Top 10 Family Last Names in Black America

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  • @BlackExcellist
    @BlackExcellist  2 роки тому +53

    Drop the NUMBER in the comments of your Last Name’s ranking… if it broke the Top 10.

    • @TheAdot8808
      @TheAdot8808 2 роки тому +1

      10

    • @carleonemoore9359
      @carleonemoore9359 2 роки тому +4

      O

    • @michaeljotoyajackson7294
      @michaeljotoyajackson7294 2 роки тому +1

      WOow 😳 do you realize that all those names are Biblical and come from the Real Bloodline DNA 🧬 Modern-Day Descendants of The Ancient Children of Yisrael.... Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Yisrael....The European Moorish Jews are the Real Descendants from The Royal 🏠 House 🏡 of King Dawid/David The House of "JUDAH". The Afrikan Diaspora are the Real Children of Yisrael. Shalom, Salaam my Hebrew Yisraelite Misphacha. 💋💕💘🥰🕎😍❤️💞👄

    • @user-ib7rk9yj2r
      @user-ib7rk9yj2r 2 роки тому

      Fucc yo chanel

    • @DandysB1
      @DandysB1 2 роки тому +15

      According to the census is where you lost me!! We are not accurately counted!

  • @Pinky-kb2hd
    @Pinky-kb2hd 2 роки тому +372

    10- Robinson
    9-Harris
    8-Thomas
    7-Davis
    6-Jackson
    5-Brown
    4-Jones
    3-Smith
    2-Johnson
    1-Williams

  • @peachzalowishes
    @peachzalowishes 2 роки тому +411

    We need to shout out Free Man. Probably one of the only last names that originated from African Americans.

    • @BrooksandDavisREF
      @BrooksandDavisREF 2 роки тому +43

      I agree... that name origination left nothing to the imagination... Mr. & Mrs. Freeman...I love it!

    • @jimmieanderson3574
      @jimmieanderson3574 2 роки тому +15

      Some ancestors changed their names after emancipation.

    • @whitecollarhater9727
      @whitecollarhater9727 2 роки тому +7

      Is a really cool and gorgeous last name.

    • @christophermunoz205
      @christophermunoz205 2 роки тому +25

      Black people been in america when europeans came

    • @Sean-jc6cu
      @Sean-jc6cu 2 роки тому +15

      Freeman is actually a British name as well

  • @smashedphone4200
    @smashedphone4200 2 роки тому +96

    If you went to a black public school, this is literally all your teachers' names!

    • @BlackExcellist
      @BlackExcellist  2 роки тому +3

      😂😂

    • @Joy_LaFaye
      @Joy_LaFaye 2 роки тому +1

      🤣 correct!

    • @torri4777
      @torri4777 2 роки тому +2

      Mine was JACKSON. Over half the school population named JACKSON & Johnson.

    • @TheDREA2002
      @TheDREA2002 2 роки тому

      Lmao that’s funny ASF 😂

  • @BookofClarity
    @BookofClarity 2 роки тому +62

    I love the black contemperary cinematography in this video. Its vibrant, happy and impactful. Thank you for this video, I love ya'll channel!!

  • @lk_c7214
    @lk_c7214 2 роки тому +114

    I guessed half of them; mostly because they’re all names of people in my family! 🤣

    • @CPR4THEBODYlivingaenrichedlife
      @CPR4THEBODYlivingaenrichedlife 2 роки тому +6

      Too funny!!

    • @BlackExcellist
      @BlackExcellist  2 роки тому +6

      😄😄

    • @troyspenc
      @troyspenc 2 роки тому +2

      me too i guessed 5 of 10 but all damn near are in my family lol

    • @BrendaJoi
      @BrendaJoi 2 роки тому +1

      🤣 Me, too. Thanks

    • @eldubb5996
      @eldubb5996 2 роки тому +2

      But guess what y’all, keep going back in history and black people ruled Europe and these were names of Black Moors. Our history runs deep.

  • @Tiaballa
    @Tiaballa 2 роки тому +39

    I love showing my students these videos. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @kudjoeadkins-battle2502
    @kudjoeadkins-battle2502 2 роки тому +71

    I seen 4 names that I found when researching my family on ancestry. Harris, Jones, Johnson, and Smith. I am surprised "Washington" and "Green" didn't make the list.

