#53 EVANS Family of Evan. #561 LAMB Occupational surname for a herder of sheep. #807 HULL Either a habitational surname for someone who lived on or near a hill, or from the given name Hulle, which was a nickname for Hugh. #482 HAMPTON From the town near the water meadow. 20 photos. Yet even among heterosexual couples in which each partner keeps their name, the father still passes down his last name to the kids the majority of the time. #369 LYONS Son or family of Lyon. #826 HERMAN Army man. Several states, including Indiana, North Dakota, and Rhode Island, require unmarried mothers to pass down their surnames as a default (unless there is a paternity affidavit or written consent, depending on the state). #532 McCORMICK Son of Cormac. Tue Oct 25 2016 - 15:19. #783 DEJESUS Follower of Jesus Christ. #916 CRANE Nickname surname given to a man who was tall and thin like a crane (bird). #631 WALL Lives near a city wall or enclosure. Hernndez Grande, who had moved to the U.S. from Spain at the age of 8, panicked. Literally means battlefield. #157 OLSON Son of Olaf. #543 OWEN Lives by the yew tree, or person who appears youthful. Variation of Suarez. Back when the 1990 U.S. Census was taken, the top-ranking surnames were largely of English, Irish, and Scottish origin. The surname is a variant of two Irish surnames: " Murchadha"/" Murchadh" (descendant of "Murchadh"), . #693 PITTS Lives near a hollow or pit. #76 RAMOS Family from the wooded area. If you know your Italian ancestors' traditional naming patterns, you can use the names of bambini to guess the parents' and grandparents' identities: the first son was named after the father's father. #976 HESTER Either lives by the beech tree, or an occupational surname for a herald/town crier. #7 MILLER Occupational surname for someone who worked in a mill. Join the movement! #159 PORTER Occupational surname for someone who transported items. #392 KLEIN Small. 0.00%, or 0 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native". #2 JOHNSON Son of John. #338 LEONARD With the strength of a lion. #358 HOLT Lives by or near the woodlands. #36 SCOTT From Scotland. #516 ANDRADE Habitational name for people who lived in the small parish of San Martio de Andrade in the town of Pontedeume, Galicia in Spain. #871 HARDING Son of the hardened one. According to the data, Catholic is ranked #160,975 in terms of the most common surnames in America. #179 SALAZAR From Salazar, Spain. #35 WRIGHT Occupational surname meaning a craftsman. Straight, married couples in the U.S. still almost always give kids the fathers last name. #854 MAYS Either family of Matthew or a nickname for a guy who is a good friend. #819 McINTOSH Son of the chief, leader. #947 RASMUSSEN Danish/Norwegian surname, meaning son of Rasmus. Literally translates to the willow woods. #293 PADILLA Place name, literally means saucepan or little pot. Mallinson knew that their choice was not a popular one for heterosexual American couplesshes a professor of sociolinguistics and gender and womens studies at the University of Maryland at Baltimore County, and wrote a 2017 paper that, in part, analyzes patrilineal surname conventions. Pray 12-minutes a day to help God save America. It doesnt match my passport. #802 HENDRICKS Family of Hendrick/Heinrich. Some new demographics of American families, however, approach their names differently. #113 VASQUEZ Son of Vasco. #240 WATKINS Family of Walter/Watt #458 DELACRUZ Literally translates to of the cross. If new parents make a point of discussing how to structure their childs last name, Mallinson said, they might open up space for a similar explosion of surnames. #396 DANIEL God is my judge. #804 SEXTON Occupational surname for someone who worked as a sexton, a warden of a church. #842 WALLS Someone who lived near or behind a big wall. ThoughtCo. #339 GREGORY Possibly from Gregorian monks, literally means watchful, awake. All dimensions are approximate. #962 VU Vietnamese surname meaning fighter/soldier. #794 McCALL From Gaelic surname Mac Cathmhaoil, literally meaning son of the battle chief. Nevertheless, some surnames make it somewhat likely that somewhere along the line there was an Irish ancestor who was probably