Top 300 Surnames

This site contains the genealogy and history for the top 100 and the next 200 most common surnames in the English-speaking world.

Below you will find these surnames ranked according to their approximate total numbers today – in the UK, America, and elsewhere (in Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand combined). Almost all of the surnames here are covered in this website.

Top 100 Surnames

	Numbers (000s')	UK	America	Elsewhere	Total
1.	Smith	730	907	346	1,983
2.	Jones	578	491	171	1,240
3.	Williams	411	523	145	1,079
4.	Brown	380	502	159	1,041
5.	Johnson	215	602	127	944
6.	Taylor	458	268	165	891
7.	Davis	317	398	133	848
8.	Miller	109	450	99	658
9.	Wilson	228	295	134	657
10.	Thompson	239	245	124	597
11.	Thomas	220	254	77	551
12.	Anderson	115	305	130	550
13.	White	182	239	120	541
14.	Martin	153	262	119	524
15.	Moore	144	263	119	524
16.	Jackson	174	220	80	474
17.	Clark	152	212	99	463
18.	Walker	195	180	87	462
19.	Evans	232	128	95	459
20.	Lee	160	214	84	458
21.	Lewis	198	185	69	452
22.	King	161	168	115	444
23.	Harris	162	210	72	444
24.	Roberts	220	142	71	433
25.	Robinson	188	174	71	433
26.	Wright	171	163	96	430
27.	Young	132	176	107	415
28.	Scott	134	156	117	407
29.	Reed	142	150	107	399
30.	Murphy	106	120	168	394
31.	Hill	146	156	89	391
32.	Wood	186	130	71	387
33.	Hall	130	184	66	380
34.	Green	166	150	63	379
35.	Allen	113	175	83	371
36.	Kelly	102	120	147	369
37.	Campbell	117	140	108	364
38.	Edwards	148	120	84	352
39.	Adams	116	158	77	351
40.	Baker	105	160	82	347
41.	Watson	181	90	64	335
42.	Mitchell	121	134	79	334
43.	Phillips	122	134	77	333
44.	Cooper	161	101	68	330
45.	Turner	125	125	61	311
46.	Morris	138	120	52	310
47.	Carter	124	131	53	308
48.	Morgan	150	106	51	307
49.	Hughes	148	90	69	307
50.	Cook	111	118	70	299
51.	Ward	126	97	71	295
52.	Collins	95	120	73	288
53.	James	152	80	54	286
54.	Parker	110	124	46	280
55.	Bell	105	100	62	267
56.	Nelson	24	175	63	262
57.	Stewart	79	115	66	260
58.	Bailey	111	102	46	259
59.	Stevens	97	118	44	259
60.	Cox	93	102	55	256
61.	Bennett	94	91	65	250
62.	Murray	77	67	100	244
63.	Rogers	73	125	44	242
64.	Gray	91	96	52	239
65.	Price	106	88	42	236
66.	Ryan	45	60	126	231
67.	McDonald	60	80	88	228
68.	Russell	83	84	59	226
69.	Richardson	93	90	41	224
70.	Harrison	123	64	36	223
71.	Sanders	78	102	39	219
72.	Walsh	73	43	103	219
73.	O'Connor	53	65	97	215
74.	Simpson	101	67	46	214
75.	Marshall	95	68	50	213
76.	Ross	60	96	55	211
77.	Perry	81	95	43	209
78.	O'Brien	37	60	108	205
79.	Kennedy	49	67	88	204
80.	Graham	80	76	48	204
81.	Foster	68	84	51	203
82.	Shaw	90	60	49	199
83.	Ellis	85	70	44	199
84.	Griffiths	104	36	56	196
85.	Fisher	56	88	51	195
86.	Butler	63	72	58	193
87.	Reynolds	85	76	32	193
88.	Fox	92	61	37	190
89.	Robertson	86	56	47	189
90.	Barnes	64	84	37	185
91.	Chapman	88	49	46	183
92.	Powell	77	70	35	182
93.	Fraser	50	70	61	181
94.	Mason	74	60	45	179
95.	Henderson	47	76	53	176
96.	Hamilton	58	73	43	174
97.	Peterson	10	130	34	174
98.	Howard	47	94	32	173
99.	O'Sullivan	35	72	64	171
100.	Brooks	60	88	22	170

The Next 100 Surnames (from 101 to 200)

