List of most common surnames in North America

This is a list of the most common surnames (also called last names or family names) in North America.

Most common surnames in Costa Rica as of 2007.

Most common surnames in Cuba.

Most common surnames in El Salvador as of 2005.

Most common surnames in Guatemala as of 2015.

Below are the most common surnames of Mexico, derived from the surnames listed in Mexico's 2005 electoral roll.

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 of this 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 .

Garcia and Martinez represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States. According to 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.

During the 2000 U.S. Census, the top one hundred surnames in the U.S. were:

There were 440,455 different surnames registered in Texas as of 1995. 95% of these consisted of just 54,277 surnames. Spanish surnames are 12 of the top 20 most common surnames, though they are only approximately 30% of the state's total.

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