100 Most Common 7 Letter Last Names in the U.S.

In this section of the site we have data on the most common 7 letter last names in the United States. These names are taken directly from the most recent census data.

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 most common 7 letter surnames with statistics on the heritage and ancestry of those with the surname.

Click any of the names in the table below to find out more about the origin, meaning, and ancestry of each last name.

Rank Name Count White Black API AIAN 2+ Races Hispanic
2 JOHNSON 1,932,812 58.97% 34.63% 0.54% 0.94% 2.56% 2.36%
19 JACKSON 708,099 39.89% 53.04% 0.39% 1.06% 3.12% 2.50%
26 SANCHEZ 612,752 4.98% 0.45% 0.96% 0.37% 0.24% 92.99%
28 RAMIREZ 557,423 3.89% 0.31% 0.93% 0.20% 0.19% 94.48%
50 ROBERTS 376,774 77.27% 16.72% 0.61% 0.85% 2.15% 2.40%
58 EDWARDS 332,423 62.13% 31.63% 0.50% 0.77% 2.47% 2.50%
59 COLLINS 329,770 71.61% 22.43% 0.49% 0.77% 2.23% 2.47%
61 STEWART 324,957 69.17% 24.86% 0.48% 0.77% 2.24% 2.49%
63 MORALES 311,777 4.63% 0.57% 1.18% 0.17% 0.21% 93.23%
86 BENNETT 247,599 76.56% 17.53% 0.53% 0.88% 1.99% 2.50%
88 MENDOZA 242,771 4.11% 0.35% 4.91% 0.24% 0.42% 89.97%
92 ALVAREZ 233,983 5.18% 0.60% 1.16% 0.38% 0.23% 92.45%
94 SANDERS 230,374 60.78% 32.97% 0.41% 0.84% 2.43% 2.57%
100 JIMENEZ 227,118 3.84% 0.29% 1.49% 0.20% 0.21% 93.97%
102 JENKINS 222,653 57.76% 36.78% 0.39% 0.57% 2.42% 2.07%
104 RUSSELL 221,558 77.05% 16.69% 0.57% 1.05% 2.18% 2.46%
107 COLEMAN 219,070 49.43% 44.60% 0.40% 0.53% 2.79% 2.25%
113 VASQUEZ 212,781 5.06% 0.51% 0.73% 0.29% 0.24% 93.17%
114 SIMMONS 210,182 57.91% 36.15% 0.47% 0.67% 2.52% 2.29%
122 GRIFFIN 198,406 63.77% 30.81% 0.44% 0.47% 2.28% 2.21%
123 WALLACE 197,276 69.24% 24.70% 0.51% 0.77% 2.31% 2.47%
129 HERRERA 192,711 4.92% 0.36% 0.96% 0.51% 0.22% 93.03%
134 AGUILAR 186,512 4.03% 0.26% 1.64% 0.52% 0.23% 93.32%
135 STEVENS 185,674 81.44% 11.82% 0.64% 1.33% 2.04% 2.74%
146 KENNEDY 176,865 80.82% 13.63% 0.62% 0.61% 1.87% 2.45%
151 FREEMAN 169,149 65.50% 28.34% 0.52% 0.95% 2.38% 2.30%
158 SIMPSON 163,181 70.78% 23.09% 0.53% 0.78% 2.30% 2.53%
179 SALAZAR 152,703 5.62% 0.27% 1.69% 0.46% 0.30% 91.65%
185 SCHMIDT 147,034 95.15% 0.37% 0.61% 0.34% 1.19% 2.34%
187 DANIELS 146,570 54.67% 38.54% 0.51% 0.91% 2.68% 2.70%
189 NICHOLS 145,584 82.42% 11.88% 0.52% 0.76% 1.99% 2.43%
194 GARDNER 142,894 75.01% 19.40% 0.56% 0.70% 2.04% 2.29%
199 SPENCER 139,951 69.41% 23.22% 0.76% 1.47% 2.48% 2.67%
200 HAWKINS 139,751 61.08% 32.75% 0.48% 0.69% 2.50% 2.50%
203 VAZQUEZ 138,322 3.53% 0.35% 0.18% 0.06% 0.12% 95.75%
208 BRADLEY 136,720 69.12% 25.09% 0.44% 0.82% 2.19% 2.34%
210 ELLIOTT 135,765 81.62% 12.96% 0.54% 0.66% 2.00% 2.21%
215 CARROLL 134,317 82.95% 11.48% 0.61% 0.67% 1.92% 2.36%
218 ANDREWS 133,799 71.78% 21.58% 0.78% 1.09% 2.20% 2.57%
221 DELGADO 132,985 5.57% 0.72% 0.80% 0.19% 0.25% 92.47%
223 PERKINS 131,440 69.45% 24.60% 0.53% 0.73% 2.33% 2.37%
224 HOFFMAN 131,401 94.08% 1.26% 0.63% 0.56% 1.34% 2.12%
236 CHAPMAN 127,939 79.51% 14.62% 0.57% 0.81% 2.03% 2.47%
238 ESTRADA 127,470 4.58% 0.43% 1.66% 0.20% 0.28% 92.86%
240 WATKINS 127,083 62.03% 32.27% 0.42% 0.64% 2.56% 2.09%
