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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Schneider

Most common names in the US revealed by Census Bureau

The Census Bureau has tallied counts of the most common last names in each once-a-decade head count since the 1990 Census - (Getty Images)

The most popular last names in the U.S might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday.

“Smith,” “Johnson,” “Williams,” “Brown," and Jones,” remained the top five last names in the United States in 2020, as they were in 2010, according to a tally from the last U.S. head count.

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