Top 20 Most Common Black Last Names & Where They Live
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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What is your family name and what state is your family stationed in?
Here is the Full List if your name is not in the Top 20 >> docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tqfJzYj_CffRzkdyXeQwALXINXE9k8dPT3pusCsYgFg/edit?usp=sharing
Brenson. South Carolina
Wallace - Mississippi
@@BlackExcellist I looked at all 2000 last names. Mine is not listed 🤷🏾♀️
Harris - North Carolina
Thank you for this list. A few of my family's names aren't listed. My sister studied black history back in the day, it was said that Black last names came from the slave owner. For example,, If the slave owner's last name was Hopkins he gave them his last name to claim ownership. The Hopkins plantation, The Davidson plantation and so on.
It would be so delightful to know our surnames before slavery😢
Have you tried building your family tree? I was shocked how far back I got.
@@JustLovelyQ Yes!
Surnames only began in the 1600s. This is when I cannot remember which empire wanted to take a census of its population. That is why when we look at popular Western philosophers they only had one name ie Plato, Aristotle or even Galileo. Galileo though was around when last names were beginning to take hold so Isaac Newton already obviously had a last name.
these are our sur names before slavery
Yes thank you that would be beautiful! ❤❤
Slave master names is what she should be saying, Historians know our ancestors were stripped of their ldentity and given the names of their Slave Masters.
Factual truth.
These are our names today!!!
@@Mdfd438
If you decide to keep it.
You can change it, if you decide to do so.
20. Anderson
19. Thompson
18. Washington
17. Green
16. Walker
15. Lewis
14. White
13. Moore
12. Wilson
11. Taylor
TOP 10
10. Robinson
9. Harris
8. Thomas
7. Davis
6. Jackson
5. Brown
4. Jones
3. Smith
2. Johnson
1. Williams
@@crystalgrose Thank You 🙏🏽
@@crystalgrose You're the REAL MVP
21. Banks, 22. Edwards 23. Clay 24. Woods 25. Evans.
Anyone named Ficklin?
My maiden name is Jones and married name Brown. 4-5. 901❤
1 second in and I just want to say that I already know that Williams, Jones, Smith, and Johnson will easily be on this list!
And Washington
Thompsons
And Brown
I have yet to come across someone with the last name "Green". Thought rare☺, kinda surprised to see it in the top 20. Came across all the other names many times.
@@trishaw.237 off the top of my head, I know of 3 families in my town with the last name Green. Not related to my knowledge. In Mississippi...
These are not our names, it's their names. Malcolm protested against it and changed his to X
@@TTBC2L1 True !
Exactly!
Amen
@@TTBC2L1 You Are So Correct 💯
@@TTBC2L1 Not a single name was west african.
I’m a Walker (my paternal side) and my family is from Texas. We traced our lineage back to the first Walker in our family who came as a slave from Nigeria. We even have artifacts that were worn by my family while they were in slavery. Today, my family owns cattle ranches in Texas. My mom’s family are Blackfoot and they changed their names to avoid being sold into slavery.
Thanks for sharing 🤎🤎🤎
That is so interesting
You should have kept the last name Blackfoot.
My maternal last name was Williams and I changed it to my paternal last name which is Rankin but that was the name that they were given when they came into the United States in the late 1700s. If I dig further back into the census upon arrival the last name was actually Mae. I can't Truly find the origins even though I have Nigerian ancestry.
What part of Texas?
I'm surprised Freeman didn't make this list.
@@cappriment
I am very surprised that Murphy it's not on that list.
I don't think I know anyone named Freeman.
@@cappriment So am I...I Thought Freeman Would Be #1. 🤔
I just knew Cobb or Cobbs would be on the list..
@@cappriment I thought so too
Being in the military 7years, I’ve met at least one black person with each of these last names. Also, I was born a Johnson and now Smith from marriage. Really shows how colonized we really are. 😢😇
@@CosmixinnerG colonized yet far from civilized
Amazing how most of these names populated in Texas!
Yes I'm in Houston Texas
I'm a Williams and I knew that Williams would be in the top 10, but I am happily surprised that it is number 1!! I also have Walker and Harris in my family tree.
I'm also a Walker by way of Louisiana Choctaw Indian.
