Have you ever wondered just how common that surname you're researching really is? Well, here's a list to give you a few hints!
RANK SURNAME FREQUENCY (1 in __) ---- -------------- ------ 1 JOHNSON 139 2 SMITH 181 3 ANDERSON 196 4 MILLER 210 5 NELSON 273 6 BROWN 304 7 HANSEN 332 8 PETERSON 334 9 JONES 338 10 MEYER 395 11 WILLIAMS 405 12 JENSEN 416 13 THOMPSON 433 14 DAVIS 447 15 WILSON 488 16 SCHMIDT 523 17 CLARK 537 18 OLSON 542 19 PETERSEN 555 20 TAYLOR 567 21 MOORE 572 22 CHRISTENSEN 580 23 WHITE 583 24 MARTIN 585 25 THOMAS 651 26 BAKER 656 27 CARLSON 660 28 LARSON 698 29 ADAMS 703 30 YOUNG 703 31 SWANSON 730 32 LEWIS 740 33 PETERS 754 34 ALLEN 755 35 HALL 776 36 WAGNER 791 37 HARRIS 802 38 SCHROEDER 856 39 WALKER 862 40 ROBERTS 868 41 JACKSON 872 42 NIELSEN 878 43 COOK 885 44 WRIGHT 891 45 HILL 908 46 SCOTT 909 47 CAMPBELL 943 48 KING 949 49 HOFFMAN 953 50 STEWART 954 51 EVANS 969 52 ROBINSON 970 53 GREEN 979 54 SCHNEIDER 987 55 LARSEN 990 56 MURPHY 1032 57 FISHER 1034 58 LEE 1044 59 REED 1058 60 MYERS 1072 61 WEBER 1076 62 HANSON 1083 63 PHILLIPS 1092 64 ANDERSEN 1104 65 SCHULTZ 1110 66 BECKER 1110 67 MORRIS 1114 68 SNYDER 1115 69 MITCHELL 1115 70 RASMUSSEN 1117 71 ROGERS 1160 72 BENNETT 1165 73 WOOD 1167 74 BAUER 1171 75 SULLIVAN 1178 76 COX 1195 77 LONG 1221 78 ERICKSON 1254 79 KOCH 1257 80 WATSON 1267 81 HUGHES 1287 82 SORENSEN 1301 83 MORGAN 1303 84 BECK 1306 85 STEVENS 1333 86 MUELLER 1333 87 KELLER 1336 88 KELLY 1339 89 BAILEY 1353 90 FISCHER 1389 91 PARKER 1398 92 ROSS 1404 93 FOSTER 1436 94 FOX 1456 95 WELLS 1459 96 KENNEDY 1459 97 TURNER 1459 98 EDWARDS 1463 99 ZIMMERMAN 1463 100 PEARSON 1476
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