Surnames on the United States Popularity List

This is a list of surnames in which the name appears on the United States popularity list.
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Hernandez Spanish
Unaccented variant of Hernández.
Hernando Spanish
From the given name Hernando.
Herrema Frisian
Frisian variant of Heeren.
Herrera Spanish
Spanish form of Ferreira.
Herrero Spanish
Spanish cognate of Ferrari.
Herriot English
From an Old French diminutive of the given name Herry.
Herrmann German
From the given name Hermann.
Herschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2. A famous bearer was the British-German astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822), as well as his sister Caroline Herschel (1750-1848) and son John Herschel (1792-1871), also noted scientists.
Hershey English
Originally denoted a person from Hercé in Normandy.
Hertz German
Derived from Middle High German herze meaning "heart", a nickname for a big-hearted person.
Herzog German
From a German title meaning "duke", a nickname for a person who either acted like a duke or worked in a duke's household.
Hewitt English
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Hugh.
Hext English
From a nickname meaning "tallest" in Middle English. It is most common in the southwest of England in the county of Devon.
Heydari Persian
From the given name Heydar.
Heyman Jewish
From the given name Chayyim.
Heymans Dutch
Variant of Heijman.
Hibbert English
Derived from the given name Hilbert.
Hickey Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÍcidhe meaning "descendant of the healer".
Hicks English
Derived from the medieval given name Hicke, a diminutive of Richard.
Hidaka Japanese
From Japanese (hi) meaning "sun, day" and (taka) meaning "tall, high".
Hidalgo Spanish
Means "nobleman" in Spanish. The Spanish word is a contraction of the phrase hijo de algo meaning "son of something". This surname was typically in origin a nickname or an occupational name for one who worked in a noble's household.
Hier Welsh
Means "tall, long" from Welsh hir.
Hierro Spanish
Spanish form of Ferro.
Higashi Japanese
From Japanese (higashi) meaning "east".
Higgins Irish
From Irish Ó hUiginn meaning "descendant of Uiginn". Uiginn is a byname meaning "Viking".
Hightower English
Possibly a variant of Hayter.
Hildebrand German
From the given name Hildebrand.
Hill English
Originally given to a person who lived on or near a hill, derived from Old English hyll.
Hillam English
From English places by this name, derived from Old English hyll meaning "hill".
Hilton English
From various English place names derived from Old English hyll "hill" and tun "enclosure, town". Famous bearers of this name include the Hilton family of hotel heirs.
Hines Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEidhin meaning "descendant of Eidhin", a given name or byname of unknown origin.
Hino Japanese
From Japanese (hi) meaning "sun, day" or (hi) meaning "fire" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hinrichs Low German
Derived from the given name Hinrich.
Hintzen German
Means "son of Hintz", a diminutive of Heinrich.
Hiramatsu Japanese
From Japanese (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Hirano Japanese
From Japanese (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hirata Japanese
From Japanese (hira) meaning "level, even, peaceful" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Hirsch 1 German
Means "deer, hart" in German. This was a nickname for a person who resembled a deer in some way, or who raised or hunted deer.
Hirsch 2 Jewish
Derived from the given name Hirsh.
Hirschel German, Jewish
Diminutive form of Hirsch 1 or Hirsch 2.
Hjort Danish, Swedish
Danish and Swedish cognate of Hart.
Hlaváč m Czech
From a nickname for a person with an oddly-shaped head, derived from Czech hlava "head".
Hlaváček m Czech
Diminutive form of Hlaváč.
Ho Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Min Nan romanization of He.
Hoàng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huang, from Sino-Vietnamese (hoàng).
Hobbes English
Derived from the medieval given name Hob. A famous bearer of this name was British political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), the author of Leviathan.
Hobbs English
Derived from the medieval given name Hob.
Hobson English
Means "son of Hob".
Hoch German
Means "tall" in German.
Hochberg German, Jewish
From place names meaning "high hill" in German.
Hodges English
Patronymic of Hodge, a medieval diminutive of Roger.
Hodgson English
Means "son of Hodge", a medieval diminutive of Roger.
Hodson English
Means "son of Hodge", a medieval diminutive of Roger.