	Numbers (000's)	UK	America	Elsewhere	Total
101.	Richards	83	50	36	169
102.	Matthews	69	55	46	169
103.	Gibson	62	65	40	167
104.	Webb	70	64	33	167
105.	Palmer	76	58	32	166
106.	Dixon	62	65	39	166
107.	O'Neill	39	55	68	166
108.	Mills	70	54	41	165
109.	Pearce	60	66	39	165
110.	Jerkins	58	74	33	165
111.	Hunter	65	54	45	164
112.	Dunn	51	52	61	164
113.	Gardner	62	61	39	162
114.	Hayes	43	73	46	162
115.	Cole	60	71	30	161
116.	Ford	54	77	35	161
117.	Patterson	51	77	30	159
118.	West	57	77	23	157
119.	Holmes	72	52	32	156
120.	Elliott	54	55	47	156
121.	Hunt	66	49	40	155
122.	Grant	63	49	42	154
123.	Davidson	67	42	44	153
124.	Shepherd	65	51	37	153
125.	Hanson	18	101	33	152
126.	Ferguson	42	55	53	150
127.	Gordon	55	64	31	150
128.	Andrews	55	52	42	149
129.	Long	36	84	29	148
130.	Stevenson	76	43	29	148
131.	Burke	38	49	61	148
132.	Wallace	41	72	34	147
133.	Knight	44	50	32	146
134.	Wells	50	61	34	145
135.	Doyle	32	45	65	144
136.	Hudson	66	49	27	142
137.	Burns	48	60	34	142
138.	Harvey	65	42	34	141
139.	Porter	45	60	36	141
140.	Armstrong	57	49	34	140
141.	Rose	48	59	31	138
142.	Warren	39	66	33	138
143.	Bryant	40	70	26	137
144.	Lynch	32	48	57	137
145.	Nichols	48	58	31	137
146.	Walters	36	75	26	136
147.	Owen	69	45	22	136
148.	Payne	48	55	33	136
149.	Mackay	46	30	62	136
150.	Black	40	56	38	134
151.	Jordan	34	71	28	133
152.	Alexander	33	68	31	132
153.	McKenzie	51	24	56	131
154.	Stone	52	59	29	130
155.	Griffin	32	69	29	130
156.	Coleman	35	70	25	130
157.	Bradley	53	48	28	129
158.	Henry	34	61	34	129
159.	Olson	3	89	36	128
160.	Spencer	52	50	26	128
161.	Lawrence	51	49	28	128
162.	Pearson	63	41	22	126
163.	Morrison	42	46	37	125
164.	Hart	46	55	24	125
165.	Daniels	33	73	10	125
166.	Myers	12	88	25	125
167.	Cunningham	38	48	38	124
168.	Lowe	52	40	31	123
169.	Sharp	58	35	29	122
170.	Willis	47	54	21	122
171.	Lloyd	65	24	33	122
172.	Carroll	28	50	44	122
173.	Fletcher	60	31	30	121
174.	Byrne	32	18	71	121
175.	Carr	50	46	25	121
176.	Duncan	40	49	32	121
177.	Dawson	52	31	37	120
178.	Newman	45	43	31	119
179.	Barrett	42	41	36	119
180.	Park	35	61	23	119
181.	Barker	63	35	20	118
182.	Bishop	35	46	37	118
183.	Crawford	30	56	32	118
184.	Tucker	34	61	23	118
185.	Dean	44	44	29	117
186.	Freeman	36	59	36	116
187.	Hawkins	42	49	24	115
188.	Lane	38	52	25	115
189.	May	35	53	26	114
190.	Peters	25	56	33	114
191.	Arnold	35	54	24	113
192.	Williamson	48	44	20	112
193.	Doherty	38	36	37	111
194.	O'Reilly	29	29	52	110
195.	Cameron	34	22	54	110
196.	Burton	49	36	25	110
197.	Berry	40	49	21	110
198.	Ray	31	51	28	110
199.	Oliver	41	41	27	109
200.	Boyd	27	50	31	108

And the Next 100 Surnames (from 201 to 300)


