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What are the top 10 last names in America?

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What are the top 10 last names in America?

Using Census Bureau data, 24/7 Wall Street compiled a list of the top 50 last names in the U.S. Here’s what they found:

  • Smith.
  • Johnson.
  • Williams.
  • Brown.
  • Jones.
  • Garcia.
  • Miller.
  • Davis.

What is most common last name in the world?

Wang
Wang is a patronymic (ancestral) name that means “king” in Mandarin, and it’s shared by more than 92 million people in China, making it the most popular last name in the world.

What is the oldest last name in the world?

KATZ
The oldest surname in the world is KATZ (the initials of the two words – Kohen Tsedek). Every Katz is a priest, descending in an unbroken line from Aaron the brother of Moses, 1300 B.C.

What’s the whitest last name?

name rank White percent
name SMITH rank 1 White percent 70.90\%
name JOHNSON rank 2 White percent 58.97\%
name WILLIAMS rank 3 White percent 45.75\%
name BROWN rank 4 White percent 57.95\%
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What is the weirdest last name ever?

Shufflebottom. This name has nothing to do with…

  • Biggerstaff. Originally from the region Bickerstaff in Lancashire county, the Biggerstaffs can count people with the last names Bickerstath, Bickerstathe, Bickersteth, and many more among their distant relatives.
  • Hartshorn.
  • Fullilove.
  • Clampitt.
  • Shellaberger.

    • What is the longest last name?

    A June 24,1964 Associated Press story introduced a man who claimed to have the longest last name in the United States — 666 letters, plus 26 given names. Hubert B. Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff, 47, a Philadelphia resident of German descent, used only the first 35 letters of his last name in signing documents.

    What is the least popular last name?

    Here are 100 of the Rarest Last Names in the U.S. as of the 2010 Census

    • Tartal.
    • Throndsen.
    • Torsney.
    • Tuffin.
    • Usoro.
    • Vanidestine.
    • Viglianco.
    • Vozenilek.