Hodžić Bosnian
From Bosnian hodža meaning "master, teacher, imam", a word of Persian origin.
Hoefler German
Variant of Hofer.
Hoek Dutch
From Dutch hoek meaning "corner".
Hoekstra Frisian
From Frisian hoek meaning "corner".
Hofer German
Occupational name for a farmer, from German Hof "farm", from Old High German hof "yard, court".
Hoffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.
Hoffmann German
From Middle High German hofmann meaning "farmer".
Höfler German
Variant of Hofer.
Hofmeister German
Means "master of the household", from Old High German hof "yard, court, house" and meistar "master" (from Latin magister).
Hogan Irish
From Irish Ó hÓgáin meaning "descendant of Ógán". The given name Ógán is a diminutive of óg meaning "young".
Hoggard English
Occupational name meaning "pig herder", from Old English hogg "hog" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
Holden English
From various English place names, derived from Old English hol "hollow, sunken, deep" and denu "valley".
Holguín Spanish
Possibly from Spanish holgar "to rest, to enjoy oneself".
Holland 1 English
From various English places of this name, derived from Old English hoh "point of land, heel" and land "land".
Holland 2 Dutch, German, English
Indicated a person from the Dutch province of Holland 1.
Hollins English
Referred to someone living by a group of holly trees, from Old English holegn.
Holloway English
From the name of various English places, derived from Old English hol "hollow, sunken, deep" and weg "path, way".
Holm Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Swedish, Danish and Norwegian holme, holm meaning "islet" (Old Norse holmr).
Holmberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and berg meaning "mountain".
Holme English, Scottish
Referred either to someone living by a small island (northern Middle English holm, from Old Norse holmr) or near a holly tree (Middle English holm, from Old English holegn).
Holmes English, Scottish
Variant of Holme. A famous fictional bearer was Sherlock Holmes, a detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery stories beginning in 1887.
Holmgren Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and gren (Old Norse grein) meaning "branch".
Holmström Swedish
From Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream".
Holst Danish, Low German, Dutch
Originally referred to a person from the region of Holstein between Germany and Denmark. A famous bearer of this name was the English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934).
Holt English, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian
From Old English, Old Dutch and Old Norse holt meaning "forest".
Holtman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Holzmann.
Holtz German
German cognate of Holt.
Holub mu Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "dove, pigeon" in Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Hölzer German
German cognate of Holt.
Holzer German
German cognate of Holt.
Holzknecht German
Occupational name for a forester's helper, from Old High German holz "wood" and kneht "servant, apprentice".
Holzmann German
Derived from Old High German holz "wood" and man "man", a name for someone who lived close to a wood or worked with wood.
Homewood English
From various place names derived from Old English ham meaning "home" and wudu meaning "wood".
Honda Japanese
From Japanese (hon) meaning "root, origin, source" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Honeycutt English
Derived from the name of the English town of Hunnacott, derived from Old English hunig "honey" or the given name Huna combined with cot "cottage".
Honeysett English
Possibly a variant of Honeycutt.
Honkanen Finnish
Derived from Finnish honka meaning "pine".
Hood English
Metonymic occupational name for a maker of hoods or a nickname for someone who wore a distinctive hood, from Old English hod.
Hooker English
Originally applied to one who lived near a river bend or corner of some natural feature, from Old English hoc "angle, hook".
Hooper English
Occupational name for someone who put the metal hoops around wooden barrels.
Hoover German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Huber.
Hope English
Derived from Middle English hop meaning "small valley".
Hopkins English
Patronymic formed from a diminutive of Hob.
Hopper English
Occupational name for an acrobat or a nickname for someone who was nervous or restless. A famous bearer was the American actor Dennis Hopper (1936-2010).
Hopson English
Variant of Hobson.
Horáček m Czech
Diminutive derived from Czech hora "mountain".
Horák m Czech
Derived from Czech hora "mountain".
Horn English, German, Norwegian, Danish
From the Old English, Old High German and Old Norse word horn meaning "horn". This was an occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn or who played a horn, or a person who lived near a horn-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.
Horne English
Variant of Horn.