Catholic. #462 HINES Occupational surname for a deer keeper or tender. Edel Quinn), Reese (for any of the Sts. #644 VILLA Homestead. That study also offers a roadmap for how American surnaming norms could change. #128 BRYANT Family of Brian. #489 SCHROEDER German occupational surname for a tailor. Literally means foreign help. #400 HIGGINS From the Irish surname Huiginn meaning descendant of Uigin (Viking). Names today no longer denote a profession, hometown, or mark of ownership; instead, they reflect what a family values. #507 IBARRA From the valley or hillside. Infoplease is part of the Sandbox Learning family of educational and reference sites for parents, teachers and students. From the Gaelic buth, meaning house, and Chanain meaning of the canon. #647 TAPIA Lives in or behind a mud wall. cauldrons). #603 MELENDEZ Visigoth surname meaning Entire Gift. #174 BLACK Person who is darker in complexion. Begin learning more about yourself and your heritage. #599 COLLIER Occupational surname for someone who sells or burns charcoal. Surname Origins; All About Me; Compare-a-Face; Famous Relatives; Record My Story; Picture My Heritage; In-Home Activities; Enter your last name to find its meaning and origin. And the rate at which parents are choosing not to marry has risen dramatically over the past 50 years. #183 MEYER Mayor. #533 SPARKS Originally a Norse nickname given to someone with dynamic character, full of life. #193 RYAN Irish surname and given name meaning descendant of a follower of Ran #792 DURHAM Habitational surname for a family from Durham, U.K. literally meaning by the hill. Literally means citadel of Julian (Turro-Julio). Scottish clan name. #481 HAMMOND From the Norse Viking name Hamundr, meaning high protection. #79 WARD Guardian Certain surnames identify Irish Catholic ancestry, but don't establish a dominant genealogy. #645 ABBOTT Occupational surname for someone employed by or who served as an abbott. #5 JONES - From the family of Jon/John. #865 LUCERO Light or evening star. Jennifer entered the tech arena in the 80s as a software developer and database architect, and became a pioneer in the Internet industry. #990 BRANCH Possibly a habitational surname for someone from Branch, a land division in Wiltshire, U.K. or from Branches Park, a former country mansion in West Suffolk, U.K. #551 CAIN Hebrew name meaning acquired. #703 MARKS Family of Mark or Marcus. #721 BEARD Descriptive surname for a man with a very distinct beard. #273 LI Chinese surname meaning Plum or Plum Tree. I think you can say with a very high degree of confidence that unmarried parents are less likely to pass down the fathers last name, Emily Shafer, a sociologist at Portland State University, told me. 2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. #491 WATERS From the place near the water, or family of Walter. #862 BENTLEY From the clearing overgrown with bent-grass. #156 CRAWFORD By the river/ford crossing #988 CANTRELL Occupational surname for a bell ringer (someone who rang the Chanterelles) or who sang in a choir. #774 DAVILA From the village. #528 POPE Occupational surname. By the same principle, Iceland has patronymic and matronymic systems that include both son and daughter suffixes that help people identify familial lines, which have existed for centuries. #166 MASON Occupational surname for a bricklayer. Several of the names that rank highly on this list are also predicted to be among the most popular baby names this year. #343 RHODES From a clearing in the woods From the old English beste meaning beast. #497 COLN Contraction of the name Colombo, meaning dove. #849 GILES Holy man or one who does good. Literally means wild olives. #970 CHERRY Occupational surname for someone who grew or sold cherries. Shafer pointed to data from an ongoing study by researchers at Princeton and Columbia Universities, in which 707 unmarried mothers in a survey of 3,624about 19.5 percentreported that they would not give their child the fathers last name. #863 FELIX Originally a term of endearment, meant happy one. #480 FARMER Occupational surname for a person who worked a farm. Andrysiak This patronymic polish surname refers to 'Son of Andrzej.' For example, those