    • @blkpft279
      @blkpft279 2 роки тому +2

      Same 💯💯💯

    • @kudjoeadkins-battle2502
      @kudjoeadkins-battle2502 2 роки тому +2

      @Eve -_- Rain where are you from?

    • @Strongholdstrugglez
      @Strongholdstrugglez 2 роки тому +2

      I'm a Jones look up the Jones plantion

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 2 роки тому +4

      Same here! I thought before the video that Green, Washington, and Lincoln would be listed, also, some French sounding names from the Caribbean, St. Pierre.

    • @kudjoeadkins-battle2502
      @kudjoeadkins-battle2502 2 роки тому

      @@Strongholdstrugglez where?

  • @imetaboyiusedtoknow8308
    @imetaboyiusedtoknow8308 2 роки тому +27

    Great video, very informative. Thank you for showing images of normal Black families. 🙏🙏

  • @DrAyshiaTV
    @DrAyshiaTV 2 роки тому +184

    Love this channel!! My husband and I combined our last names so it feels more meaningful. I totally understand why Malcolm went to Malcolm X.

    • @BlackExcellist
      @BlackExcellist  2 роки тому +8

      Thank you so much 😊

    • @aamazintribe
      @aamazintribe 2 роки тому +8

      Dr. Ayshia You both combined your last names as a " - dash " or merged both your last names too formulate a new meaningful one??

    • @DrAyshiaTV
      @DrAyshiaTV 2 роки тому +15

      @@aamazintribe Initially we combined with a hyphen and then people kept messing it up (using part of our last name as our middle name). So now, I just combined it with no hyphen, problem solved!

    • @MISAO_SAO
      @MISAO_SAO 2 роки тому +17

      I changed the name I had that was given by the slave owner.

    • @taraMimi717
      @taraMimi717 2 роки тому +5

      @@MISAO_SAO How did u do that ? I’m interested in doing this

  • @jasperdilincoln2341
    @jasperdilincoln2341 2 роки тому +20

    Jackson & Johnson are the two largest Black last names I have run into in my life 😄

    • @Greeneyedbandito
      @Greeneyedbandito 2 роки тому +2

      My mother is Johnson and my Father is Jackson lol

    • @Kim-Ps.144
      @Kim-Ps.144 2 роки тому +1

      I'm a Johnson

    • @jasperdilincoln2341
      @jasperdilincoln2341 2 роки тому

      @@Greeneyedbandito 😄 and My grandmother told me her Mother ( My Great-grandmother) Maiden name was Johnson...lol

    • @tyraanobanks9155
      @tyraanobanks9155 2 роки тому

      When your last name is Johnson … I’m sick

  • @jamaicanprincess87630
    @jamaicanprincess87630 2 роки тому +75

    I am surprised that the last name Jenkins and Freeman was not on this list. And the last name Washington.

    • @plentyofchocolate8971
      @plentyofchocolate8971 2 роки тому +9

      Or Parker, or Wright.

    • @majestedefrance6304
      @majestedefrance6304 2 роки тому +8

      Washington is the most common Black American surname with 90 percent of them are Black American. Qedezha Alecia Johnson.

    • @trhg0002
      @trhg0002 2 роки тому +3

      I wonder where the last name, Holmes, would fit in.

    • @elizabethjordan5755
      @elizabethjordan5755 2 роки тому +2

      Or Jordan.

    • @dowardwashington9958
      @dowardwashington9958 2 роки тому +3

      Yea, the fact that Washington wasn't on this list was shocking being that it's the 1 last name that almost let's everyone who reads it that it's the last name of a black person.

  • @funkdocdoppelganger7720
    @funkdocdoppelganger7720 2 роки тому +12

    Williams ... there's no place you can go and not find a black Williams ...

  • @yvettewilliams674
    @yvettewilliams674 2 роки тому +6

    Very informative I'm glad I came across this I'm a Williams .

  • @cushieenowal3324
    @cushieenowal3324 2 роки тому +22

    Please do more episodes like this one

  • @kambam5489
    @kambam5489 2 роки тому +23

    I knew Williams was gonna be # 1, I can t tell you how common that one is lol

  • @nolaalways3815
    @nolaalways3815 2 роки тому +83

    The term African American puts us in the same class as immigrants, we are not immigrants!!!