243 WHEELER 125,058 80.96% 13.29% 0.50% 0.93% 1.97% 2.35%
252 CARLSON 120,552 94.83% 0.46% 0.77% 0.49% 1.38% 2.07%
268 GILBERT 114,940 77.80% 15.92% 0.57% 0.69% 2.04% 2.98%
279 GARRETT 110,697 69.96% 24.45% 0.44% 0.60% 2.34% 2.20%
287 MARQUEZ 107,533 5.10% 0.54% 2.83% 0.37% 0.46% 90.70%
293 PADILLA 105,365 6.15% 0.40% 2.10% 0.79% 0.41% 90.16%
297 SCHULTZ 104,888 94.81% 0.70% 0.59% 0.41% 1.28% 2.22%
305 HOLLAND 102,538 76.77% 17.67% 0.46% 0.57% 2.16% 2.37%
308 PEARSON 101,836 72.14% 22.51% 0.56% 0.41% 2.14% 2.24%
311 DOUGLAS 101,458 58.62% 34.67% 0.52% 0.70% 2.69% 2.80%
314 BARRETT 100,104 80.70% 13.40% 0.67% 0.62% 1.96% 2.65%
315 NAVARRO 99,807 6.66% 0.38% 4.04% 0.23% 0.55% 88.14%
321 STANLEY 96,867 78.79% 15.10% 0.74% 1.16% 1.95% 2.27%
322 HOPKINS 96,810 73.56% 20.66% 0.48% 0.92% 2.25% 2.14%
324 BARNETT 95,681 76.44% 17.47% 0.43% 0.90% 2.20% 2.56%
329 LAMBERT 93,678 83.66% 9.88% 0.59% 1.30% 1.77% 2.79%
330 MIRANDA 93,628 12.32% 1.34% 4.21% 0.42% 0.75% 80.97%
335 FRAZIER 92,152 56.10% 37.36% 0.40% 1.36% 2.51% 2.27%
338 LEONARD 91,475 80.38% 14.07% 0.59% 0.77% 1.77% 2.42%
339 GREGORY 91,384 78.64% 15.56% 0.57% 0.75% 1.99% 2.49%
342 FLEMING 90,677 71.71% 22.76% 0.62% 0.52% 2.21% 2.19%
344 SHELTON 90,517 73.49% 20.64% 0.47% 0.67% 2.50% 2.23%
350 WALTERS 89,376 82.92% 11.29% 0.65% 0.82% 1.69% 2.63%
376 CABRERA 83,621 4.47% 0.41% 3.52% 0.12% 0.45% 91.02%
393 SALINAS 81,156 5.55% 0.25% 0.90% 0.19% 0.23% 92.88%
394 FUENTES 81,006 4.56% 0.41% 1.31% 0.19% 0.29% 93.24%
395 BALDWIN 80,742 76.87% 17.25% 0.52% 0.93% 1.99% 2.43%
400 HIGGINS 79,803 83.91% 10.77% 0.56% 0.56% 1.90% 2.30%
401 AGUIRRE 79,517 5.10% 0.25% 1.25% 0.20% 0.25% 92.94%
410 ROBBINS 78,381 87.57% 7.24% 0.49% 0.91% 1.72% 2.06%
413 FRANCIS 78,327 59.48% 30.30% 2.00% 2.07% 2.37% 3.78%
417 OCONNOR 77,923 92.81% 2.12% 0.75% 0.33% 1.37% 2.61%
419 PACHECO 77,642 15.32% 0.57% 1.16% 0.72% 0.81% 81.43%
424 SWANSON 76,897 90.41% 4.80% 0.70% 0.46% 1.53% 2.10%
428 RODGERS 76,095 70.15% 23.84% 0.46% 0.64% 2.22% 2.69%
429 SERRANO 75,996 5.62% 0.70% 2.90% 0.13% 0.31% 90.34%
431 ROSALES 75,185 3.63% 0.30% 2.39% 0.21% 0.26% 93.21%
434 MANNING 74,949 73.90% 20.34% 0.56% 0.81% 2.03% 2.36%
444 BURGESS 73,931 75.35% 18.67% 0.63% 0.95% 2.21% 2.17%
451 GOODMAN 73,136 78.33% 15.83% 0.57% 1.00% 1.84% 2.43%
453 WEBSTER 72,625 73.50% 19.75% 0.62% 1.38% 2.25% 2.51%
454 GOODWIN 72,451 77.04% 17.22% 0.50% 0.86% 2.08% 2.30%
455 FISCHER 72,357 94.34% 0.87% 0.61% 0.40% 1.22% 2.56%
459 MONTOYA 71,844 8.65% 0.26% 0.87% 1.40% 0.38% 88.44%
463 MULLINS 71,646 88.75% 6.86% 0.36% 0.52% 1.78% 1.74%
469 SHERMAN 70,502 82.74% 11.57% 0.63% 0.98% 1.75% 2.33%
470 HUBBARD 70,362 71.05% 23.15% 0.45% 0.90% 2.30% 2.15%
481 HAMMOND 69,515 78.23% 16.09% 0.64% 0.69% 2.16% 2.19%
482 HAMPTON 69,472 53.70% 40.30% 0.40% 0.72% 2.67% 2.21%
490 MAXWELL 67,961 73.22% 20.63% 0.61% 0.64% 2.16% 2.74%
493 CAMACHO 67,893 6.09% 0.57% 2.90% 0.16% 0.71% 89.56%
498 PARSONS 67,310 91.09% 3.60% 0.60% 0.67% 1.75% 2.27%
502 OSBORNE 66,827 82.28% 12.39% 0.50% 0.65% 1.97% 2.22%
516 ANDRADE 65,037 15.43% 3.24% 1.62% 0.26% 1.26% 78.19%
520 ESCOBAR 64,403 5.17% 0.41% 1.55% 0.18% 0.26% 92.44%