Harris is Redbone indigenous peoples. I Have Harris in my family tree as well and it all hits indigenous groups of mixed race
@tamaragleaves exactly why she not saying that part. We know are blood we know I people. Yes we have Afro ancestors but we have maternal indigenous ancestry as well historically
It never occurred to me before this article that many retained slave owner surnames to guide family members sold in slavery back to their relatives.
names could have changed several times.
Yes, this was the sad discovery for us as well. There are so many layers to the negative effects of slavery and I think the fact that you had to maintain the name of your Enslaver to stay connected to lost/sold family members is one of the most egregious.
Seems it may've been the most pragmatic thing to do under the subjugating circumstances. A kind of lesson in how traditions, whether good or bad in hindsight, can form of necessity I guess.
These are not slave owner sur names
@BlackExcellist yea our last name comes from our slave owners it's not our real last name
They left out Jenkins! 😆
@@chezniki exactly why we ain’t on the list lol 😂 Jenkins is huge too.
Interesting. I don't think I've ever met a Jenkins in real life(east coast & south).
@@boldenmywords shanyna Jenkins. 😆
Right Jenkins is very common☺! I've met plenty, but never someone named Green.
@@trishaw.237 This so interesting to me! It sort of shows how groups of black folks have migrated & socialized. I've met a few Green(e)s, but never a Jenkins. So, maybe our perception of commonality is skewed based on our personal social sphere. Also, these are just top 20, so it can be common just not quite enough to make top 20.
This not our name these names come from our ancestors masters. Our ancestors when they got here; old master took everything from my ancestors including their identity. When our ancestors was set free they needed something to identify them so they could find family that had been sold to other plantations. So these names we have now is not our identity. Do you understand?
Facts ....
@@XcellsiorSpiritualConsults0305 100
I'm so glad that I legally changed my entire name.
I gave them back what belonged to them in the first place
@@Maasai-El yes I’m on my way to change mine !
@@XcellsiorSpiritualConsults0305 well... your surname is still important even if you feel bad about it. Plus, one of your ancestors chose your surname, so maybe it's good to appreciate it. You can change it today if you want.
Anyone with roots from Savannah, GA? Slave ships often stopped here. Beautiful coastal Georgia. Rich in history🥰
@@laurainglis7485 often? It was one of the top ports for slavery.
The first name on the list should be Black!✊🏿
I'm surprised it wasn't even ranked anywhere on this list. I just KNEW Black would be listed, but I was wrong. 🤨
Nope! First name should be what the data reflects is the most common surname.
@@AllBrightColors 😂😂😂
@@SuperMogul 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Georgia made almost every list
Yup. I noticed that, too. I live in GA.
@@loveme9703 Because of slavery.
@@loveme9703 Georgia is full of black people
Also Texas
These names are part of our lineal story/history, they aren't black last names. These are really European names.
The European's were black. These are American Indian and Black European sur names.
@@555125kevin It's an African American List, Not A Black List.
@555125kevin
These are our names.
Yes we are aware of that, we know our history. Slave names.
Many of us have European ancestry.
I'M A WILLIAMS I KNEW WE HAD THE BIGGEST POPULATION ❤
Yes, straight out of Mississippi!
We the ☝️'s.............YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......................................................................
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fellow Williams here 👋🏾 family hails from Georgia, Alabama and Florida but my parents raised me in Virginia. We nationwide! ✊🏾
@@sherriewilliams4167 I am a Williams from Seneca, South Carolina. I thought that this was name, as well, is the most popular!
Good all I’m a Williams here in the Bronx NY
I am reading a lot of the comments and I noticed a lot of people using the words “we” and the word “from”. Please remember that WE are FROM Africa. We the jones, williams, Johnson, brown, smith, Jenkins are NOT from America. We were brought here and scattered across the north and south. WE ARE FROM AFRICA. None of the names we claim today are native to Africa.
Some black ppl were already here. Although life started in Africa for us all some melanated ppl were in America before the slave trade was ever thought of
@Writer341
According to Bishop Gaither, "Africa" was named after Roman General Africanus who conquered Carthage. He does give the name of that continent prior to the renaming. Unfortunately, I can not recall it.
According to Bishop Gaither, Africa was named after Roman General Africanus, who conquered Carthage. He does give the name of the continent before the renaming. Unfortunately, I can't recall it.
