{"id":9505,"date":"2018-07-20T14:58:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skipease.com\/blog\/?p=9505"},"modified":"2018-07-20T14:58:04","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:58:04","slug":"usa-common-last-name-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skipease.com\/blog\/people\/usa-common-last-name-search\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Common Last Names To Search In The USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is much easier to find a person online if they have an uncommon first name, last name, or full name. If a person has a common last name or full name, it can be for difficult to find information about them through web searches, white pages, public records, and people search engines.<\/p>\n<p>When you have to find someone with a common last name, it helps to have additional personal information to identify them with, such as: city, state, age, profession, names of family members, previous address(es), schools attended, profession, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the top 25 last names that people have in the United States:<\/p>\n<table border=\"2\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Surname<\/th>\n<th>Approximate<br \/>\nNumber<\/th>\n<th>%<br \/>\nFrequency<\/th>\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SMITH<\/td>\n<td>2,501,922<\/td>\n<td>1.006<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JOHNSON<\/td>\n<td>2,014,470<\/td>\n<td>0.81<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WILLIAMS<\/td>\n<td>1,738,413<\/td>\n<td>0.699<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JONES<\/td>\n<td>1,544,427<\/td>\n<td>0.621<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BROWN<\/td>\n<td>1,544,427<\/td>\n<td>0.621<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DAVIS<\/td>\n<td>1,193,760<\/td>\n<td>0.48<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MILLER<\/td>\n<td>1,054,488<\/td>\n<td>0.424<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WILSON<\/td>\n<td>843,093<\/td>\n<td>0.339<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MOORE<\/td>\n<td>775,944<\/td>\n<td>0.312<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TAYLOR<\/td>\n<td>773,457<\/td>\n<td>0.311<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ANDERSON<\/td>\n<td>773,457<\/td>\n<td>0.311<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>THOMAS<\/td>\n<td>773,457<\/td>\n<td>0.311<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>JACKSON<\/td>\n<td>770,970<\/td>\n<td>0.31<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WHITE<\/td>\n<td>693,873<\/td>\n<td>0.279<\/td>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>HARRIS<\/td>\n<td>683,925<\/td>\n<td>0.275<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MARTIN<\/td>\n<td>678,951<\/td>\n<td>0.273<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>THOMPSON<\/td>\n<td>669,003<\/td>\n<td>0.269<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GARCIA<\/td>\n<td>631,698<\/td>\n<td>0.254<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MARTINEZ<\/td>\n<td>581,958<\/td>\n<td>0.234<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ROBINSON<\/td>\n<td>579,471<\/td>\n<td>0.233<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CLARK<\/td>\n<td>574,497<\/td>\n<td>0.231<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>RODRIGUEZ<\/td>\n<td>569,523<\/td>\n<td>0.229<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>LEWIS<\/td>\n<td>562,062<\/td>\n<td>0.226<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>LEE<\/td>\n<td>547,140<\/td>\n<td>0.22<\/td>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>WALKER<\/td>\n<td>544,653<\/td>\n<td>0.219<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is much easier to find a person online if they have an uncommon first name, last name, or full name. If a person has a common last name or full name, it can be for difficult to find information about them through web searches, white pages, public records, and people search engines. 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