100 most common 7 letter last names in the United States

In this section we'll look at the most common 7 letter last names in the United States. Currently, there are 44,034,201 people who have a last name that is 7 letters long.

These names are taken directly from the most recent 2010 Decennial Census data.

Most popular 7 letter last name

Currently, the most popular 7 letter last name in America is Johnson, with a total count of 1,932,812 people who have the surname. The surname Johnson occurs roughly 655 times per 100,000 people in the U.S.

The table below shows the 100 most common last names that are 7 letters long, along with the number of occurrences of each name.

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Name Count White Black API AIAN 2+ Races Hispanic
Johnson 1,932,812 58.97% 34.63% 0.54% 0.94% 2.56% 2.36%
Jackson 708,099 39.89% 53.04% 0.39% 1.06% 3.12% 2.50%
Sanchez 612,752 4.98% 0.45% 0.96% 0.37% 0.24% 92.99%
Ramírez 557,423 3.89% 0.31% 0.93% 0.20% 0.19% 94.48%
Roberts 376,774 77.27% 16.72% 0.61% 0.85% 2.15% 2.40%
Edwards 332,423 62.13% 31.63% 0.50% 0.77% 2.47% 2.50%
Collins 329,770 71.61% 22.43% 0.49% 0.77% 2.23% 2.47%
Stewart 324,957 69.17% 24.86% 0.48% 0.77% 2.24% 2.49%
Morales 311,777 4.63% 0.57% 1.18% 0.17% 0.21% 93.23%
Bennett 247,599 76.56% 17.53% 0.53% 0.88% 1.99% 2.50%
Mendoza 242,771 4.11% 0.35% 4.91% 0.24% 0.42% 89.97%
Alvarez 233,983 5.18% 0.60% 1.16% 0.38% 0.23% 92.45%
Sanders 230,374 60.78% 32.97% 0.41% 0.84% 2.43% 2.57%
Jiménez 227,118 3.84% 0.29% 1.49% 0.20% 0.21% 93.97%
Jenkins 222,653 57.76% 36.78% 0.39% 0.57% 2.42% 2.07%
Russell 221,558 77.05% 16.69% 0.57% 1.05% 2.18% 2.46%
Coleman 219,070 49.43% 44.60% 0.40% 0.53% 2.79% 2.25%
Vasquez 212,781 5.06% 0.51% 0.73% 0.29% 0.24% 93.17%
Simmons 210,182 57.91% 36.15% 0.47% 0.67% 2.52% 2.29%
Griffin 198,406 63.77% 30.81% 0.44% 0.47% 2.28% 2.21%
Wallace 197,276 69.24% 24.70% 0.51% 0.77% 2.31% 2.47%
Herrera 192,711 4.92% 0.36% 0.96% 0.51% 0.22% 93.03%
Aguilar 186,512 4.03% 0.26% 1.64% 0.52% 0.23% 93.32%
Stevens 185,674 81.44% 11.82% 0.64% 1.33% 2.04% 2.74%
Kennedy 176,865 80.82% 13.63% 0.62% 0.61% 1.87% 2.45%
Freeman 169,149 65.50% 28.34% 0.52% 0.95% 2.38% 2.30%
Simpson 163,181 70.78% 23.09% 0.53% 0.78% 2.30% 2.53%
Salazar 152,703 5.62% 0.27% 1.69% 0.46% 0.30% 91.65%
Schmidt 147,034 95.15% 0.37% 0.61% 0.34% 1.19% 2.34%
Daniels 146,570 54.67% 38.54% 0.51% 0.91% 2.68% 2.70%
Nichols 145,584 82.42% 11.88% 0.52% 0.76% 1.99% 2.43%
Gardner 142,894 75.01% 19.40% 0.56% 0.70% 2.04% 2.29%
Spencer 139,951 69.41% 23.22% 0.76% 1.47% 2.48% 2.67%
Hawkins 139,751 61.08% 32.75% 0.48% 0.69% 2.50% 2.50%
Vázquez 138,322 3.53% 0.35% 0.18% 0.06% 0.12% 95.75%
Bradley 136,720 69.12% 25.09% 0.44% 0.82% 2.19% 2.34%
Elliott 135,765 81.62% 12.96% 0.54% 0.66% 2.00% 2.21%
Carroll 134,317 82.95% 11.48% 0.61% 0.67% 1.92% 2.36%
Andrews 133,799 71.78% 21.58% 0.78% 1.09% 2.20% 2.57%
Delgado 132,985 5.57% 0.72% 0.80% 0.19% 0.25% 92.47%
Perkins 131,440 69.45% 24.60% 0.53% 0.73% 2.33% 2.37%
Hoffman 131,401 94.08% 1.26% 0.63% 0.56% 1.34% 2.12%
Chapman 127,939 79.51% 14.62% 0.57% 0.81% 2.03% 2.47%