Horník m Czech, Slovak
Occupational name meaning "miner" in Czech and Slovak.
Horowitz Jewish
From the German name of Hořovice, a town in the Czech Republic. Its name is derived from Czech hora "mountain".
Horsfall English
From a minor place in Yorkshire derived from Old English hors "horse" and fall "clearing".
Horton English
From the names of various places in England, which are derived from Old English horh "dirt, mud" and tun "enclosure, yard, town".
Horvat Croatian, Slovene
From Croatian and Slovene Hrvat meaning "Croat, person from Croatia".
Horváth um Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of Horvat. This is the second most common surname in Hungary and the most common surname in Slovakia (where is is typically borne by those of Hungarian ancestry).
Hoshino Japanese
From Japanese (hoshi) meaning "star" and (no) meaning "field, wilderness".
Hosseini Persian
From the given name Hossein.
Hou Chinese
From Chinese (hóu) meaning "lord, nobleman".
Houben Dutch
Derived from the given name Hubert.
Houk Dutch (Anglicized)
Possibly an Americanized form of Hoek.
House English
Referred to a person who lived or worked in a house, as opposed to a smaller hut.
Houston Scottish
From a place name meaning "Hugh's town". The original Houston is in Scotland near Glasgow.
Houtkooper Dutch
Means "buyer of wood" in Dutch.
Houtman Dutch
Dutch cognate of Holzmann.
Hovanesian Armenian
Alternate transcription of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (see Hovhannisyan).
Hovhannisyan Armenian
Means "son of Hovhannes" in Armenian.
Howard 1 English
Derived from the given name Hughard or Hávarðr.
Howard 2 English
Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
Howe English
Name for one who lived on a hill, from Middle English how "hill" (of Norse origin).
Howell Welsh
From the Welsh given name Hywel.
Howse English
Variant of Howe.
Hoxha Albanian
From the Persian title خواجه (khājeh) meaning "lord".
Hrabě m Czech
Means "count" in Czech, perhaps used to denote someone who worked for a count or acted like a count.
Hribar Slovene
From Slovene hrib meaning "hill".
Hristova f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Hristov.
Hrubý m Czech
Means "crude, coarse" in Czech.
Hruška m Czech, Slovak
Means "pear" in Czech and Slovak, most likely used to denote a person who grew or sold pears.
Hsieh Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Xie).
Hsu 1 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Xu 1).
Hsu 2 Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Xu 2).
Hu Chinese
From Chinese () meaning "beard, whiskers, recklessly, wildly, barbarian".
Huang Chinese
From Chinese (huáng) meaning "yellow".
Hubbard English
Derived from the given name Hubert.
Hüber German
Variant of Huber.
Huber German
Occupational name for a farmer, derived from Old High German huoba "plot of land, farm".
Hubert French, German, English
Derived from the given name Hubert.
Hudák m Slovak
From Slovak chudák meaning "pauper, poor person".
Huddleson English
Means "son of Hudel", a diminutive of Hudde.
Huddleston English
From the name of a town in the Yorkshire region of England, which means "Hudel's town" in Old English.
Hudnall English
From various English place names, derived from the Old English given name Huda combined with halh "nook, recess".
Hudson English
Means "son of Hudde".
Huerta Spanish
Means "garden, orchard" in Spanish, ultimately from Latin hortus.
Huff English
Means "spur of a hill", from Old English hoh.
Huffman German (Anglicized)
Americanized form of Hoffmann.
Hughes 1 English
Patronymic of the given name Hugh.
Hughes 2 Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Mac Aodha.
Hull English
Variant of Hill.
Hult Swedish
Swedish form of Holt.
Humbert French
From the given name Humbert.
Hume Scottish, English
Variant of Holme. A famous bearer was the philosopher David Hume (1711-1776).
Hummel 1 German, Dutch
Derived from the given name Humbert.
Hummel 2 German, Dutch
Nickname for a busy person, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hommel, Middle High German hummel, all meaning "bee".
Humphrey English
Derived from the given name Humphrey.
Humphreys English
Derived from the given name Humphrey.
Hunt English
Variant of Hunter.
