Have you ever wondered how popular your surname is? Here is a website that uses the 2000 U.S. Census to rank your families names.
Discover the ethnic origin and meaning of last names. Find out how surnames are ranked in popularity, how many people in the United States of America bear a particular name according to the 2000 US Censuses.
10 most popular last names in the USA:
- Surname Rank
- SMITH 1
- JOHNSON 2
- WILLIAMS 3
- BROWN 4
- JONES 5
- MILLER 6
- DAVIS 7
- GARCIA 8
- RODRIGUEZ 9
- WILSON 10
Two examples I tried were Meitzler & Daffern, two of my family names.
MEITZLER
Last Name MEITZLER
Rank 36531
Count 578
Race / ethnic distribution
The 2000 US Census says that
- 97.06%, or 561 total occurrences, of those with this surname see themselves as being white
- undisclosed % as black
- undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander
- 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan
- 1.56%, or 9 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
- 1.21%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.
DAFFERN
Last Name DAFFERN
Rank 42363
Count 482
Race / ethnic distribution
The 2000 US Census says that
- 95.64%, or 461 total occurrences, of those with this surname see themselves as being white
- undisclosed % as black
- undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander
- 1.24%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan
- undisclosed % as two or more races, and
- 1.66%, or 8 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.
These numbers actually surprise me I thought that Daffern was a more popular name, with more than 482 people in the 2000 census.
To visit the website go to http://www.americanlastnames.us/
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