#321 STANLEY Lives near the stone clearing. Here are the top 1000 last names (surnames) in the United States, according to the most recent U.S. census. #569 NASH From the place near the ash tree. #129 HERRERA Occupational surname for an iron worker (ferrier). Unknown meaning. It didnt match my green card, she told me. For example, the actor Salma Hayek was born Salma Hayek Jimnez; her parents are named Sami Hayek Domnguez and Diana Jimnez Medina. #6 GARCIA Of unknown meaning. The share of women who themselves kept their surname after marriage was about 3 percent in 1975, when some states still required women to take their husbands name to register to vote. #309 CURTIS Person with manners. Wilson 27. #359 DELEON Family of Leon. #533 SPARKS Originally a Norse nickname given to someone with dynamic character, full of life. #932 LEVY From the family of Levi. Sylmarie Dvila-Montero #938 SHEPPARD Occupational surname for a shepherd. #833 FREDERICK Peace ruler. Anne Catherine Emmerich), and Lydia. #732 BEASLEY From the bent grass clearing. Find out where your family name is from, what your ancestors did for a living, and who they were, using Ancestry.com records. Theres this implicit understanding that having the fathers last name is inherently in the childs best interest, she said, citing cases where judges argued that taking the fathers surname would deepen the family relationship or provide children with more financial security later in life. #331 BYRD Occupational surname for someone who worked with birds. #930 HAYDEN From the hedge enclosure, down hill. #111 GONZALES Son/Family of Gonzalo. Some Cordilleran surnames that came from given names are Tayaban, Dulnuan, Pinkihan, and Tuguinay. #674 HUFFMAN Man/Steward of a farm. Smith 6. #580 HOOVER From the German Huber, meaning plot of land or farm. #203 VAZQUEZ Son of Vasco. #210 ELLIOTT Family of Elias. #376 CABRERA From the place of goats. #576 HOLLOWAY Lives near the holy spring. #717 HOBBS From the family of Hobb, a nickname for Robert. Last Tuesday in New York City, members of the National Socialist Party, otherwise known as neo . #180 FOX Cunning like a fox, or a person with red hair. #808 DUARTE A prosperous guardian. In 2016, the researchers Charlotte J. Patterson and Rachel H. Farr compared last-name conventions among opposite-gender couples and same-gender couples who adopted kids, finding that 52 percent of adoptive same-gender couples opt to give their children a hyphenated version of both last names. Ireland is a little over 300 miles in length, running North to South. #770 BULLOCK From the English word bullock meaning young steer. #408 OCHOA Basque surname meaning The wolf. When Alcia Hernndez Grande, now a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University, got her drivers license as a teenager in Houston in 2004, she remembers that the DMV tried to split her last name, Hernndez Grande, into two parts. We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Catholic. #723 MONTES Habitational surname for someone who lived on or near a hill/mountain. #818 BRADSHAW From the broad grove. O'Doherty 16. #553 PIEDA Habitational surname from several places in Spain. #334 LOWE Lives on or near the prominent, small hill. Back when the 1990 U.S. Census was taken, the top-ranking surnames were largely of English, Irish, and Scottish origin. Gallagher 15. Kimberly Powell is a professional genealogist and the author of The Everything Guide to Online Genealogy. #231 CARPENTER Occupational surname for a carpenter. But now that we have briefly explored the origins of names, lets take a look at 50 of the most popular and common last names in the United States. #708 CLAY Occupational or habitational surname for someone who worked with clay or lived on clay land. There . #713 WILEY Habitational surname for families who came from a number of towns in the U.K. named Wiley. #247 LARSON Son of Lars. #663 MATHEWS Family of Matthew. #81 WATSON Son of Walter. #776 WHITEHEAD Descriptional surname for someone with white or very light blonde hair. #784 MARIN Family of Marino or lives near the sea. In 2018, 8.8 percent of babies born in Shanghai received their mothers family name. Passing on a double