201.	Simmons	25	68	15	108
202.	Wilkinson	64	22	21	107
203.	Day	39	38	30	107
204.	Hicks	22	54	31	107
205.	Lyons	28	43	36	107
206.	George	32	45	30	107
207.	Riley	41	48	17	106
208.	Bird	36	42	28	106
209.	Holland	41	40	22	103
210.	Atkinson	51	20	32	103
211.	McCarthy	10	32	61	103
212.	Wheeler	33	49	21	103
213.	Austin	34	45	24	103
214.	Page	44	39	20	103
215.	Gill	48	26	28	102
216.	Gallagher	43	26	23	102
217.	Bernard	28	26	48	102
218.	Fitzgerald	21	33	47	101
219.	Wolfe	6	67	28	101
220.	Higgins	32	31	38	101
221.	Ball	49	31	21	101
222.	Harper	38	46	17	101
223.	Booth	63	19	18	100
224.	Howell	39	44	17	100
225.	Larson	1	91	8	100
226.	Schaefer	1	91	8	100
227.	Watts	46	31	22	99
228.	Chambers	42	35	22	99
229.	Farrell	22	36	41	99
230.	Field	28	48	23	99
231.	Nicholson	42	23	33	98
232.	Hopkins	42	36	20	98
233.	Rice	21	60	17	98
234.	Fleming	28	34	35	97
235.	Hutchinson	41	28	28	97
236.	Gilbert	32	46	18	96
237.	Quinn	26	34	36	96
238.	Douglas	34	34	28	96
239.	Curtis	35	36	25	96
240.	Osborne	40	40	16	96
241.	Francis	42	26	27	95
242.	Parsons	35	28	31	94
243.	Daly	18	36	40	94
244.	Fowler	29	41	24	94
245.	Cohen	12	41	40	93
246.	Bates	38	36	19	93
247.	Craig	30	35	28	93
248.	Sutton	38	31	23	92
249.	Atkins	32	42	17	91
250.	McGrath	16	22	52	90
251.	Rees	48	32	10	90
252.	Hardy	41	30	19	90
253.	Lambert	30	36	24	90
254.	Maquire	28	30	31	89
255.	Fuller	28	30	31	89
256.	Webster	37	25	26	88
257.	Goodwin	35	37	16	88
258.	Steele	38	37	16	88
259.	Lawson	32	39	16	87
260.	Marsh	41	26	20	87
261.	Carpenter	19	52	16	87
262.	Flynn	21	29	36	86
263.	Gregory	39	34	13	86
264.	Watkins	30	42	13	85
265.	Potter	34	30	20	84
266.	Lucas	30	36	18	84
267.	Little	24	37	23	84
268.	Currie/Curry	27	29	28	84
269.	Newton	32	29	22	83
270.	Kerr	32	20	31	83
271.	Snyder	0	67	15	82
272.	McGee	22	41	19	82
273.	Mann	27	35	20	82
274.	Cross	34	26	21	81
275.	Jacobs	15	41	25	81
276.	Perkins	34	47	10	81
277.	Rhodes	35	35	10	80
278.	Connolly	22	25	32	79
279.	Rowe	30	28	21	79
280.	Munro	23	23	32	79
281.	Weaver	15	55	8	78
282.	Norris	26	35	17	78
283.	Schultz	0	69	9	79
284.	Wagner	1	60	16	77
285.	Lang	23	37	17	77
286.	Baxter	33	19	25	77
287.	Hoffman	2	60	15	77
288.	Jennings	26	34	17	77
289.	Gibbs	32	25	20	77
290.	Todd	31	29	16	76
291	Walton	38	26	12	76
292.	Levy	13	46	16	75
293.	Bartlett	35	17	23	75
294.	Moss	34	26	15	75
295.	Norman	30	25	20	75
296.	Brady	22	29	24	75
297.	Banks	29	35	11	75
298.	Hammond	30	28	16	74
299.	Stanley	26	34	14	74
300.	Tate	29	25	18	72

Note

The data above has been derived from a variety of data sources in the UK, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand – the countries that we might classify as the main English-speaking countries today. One unifying source is the data that has been developed in the Public Profiler website which has been extremely helpful for the compilation of the information presented here.

Countries can measure the number under a surname in different ways, from the head of the household to adults in the family to an estimate of all by that name in the household. The numbers that we show above attempt to show some consistency across countries where there are different reportings. What we show here would come closer to the number of households that bear a given name.

The surnames listed above include the principal name and close variations of that name in the numbers’ tabulation – for instance Clark and Clarke or Bird and Byrd or McGrath and McGraw. Included above are names of English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Scandinavian, German and Jewish origin and heritage. We have not included here any Spanish names or those from Asian countries.

If you are interested in seeing which are the leading surnames in the countries listed above or in categories such as African American, Hispanic or Jewish, then check out the Top Ten Surnames page of this website.