Sunday, February 4, 2018

What’s the Most Common Surname in Your State? - Note for discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United."



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Most Common Surname by State

StateLast Name
AlabamaSmithWilliamsJohnson
AlaskaSmithJohnsonWilliams
ArizonaSmithJohnsonGarcia
ArkansasSmithWilliamsJohnson
CaliforniaGarciaHernandezLopez
ColoradoSmithJohnsonMartinez
ConnecticutSmithJohnsonBrown
DelawareSmithJohnsonBrown
FloridaSmithWilliamsJohnson
GeorgiaSmithWilliamsJohnson
HawaiiLeeWongKim
IdahoSmithJohnsonAnderson
IllinoisSmithJohnsonWilliams
IndianaSmithMillerJohnson
IowaSmithWilliamsJohnson
KansasSmithJohnsonMiller
KentuckySmithJohnsonJones
LouisianaWilliamsSmithJohnson
MaineSmithBrownJohnson
MarylandSmithJohnsonJones
MassachusettsSmithJohnsonSullivan
MichiganSmithJohnsonWilliams
MinnesotaJohnsonAndersonNelson
MississippiSmithWilliamsJohnson
MissouriSmithJohnsonWilliams
MontanaSmithJohnsonAnderson
NebraskaJohnsonSmithMiller
NevadaSmithJohnsonGarcia
New HampshireSmithBrownJohnson
New JerseySmithWilliamsJohnson
New MexicoMartinezGarciaChavez
New YorkSmithWilliamsBrown
North CarolinaSmithWilliamsJohnson
North DakotaJohnsonAndersonOlson
OhioSmithMillerJohnson
OklahomaSmithJohnsonWilliams
OregonSmithJohnsonMiller
PennsylvaniaSmithMillerWilliams
Rhode IslandSmithBrownJohnson
South CarolinaSmithWilliamsBrown
South DakotaJohnsonAndersonSmith
TennesseeSmithJohnsonJones
TexasGarciaSmithMartinez
UtahSmithJohnsonAnderson
VermontSmithBrownJohnson
VirginiaSmithJohnsonJones
WashingtonSmithJohnsonAnderson
West VirginiaSmithMillerJohnson
WisconsinJohnsonSmithAnderson
WyomingSmithJohnsonMiller
Smith, along with Johnson, Miller, Jones, Williams, and Anderson make up most of the most common surnames all across the country.
But there are still regional differences. If you are in the Northwest, you are more likely to come across an Anderson than a Brown, which is slightly more common on the East Coast.
Only the Southwestern portion of the country really has a lot of variety. States like Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona — where there are large Latino populations — boast a variety of names like Garcia, Hernandez, Martinez, and Chavez.
And then there’s Hawaii, whose three most-common surnames — Lee, Wong and Kim — don’t even appear in the top three anywhere else in the country.
And Massachusetts, with its large Irish population, is the only state that has Sullivan in its top three.
If you are looking to explore more about your own last name, you can search for its meaning and origins at ancestry.com/surnames.
—Angel Cohn

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