In which states is your last name most common ?

[Virginiá]

I suppose New York and New Jersey, notably Brighton Beach and Bergen County

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My maternal grandmother's current last name (her birth name was something different, but I forget what):

Country by prevalence: USA
Country by density: Falkland Islands
State by prevalence: California
State by density: West Virginia

[Grand Wizard Lizard of the Klan]

Michigan: 2 608
Rank in area: 355

Illinois: 2 416 (where almost half of that in Cook County)
Rank in area: 543

My surname is present in every US state. I am not shocked. There is even one person with my surname in Zimbabwe.

[Bojack Horseman]

Mine is an Italian last name, and as such is most prevalent in Italy. As for US states, it's most likely New York that it's most prevalent. It's well-known in one part of Buffalo, as my grandfather's cousin served in Congress from 1975-2003.

[RINO Tom]

Country:
1. Germany
2. United States
3. Austria
4. France
5. Brazil

State:
1. California
2. Texas
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. Florida

Not sure how to see state by %, and I'm on my phone.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

There are only 134 worldwide with my last name.

I thought your real last name was typical and boring for Poland.......Hmmmmmm.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Texas no big surprise.

Probably, Smith - boring and bland.  Yeah, that fits, sis.

[The Dowager Mod]

Texas no big surprise.

Probably, Smith - boring and bland.  Yeah, that fits, sis.

Harris, You didn't know that?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

PA, IL, and CA for me.........that makes sense.  My family has little to zero footprint here.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Texas no big surprise.

Probably, Smith - boring and bland.  Yeah, that fits, sis.

Harris, You didn't know that?

How would I?

[Del Tachi]

Tennessee

Most frequently occurs in Prentiss County, MS though, which is where my family is from

[Anti-Bothsidesism]

California

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

countries
1. Ireland 1:275
2. N Ireland 1:400
3. Liberia 1:618
4. Scotland 1:632
5. Australia 1:922
6. New Zealnd 1:1137
7. Canada 1:1228

states
1.Mississippi (1:965)
2. SC
3. AL
4. WV
5. LA
6. ME
7. MA (1:1187)

states 1880
1. Nevada (1:549)
2. CT
3. MA
4. SC
5. ND (1:806)

US counties
Webster,GA (1.6%)
Blaine,NE (1.2%)
Plute,UT (1.1%)
McDowell,WV (1.1%)

1880
Aurora,SD (2.9%)
Hand,SD (2.3%)
Tattnall,GA (1.9%)
Chase,NE (1.4%)

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

237,150th most common surname in the world:

In the US:

Florida - 100% (based on who has it, it's all my family here)

Worldwide:

Jordan - 3.0%
Palestinian territories - 2.8%
Syria - 2.3%
Libya  - 1.6%
Egypt - 0.6%
Lebanon - 0.3%
Iraq - 0.2%
Saudi Arabia - 0.1%

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Mom's Maiden name:

1.Ecuador 1:827
2.Peru 1:5149
3.Colombia 1:11017
(ancestry is Wales, where it is uncommon.)

US states
1. MD (1: 19617)
2. ID
3. FL
4. OH (1: 67706)

states 1880
1. MD (1:8136)
2. WA
3. OH (1: 34019)

counties
1.Boise ID (.06%)
2.Wyandot OH
3.Blaine ID
4.Lincoln ID
5. Montgomery KS (.05%)

counties 1880
1.Jackson OH (.16%) - grandad's birthplace
2.Carroll MD
3.Jefferson OH
4.Dallas IA (.08%)

[seb_pard]

Countries:
1. Colombia
2. Mexico
3. Bolivia
4. Chile
5. Venezuela
 (most frequently in El Salvador)

US States
1. California
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. New York
5. Virginia

Very latino surname (Parada).

[An American Tail: Fubart Goes West]

Lowest rank in England (No surprise; I've traced that part of my family back there)
Highest Prevalence in Jamaica
Highest Incidence in the US
Highest Frequency in Utah
Highest Incidence in Texas (CA, my home state, is a very close second)

There's a county in rural Nebraska that has a pretty high number of them; many of whom are probably relatives.

The highest frequency (and tied for second lowest with a county in Utah) county is in a small (pop. 700ish) county in Texas.

Lowest rank (7) is in a medium sized county in South Carolina (20,000ish)

[Hash]

To my surprise, my last name is actually on there, although with only 176 people.

Countries:
1. France (171, 1: 385,725)
2. Canada (4, 1: 8,856,881)
3. Italy (1, 1: 60,762,320)

My middle name is my mother's last name. Its distribution is rather odd, which suggests that it is a common-ish surname in other countries.

1. India (29,098, 1: 42,890)
2. Indonesia (10,454, 1: 24,121)
3. Mexico (7,171, 1: 16,694)
4. Bangladesh (6,188, 1: 25,340)
5. Canada (4,256, 1: 8,324)
6. Burkina Faso (4,096, 1: 4,229)
7. Ecuador (3,914, 1: 4,038)
8. Mozambique (3,783, 1: 6,265)
9. Spain (2,953, 1: 15,749)
10. US (2,859,    1: 112,022)

By density: Albania
US states: FL, MA, CA, RI, NY, IL, TX, MN etc.
Indian states: West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh - turns out there is a 'Jhalo Malo' SC in Assam.

[SWE]

There's 67 people in the world with my last name, all in the US, and the majority live in New York. About a third live in Erie County.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

There are only 134 worldwide with my last name.

I thought your real last name was typical and boring for Poland.......Hmmmmmm.

Life's full of dissapointments.

[RI]

1. United States
2. Czech Republic
3. Canada
4. India
5. Germany

1. California
2. Kansas
3. Arizona
4. Nebraska
5. Colorado

[RFayette]

Internationally:
1. United States
2. Germany
3. Austria
4. France
5. Canada
6. Brazil

Nationwide:
1. Indiana
2. California
3. Pennsylvania
4. Wisconsin
5. Iowa
6. Michigan

[RR1997]

Internationally:
1. India
2. United States
3. England
4. Singapore
5. United Arab Emirates
6. Australia

Nationwide:
1. California
2. Illinois
3. Missouri
4. Georgia
5. Virginia
6. Indiana

There are apparently 13,604 people worldwide that bear my surname.

[NOT gonna be banned soon]

Internationally:

1. Pakistan
2. Saudi Arabia
3. UAE
4. Iran
5. Afghanistan
6. Oman
7. India
8. England
9. Bahrain
10. USA


Nationwide

1. Texas
2. California
3. North Carolina
4. New York
5. Illinois
6. Florida
7. Georgia
8. Virginia
9. Pennsylvania
10. Maryland

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Also, some last names that have been in my family:

Last name from maternal great-grandparents:

1. Ireland
2. USA
3. England
4. Australia
5. Canada
6. South Africa
7. Scotland
8. Northern Ireland
9. Germany
10. New Zealand

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1. New York
2. California
3. Florida
4. New Jersey
5. Pennsylvania
6. Illinois
7. Massachusetts
8. Texas
9. Ohio
10. Michigan

Last name from paternal great-grandparents:

1. USA
2. Brazil
3. England
4. Australia
5. Canada
6. Philippines
7. Northern Ireland
8. New Zealand
9. Germany
10. Scotland

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1. California
2. Texas
3. Florida
4. New York
5. Washington
6. Virginia
7. Ohio
8. Michigan
9. Georgia
10. Tennessee

Interestingly enough, the name is least frequent in West Virginia, where the paternal side of my family is from.