    • @StarLight-sl9ok
      @StarLight-sl9ok 2 роки тому +17

      Immigrants brought by force

    • @nolaalways3815
      @nolaalways3815 2 роки тому +1

      @@StarLight-sl9ok You clearly don’t know the definition of immigrant

    • @smashedphone4200
      @smashedphone4200 2 роки тому +12

      Involuntary immigrants.

    • @nolaalways3815
      @nolaalways3815 2 роки тому +26

      @@smashedphone4200 nope can’t be a immigrant on your own land

    • @smashedphone4200
      @smashedphone4200 2 роки тому +20

      @@nolaalways3815 🙄 oh here we go...

  • @moniquebrown7437
    @moniquebrown7437 2 роки тому +5

    I’m a Brown!!! I have Smith, Davis, and Johnson in my family as well💜

  • @JasonBrown-tx4lq
    @JasonBrown-tx4lq 2 роки тому +33

    I thought Brown would've been higher on the list, but overall it was a really cool video I loved it ❤

  • @MHiggs-rx5zz
    @MHiggs-rx5zz 2 роки тому +50

    All proper Scots-Irish or English surnames. I remember years ago, my family received catalogs through the mail celebrating our "Irish" heritage. My ancestors paid a heavy price to have my family name imbued in perpetuity. My mother's maiden name is Lewis. I'm actually surprised that didn't crack the Top 10, along with Freeman, Peterson, Morris or Stevenson.

    • @muneymoney1910
      @muneymoney1910 2 роки тому +4

      I’m a Lewis 💪🏿

    • @MHiggs-rx5zz
      @MHiggs-rx5zz 2 роки тому +4

      @@muneymoney1910 My grandfather's people on my mom's side migrated from Virginia in the late 1800s and settled in Ontario, Canada, and then later branched off to a rural community in Michigan called Salem Twp., about 35 miles west of Detroit. If you have any foundations in any of those places, we could be distant relatives.

    • @khadejasmith9228
      @khadejasmith9228 2 роки тому +2

      Hey cousin!!

    • @khadejasmith9228
      @khadejasmith9228 2 роки тому +4

      @@MHiggs-rx5zz omg all my family with those last names are are in Michigan!!

    • @angelamaria2239
      @angelamaria2239 2 роки тому +1

      @@muneymoney1910 I am Lenis from Spain, almost!!

  • @loujackson1917
    @loujackson1917 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you friend !!

  • @sherrywilliams5286
    @sherrywilliams5286 2 роки тому +3

    WOW !! My family surnames consists of 5 out of 10. Williams, Davis, Robinson, Jones and Smith and maybe more still doing my research. Thank for sharing your video.

    • @LORINZO40
      @LORINZO40 2 роки тому

      We probably kin , because mines is too 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @1and253
    @1and253 2 роки тому +16

    I used to always make the joke that Williams was the biggest slave name ever. But it's always weird when I meet white ppl with Williams as their last name. I start wondering to myself if their ancestors once owned mine🤣🤣

  • @ygs_pwrmvs
    @ygs_pwrmvs 2 роки тому +14

    So reparations can be backed tracked and started with these 10 last names?

  • @futuresite11
    @futuresite11 2 роки тому +3

    Very good. Thank you for your indepth research!
    I've learned a LOT!

  • @Zorajannani
    @Zorajannani 2 роки тому +18

    Good info. Jackson is HUGE over here in SC. Most of us are descendants of those with that last name.

  • @thaliahall4599
    @thaliahall4599 Рік тому +1

    Loved this video. One side of my family are Johnsons. I know many other Johnsons and plenty of Smiths. Knew quite a few Jacksons and Joneses.

  • @sherriallgood
    @sherriallgood 2 роки тому +8

    Great information! I love this channel. ❤️❤️

  • @preneeearley
    @preneeearley 2 роки тому +4

    My mom's maiden name is "Davis" and I'll share this with the family. Thanks for the information.

    • @mariekatherine5238
      @mariekatherine5238 2 роки тому +1

      On eastern Long Island, NY, the surname Davis is found all over from the 1600’s until now, for both Black and White.

  • @lavettacannon3138
    @lavettacannon3138 2 роки тому +5

    So interesting. Thank you!😎

  • @kirtwilliamswilliams5280
    @kirtwilliamswilliams5280 2 роки тому +5

    Never knew Williams was that much popular thought Brown and Jackson

  • @taurahelms3068
    @taurahelms3068 2 роки тому +13

    My maiden name is Williams. I was sure that Smith would be number one and surprised that Joyner didn't make the list.

