Last Names That Start With B

Are you looking for a comprehensive list of last names beginning with B?

We’ve used the 2000 and 2010 Census to compile 2,243 surnames that start with B and have at least one thousand bearers of the name.

In the lists in this article, you’ll see the total number of bearers for the name in each census. We’ve also picked out B last names with interesting meanings and history.

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Meanings Of Popular Last Names That Start With B

Here are the top ten most common last names beginning with B in the 2010 U.S. census.

They are in descending order of how common they are.

Brown

Bearers: 1,437,026
Origins: English, Celtic
Meaning: Person with brown hair

Brooks

Bearers: 251,663
Origins: English
Meaning: Person who lives near a stream

Bennett

Bearers: 247,599
Origins: English
Meaning: Person who is blessed

Bell

Bearers: 220,599
Origin: English
Meaning: Person who lives near a church bell

Butler

Bearers: 218,847
Origins: English
Meaning: Keeper of wine

Bryant

Bearers: 192,773
Origins: English, Celtic
Meaning: Variant of Brian

Burns

Bearers: 165,925
Origins: Scottish
Meaning: Person who lives near a place of this name

Black

Bearers: 154,738
Origins: English
Meaning: Person with black hair

Boyd

Bearers: 153,469
Origins: Scottish
Meaning: Person from the Isle of Bute

Bradley

Bearers: 136,720
Origins: English
Meaning: Person who lives near woodland

Some of these meanings are topographic. A topographic name is derived from a place or the features of the land a person lived on or nearby.

Famous People With Last Names Starting With B

Here is an assorted collection of ten famous people with a family name starting with B.

The Brontée Sisters

Charlotte Brontée (1816-1855) was an English novelist and one of three sisters who wrote acclaimed novels. Charlotte’s most famous work was “Jane Eyre”.

Emily Brontée (1818-1848) wrote poetry and had one novel, “Wuthering Heights”.

Anne Brontée (1820-1849) wrote the “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon (1769-1821) led the French to many military victories in Europe after the French Revolution. He became Emperor in 1804.

Joan Baez

Joan Baez (born 1841) is one of my favorite American folk singers. “Diamonds & Rust”, her sixteenth album from 1975, was a massive influence on folk music.

Charles Babbage

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) was an English mathematician and philosopher. He invented what’s known as the “Difference Engine”, which is considered to be the first computing machine.

Lord Byron

George Byron (1788-1824) was the 6^th Baron Byron. As a poet, he was part of the English romantic movement. One of his several mistresses labeled him as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know.”

Byron fought for Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. He died from fever during the military campaign.

One of his daughters was Ada Lovelace who worked with Charles Babbage on the first computers.

Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) was a French philosopher and writer. Her best known work, “The Second Sex”, was greatly influential on modern feminism.

Alexander Bell

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) was born in Scotland and eventually settled in the United States. He patented the design for the first telephone in 1876.

Christian Bale

Christian Bale (born 1974) was born in Wales and started acting in films in his teenage years. His fame as an actor rose through his roles as Batman.

David Beckham

David Beckham (born 1974) is a former soccer player who captained England.

James Brown

James Brown (1933-2006) was an American singer known as the Godfather of Soul. Amongst his hugely popular songs is “This Is A Man’s World”.

Last Names Starting With B

We’ve divided the list into sections, with the meanings and origins of one or more names in each section.

Let’s start with names from Ba to Baer.

Ba is one of the few two-letter names in the census. If you’re curious, check out our separate article on shortest last names starting with B.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Ba	1,091	2,451
Babb	12,726	12,794
Babbitt	5,300	5,320
Babcock	21,769	22,016
Baber	5,446	5,474
Babich	2,157	2,351
Babin	6,210	6,426
Babineaux	2,669	2,814

Bacon is the most common last name in this section, with just shy of thirty thousand bearers in the 2010 census.

The name arrived in England with the Norman Conquest. There are different theories as to its origins. Some point to the Germanic word “bach” which means a small river or stream.

Baca is next in line with about twenty-eight thousand bearers in the 2010 U.S. census. The name has different origins and meanings depending on the region.

The Albanian, Croatian, and Hungarian origins derive from the word for a brother.

The Polish origins come from the word for a shepherd. It would have been taken by people who tended sheep.