@@an-tm3250 supposedly it was called Alkebulan. But I see your point.
They may have not originally been our last names, but they are ours now. Ironically there are more black people named "White" than black people named "Black" or white people named "Black".
I heard my ancestors formed there own last name. NEWMAN
I believe that! And Freeman too
Many people say these are “their names” but I reject that. I’m not denying 7 generations of Americans that got me where I am after slavery,reconstruction and Jim Crow. They went through to much, It’s our names NOW🤷🏽♂️ my name ties to them more than Africa. Whatever they decided to call themselves is cool with me, just saying.
Exactly! If they weren’t mad about it, why should I be? 🤷🏾♀️
Amen!
Married into family Williams and seemed like every third person their name was Williams thanks for the information🎉❤🎉😊
I can’t believe Scott, Graham, and Cooper didn’t make the list 😂 Seems like I know a gazillion of them. Oh, and McFadden, Singletary and Fulmore too.
@@gloriamcgill8651 or Evans and Cann and Colman
Or Singleton
@@gloriamcgill8651 it depends on the location
This is only the Top 20.
My maiden name is Jones and we're from FL. I'm not surprised that we're in the top 5 😊
@@karengarner9525 My grandmothers last name is jones. (Montgomery alabama) Looking for family ever since. Married to Davis.
My maiden name is Jones also!!! I'm from South Carolina 😊
@@lisamccants241 Hay FAM ! 😁
It should have been N'Ganou today.
you all who made the list are from Africa. Your family was BROUGHT to some of these places you are claiming. Please never forget.
Brown family checking in! 💕
@@SimplisticallyDigital Brown family checking in from Georgia
@@wenonamorris1879 Yes! Mine are from Early county! 🙌🏿
Brown Family checking in from North Carolina! 😊
@@jamelewiggins7683 Hey, hey. hey!
Georgia is a really big melting pot of last names
I wasn’t surprised to see Jones, Jackson, Johnson, Smith, Williams…I was surprised to see my birth name, Brown on the list
@@brownbabyunchained1341 my mom is a brown
We should just say there is a high population of black people in Ga. Its ok. We know lol
My family names heavy related are Able,Burns,Caldwell,McFadden,Hemphill,Jackson,Jones,McDowell/McDow,Pearson,Montgomery
Montgomery for my family.
@@sandragoodson6507 my maternal grandmother was a Caldwell from W. Virginia
@@okimawilcox1550 Hello we could be related our family is from different parts of Virginia,North Carolina,South Carolina especially Charlotte North Carolina,Alabama,Mississippi and Georgia
I know a Hemphill
@@sandragoodson6507 my family was from Pocahontas W. Virginia in Tazwell Co. any kin from those parts?
Very interesting, not surprised by some of the names!!
Washington is big in Texas, Mississippi, and Georgia. Yet, George Washington never traveled further south than Virginia.
And, where are the yt Washington's
@@barnesmalcolm deep
Washington is an abbreviation of the Washitaw American Indian name. Many of them were pushed further West by the European expansions. It is not a European surname at its roots
@@DJDav16 Washitaw Moors
@@barnesmalcolm I was wondering the same thing. I've know yt folks who had all the other names mentioned. But I've never met a yt Washington.
There is no way possible that Alabama, Mississippi, & Louisiana didn’t make this list of any of these surnames 😂
I am a Walker from Marrero, LA. (Walkertown). The city was founded by my great grandmother Corrine Walker, Shout out to all these Walker family members.
I'm surprised Miller isn't on here, my family name.
I knew my last name wasn’t going to make the list lol!
I am very surprised that Hairstons aren't on this list. Because it's a ton of them in NC, VA, Maryland and other States. Both my Grandmothers are Hairstons. My Grandmother on my Dad's side was 1 of 17 siblings. My grandmother on my mother side was 1 of 8 siblings.
@@perrysaunders331 your paternal and maternal Hairstons are related!
Hairstons is #358 on the list. We do know Hairstons here in NC.