  • @theodethomasa6358
    @theodethomasa6358 2 роки тому +4

    So interesting, that I had to replay this several times. Thanks.
    Keep educating us.
    02:47 - Thomas. That's me!
    Thomas was my father’s name. As was his mother, my grandmother’s name.
    But my mother’s maiden name was Melton. But I remember my mother’s mother, my grandmother’s name was Miller.
    I’m sure there were marriages involved in the name changes because my aunt (my father’s sister) was known as Robinson.

  • @girldaddividendinvestor
    @girldaddividendinvestor 2 роки тому +7

    I love it. Guessed them all. EXCELLENCE indeed baby. Take what we can get. ❤❤

  • @evelisisdavis7242
    @evelisisdavis7242 2 роки тому +4

    Thank you

  • @kaykaykay892
    @kaykaykay892 2 роки тому +8

    I figured I'd see Washington here.

  • @AndreaPortley
    @AndreaPortley Рік тому +1

    Very informative and interesting! I never knew some of our ancestors chose their own last name after slavery! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

  • @RedRiverMan
    @RedRiverMan 2 роки тому +85

    I never thought about the idea that we kept slave master's last names or our birth plantations names in order to find other family members lost to slavery and sold away. gives one a whole other away to thinking about why to change or not the names we were given. I also am thinking how powerful it was that our Ancestors actually CHOSE new names after slavery sometimes from the names available to them in english, the only language most knew. That means our names are not all slave names if our fathers chose sometimes to leave the names given to them by whites. Powerful stuff! Thank you!!!!

    • @BlackExcellist
      @BlackExcellist  2 роки тому +7

      That was a big revelation for us as well. It also demonstrates the different levels of forced assimilation. It’s very profound to imagine a free man electing to wear the name of a person that he or she emphatically hates for the slight possibility to reconnect with a person that he or she unconditionally loves.

    • @BlackExcellist
      @BlackExcellist  2 роки тому +12

      “That means our names are not all slave names” - I have a different take on that. Many would argue that any English name was a “slave name”. There were not able to change their names back to their ancestral African name either due to fear, strategy, municipalities prevented them, or it’s highly likely they didn’t know their African family name. Very unfortunate. But ultimately they had to bear the name of people who benefited from chattel slavery.

    • @taraMimi717
      @taraMimi717 2 роки тому +5

      @@BlackExcellist A lot of our ppl are not familiar with the word Chattel sadly I jus discovered the real meaning

    • @taraMimi717
      @taraMimi717 2 роки тому +2

      @@BlackExcellist And can u please do a Research the last Name BURNETT I believe it’s a Plantation somewhere in Tennessee named after them that they have entered as something else to Cover up the real meaning

    • @decodesigns14
      @decodesigns14 2 роки тому

      @@BlackExcellist They are still white slave holders name no matter how you try to flip it..

  • @fabianlawstudies9497
    @fabianlawstudies9497 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏾

  • @JWPhotosanddesigns
    @JWPhotosanddesigns 2 роки тому +7

    I knew Williams would be #1.

  • @rr3901
    @rr3901 2 роки тому +7

    Neither of the last names on my maternal or paternal or even my married last name made the list.

  • @jamaicanprincess87630
    @jamaicanprincess87630 2 роки тому +42

    I absolutely knew that Williams would be number one lol. I would Love to see this done for Jamaica because there are so many Williams 💙 in Jamaica as well. That’s why I’m so glad I got married LOL

    • @NC-tt4gc
      @NC-tt4gc 2 роки тому +6

      I think the top Jamaican names would be:
      1. Brown
      2. Johnson
      3. Williams
      4. Campbell
      5. Mc _____/Mac _____

    • @PHlophe
      @PHlophe 2 роки тому +7

      in Jamaica, Edwards, Morrison, Campbell, jones would be top. and then when you hear Stacey-ann , Carolyn-ann, you know its jamaican gyal straight up. but you are married to a german jew from the look of it.

    • @jamaicanprincess87630
      @jamaicanprincess87630 2 роки тому +3

      @@PHlophe Yes I am 😁. I also have German Jew in me from my mother side. You know Jamaicans are a melting pot LOL. Wi mix up mix up LOL

    • @charlesjohnson8343
      @charlesjohnson8343 2 роки тому +2

      Some of my families last name is Williams.

