In this section we'll look at the most common 10 letter last names in the United States. Currently, there are 4,233,590 people who have a last name that is 10 letters long.
These names are taken directly from the most recent 2010 Decennial Census data.
Currently, the most popular 10 letter last name in America is Richardson, with a total count of 259,798 people who have the surname. The surname Richardson occurs roughly 88 times per 100,000 people in the U.S.
The table below shows the 100 most common last names that are 10 letters long, along with the number of occurrences of each name.
Click any of the names in the table below to find out more about the origin, meaning, and ancestry of each last name.
| Name | Count | White | Black | API | AIAN | 2+ Races | Hispanic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richardson | 259,798 | 59.70% | 33.63% | 0.48% | 1.10% | 2.44% | 2.65% |
| Washington | 177,386 | 5.17% | 87.53% | 0.30% | 0.68% | 3.78% | 2.54% |
| Cunningham | 135,718 | 73.16% | 21.18% | 0.53% | 0.48% | 2.07% | 2.58% |
| Montgomery | 115,953 | 67.86% | 26.23% | 0.59% | 0.61% | 2.37% | 2.35% |
| Williamson | 114,959 | 77.17% | 17.41% | 0.50% | 0.70% | 1.94% | 2.27% |
| Fitzgerald | 75,356 | 86.32% | 8.82% | 0.67% | 0.31% | 1.65% | 2.22% |
| McLaughlin | 74,816 | 87.99% | 7.08% | 0.58% | 0.53% | 1.44% | 2.38% |
| Strickland | 67,769 | 76.23% | 17.16% | 0.46% | 2.15% | 2.04% | 1.97% |
| Harrington | 66,959 | 82.01% | 12.38% | 0.72% | 0.64% | 1.84% | 2.41% |
| Villanueva | 61,883 | 4.25% | 0.43% | 12.29% | 0.26% | 1.01% | 81.77% |
| Villarreal | 61,355 | 6.45% | 0.23% | 0.19% | 0.15% | 0.13% | 92.85% |
| Valenzuela | 57,383 | 4.95% | 0.21% | 2.40% | 1.67% | 0.40% | 90.36% |
| Hutchinson | 48,781 | 75.38% | 18.49% | 0.71% | 0.72% | 2.20% | 2.51% |
| Stephenson | 47,641 | 80.06% | 13.96% | 0.61% | 0.69% | 2.04% | 2.65% |
| McCullough | 45,852 | 73.27% | 21.17% | 0.50% | 0.45% | 2.01% | 2.60% |
| Livingston | 42,103 | 72.08% | 20.89% | 0.54% | 1.94% | 2.03% | 2.52% |
| Pennington | 40,854 | 87.86% | 7.23% | 0.41% | 0.53% | 1.76% | 2.20% |
| Villalobos | 37,754 | 3.90% | 0.23% | 0.65% | 0.23% | 0.16% | 94.84% |
| Sutherland | 29,585 | 83.46% | 9.94% | 0.69% | 1.05% | 1.60% | 3.24% |
| McAllister | 29,544 | 78.29% | 16.15% | 0.58% | 0.54% | 2.10% | 2.34% |
| Rutherford | 28,079 | 82.13% | 11.69% | 0.53% | 1.16% | 2.29% | 2.20% |
| Schumacher | 25,292 | 95.71% | 0.28% | 0.60% | 0.41% | 1.26% | 1.74% |
| Bustamante | 24,536 | 6.99% | 0.26% | 3.34% | 0.41% | 0.49% | 88.51% |
| Cartwright | 22,156 | 77.00% | 16.69% | 0.56% | 0.74% | 2.68% | 2.33% |
| Betancourt | 21,663 | 7.30% | 0.94% | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.21% | 91.17% |
| McWilliams | 20,523 | 76.70% | 17.64% | 0.56% | 0.62% | 1.95% | 2.53% |
