Frequency of Last Names in the U. S.

The U. S. Census Web Site has a page that allows you to enter a Last Name (or a Given Name for Male or for Female) and it returns the frequency of that name in the United States. Below are the frequencies reported for some names in the Hanna-Lindamood-Lukingbeal Family Web Pages.

(e.g., Brown is the 5th most common last name in the United State. 0.621% of the people in the U. S. have Brown as a last name.

NAME        %freq  rank

BROWN       0.621     5
LEE         0.220    24
HUGHES      0.092    88
ROBERTSON   0.064   147
RAY         0.055   173
FRENCH     0.026  442
BUCHANAN    0.026   443
RICHARD     0.023   506
ROTH        0.018   656
LIVINGSTON  0.017   715
KOCH        0.016   736
HANNA       0.012  1007
SHELDON     0.007  1845
RHOADS      0.005  2709
BADER       0.003  4163
WARRICK     0.002  5845
ZEITZ       0.001 13127
JUERGENS    0.001 14285
LINDAMOOD   0.000 19086
MAU         0.000 20104
OBERLY      0.000 50183
KERSON      0.000 56339

Rosfeld not in top 88,799 names.
Lukingbeal not in top 88,799 names.
Pignolet not in top 88,799 names.
Stind not in top 88,799 names.

Note that many names have spelling variations. For instance, of those who descended from the Castle Sorbie, some spell their names "Hanna" and some "Hannah" and some "Hannay." This would place the combined group in the top 600 of surnames.

NAME (last)  %FREQ CUMM FREQ RANK
HANNA          0.012 43.471   1007
HANNAH         0.009 46.927   1336
HANNAY         0.000 86.954  56838