of Spanish descent have an interesting way to denote familial lines through the last name alone. They printed her a license in which Hernndez was listed as the middle name and Grande as the last name, shortening her name to Alcia H. Grande. #168 MUOZ Son of Muo, a personal name that means hill. #205 PETERS Family o Peter. #540 ZAMORA Family from the ancient city of Zamora in North West Spain. #18 MOORE A family who lived near a marsh or bog. #57 CRUZ Of the Cross relating to Jesus Christ #882 SHEPARD Occupational surname for a shepherd. #453 WEBSTER Occupational surname for a weaver. O'Connor 10. #158 SIMPSON Son of Simon. #829 NOBLE From nobility. #203 VAZQUEZ Son of Vasco. #525 FRENCH Person from France. #357 BECKER Either an occupational surname meaning baker or used for a family who lived by a stream. Given names become even more significant in the patronymic system, as in Scandinavia, where the given name of the father becomes the surname of . #288 FIELDS Lived in or near the fields. Even in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, patrilineal surnames are a surprisingly new convention. #8 DAVIS Son of David. #319 WADE By the ford. Anne Catherine Emmerich), and Lydia. #897 RIVERS Lives by the river. Or a form of the Irish/Celtic name Conchobhair, meaning Descendant of the Hound/Desire possibly meaning wolf lover. #459 MONTOYA From the hills and valleys. #659 DICKERSON Son of Richard. Sephardim fanned out fro Iberia to all parts of the known world: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, the New World, Central and . For people using this system, Icelandic surnames are not solely predicated on family names, but on the first name of the father or mother of the child. #746 GUEVARA From Guevara, Spain. #123 WALLACE Welsh or Foreigner. #816 ESPARZA Occupational surname for a professional swordsman/soldier. #64 MURPHY Irish surname meaning Descendant of Murchadh. #106 BELL Occupational surname for a bell-ringer/news announcer. #499 FRANK Person from France. #511 BOWERS Occupational surname for a worker. Source: Census Bureau, 2010 U.S. Census (latest update in U.S. Census Bureau Frequently Occurring Surnames). #787 BLANKENSHIP From the hill with a cairn. #398 VELASQUEZ Son of Velasco. #747 STAFFORD From the landing by the ford. #265 JENSEN Son of Jens #786 McINTYRE Son of the carpenter or craftsman. #594 MORROW From the row of cottages on the moor. #422 QUINN An Anglicized form of the Gaelic surname O Cuinn, meaning counsel. Three decades later, it was about 20 percent. #28 RAMIREZ Son of Ramiro. #687 ARELLANO Habitational surname for a family from Arellano, spain. #127 HAYES Lives in or near an enclosure. #2 JOHNSON - Son of John. #593 CARSON Probably a form of Karsten, or a created name meaning Son of Carr/Kerr. #501 GLOVER Occupational surname for a glove maker or glove merchant. The mother almost always loses, Anthony told me. #372 BUSH Lives near the bush or thicket. #723 MONTES Habitational surname for someone who lived on or near a hill/mountain. Creating a new last name from scratch, which would be shared among all members of the family, involves a lot of extra paperwork. #552 PATRICK Nobleman. Hear ye! #756 MERRITT Habitational surname for a family who came from Merriott in Somerset, UK. #606 LARSEN Son of Lars. #853 DONOVAN From the Irish surname Donnabhain, a diminutive/nickname for someone with darker skin or wore brown. NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/catholic-surname-popularity/. #225 JOHNSTON From Johns town. #759 SALGADO Galician and Portuguese nickname surname for someone who was witty or wry, from the word salgado meaning salty. #652 FARRELL From the Irish surname,O Fearghail literally means Descendant of the brave man. #39 HILL Family who lived near or on a hill. Gharibian - The meaning of this Armenian patronymic name is "son of Gharib." "Gharib" is a Turkish word that means "stranger" or "impoverished person.". #661 FOLEY From the old Gaelic surname, OFoghladha, meaning Descendant of the pirate. #93 CASTILLO Lives in or near the Castle. #974 POLLARD Strong descendent of Paul. #949 PERALTA Habitational surname for someone from any number of places named Peralta in