    • @thebutterfliesineffect
      @thebutterfliesineffect 2 роки тому +1

      @@PHlophe Yes you're correct. My dad is from Grenada and his last name is Edwards my mother is from Jamaica her last name is Anderson.

  • @sophierobinson887
    @sophierobinson887 2 роки тому +1

    I know ppl and family with these last names . Wow. This is interesting . Thanks for educating me .

  • @chauncicross3162
    @chauncicross3162 2 роки тому +6

    My mother's maiden name is Williams and it's a lot of them where I live. My last name, which is my father's last name Cross, isn't very common where I live. I don't know of many other than my family. I wasn't surprised at the list, I know someone with each of those names.

  • @zshell-thomas2358
    @zshell-thomas2358 2 роки тому +2

    Spot on!

  • @caravandergriff4116
    @caravandergriff4116 2 роки тому +19

    I guessed all of the top 5. Those names are very common that I’ve heard of during my lifetime.

  • @daphnerodriguez9980
    @daphnerodriguez9980 2 роки тому +1

    THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜

  • @heytanya4real
    @heytanya4real 2 роки тому +7

    The funny part for me is that I know people (including relatives) with every single one of those last names although, my married name and maiden name ain't even on it. 😆

  • @naturalmanagersolutions
    @naturalmanagersolutions 2 роки тому +2

    The last name Gilliam out of Bertie County North Carolina (Ethel Mae Gilliam & Georgia Heckstall)?

  • @kiyajohnson224
    @kiyajohnson224 2 роки тому +3

    I knew my last name wouldn’t make the cut at all😂but I watched anyway❤️

  • @ZachVanHarrisJR
    @ZachVanHarrisJR 2 роки тому +2

    *”related to all of those names in my family but where Jenkins at doe?” - MELL DUNEY 616*

  • @JetseTurner
    @JetseTurner 2 роки тому +7

    I approve this Message! B1

  • @noeltaylor4908
    @noeltaylor4908 2 роки тому +4

    For Jamaica the top last name I would think Williams or Brown followed by Smith.

  • @silentnight9655
    @silentnight9655 2 роки тому +3

    Also they often changed the spelling by adding an extra letter like an E or S or something at the end to distinguish the Africans from the Euroes.

    • @taylorwilliams4131
      @taylorwilliams4131 2 роки тому +2

      Thank God that I am a "Isaacs " from Trinidad and Tabego.

    • @silentnight9655
      @silentnight9655 2 роки тому

      Oh okay. Biblical name that.

    • @IrishCinnsealach
      @IrishCinnsealach 2 роки тому +1

      Like what? Examples

    • @silentnight9655
      @silentnight9655 2 роки тому +1

      @@IrishCinnsealach Braithwaite/Brathwaite. Forde/Ford. Seal/Seals. Lord/Lorde. Brown/Browne.

  • @annwashington5726
    @annwashington5726 2 роки тому +9

    What about Washington? I am surprised it was not on the list.

    • @Oc4ever12
      @Oc4ever12 2 роки тому

      I'm sure it is in the top 20.

  • @bookworm7076
    @bookworm7076 2 роки тому +54

    What about Washington, Jefferson, Freeman, Lincoln, Carter, and Jordan?
    Maybe y'all should do a video about surnames with deep meanings that Blacks often chose after they gained freedom from slavery.

    • @MariaEOD
      @MariaEOD 2 роки тому +7

      I totally was waiting for the last name “Washington” to pop up, alas, it never did.

    • @kathleenking47
      @kathleenking47 2 роки тому +4

      Now, we need to choose better FIRST NAMES for our kids

    • @ldydanielle
      @ldydanielle 2 роки тому +7

      @@kathleenking47 what do you mean by better first names? I work at a children's hospital and what I notice is that unique names come from parents of ALL races AND every culture has a distinct individuality so why not us?

    • @kennethwashington854
      @kennethwashington854 2 роки тому

      Always wondered about WASHINGTON , time for me to do more research

    • @shelleychaneyfloydjr655
      @shelleychaneyfloydjr655 2 роки тому

      Happy

  • @barbaraf.valdes4206
    @barbaraf.valdes4206 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the information ❗✌️

  • @Its_Me_Lady_T.
    @Its_Me_Lady_T. 2 роки тому +18

    #4 Jones is in the house & my stepdad was #3 Smith! My high school crush was #2 Johnson. We everywhere!

