List of most common surnames in North American countries

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

Canada + Top 10 common surnames in Canada 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

By province Region (year)No. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5British ColumbiaSmithLeeWongJohnsonBrownAlbertaSmithJohnsonAndersonBrownWilsonSaskatchewanSmithJohnsonAndersonBrownMillerManitobaFriesenSmithWiebeKlassenPennerOntarioSmithBrownWilsonLeeMartinQuebecTremblayGagnonRoyCôtéGauthierNew BrunswickLeblancCormierRichardSmithLandryNova ScotiaMacDonaldSmithBrownLeblancMacNeilPrince Edward IslandMacDonaldGallantArsenaultCampbellSmithNewfoundland and LabradorPowerSmithWhiteParsonsWalshNunavutSmithKilabukGibbonsNakoolakPutulikNorthwest TerritoriesSmithBrownLaffertyMacDonaldMcLeodYukonSmithJohnsonAndersonBrownTaylor

Quebec Top 10 common surnames in Quebec as of 2006.

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 Most common surnames in Costa Rica as of 2007.

# 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 Most common surnames in Cuba.

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 # Surname Adults % of adults Origin 1 Rodríguez 225,321 Spanish 2 Pérez 158,059 Spanish 3 Martínez 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 Portuguese/Spanish 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 Most common surnames in El Salvador as of 2005.

# 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) 5,744,113 100.00

Guatemala Most common surnames in Guatemala as of 2015.

# 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) 14,918,999 100%

Mexico Below are the most common surnames in Mexico. All the surnames listed are of Spanish origin.

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

The table below presents the most common 100 surnames as of the 2020 Census. It includes the total number of people with each surname as well as the rate per 100,000 people. Figures for the 2010 and 2000 Census are also included for comparison.

In 2020, there were 50,086,264 people with last names in the top 100, representing 15.1% of the total (331,449,281). 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.