@@unicornshimmer2200I was told no they weren't related. My maternal Grandmother was the youngest of 8 siblings. The oldest four was born in Axton, Virginia. Henry County, Va. The youngest four, including my grandmother was born in Eden, North Carolina (Rockingham County). My paternal grandmother was born in Eden, North Carolina. In that city there was four sets of Hairstons. And they will spread throughout that Southern VA throughout NC from Danville to Martinsville VA and Winston Salem to Greensboro, NC. There was no connection that I remember of their family circles. I was told that was 40 different Hairston Plantations spread throughout many states. Many former Black Slaves/ancestors took on the names of those slave owners.
Never heard that surname before..
@@bf1822 I hadn’t either until a few weeks ago when I saw a video about the Hairstons then went down a rabbit hole reading about the white Hairstons and apparently where all the Black Hairstons then came from
A few of us have questions about our last names?
IM BLAQ & PROUD MINES IS RICE I MET PLENTY OVER THE YEARS HELLO EVERYONE 👋🏽
Thank you for sharing this with us. God bless you.
Jackson got to be there
I love the Jackson's song Got To Be There😂❤
I would have thought “ Jones” would have been number one. Lol!
@maureensorey4681
I was expecting Smith, Johnson second and Williams third.
I didn't think my last name would be on the list 😯 I'd researched my name before but this gave me more insight. Thank you.
Love this video.
I’m a WILLIAMS!!!! I knew we’d be #1 there are literally a million of us!!! Haha 🙌🏾 I love us all! ✊🏾✊🏾
@@s_a_willi exactly 💯
I'm a Williams too
Well, it lets you know that the Williams family owned the most enslaved people.
God bless the families of all black people with last names in this list. However, please understand that this is not your original name. This was a name given to you. I understand that you may feel proud of the name that you were given but remember that this is not your name. your lineage traces back to Africa where another name of family origin was given to you. Respectfully, we are not William’s, or Thomas, or Davis, or smith, or jones, or Jenkins. We just use those names because our history was erased. So please remember when you feel proud of the name you hold onto today, it was given to your relative by a person or family who cared nothing about you.
Surprised King is t on this list. I was for certain it would be top 20. Great video!
My families name was not announced. ❤😂
I Wish My Last Name was Scotfree'. (smile)
Facts lol
@@daxterclark5092 Touche' (smile)
I’m a SMITH!!!!! So common i knew it made that list
Im a Taylor by marriage, my mom is Brown/Davis from Georgia and my paternal grandmother is a Robinson
We might be related!!
@@2okaycola what's your last name and where you from! You never know
I’m related to The Robinsons of Georgia.
@@LibbyEdwards100 . There are tons of Black Robinson’s in Camden County Georgia area. Mainly Woodbine GA and St. Mary’s GA.
Though these are the names adopted by our ancestors, I will choose to look at it with a sense of awe and pride! WE ARE STILL HERE!!! We as a people have survived and prosper even though they tried to stop us. WE ARE, the creators, inventors and builders of this nation. So....the next time we encounter another member of our tribe, treat as an opportunity to expand on a collective history. You may just learn something wondrous and new about the familial tree😊.
I've heard of blind deaf and dumb you take the cake
Williams#1 woohooooo🤘🤘
my oldest sister is a Williams by marriage
Yay!!! THOMAS is #8 That’s my last name. ❤❤❤ #6 JACKSON my cousins and #5 BROWN is my mother’s maiden name Wow!!! How accurate is this video!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!! ❤❤❤
Im a Jackson from Tennessee
I'm surprised Scott isn't on the list
I can't believe that SCOTT isn't on the list... It's a real common last name also... What's up with that.....????
Cann and Scott and also Evans and Calloway are very big all over the states
Muhammad Ali's name handed down from our oppressors was " Cassius Clay". Ali wisely discarded it. He is one of our greatest people. These are not our names. Just a method of accounting for ourselves.
@@seldenkid48 Yes,
Malcom did the same but used the X instead.
We were more likely sold by a Muhammad or Ali.
The ironic thing is that both mohammed and ali were notorious arab slave traders who enslaved 100s of black people. The original cassius clay was a white abolitionist who fought for the rights of african americans.
So in reality mohammed ali changed his name from somebody who was a friend of black ppl to the names of people who enslaved black people.
Awesome!! I wasn’t expecting to be on the list!!! #14 White!! Ayyy 🤗
I'm a Thomas from Virginia. However, my grandfather, his brother, and sister came from North Carolina in the 1930s to Virginia. I'm a Jones also and from Virginia.