Spain. Not all features are available in every apartment. Some states, such as Louisiana, maintain policies that enforce patrilineal surnaming as a default when the father is known and supports the children, unless both partners agree otherwise. #850 BENJAMIN Son of my right hand. Michael Houlihan may be the descendant of a MacDonough, a name with Scotch origins, who migrated from predominantly Protestant Northern Ireland to predominantly Catholic Southern Ireland and then married a Houlihan. #933 HUBER German surname for the word hide, a unit of farm land. #894 HERRING Occupational surname for a fisher or seller of herring (fish). #231 CARPENTER Occupational surname for a carpenter. Meaning near the water channel, strait. In Puerto Rico, as in many Hispanic cultures, the first surname comes from the father's first surname, and the second one comes from the mother's first surname. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Series 2-1 Surname Index: This index provides limited access to Marquette's premiere record body with genealogical value -- the Native American school attendance records with over 25,000 surnames from 76 Catholic elementary and secondary schools in 15 states, 1890s-1977. #438 HARMON Form of the name Herman, meaning army man. #694 PARRISH Someone who lives near Paris, France or near a particular parish a geographical area defined by religion. #929 XIONG Chinese surname meaning bear. #386 ROBLES From the village of Robles, in the province of Leon, Spain. Why? #135 STEVENS Son of Steven. NameCensus.com. #738 BARRY From the Gaelic surname O Baire, meaning the male descendant of Fionnbharr, or fair-haired one. Plenty of womenand men, for that mattermight choose not to give their last name to their kids if its bundled up in familial trauma. #305 HOLLAND From the Netherlands/Holland. #982 MADDEN From the Irish surname OMadain, meaning descendant of the son of the hound. #795 ODONNELL Family of Donnell/Donald. In other places across the country particularly in the southwest Hispanic or Latino populations arrived with a completely different tradition of family names. #411 LIU Chinese surnmae meaning to kill, destroy. Did you find your last name on any of these lists? Murphy 2. #601 CAREY Welsh surname meaning from the fort on the hill. #364 HAIL From the remote valley. #655 HORN An occupational surname for someone who either played a horn instrument or made small articles, like spoons, out of animal horn. #108 BUTLER Occupational surname for a butler/wine steward. Liiterally means opposite. 16. #96 MYERS Occupational surname for a Mayor. #215 CARROLL Irish surname from the Gaelic O Cearbhaill meaning fierce in battle. #890 DUNLAP From the fort by the muddy place. It signified their desire for greater freedom religiously and . #31 WALKER Occupational surname for a person who walked on damp cloth in order to thicken it. Or a respelling of the Irish ODuilleain, meaning descendant of the blind one. #455 FISCHER Fisherman. #689 ONEILL Son of Neill. #674 CHOI Korean surname meaning one who oversees the land and the mountain. #307 NEWMAN Stranger, newcomer. Ireland is a little over 300 miles in length, running North to South. #347 JENNINGS Family of little John. #731 McCLURE From the Gaelic surname MIlluidhir, which literally translates as Son of Ordars follower. Here are the top 100 names as ranked by the 2010 Census. #471 HODGES Family of Roger. #384 McCARTHY Form of the Gaelic Mac Carthaigh meaning son of Carthach (loving). #476 SAUNDERS Family of Alexander. The share of women who themselves kept their surname after marriage was about 3 percent in 1975, when some states still required women to take their husbands name to register to vote. #837 ENRIQUEZ Son of Enrique. #888 MAGANA Habitational name from either of the villages named Magaa, in Soria and Crdoba provinces in Spain. #676 BOYER Bow maker. . She teaches at the Genealogical Institute of Pittsburgh and the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. #69 MORGAN Welsh surname meaning by the sea. #946 KRUEGER German occupational surname for someone who made or sold glass/pottery kruog, or ran an inn krug. #415 PAUL Small. Literally means moon. #896 ESPINOSA Lives by