| Carmichael | 19,628 | 72.33% | 22.18% | 0.59% | 0.47% | 2.20% | 2.24% |
| Barrientos | 18,877 | 3.45% | 0.19% | 2.27% | 0.11% | 0.25% | 93.73% |
| Youngblood | 18,197 | 69.80% | 23.10% | 0.34% | 1.69% | 2.99% | 2.08% |
| Huddleston | 17,231 | 83.91% | 9.55% | 0.48% | 1.06% | 2.36% | 2.65% |
| Willoughby | 16,111 | 82.55% | 11.94% | 0.56% | 0.90% | 1.98% | 2.08% |
| Delgadillo | 15,123 | 3.11% | 0.13% | 0.15% | 0.24% | 0.12% | 96.24% |
| Herrington | 14,498 | 85.03% | 10.19% | 0.54% | 0.45% | 1.81% | 1.98% |
| Villaseñor | 14,180 | 3.41% | 0.14% | 1.88% | 0.16% | 0.18% | 94.22% |
| McClelland | 14,092 | 84.71% | 10.40% | 0.45% | 0.53% | 1.53% | 2.38% |
| Kilpatrick | 14,087 | 80.27% | 14.01% | 0.53% | 0.80% | 1.89% | 2.51% |
| Thibodeaux | 13,850 | 79.23% | 16.66% | 0.29% | 0.51% | 1.40% | 1.91% |
| Singletary | 13,749 | 43.46% | 51.63% | 0.33% | 0.41% | 2.09% | 2.09% |
| Carrington | 13,320 | 45.74% | 47.12% | 0.38% | 0.50% | 2.84% | 3.41% |
| Willingham | 12,818 | 63.25% | 30.80% | 0.51% | 0.51% | 2.16% | 2.77% |
| Wisniewski | 12,675 | 96.22% | 0.27% | 0.46% | 0.21% | 0.93% | 1.92% |
| Armendariz | 12,423 | 5.24% | 0.23% | 0.14% | 0.15% | 0.22% | 94.02% |
| Santamaria | 12,375 | 18.42% | 0.20% | 3.75% | 0.09% | 0.57% | 76.96% |
| Overstreet | 12,342 | 78.16% | 17.17% | 0.37% | 0.50% | 1.95% | 1.85% |
| Concepción | 12,332 | 4.68% | 1.60% | 21.42% | 0.11% | 2.13% | 70.06% |
| Altamirano | 12,296 | 4.24% | 0.28% | 1.17% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 94.05% |
| Farnsworth | 12,203 | 94.97% | 0.45% | 0.52% | 0.37% | 1.25% | 2.43% |
| Littlejohn | 12,047 | 43.50% | 47.34% | 0.43% | 2.14% | 4.32% | 2.26% |
| Greenfield | 11,922 | 86.29% | 8.90% | 0.72% | 0.28% | 1.54% | 2.26% |
| Valladares | 11,901 | 4.30% | 0.53% | 0.56% | 0.09% | 0.10% | 94.41% |
| Hildebrand | 11,687 | 94.29% | 0.66% | 0.52% | 0.68% | 1.29% | 2.56% |
| Burkholder | 11,532 | 97.55% | 0.28% | 0.32% | 0.14% | 0.62% | 1.09% |
| Poindexter | 11,531 | 51.49% | 41.58% | 0.40% | 0.95% | 3.44% | 2.14% |
| Villagómez | 11,282 | 3.05% | 0.23% | 2.18% | 0.06% | 0.46% | 94.02% |
| Castellano | 11,238 | 51.38% | 0.42% | 2.68% | 0.15% | 1.16% | 44.22% |
| Montenegro | 10,606 | 6.89% | 0.45% | 3.43% | 0.14% | 0.51% | 88.57% |
| Winchester | 10,480 | 78.17% | 15.49% | 0.79% | 1.08% | 2.34% | 2.14% |
| McClanahan | 10,407 | 88.77% | 6.19% | 0.39% | 0.52% | 1.69% | 2.44% |
| Culbertson | 10,240 | 91.07% | 3.26% | 0.63% | 0.91% | 1.50% | 2.63% |
| Mendenhall | 10,213 | 88.34% | 5.60% | 0.59% | 0.87% | 1.87% | 2.73% |
| Valdovinos | 10,147 | 2.34% | 0.13% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.06% | 97.37% |
| Schweitzer | 10,068 | 95.45% | 0.26% | 0.72% | 0.37% | 1.26% | 1.95% |
| Chamberlin | 9,897 | 92.84% | 1.67% | 0.72% | 0.35% | 1.73% | 2.70% |
