100 most common 9 letter last names in the United States

In this section we'll look at the most common 9 letter last names in the United States. Currently, there are 12,881,430 people who have a last name that is 9 letters long.

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

Most popular 9 letter last name

Currently, the most popular 9 letter last name in America is Rodríguez, with a total count of 1,094,924 people who have the surname. The surname Rodríguez occurs roughly 371 times per 100,000 people in the U.S.

The table below shows the 100 most common last names that are 9 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
Rodríguez 1,094,924 4.75% 0.54% 0.57% 0.18% 0.18% 93.77%
Hernández 1,043,281 3.79% 0.36% 0.60% 0.19% 0.16% 94.89%
Gutiérrez 293,218 4.57% 0.24% 1.40% 0.25% 0.20% 93.33%
Henderson 218,393 59.63% 33.98% 0.45% 0.86% 2.56% 2.51%
Patterson 205,423 67.27% 26.80% 0.47% 0.68% 2.35% 2.43%
Alexander 204,621 58.19% 34.04% 1.24% 0.70% 2.66% 3.17%
Fernandez 180,842 8.77% 1.15% 5.38% 0.18% 0.93% 83.58%
Robertson 153,666 73.42% 20.61% 0.52% 0.89% 2.11% 2.46%
Armstrong 135,044 72.39% 21.01% 0.58% 0.93% 2.31% 2.79%
Contreras 130,164 4.19% 0.21% 0.55% 0.25% 0.16% 94.64%
Carpenter 129,898 86.21% 8.49% 0.57% 0.68% 1.87% 2.18%
Maldonado 121,526 4.97% 0.50% 0.40% 0.19% 0.23% 93.71%
Dominguez 119,304 5.04% 0.38% 1.03% 0.25% 0.21% 93.09%
Schneider 101,290 95.35% 0.43% 0.59% 0.27% 1.20% 2.16%
Zimmerman 83,265 93.84% 2.32% 0.52% 0.30% 1.18% 1.85%
Cervantes 82,161 3.31% 0.16% 0.91% 0.18% 0.14% 95.31%
Velásquez 80,364 4.75% 0.66% 1.71% 0.43% 0.24% 92.22%
Stevenson 75,169 63.44% 30.19% 0.63% 0.54% 2.50% 2.70%
Castañeda 71,368 4.11% 0.22% 1.79% 0.20% 0.25% 93.42%
Gallagher 69,834 94.62% 0.69% 0.64% 0.30% 1.26% 2.50%
Schroeder 67,977 95.36% 0.32% 0.59% 0.49% 1.13% 2.11%
Velázquez 63,736 3.26% 0.44% 0.12% 0.12% 0.11% 95.95%
McCormick 63,649 87.33% 7.59% 0.57% 0.42% 1.61% 2.48%
Nicholson 58,151 74.25% 19.89% 0.54% 0.62% 2.15% 2.54%
Underwood 57,064 79.20% 15.03% 0.48% 1.09% 2.03% 2.17%
Davenport 55,895 71.76% 22.32% 0.49% 0.69% 2.38% 2.36%
Jefferson 55,179 17.45% 74.24% 0.40% 1.90% 3.54% 2.47%
Singleton 54,621 45.91% 48.62% 0.38% 0.41% 2.48% 2.20%
Christian 54,198 66.41% 24.57% 2.33% 0.59% 2.49% 3.62%
Wilkinson 53,739 88.16% 6.52% 0.63% 0.61% 1.74% 2.36%
Dickerson 51,889 62.97% 31.57% 0.43% 0.42% 2.52% 2.09%
Wilkerson 48,444 64.68% 29.39% 0.45% 0.61% 2.59% 2.27%
Blackwell 47,175 65.69% 28.46% 0.39% 0.77% 2.64% 2.05%
MacDonald 46,717 93.72% 1.06% 0.85% 0.43% 1.58% 2.37%
Whitehead 44,373 70.49% 24.03% 0.40% 0.73% 2.23% 2.11%
Hendricks 43,197 75.70% 17.40% 0.56% 1.35% 2.21% 2.78%
Gillespie 42,693 81.20% 13.84% 0.47% 0.48% 1.72% 2.29%
Middleton 42,578 66.71% 28.16% 0.50% 0.46% 2.06% 2.11%
Frederick 41,394 80.13% 14.07% 0.62% 0.82% 1.94% 2.42%
McFarland 41,300 78.85% 15.64% 0.61% 0.55% 2.12% 2.23%
Valentine 40,395 66.06% 23.29% 0.66% 0.50% 2.14% 7.35%
McConnell 39,754 88.76% 5.98% 0.58% 0.80% 1.78% 2.10%
Blackburn 39,097 87.41% 7.31% 0.52% 0.91% 1.71% 2.14%
Dougherty 37,884 94.37% 1.07% 0.62% 0.28% 1.33% 2.34%
Blanchard 37,695 84.87% 9.32% 0.51% 0.80% 1.85% 2.65%
