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Top 50 Names in the United States

U.S.              U. S. Ratio                       State Most Often      State Ratio
Surname                 Ranking 1 to:                      Located in:            1 to:
 
 

  1  Smith          157                    Mississippi               68
  2  Johnson        196                    North Dakota              78
  3  Williams       238                    Mississippi              101
  4  Brown          244                    South Carolina           125
  5  Jones          249                    Mississippi               95
  6  Miller         265                    West Virginia            134
  7  Davis          292                    Mississippi              138
  8  Wilson         372                    Alabama                  208
  9  Anderson       378                    North Dakota             126
 10  Moore          407                    Mississippi              187
 11  Taylor         412                    Mississippi              200
 12  Martin         416                    South Carolina           246
 13  Thompson       433                    West Virginia            265
 14  Thomas         441                    Alabama                  209
 15  White          449                    Mississippi              222
 16  Clark          492                    Kentucky                 281
 17  Harris         417                    Alabama                  221
 18  Jackson        519                    Alabama                  204
 19  Lewis          568                    Mississippi              300
 20  Hall           572                    Kentucky                 244
 21  Lee            577                    Hawaii                   203
 22  Walker         582                    Mississippi              257
 23  Allen          593                    Mississippi              323
 24  Young          594                    Hawaii                   338
 25  Robinson       616                    Mississippi              271
 26  King           617                    Tennessee                315
 27  Baker          631                    Kentucky                 345
 28  Nelson         632                    North Dakota             150
 29  Wright         636                    Alabama                  359
 30  Adams          646                    Kentucky                 312
 31  Hill           663                    Alabama                  303
 32  Scott          686                    Alabama                  420
 33  Roberts        707                    Mississippi              367
 34  Green          708                    Alabama                  356
 35  Campbell       710                    South Carolina           383
 36  Phillips       725                    Alabama                  333
 37  Mitchell       754                    Alabama                  344
 38  Evans          791                    Mississippi              393
 39  Carter         796                    Georgia                  357
 40  Turner         818                    Alabama                  337
 41  Parker         825                    Mississippi              323
 42  Murphy         831                    Massachusetts            382
 43  Cook           834                    West Virginia            426
 44  Morris         844                    West Virginia            434
 45  Stewart        855                    Mississippi              377
 46  Collins        857                    Kentucky                 452
 47  Edwards        869                    North Carolina           315
 48  Rogers         871                    Arkansas                 407
 49  Peterson       894                    Minnesota                194
 50  Wood           945                    Arkansas                 528

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