the thorn bushes or a person with a prickly character. #488 BARTON From the barley town. One scholar has suggested that the shift could be tied to the end of the countrys one-child policy in 2015: Couples in a major developed city might give the fathers surname to the first-born child and the mothers to the second. By the 1400s, Anthony wrote, when surnames were more commonly passed down directly from parent to child, plenty of children took their mothers or grandmothers last name. #983 TERRELL Stubborn one. Literally means From the rich hill or mount. Literally means a woody clearing. #818 BRADSHAW From the broad grove. #993 ROWLAND From the renowned land. #431 ROSALES From the place of roses. #769 KNOX Near a round-topped hill (cnoc) #677 GARRISON Son of Gerard or Gerald. Many of these followed earlier St. Mary's County pioneers to Kentucky, especially to Nelson and . Although hyphenated last names are much more widely accepted than double-barrel surnames in the U.S., even they have faced roadblocks. #6 GARCIA Of unknown meaning. #233 SANDOVAL From Sandoval, Spain. #943 PARRA Spanish/Portuguese surname, meaning grapevine/trellis. Possibly used for someone who grew grapes or had a winery. #977 PROCTOR Occupational surname for a proctor/manager/attorney. #207 HART Irish surname, from the Gaelic hAirt meaning descendant of Art. #389 ERICKSON Son of Eric. #704 CANTU Occupational surname for a singer or cantor. #436 CURRY Locational surname for families from a town named Curry. #973 SIERRA Spanish surname meaning mountain range used for families living in or near the Galicia and Asturias regions of northern Spain. #65 COOK Occupational surname for a cook/chef. #394 FUENTES Fountains. #73 REED Red person with reddish complexion. #643 HODGE Pet form of the name Roger. #959 MADDOX From the ancient Welsh male name Matoc meaning good fortune. Jennifer Moss (she/her) is the founder of BabyNames.com, author of The Baby Names Workbook, and Producer of The Baby Names Podcast. Catholic, like all of the names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. #82 BROOKS Family who lived by or near a brook (creek). #510 SUAREZ From the southern army. Salazar literally translates to old hall. #874 NAVA Habitational surname from many towns named Nava in Spain, literally meaning treeless plateau. #246 BURKE From the burg (town) of the castle. Accessed 4 March, 2023. #261 VEGA From the plain, meadow. #29 LEWIS Son or family of Lewis. #753 KEMP Champion. #674 HUFFMAN Man/Steward of a farm. #560 SHAFFER German occupational surname for someone who was a household manager or steward. But these ripple effects through history and immigration status have led to the country we have today and the last names that you, your friends and family, and your acquaintances are known by. #797 BROWNING Descriptive surname from the Olde English brun meaning someone with brown hair or skin. For women, taking their husbands last name became a symbol of accepting his authority. #348 WATTS Family of Walter. #901 FRIEDMAN Servant of god or friend. #180 FOX Cunning like a fox, or a person with red hair. Could have been used as a cynical nickname for someone who was not. All of the data on this page is sourced from the Decennial Census survey, from the United States Census Bureau. She will then forward your query to the GGG member who submitted the surname. Our supporters have distributed tens of millions of life-changing Catholic gifts since 1991, making us America's largest producer of high-quality, super-affordable tools for evangelization. #698 KOCH German occupational surname for a cook or kitchen manager. #322 HOPKINS From the family of Hob (nickname for Robert). #25 HARRIS Son of Harry. #958 BURCH Lives near the birch tree or grove. Indigenous peoples were made to take on white or Catholic names instead of the traditional ones they had carried for centuries. #383 PAGE English occupational surname for a page. #155 BURNS Lives by the stream. Byrne 8. #172 PALMER Pilgrim. #848 CONRAD Brave counsel. #702 McDOWELL From the old Gaelic surname, MacDubhghaill meaning son of the dark one. Literally means yew tree. #256 LAWSON Son of Lawrence Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/most-common-us-surnames-1422656. #879 