Jaramillo 36,755 7.47% 0.27% 1.00% 0.68% 0.30% 90.28%
Rasmussen 36,636 94.55% 0.27% 0.82% 0.35% 1.43% 2.58%
Donaldson 36,558 72.06% 22.12% 0.50% 0.40% 2.38% 2.54%
McPherson 36,125 73.35% 20.66% 0.57% 0.61% 2.33% 2.49%
Daugherty 34,987 90.01% 4.48% 0.47% 1.09% 1.94% 2.00%
Lancaster 32,362 84.28% 10.07% 0.61% 0.65% 2.10% 2.30%
Rodrigues 31,280 45.85% 4.95% 4.35% 0.34% 3.26% 41.26%
Cleveland 31,123 66.41% 25.78% 0.58% 2.85% 2.31% 2.07%
Shoemaker 30,934 93.56% 2.17% 0.52% 0.46% 1.39% 1.90%
McDermott 30,528 92.19% 2.59% 0.83% 0.31% 1.42% 2.67%
Whitfield 29,962 44.52% 49.68% 0.38% 0.46% 3.02% 1.94%
Goldstein 29,938 95.01% 0.74% 0.68% 0.03% 0.90% 2.64%
Arredondo 29,173 4.88% 0.21% 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 94.36%
Caballero 28,903 6.32% 0.75% 3.07% 0.22% 0.38% 89.25%
Delatorre 27,265 4.87% 0.17% 1.98% 0.14% 0.24% 92.61%
Slaughter 27,155 57.05% 37.07% 0.37% 0.43% 2.73% 2.36%
Covington 27,068 48.90% 45.18% 0.34% 0.66% 2.78% 2.14%
Broussard 26,971 67.65% 27.37% 0.27% 0.34% 1.79% 2.57%
Dickinson 26,607 89.69% 4.78% 0.78% 0.48% 1.71% 2.56%
Gustafson 26,421 95.58% 0.24% 0.56% 0.49% 1.42% 1.71%
Rosenberg 26,307 95.18% 0.76% 0.63% 0.19% 1.02% 2.22%
McClellan 26,060 81.00% 13.53% 0.54% 0.94% 1.93% 2.06%
Tomlinson 25,274 83.64% 10.32% 0.65% 0.55% 1.85% 2.99%
Greenwood 24,971 80.54% 13.59% 0.52% 0.99% 1.81% 2.56%
Childress 24,937 78.33% 16.39% 0.44% 0.54% 2.14% 2.16%
Hutchison 24,820 90.53% 4.55% 0.47% 0.65% 1.82% 1.98%
Yarbrough 24,749 70.61% 23.73% 0.36% 0.75% 2.32% 2.23%
Sanderson 24,384 85.69% 6.60% 0.60% 2.62% 2.18% 2.31%
Navarrete 24,259 3.35% 0.22% 1.45% 0.07% 0.17% 94.74%
Francisco 24,095 29.20% 3.48% 19.00% 4.50% 1.90% 41.92%
Benavides 23,761 6.04% 0.29% 0.56% 0.13% 0.16% 92.82%
Pritchard 23,549 88.65% 6.17% 0.87% 0.39% 1.72% 2.19%
Rodríguez 22,892 7.25% 1.77% 0.45% 0.73% 0.37% 89.42%
Arrington 22,840 51.21% 43.21% 0.35% 0.55% 2.61% 2.07%
McDonough 21,739 95.81% 0.36% 0.52% 0.20% 1.22% 1.88%
Feliciano 21,667 8.10% 1.21% 5.64% 0.09% 0.90% 84.05%
Escamilla 20,958 4.80% 0.22% 0.30% 0.22% 0.16% 94.30%
Greenberg 20,897 95.31% 0.33% 0.82% 0.13% 0.96% 2.44%
Jorgensen 20,731 94.59% 0.35% 0.68% 0.37% 1.39% 2.63%
Escalante 20,626 5.48% 0.48% 2.09% 1.24% 0.47% 90.24%
Westbrook 20,284 71.22% 22.75% 0.47% 0.90% 2.39% 2.28%
Cornelius 20,160 72.22% 19.81% 0.87% 2.57% 2.15% 2.38%
Hightower 20,065 50.22% 43.18% 0.43% 0.65% 3.00% 2.52%
Sepúlveda 19,851 7.17% 0.29% 0.42% 0.30% 0.23% 91.59%
Sheffield 19,738 76.36% 18.80% 0.42% 0.77% 1.77% 1.88%
Marroquín 19,661 4.62% 0.20% 0.23% 0.21% 0.17% 94.58%
Ledbetter 19,417 84.31% 10.81% 0.44% 0.64% 1.69% 2.10%
Pritchett 19,334 68.23% 25.17% 0.38% 1.92% 2.30% 2.00%
McCracken 19,287 92.20% 3.26% 0.50% 0.48% 1.69% 1.87%
Spaulding 18,902 83.60% 9.21% 0.76% 1.77% 2.35% 2.31%
Sylvester 18,896 72.96% 20.72% 0.91% 0.83% 1.93% 2.65%
McClendon 18,857 37.73% 55.98% 0.34% 0.49% 3.14% 2.31%
Mansfield 18,725 86.84% 7.12% 0.61% 0.68% 1.91% 2.85%
Smallwood 18,717 68.67% 25.11% 0.43% 1.07% 2.54% 2.17%
Mondragón 18,620 4.90% 0.16% 0.45% 0.45% 0.28% 93.76%

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