When the last name Bach is of German origins, the meaning comes from the word for a stream.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Baca	24,572	28,082
Bacchus	2,562	3,325
Bach	11,375	11,999
Bachman	12,887	13,057
Bachmann	3,766	4,372
Back	8,540	8,762
Backer	3,264	3,380
Backes	2,438	2,421
Backman	2,984	3,210
Backstrom	2,333	2,435
Backus	6,822	7,064
Bacon	29,312	29,860

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bade	2,322	2,487
Baden	1,915	2,166
Bader	9,020	9,197
Badger	7,620	7,987
Badgett	2,872	2,932
Badgley	2,164	2,197
Badillo	6,980	9,753
Bae	4,040	6,203
Baek	1,885	2,990
Baer	16,165	16,587

From Baez to Baker

Baez, the first name in this section, is of Hispanic origin. We have covered it in more depth in our list of Hispanic names starting with B.

Bair is of Germanic origins. It is a variant of the name Baer. It would be given as a nickname to a large and strong man (who is perhaps hirsute).

Baker is one of the most names in the U.S. with nearly 420 thousand bearers in the 2010 census.

The name is of English origin, and you can probably guess that it was adopted by people who made bread for the big country estates or who sold bread in towns.

Bacus is a less common last name with a similar meaning. It referred to someone working in or owning a bake house or bakery.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Baez	22,512	31,298
Baeza	6,436	8,432
Bagby	5,584	5,542
Baggett	12,586	12,717
Baggs	2,053	2,093
Bagley	16,739	17,324
Bagwell	10,526	10,324
Bah	1,657	4,690
Baham	1,796	2,090
Bahe	1,752	2,011
Bahena	6,240	9,983
Bahr	7,610	7,731

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bai	1,640	3,148
Baier	4,959	5,238
Baig	2,259	3,423
Bail	1,155	14,957
Bailes	2,855	3,178
Bailey	265,916	277,845
Bailon	2,656	3,702
Baily	2,544	2,615

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bain	16,845	17,371
Bainbridge	3,219	3,324
Baines	5,702	6,557
Bains	2,534	3,377
Bair	11,027	11,740
Baird	34,233	34,721
Baisden	2,852	3,110
Baity	1,981	2,076
Bak	2,642	2,920
Baker	413,351	419,586

From Bakke to Balmer

Baldwin is one of the most popular names in this section with just over eighty thousand bearers in 2010.

The name is both English and Germanic. The meaning derives from the old German words for brave (“bald”) and friend.

Several of the Crusader kings adopted it in the Middle Ages, which spread it.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bakke	3,583	3,517
Bakken	3,972	4,205
Bakker	3,069	3,392
Bal	1,325	2,006
Balboa	1,950	2,520
Balbuena	2,733	4,621
Balcazar	1,292	2,055
Balch	4,187	4,472
Balcom	2,723	2,652

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Balderas	11,520	16,576
Balderrama	4,479	5,766
Baldridge	5,853	5,996
Baldwin	79,151	80,742
Bale	2,693	2,843
Balentine	2,767	3,032
Bales	13,028	13,326
Balfour	2,100	2,268
Balk	2,248	3,228
Balke	1,380	2,196

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Ball	77,561	66,059
Ballance	2,561	2,622
Ballantyne	2,315	2,410
Ballard	59,660	61,625
Ballenger	4,762	4,956
Ballentine	3,864	4,289
Ballesteros	7,714	10,261
Ballew	7,616	7,857
Ballinger	7,880	8,306
Ballou	5,509	5,800
Balmer	2,910	3,204

From Balog to Bankston

Banks is the most common name in this section with over one hundred thousand bearers in the 2010 census. The variants of Bank and Banker only have a few thousand holders.

The name has different origins, depending on the region.

The Germanic version comes from the word for a bench or a table. It would be conferred on someone who worked with a bench or at a table counter. This could be a money lender.

The English version referred to someone who lived by the banks of a river.

