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The following is a list of the most common surnames for people who self-identified as "Black" in America during the 2000 Census. The data, which may include people who identified themselves as African-American, African, or other ethnic or racial groups, is derived from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Additional ancestry data on related ethnic and racial groups in the United States:
African, African American, Dominican, Haitian, Jamaican, Latin American, Nigerian, Puerto Rican, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, and West Indian.
Asian and Pacific Islander only | Black | Hispanic | American Indian and Alaskan Native only | Two or More Races | White
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[FONT=arial, Helvetica][TABLE="class: boldtable"] Rank Name Number of Overall U.S. rank 1 WILLIAMS 716704 3 2 JOHNSON 627720 2 3 SMITH 527993 1 4 JONES 514167 5 5 BROWN 476702 4 6 JACKSON 353179 18 7 DAVIS 329957 7 8 THOMAS 271273 14 9 HARRIS 247092 24 10 ROBINSON 221835 27 11 TAYLOR 199326 13 12 WILSON 198269 10 13 MOORE 188082 16 14 WHITE 175099 20 15 LEWIS 172509 26 16 WALKER 171297 28 17 GREEN 149803 37 18 WASHINGTON 146520 138 19 THOMPSON 145176 19 20 ANDERSON 137688 12 21 SCOTT 135521 36 22 CARTER 126856 46 23 WRIGHT 120484 34 24 MILLER 117404 6 25 HILL 117025 41 26 ALLEN 116491 32 27 MITCHELL 115815 44 28 YOUNG 110849 31 29 LEE 105480 22 30 MARTIN 102925 17 31 CLARK 101613 25 32 TURNER 98383 49 33 HALL 98265 30 34 KING 96665 35 35 EDWARDS 95787 53 36 COLEMAN 91440 102 37 JAMES 88835 80 38 EVANS 85730 48 39 BELL 84138 67 40 RICHARDSON 81772 74 41 ADAMS 79313 39 42 BROOKS 78653 77 43 PARKER 78111 51 44 JENKINS 76881 95 45 STEWART 74564 54 46 HOWARD 73096 70 47 CAMPBELL 71155 43 48 SIMMONS 71102 103 49 SANDERS 70468 88 50 HENDERSON 69751 101 51 COLLINS 68973 52 52 COOPER 68227 64 53 WATSON 65093 76 54 BUTLER 65056 98 55 ALEXANDER 64262 111 56 BRYANT 63728 120 57 NELSON 61547 40 58 MORRIS 60137 56 59 BARNES 59403 99 60 JORDAN 59282 105 61 REED 58757 65 62 WOODS 58511 133 63 DIXON 58085 156 64 ROBERTS 58082 45 65 GRAY 57663 79 66 PHILLIPS 57562 47 67 GRIFFIN 56752 114 68 BAKER 56340 38 69 POWELL 56239 91 70 BAILEY 56215 66 71 FORD 56017 124 72 HOLMES 54841 161 73 BANKS 53857 278 74 DANIELS 52499 180 75 ROSS 52065 89 76 ROGERS 51992 61 77 PERRY 51821 97 78 FOSTER 51259 87 79 PATTERSON 50950 104 80 HUNTER 49874 153 81 OWENS 49127 126 82 GRANT 49030 192 83 MARSHALL 46696 125 84 HENRY 46416 142 85 MORGAN 45523 62 86 PRICE 45271 84 87 WALLACE 45267 113 88 WARD 45157 71 89 HAYES 45087 117 90 BOYD 44753 164 91 FREEMAN 44690 140 92 GRAHAM 44094 108 93 HAMILTON 44016 107 94 FRANKLIN 43394 236 95 HAWKINS 42995 191 96 GORDON 42173 151 97 SIMS 41975 254 98 HARRISON 41717 128 99 ELLIS 41117 121 100 KELLY 40308 69
occurrences
for all races
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