Most Common American Last Names: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian

What are the most common last names in America, among whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians? For the 2010 data, see here.

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[John F. Carr]

Related: https://www.theonion.com/most-popular-u-s-baby-names-1819586596

[DaivdBehar]

Useful list to identify the diverses.

[Nick Gillespie's Jacket]

Without looking at the list, I know a lot of black people with the last name Williams, so I wonder if that’s near the top for African-Americans. And in my circle of friends, coworkers, etc., both Rodriguez and Garcia are well represented as Hispanic last names. I come into contact with a lot more white people in my area, so no last name sticks out to me as significantly more common for the white people I know. The stereotypical white last name is Smith, Johnson, or Jones perhaps, but I can’t say I know more white people with those last names than others.

[Jerry B.]

Paywall strikes again.

[Nick Gillespie's Jacket]

If you happen to be using an iPhone or iPad to view it, I was able to get past the pay wall simply by switching to “reader view.” Just fyi.

[santamonica811]

Suggestions for those of us using a desktop? (PC, Firefox)

Any similar workaround?

[The original jack burton]

I use the "no script" extension for Chrome. It gets around about 98 percent of the paywalls (except WSJ).

[Eugene Volokh]

Very odd -- I see no paywall, and I'm not a Newsday subscriber.

[Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland]

Will Prof. Bernstein object to the classifications provided by Prof. Volokh?

[rsteinmetz]

I looked up my own last name and it was listed twice, at 4426 and 4245. What's up with that? If the two were combined then it would rank much higher.

[gormadoc]

Different years.

[bernard11]

I think you should file a complaint.

[StellaLink_the dog]

I've known many people named White and many named Black. I've never encountered anybody named either Hispanic or Asian.

[The original jack burton]

My Asian wife's last name was Fernandez.

[FilioScotia]

There's something fishy about this. My family name is Bell, and this ranking shows that in the year 2000 there were about 264 thousand of us. Then, just 10 years later in 2010 we numbered only about 220 thousand. Huh? Where did 44 thousand Bells go in a ten year period? That's a big loss. Not sure I trust this.

[Del Varner 2]

I really wish that people would differentiate South Asian (India, Sri Lanks, Pakistan, Bangladesh) from East Asian (Japan, Korea, China), and SE Asian (Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam). They are very different cultures and Language groups.

[MatthewSlyfield]

"2000 there were about 264 thousand of us. Then, just 10 years later in 2010 we numbered only about 220 thousand. Huh? Where did 44 thousand Bells go in a ten year period?"

Around half of the 264K Bells, 132K, should be women.

If 44 thousand of those got married and changed to their husband's last name over that 10 year period...