PUGH Welsh surname from ap Hugh meaning son of Hugh. #361 TERRY Power of the Theudo people. #773 MEADOWS Lives in or near the meadow. #673 RUBIO Red-headed or someone with a ruddy complexion. Unknown meaning. #992 ROLLINS Family of Rollo. #327 CALDWELL Lives by the cold well. Powell, Kimberly. FamilySearch Terms of Use (Updated 2021-09-27), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Used for families from the region of Hesse, in Germany. #301 DAVIDSON Son of David. #295 WALSH Welsh, foreigner, stranger referring to Celt. Literally means prominent. #196 GRANT Large, great. #426 RIVAS From the sea side or river bank. #523 MUELLER German occupational surname for a miller or one who works in a mill. #998 TRAVIS Occupational surname for someone who collected a tax or toll at a crossing. #720 AHMED Muslim surname meaning extremely praiseworthy. Our editors update and regularly refine this enormous body of information to bring you reliable information. For a lot of partners and family, its habitual and unconscious. This norm is especially striking when compared with other patriarchal relics that have been eroding. #727 WALTER Family of Walter. #823 GLASS Occupational surname for a glass blower. Literally means the watering place. #969 LEAL Loyal one. #465 MALONE From the Gaelic surname OMaoileoin meaning follower of St. John. Given to a young person who was excitable or energetic. Retrieved from https://namecensus.com/last-names/catholic-surname-popularity/. #130 GIBSON Son of Gilbert (nicknamed Gib). Garcia jumped in popularity from the 18th-most-popular name in 1990 to the sixth-most-popular last name in 2010. #991 HENDRIX Family of Heinrich. Such surnames include Roberts, Lewis, Phillips, Edwards, Evans, Cooper, Hughes, Rogers, Bailey, Scott, and more. #902 POTTS Family of Philpott, an early form of the name Phillip. #334 LOWE Lives on or near the prominent, small hill. Wilson 27. Floor plans are artist's rendering. #939 McCARTY From the Gaelic surname Mac Carthaigh meaning son of the loving one. Catholic schools are proud part of the fabric of American education and civil society. #152 WEBB Occupational surname from the name webber, meaning weaver. 434k Noah is predicted to be the #2 boy name, 5.2m John is predicted to be the #23 boy name, 2.6m Joseph is predicted to be the #24 boy name, 1.6m Matthew is predicted to be the #34 boy name, and 287k Luke is predicted to be . Carbo. Literally Priests Town. #5 JONES From the family of Jon/John. Margaret Mary Healy Murphy (1833-1907), American Catholic nun; Mary Murphy (disambiguation), multiple . #834 BUCKLEY Lives near the goat clearing. #625 MATHIS Family of Matthew. #467 TATE Cheerful person. #535 YATES Occupational or habitational surname for someone who was a gate-keeper, or lived near a prominent gate. #224 HOFFMAN German occupational surname meaning property manager. These are called occupational names. Catholic Baby Names. About a year before Christine Mallinson gave birth to her first child, she and her husband agreed that all of their children would take her last name. #937 FRYE Born free. #472 ZHANG Chinese surname meaning archer. Kevin Clay. #736 PRESTON From the village with the priest. Brennan 29. #350 WALTERS Family of Walter. #776 WHITEHEAD Descriptional surname for someone with white or very light blonde hair. #349 DURAN Literally means durable, hard. #142 FERNANDEZ Son of Fernando #618 ANTHONY Unknown meaning. #200 HAWKINS From the hawks place. #136 MURRAY Scottish place name from the area of Moray, meaning seaboard settlement. #20 MARTIN From the god of Mars. #857 RAYMOND Counsel protection. #728 HENSON Son of Henry. Surnames, also known as family names, were first used during medieval times and usually referred to a person's occupation (i.e. #90 HUGHES Family of Hugh. We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Catholic. #245 HARPER Occupational surname for someone who played or made harps. #932 LEVY From the family of Levi. #642 YORK From the ancient city or county of York, UK. #860 McMILLAN From the Gaelic surname Macghillemhaoil, meaning son of the monks servant.
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