Lists of most common surnames in North American countries

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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

Québec

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	—	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

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 of Mexico. All of 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 2010 Census. It includes the total number of people with each surname as well as the rate per 100,000 people. Figures for the 2000 Census are also included for comparison.

In 2010, there were 51,089,493 people with last names in the top 100, representing 16.5% of the total (308,745,538). Surnames appearing less than 100 times represented less than 10% of the population. 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. The name Wilson was 10th in the 2000 census but was replaced by Martinez in 2010. The names Garcia and Rodriguez had previously entered the top ten in the 2000 Census, replacing Taylor and Moore.

Name	Count 2010	Rate 2010	Count 2000	Rate 2000
Smith	2,442,977	828.2	2,376,206	880.9
Johnson	1,932,812	655.2	1,857,160	688.4
Williams	1,625,252	551.0	1,534,042	568.7
Brown	1,437,026	487.2	1,380,145	511.6
Jones	1,425,470	483.2	1,362,755	505.2
Garcia	1,166,120	395.3	858,289	318.2
Miller	1,161,437	393.7	1,127,803	418.1
Davis	1,116,357	378.5	1,072,335	397.5
Rodriguez	1,094,924	371.2	804,240	298.1
Martinez	1,060,159	359.4	775,072	287.3
Hernandez	1,043,281	353.7	706,372	261.9
Lopez	874,523	296.5	621,536	230.4
Gonzalez	841,025	285.1	597,718	221.6
Wilson	801,882	271.8	783,051	290.3
Anderson	784,404	265.9	762,394	282.6
Thomas	756,142	256.3	710,696	263.5
Taylor	751,209	254.7	720,370	267.0
Moore	724,374	245.6	698,671	259.0
Jackson	708,099	240.1	666,125	246.9
Martin	702,625	238.2	672,711	249.4
Lee	693,023	234.9	605,860	224.6
Perez	681,645	231.1	488,521	181.1
Thompson	664,644	225.3	644,368	238.9
White	660,491	223.9	639,515	237.1
Harris	624,252	211.6	593,542	220.0
Sanchez	612,752	207.7	441,242	163.6
Clark	562,679	190.8	548,369	203.3
Ramirez	557,423	189.0	388,987	144.2
Lewis	531,781	180.3	509,930	189.0
Robinson	529,821	179.6	503,028	186.5
Walker	523,129	177.3	501,307	185.8
Young	484,447	164.2	465,948	172.7
Allen	482,607	163.6	463,368	171.8
King	465,422	157.8	438,986	162.7
Wright	458,980	155.6	440,367	163.2
Scott	439,530	149.0	420,091	155.7
Torres	437,813	148.4	325,169	120.5
Nguyen	437,645	148.4	310,125	115.0
Hill	434,827	147.4	411,770	152.6
Flores	433,969	147.1	312,615	115.9
Green	430,182	145.8	413,477	153.3
Adams	427,865	145.1	413,086	153.1
Nelson	424,958	144.1	412,236	152.8
Baker	419,586	142.2	413,351	153.2
Hall	407,076	138.0	473,568	175.6
Rivera	391,114	132.6	299,463	111.0
Campbell	386,157	130.9	371,953	137.9
Mitchell	384,486	130.3	367,433	136.2
Carter	376,966	127.8	362,548	134.4
Roberts	376,774	127.7	366,215	135.8
Gomez	365,655	124.0	263,590	97.7
Phillips	360,802	122.3	351,848	130.4
Evans	355,593	120.6	342,237	126.9
Turner	348,627	118.2	335,663	124.4
Diaz	347,636	117.9	251,772	93.3
Parker	336,221	114.0	324,246	120.2
Cruz	334,201	113.3	231,065	85.7
Edwards	332,423	112.7	317,070	117.5
Collins	329,770	111.8	317,848	117.8
Reyes	327,904	111.2	232,511	86.2
Stewart	324,957	110.2	312,899	116.0
Morris	318,884	108.1	311,754	115.6
Morales	311,777	105.7	217,642	80.7
Murphy	308,417	104.6	300,501	111.4
Cook	302,589	102.6	294,795	109.3
Rogers	302,261	102.5	294,403	109.1
Gutierrez	293,218	99.4	212,905	78.9
Ortiz	286,899	97.3	214,683	79.6
Morgan	286,280	97.1	276,400	102.5
Cooper	280,791	95.2	270,097	100.1
Peterson	278,297	94.3	275,041	102.0
Bailey	277,845	94.2	265,916	98.6
Reed	277,030	93.9	267,443	99.1
Kelly	267,394	90.7	260,385	96.5
Howard	264,826	89.8	254,779	94.5
Ramos	263,464	89.3	193,096	71.6
Kim	262,352	88.9	194,067	71.9
Cox	261,231	88.6	253,771	94.1
Ward	260,464	88.3	254,121	94.2
Richardson	259,798	88.1	249,533	92.5
Watson	252,579	85.6	242,432	89.9
Brooks	251,663	85.3	240,751	89.3
Chavez	250,898	85.1	185,865	68.9
Wood	250,715	85.0	247,299	91.7
James	249,379	84.5	233,224	86.5
Bennett	247,599	83.9	239,055	88.6
Gray	246,116	83.4	236,713	87.8
Mendoza	242,771	82.3	168,567	62.5
Ruiz	238,234	80.8	175,429	65.0
Hughes	236,271	80.1	229,390	85.0
Price	235,251	79.8	228,756	84.8
Alvarez	233,983	79.3	168,817	62.6
Castillo	230,420	78.1	165,473	61.3
Sanders	230,374	78.1	220,902	81.9
Patel	229,973	78.0	145,066	53.8
Myers	229,895	77.9	224,824	83.3
Long	229,374	77.8	223,494	82.9
Ross	229,368	77.8	219,961	81.5
Foster	227,764	77.2	221,040	81.9
Jimenez	227,118	77.0	157,475	58.4

References

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External links

"How Popular is Your Last Name?" searchable data base from 1990 and 2000 U.S. Census, on PBS.org

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