| Kuykendall | 9,841 | 84.50% | 9.08% | 0.43% | 1.10% | 1.92% | 2.97% |
| Echevarría | 9,777 | 6.87% | 1.02% | 1.06% | 0.17% | 0.31% | 90.56% |
| Echeverría | 9,552 | 6.72% | 0.16% | 0.51% | 0.14% | 0.27% | 92.20% |
| McCutcheon | 9,230 | 83.87% | 10.78% | 0.54% | 0.64% | 1.97% | 2.20% |
| Farrington | 9,211 | 77.79% | 17.20% | 0.59% | 0.27% | 1.72% | 2.44% |
| McClintock | 9,141 | 91.35% | 4.06% | 0.54% | 0.28% | 1.61% | 2.17% |
| Miramontes | 8,884 | 4.33% | 0.10% | 0.19% | 0.19% | 0.18% | 95.00% |
| Magallanes | 8,852 | 4.00% | 0.24% | 3.81% | 0.16% | 0.94% | 90.86% |
| Buffington | 8,738 | 86.85% | 8.35% | 0.39% | 1.01% | 1.38% | 2.01% |
| Plascencia | 8,710 | 1.99% | 0.08% | 0.10% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 97.69% |
| Gilbertson | 8,621 | 95.68% | 0.35% | 0.78% | 0.29% | 1.24% | 1.66% |
| Candelaria | 8,483 | 11.29% | 0.59% | 3.47% | 2.88% | 0.75% | 81.02% |
| Montelongo | 8,472 | 4.30% | 0.21% | 0.22% | 0.35% | 0.08% | 94.83% |
| Easterling | 8,433 | 68.41% | 27.17% | 0.45% | 0.62% | 2.00% | 1.35% |
| del Rosario | 8,402 | 5.15% | 0.36% | 57.90% | 0.13% | 4.40% | 32.05% |
| Scarbrough | 8,327 | 85.47% | 10.10% | 0.32% | 0.68% | 1.73% | 1.69% |
| Greathouse | 8,217 | 81.17% | 12.75% | 0.38% | 0.88% | 2.79% | 2.03% |
| Stallworth | 8,155 | 9.26% | 84.01% | 0.29% | 0.31% | 3.69% | 2.44% |
| Montemayor | 8,106 | 7.66% | 0.25% | 8.99% | 0.14% | 0.63% | 82.33% |
| Buckingham | 8,094 | 85.82% | 9.01% | 0.67% | 0.57% | 1.87% | 2.08% |
| Swearingen | 7,872 | 91.02% | 2.76% | 0.46% | 0.77% | 2.10% | 2.90% |
| Fredericks | 7,848 | 80.71% | 10.36% | 1.07% | 2.65% | 2.41% | 2.80% |
| Wooldridge | 7,788 | 89.09% | 5.33% | 0.60% | 0.50% | 2.04% | 2.44% |
| Schoonover | 7,756 | 95.06% | 0.27% | 0.49% | 0.52% | 1.43% | 2.23% |
| Manzanares | 7,480 | 9.08% | 0.40% | 0.68% | 0.56% | 0.44% | 88.84% |
| Whitehurst | 7,412 | 68.21% | 27.15% | 0.36% | 0.46% | 1.88% | 1.94% |
| Pellegrino | 7,398 | 94.65% | 0.24% | 0.39% | 0.19% | 0.88% | 3.65% |
| Boatwright | 7,379 | 61.69% | 31.97% | 0.34% | 0.62% | 2.93% | 2.45% |
| McReynolds | 7,373 | 77.76% | 15.90% | 0.54% | 0.76% | 2.01% | 3.04% |
| Huntington | 7,306 | 88.17% | 4.24% | 0.78% | 2.42% | 2.01% | 2.37% |
| Sturdivant | 7,223 | 39.62% | 53.58% | 0.26% | 1.15% | 3.00% | 2.38% |
| Napolitano | 7,153 | 93.26% | 0.32% | 0.73% | 0.14% | 1.17% | 4.38% |
| Zimmermann | 7,123 | 93.77% | 0.66% | 0.91% | 0.15% | 1.18% | 3.33% |
| Vandenberg | 7,121 | 94.61% | 0.27% | 0.63% | 0.41% | 1.43% | 2.65% |
| Wainwright | 7,114 | 76.82% | 17.63% | 0.38% | 0.53% | 2.29% | 2.35% |
| Trowbridge | 7,095 | 94.77% | 0.44% | 0.65% | 0.62% | 1.58% | 1.95% |
| DeLaFuente | 6,996 | 7.28% | 0.20% | 5.03% | 0.11% | 0.49% | 86.89% |
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