  • @nickawilliams5175
    @nickawilliams5175 2 роки тому +2

    I was waiting on Williams

  • @vernastawhyte9047
    @vernastawhyte9047 2 роки тому +3

    My mother's name was Williams Jamaica 🇯🇲 🙄 WI. My dad's Whyte. ❤ JA.

  • @robertovazquez8512
    @robertovazquez8512 Місяць тому

    Thanks for clarifying

  • @tiasmith6640
    @tiasmith6640 2 роки тому +8

    Maiden name: #9 Harris
    Married name: #3 Smith

  • @LinaLina-we4nl
    @LinaLina-we4nl 2 роки тому +2

    Good commentary analogy about Africans Americans last names 👍‼️

  • @marlonwebber4952
    @marlonwebber4952 2 роки тому +2

    I’d like to see a list of least common black surnames! Maybe mine is up there!😁

  • @Ava-oc1dg
    @Ava-oc1dg Місяць тому

    💚✌🏽Interesting and a stepping stone to research how many of those percentages are related by blood, and location.

  • @mrsshayful
    @mrsshayful 2 роки тому +4

    Didn’t watch yet but definitely going to say Johnson has to be on this list lol

  • @daniellesmith1112
    @daniellesmith1112 2 роки тому +2

    When Thomas died John was given two plots of land and he shared with his brother.. they partnered with the Bradford farmers and went into ranching.

  • @unapologeticallyme8513
    @unapologeticallyme8513 2 роки тому +5

    what an interesting video ♡

  • @stillhere1425
    @stillhere1425 2 роки тому +3

    Not very many white Americans know the origins of their surnames. It’s cool that American Black surnames are often names chosen by a specific ancestor, and mean something based on the trade or unique quality of that person.

  • @darrylpowell8247
    @darrylpowell8247 2 роки тому +3

    Wow! I figured Powell would be in the top 10.

  • @lyte4240
    @lyte4240 2 роки тому +1

    Oh wow Williams & Davis is my moms family 😄 My Dad's different story ..I knew his wouldn't be there...Interesting Thx for sharing

  • @Prototype1598
    @Prototype1598 2 роки тому +4

    Isaiah 45:4
    “For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.”

  • @r.a.8407
    @r.a.8407 2 роки тому +34

    If williams or Johnson ain't in the top 3 I'd be shocked

  • @toniedwards9866
    @toniedwards9866 2 роки тому +8

    I'm surprised Edwards wasn't listed.

  • @westside8514
    @westside8514 2 роки тому +2

    Jone’s right here Baby 💯💯

  • @rickyqueen2621
    @rickyqueen2621 2 роки тому +9

    What about Jenkins??? I thought it would be Number 1 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @tuesday225
      @tuesday225 2 роки тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing.

    • @ertfgghhhh
      @ertfgghhhh 2 роки тому +2

      I have never heard of a white jenkins

    • @pscott6891
      @pscott6891 2 роки тому

      Or Scott

  • @p.gizzle90
    @p.gizzle90 2 роки тому +4

    My great granddaddy [mother’s granddad] *Williams* made the list. Definitely, not surprising.😅

    • @reggiegeorges5850
      @reggiegeorges5850 2 роки тому

      What State. I had a Aunt in Chicago from Alabama but did not know where Mr. Williams came to Chicago from? AUNT Willa Johnson Williams.

  • @hotcaramel3455
    @hotcaramel3455 2 роки тому +5

    Williams should be at the top of the list as well. I am from a Williams family on my grandma side. I am from a Jones on my grandfather's side.

    • @angelbanks264
      @angelbanks264 2 роки тому +1

      I'm from Williams on my paternal grandma side. I married a Williams and dated a Williams. I also have Jones and Smith in my family

    • @hotcaramel3455
      @hotcaramel3455 2 роки тому

      @@angelbanks264 , I have Lewis ', and my mom married into a Williams family. I have Lockhart and some other last name family members. I am from a family that numbers into the thousands when you count the cousins. A lot of family members are dead, and many are still alive. The Jones', and Williams side of my family have never had a family reunion! It's sad. We have so many babies in the family who are still being born!