Wassup family 😊
I knew my name was in there (Anderson). First cousin's (Harris). Friend that passed away, Davis. Old school friend Jackson. Close friend Jones. Old family friend Smith. Dad was always taking Sister Johnson to the airport. 😅
That was really interesting. All names in Jamaica and came to the UK. 😅
The reason I don’t agree is because so many families were split up and sold down the road …. Ten sibling sold equals 10 slave owners name…. We should be THE most loving to each other….. WE really are brothers and sister 💕
I’m not surprised!!🙏🏽🤗
Interesting. Williams is very prevalent. I enjoyed this video. Very informative 😊
So many last names weren't named like Mcoy, McKnight, Fitzgerald, Mcdonald
@@rosiefelder6542 those names aren’t in the top 10.
This was entertaining and informative.
Very interesting list, I guessed most of them right too, I was born a Meade but my mother's side and maiden name was Taylor and I married a Davis 😊
@@hadiyadavis2084
My grandmother was a Meade born in King and Queen County, Virginia in 1900. Her family were possibly descendants of General Meade's slaves in the Civil War. He owned hundreds of acres of land and lived in the area.
I have not encountered too many of us, however, grateful to see HARRIS on the list.
@@docharris4305 me, neither
@@docharris4305 yippee, we made the list 🎉
You need to visit NC
Mine are Towles, Drumgould, Winchester, Farmer, Morris, Phinney, Garland, Wordlow, Patterson, Cain,.
very nice ❤
I’m related to The Johnsons of Georgia. From Barrow County. 😊
whats up cuz....
As a Williams myself.I knew Williams was number 1. lol
Whelp….I had a feeling Williams was #1
It shouldn't be celebrated at any number. These are not our last names
@Nimonjeua-Ndiangang
These are our names. You tethers should mind your own business.
@@tflg3257 I'm the direct descendant of kidnapped and enslaved Africans that were forced to build America and it's wealth from the very beginning...only difference is, I traced my family's history back to the last known surname and West African territory before my particular Ndiangang bloodline arrived here and were wiped clean of their/our actual names, languages, and total African identities! I cared enough about our truth that, I did the true research back in 1996 to find out exactly who my grandparents were and from which parts of Africa did we run into the devil? You call me a tether because I am a sane African descendant who refuses to hold on to the demonic names of the very devils that kidnapped, tortured, r@p€d, erased, and lynched our bloodlines on this soil? While you display full-on Stockholm Syndrome, and cling to the last names of the very Europeans who despised our existence other that for the forced free labor and physical attributes of our objectified vessels, you sit there and deny your actual AFRICAN truth and identity? You're most definitely the real tether here among us! Knowledge and wisdom makes a person unfit to be a slave. You need to gain true understanding on this matter. We are a tropical exotic people....we are Africans not Europeans and therefore these are not our names! Davis was never meant to be the last name of my family! If you want to hold on to the plantation, do that, but you'd better recognize that you are the tether before calling anyone else a tether for having good sense on this subject about true identity. You are completely lost here.
This was interesting 👍🏾
Glad you enjoyed
The master of my forefathers gave them their name, but it was not his last name. He gave my forefathers their name because he gave them his word after they saved his life allowing them to get married. So they earned their name and have proven themselves to proud of that name. Our name is Word.
Knowledge is Everything! History 101
I knew Johnson and Williams would be in the top two before watching this 😂
Happy to see my last name Lewis on the list.😊
I just met some people with the last name Lewis. Didn't know so many people had the last name
@@jaulanawilliams5101 with all due respect. Why? These names are of s l a v e owner origins🤔 I want my African ancestors name back!!
@@rw4388, exactly 🤦🏾♀️🫠
Oh well i didnt make the cut..
Good😂😂😂
Wright! 😂
😂😂😂😂
Neither did I.😂
Me either, We Different! 😂
I didn't make the list. I feel special ❤❤. Always foreverrrr... Coleman 😊
And Cole
I always thought slaves could not choose or change their surnames. The surname was the identifier of who originally owned you. I want to trace my lineage, knowing this will probably make it
a lot more difficult.
I always think to myself, I could be walking pass a blood relative and not even know it. America has truly done a number on us, and it will pay.
