More on Surnames

I guess the big name players on the web have agreed to disagree on popular surnames.

https://forebears.io/surnames/smith

Most numerous surnames in US are:

1. Smith

2. Johnson

3. Williams

4. Brown

5. Jones

6. Davis

7. Miller

8. Anderson

9. Wilson

10. Garcia

 Google says most numerous surnames in US

Rank	Surname	Surname Origin	Estimated Population
1	Smith	English	2,442,977
2	Johnson	English, Scottish	1,932,812
3	Williams	English, Welsh	1,625,252
4	Brown	English, Scottish, Irish	1,437,026
5	Jones	English, Welsh	1,425,470
6	Garcia	Spanish	1,166,120
7	Miller	English, Scottish, German, French, Italian	1,161,437
8	Davis	English, Welsh	1,116,357
9	Rodriguez	Spanish	1,094,924
10	Martinez	Spanish	1,060,159
11	Hernandez	Spanish, Portuguese	1,04,328
12	Lopez	Spanish	874,523
13	Gonzales	Spanish	841,025
14	Wilson	English, Scottish	801,882
15	Anderson	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English	784,404
16	Thomas	English, Welsh	756,142
17	Taylor	English	751,209
18	Moore	English	724,374
19	Jackson	English	708,099
20	Martin	English, French, Scottish, Irish, German	702,625

 

Ancestry.com says most numerous in US

Smith is the most common last name in the United States, followed by Johnson, Miller, Jones, Williams, and Anderson, according to genealogy company Ancestry.com.

And, the three most numerous surnames in each state map is here

https://www.voanews.com/a/most-popular-last-name-in-each-us-state/4804695.html

It is intersting to me that Texas, New Mexico, Arizonia, California, Nevada, and Colorado all have Hispanic surnames as third on their list.  All other US states have clearly European origin caucasian surnames in the first 3 positions.

It is also interesting to me that I remember the first non caucasian family [about 1997 or so] that came here to work. Approximately 40% of the current workforce has non-european sounding surnames.