last name the way my culture does, it was just going to be an administrative headache for my kids, she said. #837 ENRIQUEZ Son of Enrique. #475 VALENCIA From Valencia, Spain. #716 VILLEGAS From the house near the village. #841 SCHAEFER German occupational surname from the word schfer which means shepherd. #58 EDWARDS Family of Edward #677 GARRISON Son of Gerard or Gerald. #287 MARQUEZ Son of Marco. Source: Census Bureau, 2010 U.S. Census (latest update in U.S. Census Bureau Frequently Occurring Surnames). #532 McCORMICK Son of Cormac. #451 GOODMAN Man of god, or landowner. #361 TERRY Power of the Theudo people. #583 MORA Blackberry. #407 BOWEN Welsh surname meaning Son of Owain. #804 SEXTON Occupational surname for someone who worked as a sexton, a warden of a church. #892 DUFFY From the Gaelic surname Mac Dhubhshith meaning son of the peaceful black one. #994 WHITNEY From the land surrounded by streams. #983 TERRELL Stubborn one. In 2007, when one researcher was studying state last-name policies, the New Hampshire DMV reported that its computer system couldnt add hyphens to last names. #65 COOK Occupational surname for a cook/chef. #961 OCONNELL Descendant of Conaill. #150 CHEN Chinese surname meaning morning. #805 CHUNG Chinese/Korean surname literally meaning hanging bell flower. #377 McKINNEY Form of the Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning son of Cionaodha (pagan god of fire). #577 LOZANO Italian-Swiss surname for people from the city of Locarno, Switzerland. Most likely an occupational surname for someone who made axes or used them (like a lumberjack). #79 WARD Guardian #476 FRANCO Person from France. #883 McMAHON From the Gaelic surname Mac Mathghamha, which means son of the Bear. #57 CRUZ Of the Cross relating to Jesus Christ It was a respectable movement involving the most responsible and accomplished people of France. #785 BERGER Either Swedish surname for someone who lived near a hill or mountain, or French for a shepherd (Bergere). It is essential to pursue policies that support families' choice of Catholic schools for their children. Edouard #117 PATTERSON Son of Patrick. #612 HUFF Lives by a ridge or hollow. Or a form of the Irish/Celtic name Conchobhair, meaning Descendant of the Hound/Desire possibly meaning wolf lover. #140 OWENS Son of Owen. #853 DONOVAN From the Irish surname Donnabhain, a diminutive/nickname for someone with darker skin or wore brown. #877 VENTURA Foundling or deserted child used for someone who was innocent or gullible. #267 WILLIAMSON Son of William Begin learning more about yourself and your heritage. #90 HUGHES Family of Hugh. #755 McCULLOUGH From the Scottish clan name, MacCullaich meaning son of the boar, where the boar represented a brave man. #440 GROSS Big, large. #626 CHRISTIAN Follower of Christ. And it also depends on which year you take a look at! #74 KELLY Irish surname meaning bright headed or red-headed. The mother almost always loses, Anthony told me. #481 HAMMOND From the Norse Viking name Hamundr, meaning high protection. #901 FRIEDMAN Servant of god or friend. A large swath of American society has simply failed to conceive of a reality beyond patrilineal surnames. Ireland,limerick image by AGITA LEIMANE from Fotolia.com, Ireland,limerick image by AGITA LEIMANE from, Copyright 2023 Leaf Group Ltd., all rights reserved. The FamilySearch Library has digitized records for the years 1594 to 1924 from the main Cathedral in St. Augustine, indexes, and various transcripts. #289 PARK Korean surname, meaning gourd. The Most Common American Last Names That Start With M. One of the most common surnames beginning with the letter M is Miller. #903 TRUONG Vietnamese surname meaning drawing a bow or archer. #499 FRANK Person from France. #170 HICKS Family of Richard. #505 FLOYD From the Welsh Lloyd or Llwyd, meaning grey. #312 SCHNEIDER Occupational surname for a tailor. #429 SERRANO Lives near a mountain ridge or collection of hills. #907 NIXON Son of Nick/Nicholas. #396 DANIEL God is my judge. #816 ESPARZA Occupational surname for a professional swordsman/soldier. #638 VELEZ Visigoth surname meaning vigilant people. In other places across the country particularly in the southwest Hispanic or Latino populations arrived with a completely different tradition of family names. Lucas IglesiasLucas, who lived near a church ( iglesia) Sebastin DesotoSebastin, of 'the grove' ( soto) Occupational Surnames Occupational Hispanic last names were initially derived from a person's job or trade. #341 SUTTON From the South. 