I would like to see a video about how regional some Black names are. I was surprised names like Brooks and Gray wasn't on the list alot of Black here in Maryland have those names
The names on the list are slave masters last names that owned the majority of slaves..
@@carayj Yes, I’m a Gray in the DMV, family is from MD and DC.
Maryland is a very tiny state. Most African Americans are not concentrated there.
@@AllBrightColors Maryland’s African America population ranks 5th in the Nation.
@@AllBrightColors try Google Maryland has a very high population of Black people with a high incomes too
Good video..... Good topic.... Good info.... Good presentation👍🏾💪🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I just knew Jones would be #1. I’m genuinely shocked 😮
As a Jamaica these name on this listed are all common surname in Jamaica. Dont forget our ancestors were all strip of everything when they were taken from africa. They took our ancestors original language, change our diet and our names etc .thus the reason we all have these names now. One love🇯🇲
What are the bigger names in Jamaica
I knew Walker would be on the list.
Florida-Walker I am
My grandpa was a Walker. He originates from NC and I was told that he had a ton of relatives out there. He still has land there now.
I want expecting Thomas to be honest, but it make since.
Williams is a well known last name from North Carolina. My dad last name was a Williams and it is very popular from the south. Wilson was also in my family.
interesting how many Black family names with British origins can be found in states once controlled by England
During the TransAtlantic slave from the 1600s-1800s many West Africans were taken from Nigeria, Ghana, and Sierra Leone these countries were historically under British Colonial rule.
Yes - they are slave names! I saw at the African American Museum in Cin. Ohio- all the Masters/Slaves names! Williams/Smith & Johnson-were very popular from their Slave ship & Census info! The Slaves were forced to forget their African names!😮
Their Hebrew names. Deuteronomy 28:68. Only fits our people.
@@brimontXP
They are talking about the Slaves that were brought here from Africa! Johnson/ Williams & Smith- are not Hebrew names! The first names that Whites consider now as Ghetto - are made up names & they are creating & getting away from the slave masters & wives names- of the past!
Thompson: Meaning Places :Georgia Florida North Carolina: English Scottish Twin.I was right soon i seen this in my feed i said Thompson gotta be on that List it’s a lot of Thompson’s Hi Cousins Etc. 😂❤God Is Great Unfortunately we got out identity stolen in slavery from the owner most of the names are from them really not our names sad 😮😢
@@misspretty1ification Hello cousin
Through DNA and a lot of searching by members in my family. Our name was Keita from Mali, Africa. Which also means that a lot of us may have come from Ghana. We are the descendants of the Keita Dynasty which was created by Massa Musa, who was a descendant of Solomon. Because of uprisings, that may be how my great grandparents were kidnapped and sold into slavery.
Georgia for the win🎉😂😂😂😂
Always GA for the win lol
I have Davis (maiden name), Johnson (mother's maiden name), Goines and Tyus in my family tree. They are from Arkansas and Louisiana. My married name is Rosebur (Mississippi) and there are various spellings for it (Rosebud, Roseboro and Rosebough).
These names are all over Jamaica 🇯🇲 .
Thank you for letting us know this,we love our brothers and sisters in Jamaica.
Really
Next time just a list. Johnson Williams and Turner for sure
Slaves came to the Caribbean first and some were later traded and sent to the USA, so yeah we have a lot in common.
Where I live in CT there are sooooo many Rileys that I thought it would pop up. Good video.
Welp I knew my family name was in the top 5...lol Jones!!!
Hosea 4:6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:because you have rejected the knowledge. I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me:seeing you have forgotten the Torah of your Alahiym/God I will also forget your children.
I knew it would be Williams and I probably know every last one of them.
lol 😅😅😅
😂😂😂
1 million williams????
Can’t believe Miller isn’t on the list
Davis & Jones.... Alabama
400 block of jackson st ( Montgomery AL ) to be Exact .
I’m a blk american who has relatives with 4 surnames on this list. But my surname did not make this list. But both my maternal and fraternal grandparents, my mother all have atleast 1 of the 4 surnames.
Very interesting! Although my father's family name didn't make the top 20 list, my mother's maiden's family name, Jones, did. I am a proud black American who was born and raised in Tennessee. Thanks for sharing this valuable info! 👍😊❤❤🙏
I surprised that Jackson and Jefferson aren't on here too