Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

and such weird first names ? 90 % of people named Washington are black !

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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Rank

Name

Number of
occurrences

Overall U.S. rank
for all races


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


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Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

Why is Doug just a racist name? Maybe it is just one dick on EOG. hmmm. Makes a man ponder...
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

Slave owners last names :lightbulb:

I read that is a myth and the earliest slaves only had first names and choose their own surname later. Washington freed his slaves , so many choose that and 90 % of people named Washington are Black, but they sure screw up first names....

Aaja (pronounced Asia), Acacia, Ajeenah,
Akai, Aquanita, Aryan White,
Baleria, Barbertha, Callie (pronounced Kelly),
CaAndi, Chetiqua, Cloteal,
Curly Top, Darhies, Dayphine,
Debrasharme, Derecio, Dertiteriesa,
Dikueria and Dikuria (twins), Dildree, Dishon,
Dovanna, Duanita, Dyiamond, Dwendolyn,
Effillyne, Elizabeth Taylor, Endrissa,
Equandolyn, Esaw, Everage, Floyce,
Franshawn, Ghia, Godzilla Pimp, Ivier,
Jartavious, JyesahJhnai, Keithen, Kentnilla,
Lafondra, La,poo (yes, contains comma), Latronia,
Lemonjello and Orangejello (twins), L'Tonya,
Machoda, Nau-Quia, Mayima, Minute,
Miquel, Nethel, Omnipotence, Ondra (pronounced Andre),
Ozro, Padraic, Pecola, Phe-anjoy, Precious Unique,
Queen Esther, Quithreaun, Rincesetta, Sanja,
Saranus, Shanieja, Sharicus, Shiquipa, SiJourna'i,
Silquia, Sinetra, Summer Love, Termicka, Tequilla,
Timphanie, Tryphenia, Tywana, Tzaddi and Tzavvi (twins),
Ulheric, Undlia, Undrea (pronounced Andre), Wsam,
Xiomara, XL, Yaw, Yuvodka Sharice, Wilida, Zaquan, Zufan, Zyneene.
 

tripp

EOG Master
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

What makes a name a weird name? What the hell does Doug mean? im sure lots of cultures think that name sounds very funny

Don't be so ignorant doug
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

Slave owners named them. Sometimes they weren't sure who's your Daddy so they used the names of Presidents or other common names.
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

well unpronounceable names are not the norm here. Have a fucked up name and you cut your chances of getting hired by a lot.
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

Slave owners named them. Sometimes they weren't sure who's your Daddy so they used the names of Presidents or other common names.

Why would you want your slaves to have your surname ? They picked their own names after being freed.
 

TR88

EOG Dedicated
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

well unpronounceable names are not the norm here. Have a fucked up name and you cut your chances of getting hired by a lot.

:LMAO i doubt thats true, i live in boston, my name is tree fiddy and I'm a ceo/10k a day
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

they were named by their masters/owners. they kept these family names even after they were set free and do to this day...most people in the south in the late 1700s-1800s were named lee, smith, white, etc
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

Why would you want your slaves to have your surname ? They picked their own names after being freed.
No idea but that's how it was done. It may have helped for people having the same first name.
 

tripp

EOG Master
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

well unpronounceable names are not the norm here. Have a fucked up name and you cut your chances of getting hired by a lot.
lol i'd love to see any evidence you have to back that up
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

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May 14, 2009

It is commonly believed that most slaves took their masters’ surnames upon emancipation. In fact, many African-American genealogy <nobr style="box-sizing: border-box;">classes</nobr>inform their students that this should be the first place to look when trying to identify their ancestors’ owners. Students are told to look for white families nearby bearing the same surname.
The truth of this belief, however, does not stand up to scrutiny. Take a look at the following example:

In 1867, after the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution abolished slavery once and for all, the General Assembly of the state of Maryland established an office of the Commissioner of Slave Statistics for each county in the state. Maryland held the rare distinction of being a so-called “slave state” that did not secede from the Union; Missouri and Delaware were the only two other such states. The Emancipation Proclamation did not free the slaves of these three states—it only applied to the seceded states. The Commissioner of Slave Statistics recorded the names and ages of the slaves owned by each individual slave-holder in each county, with the intention of petitioning the federal government to compensate the slave-owners for the “loss of property” occasioned by the abolition of slavery. In other locales, such as the neighboring District of Columbia, slave-owners had successfully petitioned courts for such compensation. Even within Maryland, the Adjutant General had previously compensated those slave-owners who legally manumitted any slave that then served in the U. S. Army during the Civil War.

These “slave statistics” consisted of lists of slaves by name. In most cases their full names, including surnames, were provided. When checked against the 1870<nobr style="box-sizing: border-box;">federal census</nobr>, one finds that these reported surnames remained attached to the families. The results refute the premise that slaves always, or even most of the time, took on their former owners’ surnames.

Among the 6,319 legible names of slaves recorded in the Slave Statistics of Prince George’s County, Maryland, the originals of which are held at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, only twenty-six (26) freedmen and women maintained the same surname as their most recent owner. This amounts to just 0.41% of the slaves held at the time of their final emancipation. An additional 388 (or 6.14% of the total) did not have any surname provided in these <nobr style="box-sizing: border-box;">records</nobr>. Assuming, for the sake of argument, that all 388 of these slaves took their masters’ surname, we still have a total of 414 out of 6,319 that used their masters’ name, which brings the total to a meager 6.55%. In other areas or locales, the total proportion of those slaves who did, in fact, use their masters’ name, may have been higher.

Freed slaves chose their surnames very carefully. At times, certainly, the freed slaves did take the name of their owner, but often they took the surname of a national figure, such as Washington, Jefferson, or Lincoln, or a locally prominent citizen. Just as often, if not even more often, slaves had their own surnames that they used even before being freed, as can be seen in many runaway ads and estate inventories, where a slave may be identified with a surname. These surnames may have been used and passed down over several generations. After being freed, these slaves would simply continue using the same surnames.


 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

They like the name "White" too !

Lashobootiqgiquina Jackson gets her app shredded instantly, make it reasonable like Lasha, and it is cool.
 
Re: Why do Blacks have such common surnames.....

True story:

I worked in a small town in Mississippi back in my 20's for a truck parts company.

Every person in the entire town with the last name of "White" was black.
 
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