    • @hotcaramel3455
      @hotcaramel3455 2 роки тому +1

      My Mom was married to my late Step Dad. My biological father's last name is: Gleen. I don't use his last name. I take my Mom's maiden,which is: Jones

  • @Greeneyedbandito
    @Greeneyedbandito 2 роки тому +2

    Im Johnson and Jackson and they have very similar meanings. That’s crazy

  • @averyce2
    @averyce2 2 роки тому +17

    Robinson was a surprise. I thought for sure Taylor would crack the Top 10.

  • @tracijvanderbilt7552
    @tracijvanderbilt7552 2 роки тому +3

    I just knew James was going to be on here

    • @25hourproductions
      @25hourproductions 2 роки тому +1

      BROWN❗️ L O L❗️😄👌👍❤️👊💯

  • @anyaw340
    @anyaw340 2 роки тому +6

    My last name is White and it's always irritated me how simple/basic it is. I carry my paternal grandmother's surname due to my father never knowing who his father was. I used Ancestry DNA to figure out who his father was, and was hopeful that it would add a more unique surname to my family tree. The new surname? Williams. I went from bad to worse.

  • @tatriceshipp9139
    @tatriceshipp9139 2 роки тому +1

    Flowers is a popular ADOS "black" American last names.

  • @kimepragregory6675
    @kimepragregory6675 2 роки тому +5

    Welp, didn't make the list🤷🏽‍♂️🤣🤣

  • @opaluni
    @opaluni Рік тому +1

    I've definitely seen plenty of Black Americans people w/ these names. Can you guys do a video for Black Americans w/ rarer or less common last names. My mother had a scott-Irish last name. My father has a English last name and etc...

    • @ratedr7845
      @ratedr7845 5 місяців тому

      try looking at Caribbean surnames like Skippings, Lightbourne, Rigby, Astwood, etc.

  • @SC-tn5id
    @SC-tn5id 2 роки тому +3

    Ummmmmm I need you to add Collins and stop playing lol 😂

  • @tristanirby6272
    @tristanirby6272 2 роки тому +1

    Also other common Black last names are: Jenkins, Porter, Campbell, King, Payne and Wilkes and Carter. Wallace is also a common last names for Black Americans too. So are Jordan, Thompson and Miller

  • @DW69
    @DW69 2 роки тому +3

    I'm surprised Washington didnt make the list??!! Interesting

    • @lindac6416
      @lindac6416 2 роки тому +1

      I went 2 school with one she was so beautiful and smart.

  • @michaelel8602
    @michaelel8602 Рік тому +1

    You forgot Miller, we worked at the mills and were farmers

  • @Kingofthepeople
    @Kingofthepeople 2 роки тому +6

    Thank You for the information so in my future when I have children I rather give them Robinson, Harris, Brown, Smith, and Williams.
    Best last names for future son and daughter.

  • @NavyLady82
    @NavyLady82 2 роки тому +2

    Butler should have been on here.

  • @msmickit5649
    @msmickit5649 2 роки тому +4

    My family's last names (maternal and paternal) are not on the list. Paternal has Irish origin and not common (in any race in the US), and maternal has French origin (also not common in the US) I am currently conducting an Ancestry search to find out how/when my Black family ended up with Irish and French last names.

  • @sophierobinson887
    @sophierobinson887 2 роки тому +1

    Robinson, I knew I would make the list .

    • @sophieminter0
      @sophieminter0 8 місяців тому

      No way my name is Sophie and my mom's maiden is Robinson!

  • @rhondamcbath6279
    @rhondamcbath6279 2 роки тому +7

    What bothers me about the slavery days, and there are multiple reasons about what I consider H-o-rr-i-B-l-E and horrific of any human being owned by ANYONE!! Here's one of the main reasons about when black people were torn away from their families and brought over here to the US, to be sold SMH 😐, and the slave owner would give these slaves their last names, I can't even fathom this!! Not only were these humans stolen from their whole way of life, (as if this wasn't brutal enough), torn away from everything that they loved and knew, but to then be brutalized over & over again by those who treated them like animals, this totally BREAKS MY SOUL 😭. Even today in 2022, how many people who believe that their last names are actually theirs is beyond WRONG!! Every slave that was bought and sold, and had their names changed to whomever bought them, these people had their own last name way before they were forced into slavery!! If it was me, I'd do all that I could to find out what my true name was, and immediately have my name changed, to stand tall and be proud of who I truly am. There is so much damage of those times, that pointing out just one atrocity after another seems a small feat!! I love all people, all of us are human beings made in God's own image, never ever should this have happened in the first place!! It breaks my heart to no end, and my soul aches for all humans who have had their entire lives ripped apart because of indecent monsters!! God bless those who are still suffering today because of the monsters of yesteryear's mistakes. This is putting what really happened to these beautiful souls lightly!!