2. Feminine variations include Charlotte, Carla, Carlotta, and Caroline. #302 ACOSTA From the coastal region. #165 SNYDER Occupational surname for a clothing tailor. O'Carroll 23. #305 HOLLAND From the Netherlands/Holland. Pray 12-minutes a day to help God save America. #126 COLE From the word coal indicating a coal miner or possibly someone with darker skin. Names rising in popularity over the past few decades include Nguyen, Lee, Zhang, Wong, and Kim. Check ourencyclopedia for a gloss on thousands of topics from biographies to the table of elements. #849 GILES Holy man or one who does good. Not sure about the geography of the middle east? Surname Origins; All About Me; Compare-a-Face; Famous Relatives; Record My Story; Picture My Heritage; In-Home Activities; Enter your last name to find its meaning and origin. #768 LESTER From Leicester, U.K. or the county town of Leicestershire. #5 JONES From the family of Jon/John. #967 SCHMITT German occupational surname for a smith/metalworker. #791 BARTLETT Son or family of Bartholomew. Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland. We'll also look at the race and ethnic origin of people in the United States who are named Catholic. #601 CAREY Welsh surname meaning from the fort on the hill. #344 SHELTON From the ledge/enclosure. #780 McKEE From the Gaelic surnameMac Aodh, literally meaning son of the fiery one. order . #738 BARRY From the Gaelic surname O Baire, meaning the male descendant of Fionnbharr, or fair-haired one. #252 CARLSON Son of Carl. Some new demographics of American families, however, approach their names differently. Doyle 13. That started to change by about the 18th century, when coverture lawswhich counted wives as legal property of their husbandsgrew more entrenched in Britain, and evolved to effectively forbid women from owning land at all. #152 WEBB Occupational surname from the name webber, meaning weaver. #840 RANDOLPH Shield Wolf. #105 SULLIVAN Irish surname from descendant of Sileabhn (Little Dark Eyes) #360 BARKER Occupational surname for someone who either tanned leather (from the bark of a tree), or from the Old French Berchier, which was a shepherd. #458 DELACRUZ Literally translates to of the cross. #91 PRICE Family of Rhys. Perhaps to describe a person who is steadfast or stubborn. Search for a specific ancestor in FamilySearch. The latter derived from the Middle English flo/fla meaning arrow, with the addition of the suffix er (one who does or works with). 2. #8 DAVIS Son of David. If you know your Italian ancestors' traditional naming patterns, you can use the names of bambini to guess the parents' and grandparents' identities: the first son was named after the father's father. #526 KRAMER Occupational surname for a merchant or shopkeeper. As has long been claimed, the U.S. is a melting pot of every ethnicity in the world. Might go back to meaning campers on the river Legra. #571 PETERSEN Son of Peter. #802 HENDRICKS Family of Hendrick/Heinrich. #84 WOOD Lives in or near the woods. #61 STEWART Occupational surname for someone who was a steward. #945 JARAMILLO Spanish Habitatonal surname for someone from the south of Castilla, Spain, literally referring to a jaramago tree. #258 OBRIEN Of the Family of Brien Adamik is a very common Polish surname which refers to 'a man' in Hebrew. #860 McMILLAN From the Gaelic surname Macghillemhaoil, meaning son of the monks servant. #183 MEYER Mayor. #636 BRUCE From various place names in Normandy, France. Despite a history of troubled relations between the two countries going back centuries, persons do intermarry and so, in those areas of the Irish Republic closest to Northern Ireland, it's harder to tell from the last name whether the family is Catholic or Protestant. Grain, wood, etc. #656 BARRON Occupational surname for someone with the title of Baron, or a nickname for someone who acts higher than his station. #448 TRUJILLO Family from the city of Trujillo, Spain. #666 BENITEZ Son of Benito. To get there, couples and desk clerks alike just have to think beyond the defaults. #648 GATES Lives in or behind a gated area. #406 BARBER Occupational surname for a barber. #125 WEST From the West. #885 CASE Occupational surname for someone who makes boxes, cases, or chests. Same-gender couples looking to start families, meanwhile, have no gendered default to fall back on. #62 MORRIS Dark-skinned, from the Moors. #116 JORDAN From the area of the River Jordan. #524 HARTMAN Dutch surname used for a hardy/strong man. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1 Surname Index: This index provides limited access to Marquette's premiere record body with genealogical value -- the Native American school attendance records with over 25,000 surnames from 76 Catholic elementary and secondary schools in 15 states, 1890s-1977. Probably used as a nickname for a magician or jokester. #664 BONILLA Lives in or near Bonilla in the province of Cuenca, Spain. For Catholics, Lent 2023 is a time to act against antisemitism. Did you find your last name on any of these lists? #874 NAVA Habitational surname from many towns named Nava in Spain, literally meaning treeless plateau. This sounds much less white than Smith or White, but it's still quite popular. #143 McDONALD Son/family of Donald #913 LUGO Habitational surname for families from the town of Lugo in Galicia, Spain. #144 WOODS Family who lived in or near the woods. "Top 100 Most Common Last Names in the United States." #318 VILA From the city of Avila, Spain. #513 SALAS Literally means room, hall. Could be habitational or occupational for someone who worked in a mansion. Turner, Miller, Tailor, Potter, Weaver, Baker). Most probably had nothing to do with the actual moon. Instead of primer apellido (first surname) and segundo apellido (second surname), legally, the following expressions are used: apellido paterno (paternal surname) and apellido materno (maternal surname). #684 CLINE From the German klein meaning little, small. National Library of Ireland: Parish Registers, galway: Conealy (also commonly spelled Conneely and Connolly). #162 MENDEZ Contraction of Menendez, meaning son of Mendo. #657 PHELPS Family of Phillip. #625 MATHIS Family of Matthew. #82 BROOKS Family who lived by or near a brook (creek). How Marriage . #191 SOTO Lives in or near the small forest. #509 TYLER Occupational surname for a tailor. Im going to go out on a limb and say Im not sure those are common conversations, she told me. #182 MILLS Occupational surname for one who lived near or worked in a mill. Murray 19. In this case a similar sounding American name may be adopted. #640 ROY Royal, Kingly. #873 BERNAL Spanish surname meaning son of Baruch. #250 MORRISON Son of Morris. Used for families from the region of Hesse, in Germany. #304 MAY Family of Matthew. #868 PACE The peaceful one. Literally means From the rich hill or mount. (Watt was a nickname for Walter) #548 CHARLES Free man. The Japanese Tamio became Tommy for everyday usage. Bureaucratic roadblocks aside, many researchers suspect that the stubbornness of patrilineal surnames for heterosexual married couples relates to how they communicate about the issueeven when they discuss surnaming a child, theyre more likely to lean on tradition. #910 DELAROSA From the family of Rose, or from an area where wild roses grew. #699 GOLDEN Nickname surname for a blonde person, someone with golden hair. #230 WILLIS Family of William. #600 ZUNIGA From the town of Estuniga, Spain. #848 CONRAD Brave counsel. Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about. #774 DAVILA From the village. #914 PORTILLO Spanish/Castilian surname meaning small port. Carina is a commonly found Roman last name meaning "beloved". #741 BLACKWELL Lives near the black stream. 18. Need a reference? #465 MALONE From the Gaelic surname OMaoileoin meaning follower of St. John. #392 KLEIN Small. #362 HALE From the remote valley. #26 SANCHEZ Son of Sancho. The original locative name of Henry of the Marsh might be shortened over the years to Henry Marsh.
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