Estrada 127,470 4.58% 0.43% 1.66% 0.20% 0.28% 92.86%
Watkins 127,083 62.03% 32.27% 0.42% 0.64% 2.56% 2.09%
Wheeler 125,058 80.96% 13.29% 0.50% 0.93% 1.97% 2.35%
Carlson 120,552 94.83% 0.46% 0.77% 0.49% 1.38% 2.07%
Gilbert 114,940 77.80% 15.92% 0.57% 0.69% 2.04% 2.98%
Garrett 110,697 69.96% 24.45% 0.44% 0.60% 2.34% 2.20%
Márquez 107,533 5.10% 0.54% 2.83% 0.37% 0.46% 90.70%
Padilla 105,365 6.15% 0.40% 2.10% 0.79% 0.41% 90.16%
Schultz 104,888 94.81% 0.70% 0.59% 0.41% 1.28% 2.22%
Holland 102,538 76.77% 17.67% 0.46% 0.57% 2.16% 2.37%
Pearson 101,836 72.14% 22.51% 0.56% 0.41% 2.14% 2.24%
Douglas 101,458 58.62% 34.67% 0.52% 0.70% 2.69% 2.80%
Barrett 100,104 80.70% 13.40% 0.67% 0.62% 1.96% 2.65%
Navarro 99,807 6.66% 0.38% 4.04% 0.23% 0.55% 88.14%
Stanley 96,867 78.79% 15.10% 0.74% 1.16% 1.95% 2.27%
Hopkins 96,810 73.56% 20.66% 0.48% 0.92% 2.25% 2.14%
Barnett 95,681 76.44% 17.47% 0.43% 0.90% 2.20% 2.56%
Lambert 93,678 83.66% 9.88% 0.59% 1.30% 1.77% 2.79%
Miranda 93,628 12.32% 1.34% 4.21% 0.42% 0.75% 80.97%
Frazier 92,152 56.10% 37.36% 0.40% 1.36% 2.51% 2.27%
Leonard 91,475 80.38% 14.07% 0.59% 0.77% 1.77% 2.42%
Gregory 91,384 78.64% 15.56% 0.57% 0.75% 1.99% 2.49%
Fleming 90,677 71.71% 22.76% 0.62% 0.52% 2.21% 2.19%
Shelton 90,517 73.49% 20.64% 0.47% 0.67% 2.50% 2.23%
Walters 89,376 82.92% 11.29% 0.65% 0.82% 1.69% 2.63%
Cabrera 83,621 4.47% 0.41% 3.52% 0.12% 0.45% 91.02%
Salinas 81,156 5.55% 0.25% 0.90% 0.19% 0.23% 92.88%
Fuentes 81,006 4.56% 0.41% 1.31% 0.19% 0.29% 93.24%
Baldwin 80,742 76.87% 17.25% 0.52% 0.93% 1.99% 2.43%
Higgins 79,803 83.91% 10.77% 0.56% 0.56% 1.90% 2.30%
Aguirre 79,517 5.10% 0.25% 1.25% 0.20% 0.25% 92.94%
Robbins 78,381 87.57% 7.24% 0.49% 0.91% 1.72% 2.06%
Francis 78,327 59.48% 30.30% 2.00% 2.07% 2.37% 3.78%
O'Connor 77,923 92.81% 2.12% 0.75% 0.33% 1.37% 2.61%
Pacheco 77,642 15.32% 0.57% 1.16% 0.72% 0.81% 81.43%
Swanson 76,897 90.41% 4.80% 0.70% 0.46% 1.53% 2.10%
Rodgers 76,095 70.15% 23.84% 0.46% 0.64% 2.22% 2.69%
Serrano 75,996 5.62% 0.70% 2.90% 0.13% 0.31% 90.34%
Rosales 75,185 3.63% 0.30% 2.39% 0.21% 0.26% 93.21%
Manning 74,949 73.90% 20.34% 0.56% 0.81% 2.03% 2.36%
Burgess 73,931 75.35% 18.67% 0.63% 0.95% 2.21% 2.17%
Goodman 73,136 78.33% 15.83% 0.57% 1.00% 1.84% 2.43%
Webster 72,625 73.50% 19.75% 0.62% 1.38% 2.25% 2.51%
Goodwin 72,451 77.04% 17.22% 0.50% 0.86% 2.08% 2.30%
Fischer 72,357 94.34% 0.87% 0.61% 0.40% 1.22% 2.56%
Montoya 71,844 8.65% 0.26% 0.87% 1.40% 0.38% 88.44%
Mullins 71,646 88.75% 6.86% 0.36% 0.52% 1.78% 1.74%
Sherman 70,502 82.74% 11.57% 0.63% 0.98% 1.75% 2.33%
Hubbard 70,362 71.05% 23.15% 0.45% 0.90% 2.30% 2.15%
Hammond 69,515 78.23% 16.09% 0.64% 0.69% 2.16% 2.19%
Hampton 69,472 53.70% 40.30% 0.40% 0.72% 2.67% 2.21%
Maxwell 67,961 73.22% 20.63% 0.61% 0.64% 2.16% 2.74%
Camacho 67,893 6.09% 0.57% 2.90% 0.16% 0.71% 89.56%
Parsons 67,310 91.09% 3.60% 0.60% 0.67% 1.75% 2.27%
Osborne 66,827 82.28% 12.39% 0.50% 0.65% 1.97% 2.22%
Andrade 65,037 15.43% 3.24% 1.62% 0.26% 1.26% 78.19%
Escobar 64,403 5.17% 0.41% 1.55% 0.18% 0.26% 92.44%

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