Hunter English, Scottish
Occupational name that referred to someone who hunted for a living, from Old English hunta.
Hurst English
Originally a name for a person who lived near a thicket of trees, from Old English hyrst "thicket".
Hussain Arabic
Derived from the given name Husayn.
Hussein Arabic
From the given name Husayn. A famous bearer was the Iraqi president Saddam Hussein (1937-2006).
Hutchinson English
Means "son of Huchin", a medieval diminutive of Hugh.
Hutmacher German
German cognate of Hoedemaker.
Hutson English
Variant of Hudson.
Huxley English
From the name of a town in Cheshire. The final element is Old English leah "woodland, clearing", while the first element might be hux "insult, scorn". A famous bearer was the British author Aldous Huxley (1894-1963).
Huxtable English
Derived from the name of an English place meaning "hook post", from Old English hoc "hook" and stapol "post".
Huỳnh Vietnamese
Variant of Hoàng used more often in southern Vietnam.
Hyde English
From Middle English hide, a unit of land, approximately the size necessary to support a household.
Hyland 1 English
Topographic name meaning "high land", from Old English heah and land.
Hyland 2 Irish
Variant of Whelan.
Hynes Irish
Variant of Hines.
Ibáñez Spanish
Means "son of Ibán".
Ibarra Basque, Spanish
From Basque place names derived from ibar meaning "meadow".
Ibrahim Arabic, Urdu, Hausa
From the given name Ibrahim.
Ibsen Danish
Means "son of Ib". A famous bearer was the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906).
Idowu Yoruba
From the given name Idowu.
Igarashi Japanese
From Japanese 五十 (i) meaning "fifty", an unwritten subject marker (ga), and (arashi) meaning "storm".
Iglesias Spanish
From Spanish iglesia meaning "church", from Latin ecclesia (of Greek origin).
Ignatov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Ignat".
Ikeda Japanese
From Japanese (ike) meaning "pool, pond" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ilić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ilija".
Iliescu Romanian
Means "son of Ilie".
Iliev m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Iliya".
Ilieva f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of Iliev.
Illés Hungarian
Derived from the given name Illés.
Im Korean
From Sino-Korean (im) meaning "forest", making it the Korean form of Lin, or (im) of uncertain meaning, making it the Korean form of Ren.
Imai Japanese
From Japanese (ima) meaning "now, present" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Inaba Japanese
From Japanese (ina) meaning "rice plant" and (ha) meaning "leaf".
Inada Japanese
From Japanese (ina) meaning "rice plant" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ingham English
From the name of an English town, of Old English origin meaning "Inga's homestead".
Ingram English
Derived from the given name Ingram.
Íñiguez Spanish
Means "son of Íñigo" in Spanish.
Innes 1 Scottish
From a place name derived from Gaelic inis meaning "island".
Innes 2 Scottish
From the given name Aonghus.
Innocenti Italian
From a nickname meaning "innocent" in Italian.
Inoue Japanese
Means "above the well", from Japanese (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit", an unwritten possessive marker (no), and (ue) meaning "above, top, upper".
Ioannidis m Greek
Means "son of Ioannis" in Greek.
Ioannou Greek
Means "son of Ioannis".
Ion Romanian
From the given name Ion 1.
Ionescu Romanian
Means "son of Ion 1" in Romanian.
Irvine 1 Scottish
Originally derived from the name of a Scottish (North Ayrshire) town, which was named for the River Irvine, derived from Brythonic elements meaning "green water".
Irwin English
Derived from the Old English given name Eoforwine.
Isaacson English
Means "son of Isaac".
Isakov m Russian
Means "son of Isaak".
Isakova f Russian
Feminine form of Isakov.
Isaksen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Isak".
Isaksson Swedish
Means "son of Isak".
Isayev m Russian
Means "son of Isay".
Ishida Japanese
From Japanese (ishi) meaning "stone" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Ishikawa Japanese
From Japanese (ishi) meaning "stone" and (kawa) meaning "river, stream".
Ismail Arabic
From the given name Ismail.
Ismailov m Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Chechen, Avar
Means "son of Ismail".
Ito Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊藤 (see Itō).