Name Count2020 Rate2020 Count2010 Rate2010 Count2000 Rate2000 Smith 2,369,644 792.8 2,442,977 828.2 2,376,206 880.9 Johnson 1,858,234 621.7 1,932,812 655.2 1,857,160 688.4 Williams 1,561,395 522.4 1,625,252 551.0 1,534,042 568.7 Brown 1,386,083 463.7 1,437,026 487.2 1,380,145 511.6 Jones 1,383,250 462.8 1,425,470 483.2 1,362,755 505.2 Garcia 1,149,510 384.6 1,166,120 395.3 858,289 318.2 Miller 1,129,186 377.8 1,161,437 393.7 1,127,803 418.1 Rodriguez 1,085,838 363.3 1,094,924 371.2 804,240 298.1 Davis 1,074,448 359.5 1,116,357 378.5 1,072,335 397.5 Martinez 1,039,848 347.9 1,060,159 359.4 775,072 287.3 Hernandez 1,013,895 339.2 1,043,281 353.7 706,372 261.9 Lopez 878,958 294.1 874,523 296.5 621,536 230.4 Gonzalez 828,405 277.2 841,025 285.1 597,718 221.6 Wilson 777,275 260.1 801,882 271.8 783,051 290.3 Anderson 756,560 253.1 784,404 265.9 762,394 282.6 Thomas 734,345 245.7 756,142 256.3 710,696 263.5 Taylor 723,758 242.1 751,209 254.7 720,370 267.0 Moore 696,384 233.0 724,374 245.6 698,671 259.0 Lee 695,657 232.7 693,023 234.9 605,860 224.6 Jackson 686,937 229.8 708,099 240.1 666,125 246.9 Perez 680,712 227.7 681,645 231.1 488,521 181.1 Martin 678,691 227.1 702,625 238.2 672,711 249.4 Thompson 640,099 214.2 664,644 225.3 644,368 238.9 White 636,798 213.1 660,491 223.9 639,515 237.1 Sanchez 607,848 203.4 612,752 207.7 441,242 163.6 Harris 603,371 201.9 624,252 211.6 593,542 220.0 Ramirez 544,204 182.1 557,423 189.0 388,987 144.2 Clark 539,661 180.6 562,679 190.8 548,369 203.3 Nguyen 531,404 177.8 437,645 148.4 310,125 115.0 Lewis 515,459 172.5 531,781 180.3 509,930 189.0 Robinson 510,138 170.7 529,821 179.6 503,028 186.5 Walker 504,833 168.9 523,129 177.3 501,307 185.8 Hall 470,080 157.3 407,076 138.0 473,568 175.6 Young 468,920 156.9 484,447 164.2 465,948 172.7 Allen 465,583 155.8 482,607 163.6 463,368 171.8 King 453,539 151.7 465,422 157.8 438,986 162.7 Wright 443,210 148.3 458,980 155.6 440,367 163.2 Torres 435,998 145.9 437,813 148.4 325,169 120.5 Flores 426,965 142.9 433,969 147.1 312,615 115.9 Scott 421,499 141.0 439,530 149.0 420,091 155.7 Hill 419,076 140.2 434,827 147.4 411,770 152.6 Green 415,664 139.1 430,182 145.8 413,477 153.3 Adams 413,470 138.4 427,865 145.1 413,086 153.1 Nelson 410,801 137.4 424,958 144.1 412,236 152.8 Baker 401,148 134.2 419,586 142.2 413,351 153.2 Rivera 398,449 133.3 391,114 132.6 299,463 111.0 Mitchell 372,104 124.5 384,486 130.3 367,433 136.2 Campbell 370,555 124.0 386,157 130.9 371,953 137.9 Gomez 368,213 123.2 365,655 124.0 263,590 97.7 Carter 364,355 122.0 376,966 127.8 362,548 134.4 Roberts 362,049 121.1 376,774 127.7 366,215 135.8 Diaz 356,910 119.4 347,636 117.9 251,772 93.3 Phillips 343,656 115.0 360,802 122.3 351,848 130.4 Evans 343,493 114.9 355,593 120.6 342,237 126.9 Cruz 342,580 114.6 334,201 113.3 231,065 85.7 Reyes 335,828 112.4 327,904 111.2 232,511 86.2 Turner 333,512 111.6 348,627 118.2 335,663 124.4 Parker 323,880 108.4 336,221 114.0 324,246 120.2 Edwards 320,927 107.4 332,423 112.7 317,070 117.5 Collins 317,373 106.2 329,770 111.8 317,848 117.8 Stewart 311,429 104.2 324,957 110.2 312,899 116.0 Morales 310,866 104.0 311,777 105.7 217,642 80.7 Patel 309,327 103.5 229,973 78.0 145,066 53.8 Morris 307,446 102.9 318,884 108.1 311,754 115.6 Murphy 298,047 99.7 308,417 104.6 300,501 111.4 Cook 290,386 97.2 302,589 102.6 294,795 109.3 Rogers 289,242 96.8 302,261 102.5 294,403 109.1 Ortiz 288,277 96.5 286,899 97.3 214,683 79.6 Morgan 276,366 92.5 286,280 97.1 276,400 102.5 Gutierrez 275,216 92.1 293,218 99.4 212,905 78.9 Kim 274,068 91.7 262,352 88.9 194,067 71.9 Cooper 271,453 90.8 280,791 95.2 270,097 100.1 Bailey 269,092 90.0 277,845 94.2 265,916 98.6 Ramos 268,640 89.9 263,464 89.3 193,096 71.6 Reed 268,584 89.9 277,030 93.9 267,443 99.1 Bell 267,025 89.3 220,599 74.8 264,752 98.1 Peterson 265,150 88.7 278,297 94.3 275,041 102.0 Doe 262,774 87.9 - - - - Ward 255,767 85.6 260,464 88.3 254,121 94.2 Kelly 255,516 85.5 267,394 90.7 260,385 96.5 Howard 253,434 84.8 264,826 89.8 254,779 94.5 Cox 249,872 83.6 261,231 88.6 253,771 94.1 Richardson 249,840 83.6 259,798 88.1 249,533 92.5 Chavez 244,201 81.7 250,898 85.1 185,865 68.9 Brooks 244,116 81.7 251,663 85.3 240,751 89.3 James 243,502 81.5 249,379 84.5 233,224 86.5 Watson 242,956 81.3 252,579 85.6 242,432 89.9 Mendoza 242,772 81.2 242,771 82.3 168,567 62.5 Gray 241,208 80.7 246,116 83.4 236,713 87.8 Bennett 239,397 80.1 247,599 83.9 239,055 88.6 Wood 238,948 80.0 250,715 85.0 247,299 91.7 Ruiz 237,286 79.4 238,234 80.8 175,429 65.0 Chen 233,798 78.2 169,580 57.5 105,544 39.1 Castillo 231,347 77.4 230,420 78.1 165,473 61.3 Alvarez 229,446 76.8 233,983 79.3 168,817 62.6 Hughes 226,912 76.0 236,271 80.1 229,390 85.0 Price 225,734 75.5 235,251 79.8 228,756 84.8 Jimenez 225,722 75.5 227,118 77.0 157,475 58.4 Ross 224,952 75.2 229,368 77.8 219,961 81.5 Long 223,485 74.8 229,374 77.8 223,494 82.9

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