    • @livefree5895
      @livefree5895 2 роки тому +5

      Thank you for caring. It wasn't yesteryears mistakes. This was yesteryears intention. Also, if African Americans could trace where they actually come from and what their last names were they would. The slave traders never kept the records on each person or the records were destroyed. These people who did these awful things were less than human people. Thou they felt they were superior beings. God has watched all of this and he's still watching.

    • @shermstudio1957
      @shermstudio1957 2 роки тому +1

      Can you imagine a slave having the name of a king or prince and the slave owner rubbing that out? He probably couldn't even pronounce it.
      Names have meanings and that's important.

    • @BEHOLDHIMOFTHEEAST
      @BEHOLDHIMOFTHEEAST 2 роки тому

      Kal halal YAHAWAH ba ha sham YAHWASHI: We(as in the people kidnapped and TRANS-ported in cargo-slave ships around the world not just here USA) are the HEBREWS that wrote the scriptures that the world has stolen, and redistributed as "The Bible". You see it was prophecied that we would go into bondage among our ENEMIES in Ships! Deut:28vs68 And that NATIONS would enslave and separate us from our NATIONALITY. More particularly my tribe JUDAH(Yahawadan) or socalled Af-Am. Those Freemason colonials WORLDWIDE knew EXACTLY who they were destroying......AND WHY. They themselves knew they were on the other side of prophecy. WE(Yasharalah/ancient Israel) ARE BACK TO RECLAIM OUR TRUE HERITAGE. With that comes the fulfilling of the last ENDTIME prophecy. The arrival of the Messiah during WW3, the deliverance of the raiment of Israel 144,000+ a few chosen gentiles........MOST IMPORTANTLY.....The Messiah gets his revenge first against "those that pierced him"...........THEN ISRAEL(True Israel, the HEBREWS) LED AWAY ALL NATIONS/REPUBLICS.....INTO CAPTIVITY. So the fact that we're even here with CHANGED NAMES PROVES EVERYTHING I WROTE....DOESNT IT?? Don't take these words out of hate, or 🤬 because they are simply TRUTH. Me and my brethren are sick of the existence we understand the ART of war and WHO our enemies are in HIGH places, but we know we must obey what our Heavenly Father has ordained. But we're almost at the the end of the greatest true-life SAGA in the history of HIS creation...........THE RETURN OF THE ANCIENT ONES

  • @JL-iu7fk
    @JL-iu7fk 2 роки тому +2

    When are we going to get over the color separation issue? There are good people and bad people of all colors. If we focus more on being kind and civil to eachother and raise our children right we don't have to worry about how light or dark skin. We all originated from 2 people.

  • @boywonder8114
    @boywonder8114 2 роки тому +10

    I can’t Wait To Change mine
    That’s wild because EVERY TIME I say We have European names people look at me crazy
    My Mexican friend to His friend the same thing when the Cops stopped them
    The other guy was calling the cop a sell out
    My Friend Told him Naw …….
    They worked US Just like The BROTHERS
    Spain is in Europe
    We have THERE Last Names

    • @emanueldelacruz1101
      @emanueldelacruz1101 2 роки тому

      Most hispanics are mixed with Europeans. Black Americans too.

  • @enigmathegrayman2953
    @enigmathegrayman2953 2 роки тому +1

    Johnson, Jones, Davis, Williams, this without even starting the video.

  • @GLI_Marcus
    @GLI_Marcus 2 роки тому +5

    Smith was really common in my area. I remember going to school with a lot of Smith's.

  • @FitBabe
    @FitBabe 2 роки тому +1

    I accurately guessed that Williams would be number 1.

  • @bobjones7933
    @bobjones7933 2 роки тому +3

    This is one good reason the descendants of slaves should be given reparation.we have lost so freaking much. forever.most black descendants don't know.who they really are.or where they come from