Itō Japanese
From Japanese (i) meaning "this" and () meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.
Ivanković Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic derived from a diminutive of Ivan.
Ivanov m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Macedonian
Means "son of Ivan". It is among the most common surnames in Bulgaria and Russia.
Ivanović Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivanovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Ivan".
Ivers English, Irish
Patronymic derived from the given name Ivor.
Iversen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Iver".
Iwai Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".
Iwamoto Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".
Iwasaki Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (saki) meaning "cape, peninsula".
Iwata Japanese
From Japanese (iwa) meaning "cliff, rocks" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Iyer Tamil
Referred to a person belonging to the Iyer subcaste of the larger Brahmin caste. The Iyer subcaste is traditionally devoted to the God Vishnu.
Izquierdo Spanish
Means "left, left-handed" in Spanish, ultimately from Basque ezker.
Izumi Japanese
From Japanese (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain".
Jabłoński m Polish
Originally denoted someone who lived by an apple tree, from Polish jabłoń meaning "apple tree".
Jack English, Scottish
From the given name Jack.
Jackman English
Means "servant of Jack".
Jackson English
Means "son of Jack". Famous bearers of this name include the American president Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) and the singer Michael Jackson (1958-2009).
Jacobs English, Dutch
Derived from the given name Jacob.
Jacobsen Danish
Means "son of Jacob".
Jacobson English
Means "son of Jacob".
Jacques French
From the French given name Jacques.
Jacquet French
From a diminutive of the given name Jacques.
Jaeger German
Variant of Jäger.
Jafari Persian
From the given name Jafar.
Jäger German
Means "hunter" in German, from Old High German jagon meaning "to hunt".
Jager German
Variant of Jäger.
Jagger English
From an English word meaning "carter, peddler". A famous bearer is the British musician Mick Jagger (1943-), the lead singer of the Rolling Stones.
Jagoda Polish
Means "berry" in Polish.
Jahn German
From a Low German short form of Johannes.
Jahoda m Czech
Czech cognate of Jagoda.
Jain Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
Referred to a person who followed the principles of Jainism, a religion practiced in India. Jains are the followers of Lord Mahavira (599-527 BC).
Jakab Hungarian
Derived from the given name Jakab.
Jakeman English
Means "servant of Jack".
Jakobsen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Jakob".
James English
Derived from the given name James.
Jameson English
Means "son of James".
Jamison English
Means "son of James".
Jamshidi Persian
From the given name Jamshid.
Janáček m Czech
From a diminutive of the given name Jan 1.
Janda mu Czech, Polish
Derived from the given name Jan 1.
Janíček m Czech, Slovak
From a diminutive of the given name Jan 1.
Jankauskas m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Janowski.
Jankovič Slovene
Means "son of Janko".
Jankowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Jankowo or Janków, all derived from the given name Janek.
Janowski m Polish
Habitational name for a person from a town named Janowo, Janów or Janowice, all derived from the given name Jan 1.
Jans Dutch, German
Means "son of Jan 1".
Jansen Dutch, Norwegian
Means "son of Jan 1". This is the second most common Dutch surname.
Jansing Dutch
Variant of Jansen.
Jansons m Latvian
Latvian form of Jansson.
Janssen Dutch
Means "son of Jan 1".
Janssens Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Jan 1".
Jansson Swedish
Means "son of Jan 1".
Janvier French
Either from the given name Janvier or the French word janvier meaning "January", perhaps indicating a person who was baptized in that month.
Janz German
Means "son of Jan 1".
Janzen Dutch
Means "son of Jan 1".
Jardine English, Scottish
Means "garden", denoting someone who worked as a gardener.
Järvi Finnish
Means "lake" in Finnish.
Järvinen Finnish
Derived from Finnish järvi meaning "lake". It is one of the most common surnames in Finland.
Jarvis English
Derived from the given name Gervais.
Jaskólski m Polish
Originally indicated a person from various Polish towns named Jaskółki, derived from Polish jaskółka "swallow (bird)".
Jaso Basque
Derived from Basque jats meaning "sorghum", a type of cereal grass.
Jassim Arabic
From the given name Jasim.