Table Key

To help you understand the above table, below is a description of each column and what it represents.

  • Count. Number of occurrences: Estimate of the number of people with the surname in the United States. (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy.
  • White. Non-Hispanic White Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic white" (race)
  • Black. Non-Hispanic Black Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic black" (race)
  • API. Non-Hispanic Asian & Pacific Islander Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic Asian & Pacific Islander" (race)
  • AIAN. Non-Hispanic American Indian & Alaskan Native Only: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic American Indian & Alaskan Native" (race)
  • 2+ Races. Non-Hispanic of 2 or More Races: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "non-hispanic two or more races" (race)
  • Hispanic. Hispanic Origin: Percentage of people with a given surname who classified themselves as "Hispanic origin" (race)

How Many 7 Letter Last Names Are There?

According to the most recent U.S. Census data, there are 35,199 unique 7-letter surnames.

The table above includes the top 100 names that are 7 letters long, and they are sorted by the rank given by the Census Bureau for how common each name is.

Wherever possible, we have also provided data for each name in the list on the ethnicity/ancestry of that surname.

Other Last Name Lengths

Our database contains names ranging in length from 2 to 15 letters. To find out more information about last names of different lengths you can use the following links:

Data Source(s)

All of the data on this page is sourced from the Decennial Census survey, from the United States Census Bureau.