,615 115.89 13021.23 5.57 0.47 2.15 0.43 0.54 90.84
Morris 56 53 Decrease −3 311,754 115.57 13136.8 75.92 19.29 0.43 0.93 1.7 1.73
Nguyen 57 228 Increase 172 38 Increase 19 310,125 114.96 13251.76 1.26 0.18 95.93 0.04 2.01 0.58
Murphy 58 59 Increase 1 300,501 111.39 13363.16 85.05 11.03 0.43 0.65 1.29 1.54
Rivera 59 61 Increase 2 46 Increase 13 299,463 111.01 13474.17 5.92 1.06 2.06 0.24 0.55 90.17
Cook 60 56 Decrease −4 294,795 109.28 13583.45 83.52 12.27 0.44 0.86 1.48 1.42
Rogers 61 54 Decrease −7 294,403 109.13 13692.58 77.8 17.66 0.42 0.77 1.58 1.77
Morgan 62 57 Decrease −5 276,400 102.46 13795.04 78.47 16.47 0.42 1.15 1.64 1.86
Peterson 63 68 Increase 5 275,041 101.96 13897 86.29 9.58 0.52 0.7 1.33 1.56
Cooper 64 66 Decrease −2 270,097 100.12 13997.12 70.36 25.26 0.4 0.76 1.69 1.54
Reed 65 55 Decrease −10 267,443 99.14 14096.26 73.51 21.97 0.4 1 1.67 1.45
Bailey 66 60 Decrease −6 265,916 98.57 14194.84 74.77 21.14 0.4 0.61 1.63 1.45
Bell 67 58 Decrease −9 264,752 98.14 14292.98 63.57 31.78 0.41 0.9 1.8 1.55
Gomez 68 121 Increase 53 51 Increase 17 263,590 97.71 14390.69 6.1 0.81 1.04 0.34 0.54 91.16
Kelly 69 74 Increase 5 260,385 96.52 14487.22 80.39 15.48 0.49 0.55 1.35 1.73
Howard 70 65 Decrease −5 254,779 94.45 14581.66 66.83 28.69 0.38 0.82 1.74 1.55
Ward 71 66 Decrease −5 254,121 94.2 14675.86 77.79 17.77 0.4 0.83 1.57 1.64
Cox 72 64 Decrease −8 253,771 94.07 14769.94 84.48 11.55 0.39 0.64 1.42 1.52
Diaz 73 99 Increase 26 55 Increase 18 251,772 93.33 14863.27 6.17 0.73 1.19 0.22 0.47 91.22
Richardson 74 63 Decrease −11 249,533 92.5 14955.77 62.25 32.77 0.36 1.05 1.82 1.75
Wood 75 78 Increase 3 247,299 91.67 15047.44 90.06 5.61 0.51 0.82 1.4 1.6
Watson 76 72 Decrease −4 242,432 89.87 15137.31 68.58 26.85 0.47 0.8 1.72 1.58
Brooks 77 73 Decrease −4 240,751 89.25 15226.56 62.72 32.67 0.41 0.75 1.83 1.62
Bennett 78 77 Decrease −1 239,055 88.62 15315.17 79 16.51 0.41 0.89 1.54 1.65
Gray 79 69 Decrease −10 236,713 87.75 15402.92 71.13 24.36 0.44 0.84 1.66 1.57
James 80 71 Decrease −9 233,224 86.46 15489.38 54.45 38.09 0.81 2.51 2.1 2.04
Reyes 81 141 Increase 60 60 Increase 21 232,511 86.19 15575.57 5.26 0.75 6.02 0.3 0.76 86.9
Cruz 82 118 Increase 36 57 Increase 25 231,065 85.66 15661.22 5.95 0.83 5.61 0.38 0.99 86.24
Hughes 83 88 Increase 5 229,390 85.03 15746.26 80.6 15.45 0.39 0.52 1.46 1.58
Price 84 76 Decrease −8 228,756 84.8 15831.06 76.11 19.79 0.42 0.64 1.58 1.46
Myers 85 101 Increase 16 224,824 83.34 15914.4 86.59 9.75 0.38 0.53 1.35 1.4
Long 86 86 0 100 Decrease −14 223,494 82.85 15997.25 82.35 11.75 1.78 1.21 1.44 1.47
Foster 87 93 Increase 6 99 Decrease −12 221,040 81.94 16079.19 72 23.19 0.46 0.86 1.78 1.7
Sanders 88 75 Decrease −13 94 Decrease −12 220,902 81.89 16161.07 63.44 31.9 0.33 0.85 1.73 1.76
Ross 89 80 Decrease −9 98 Decrease −9 219,961 81.54 16242.61 71.46 23.67 0.46 0.89 1.69 1.82
Morales 90 136 Increase 46 63 Increase 27 217,642 80.68 16323.29 5.6 0.6 1.24 0.25 0.44 91.88
Powell 91 85 Decrease −6 101 Decrease −10 216,553 80.28 16403.57 69.96 25.97 0.38 0.56 1.71 1.41
Sullivan 92 105 Increase 13 95 Decrease −3 215,640 79.94 16483.5 89.45 6.78 0.46 0.52 1.16 1.63
Russell 93 97 Increase 4 104 Decrease −11 215,432 79.86 16563.36 79.45 15.79 0.43 1 1.7 1.63
Ortiz 94 120 Increase 26 68 Increase 26 214,683 79.58 16642.95 5.4 0.64 0.68 0.48 0.45 92.35
Jenkins 95 83 Decrease −12 102 Decrease −7 213,737 79.23 16722.18 60.12 35.97 0.33 0.55 1.69 1.34
Gutierrez 96 202 Increase 106 67 Increase 29 212,905 78.92 16801.1 5.21 0.25 1.4 0.33 0.42 92.39
Perry 97 84 Decrease −13 103 Decrease −6 212,644 78.83 16879.93 70.71 24.37 0.46 0.82 1.86 1.78
Butler 98 91 Decrease −7 108 Decrease −10 210,879 78.17 16958.1 64.75 30.85 0.35 0.81 1.75 1.5
Barnes 99 79 Decrease −20 110 Decrease −11 210,426 78 17036.1 67.45 28.23 0.4 0.72 1.71 1.49
Fisher 100 113 Increase 13 112 Decrease −12 210,279 77.95 17114.05 84.59 11.28 0.42 0.71 1.42 1.58

See also

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References

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