Balogh is of Hungarian origins and refers to someone who is left handed.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Balog	2,639	2,665
Balogh	3,473	3,448
Balsamo	2,084	2,185
Balser	2,104	2,297
Baltazar	8,650	13,045
Baltimore	2,025	2,165
Baltz	1,853	2,189
Balzer	2,897	2,869

Bancroft is a last name of English origin. The meaning comes from the words for a small enclosed field. It was likely conferred on a tenant farmer.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Ban	1,546	2,011
Banach	2,009	2,071
Banas	2,856	2,993
Bancroft	5,335	5,404
Banda	10,954	15,055
Bandy	8,426	8,582
Bane	5,580	5,591
Banegas	1,986	3,493
Banerjee	1,482	2,723
Banes	1,976	2,065
Baney	2,481	2,553

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Banfield	2,279	2,508
Bang	3,977	4,676
Bangert	2,045	2,430
Bangs	2,421	2,490
Banh	1,991	2,415
Banister	3,069	3,141
Bank	2,281	2,371
Banker	3,727	4,201
Bankhead	3,331	3,540
Banks	99,294	105,833
Bankston	6,736	7,101

From Banner to Barco

Barber is the most common name in this section.

Across Europe, the meaning derives from the term for someone who cuts hair and beards.

Bannister is an English name that arrived with the Normans. The meaning derives from the Old French for material that is placed across a wagon.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Banner	5,288	5,739
Banning	3,331	3,440
Bannister	8,110	8,639
Bannon	4,821	4,921
Banos	1,602	2,455
Bansal	1,001	2,173
Banta	5,290	5,931
Banton	1,873	2,307
Banuelos	14,260	18,636

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Baptista	3,050	3,621
Baptiste	7,353	8,915
Barahona	5,338	8,844
Barajas	32,147	45,153
Barakat	1,684	2,281
Baran	6,198	6,640
Baranowski	3,167	2,961
Barba	9,088	11,043
Barbara	2,790	2,986
Barbato	2,443	2,437

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barbee	10,501	11,470
Barber	76,504	78,848
Barbera	3,199	3,696
Barbieri	4,240	4,407
Barbosa	13,433	18,106
Barbour	14,188	14,451
Barboza	6,371	8,497
Barcenas	4,166	6,979
Barcia	3,190	6,555
Barclay	11,160	11,568
Barco	1,810	2,385

From Barcus to Barnhart

Barnes is the most popular name in this section. The meaning depends on the region.

Early English bearers may have lived near a storehouse or barn and taken the name.

The Scandinavian origins derives from the name Bjorn, which means a warrior.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barcus	2,525	2,426
Bard	6,470	5,953
Barden	5,502	5,755
Bardwell	2,786	2,946
Bare	6,724	7,291
Barefield	2,258	2,561
Barefoot	4,184	4,190
Barela	6,822	7,739
Barfield	12,670	13,165

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bargas	2,517	2,979
Barge	2,334	2,455
Barger	14,635	14,324
Barham	5,961	6,266
Baril	1,792	2,046
Barillas	2,022	2,942
Barker	85,221	87,162
Barkley	12,940	13,051
Barkman	1,814	2,158
Barksdale	9,565	10,294

The last name Barlow has interesting origins. One meaning comes from the Old English words for barley (bere) and hill (hlaw) i.e. “barley hill” or “barley clearing”.

It can also derive from the words for “barn hill” or or “boar clearing”.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barley	4,562	4,744
Barlow	30,749	33,335
Barna	3,061	3,516
Barnaby	1,986	2,296
Barnard	19,517	20,366
Barner	5,177	5,827
Barnes	210,426	218,241
Barnett	92,287	95,681
Barnette	8,363	8,480
Barney	15,556	16,404
Barnhardt	2,392	2,549
Barnhart	19,642	20,157

From Barnhill to Barros

Barret is the most common name in this section, and it has several spelling variations in the list.

The name seems to have both English and Irish origins, although the meaning isn’t clear.

So, let’s look at another interesting name.

Barron also has many spelling variations in this section and is quite a common name. It is of Scottish origin.

The name was conferred on small landholders.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barnhill	8,926	9,040
Barnum	5,838	6,090
Barnwell	4,607	4,781
Baron	15,464	16,308
Barone	12,208	12,758
Barr	42,432	44,130
Barra	2,195	2,639
Barragan	16,021	23,176
Barranco	1,945	2,808
Barras	2,124	2,512
Barraza	13,430	18,030

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barre	1,691	2,205
Barreiro	1,678	2,125
Barrera	43,720	60,998
Barreras	2,766	3,496
Barreto	7,209	10,127
Barrett	95,896	100,104
Barrette	2,076	2,969
Barrick	4,926	5,111

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barrie	2,462	3,154
Barrientes	1,942	2,287
Barrientos	12,690	18,877
Barrier	2,700	3,002
Barriga	3,711	5,286
Barringer	6,634	6,964
Barrington	4,649	4,843
Barrios	22,941	32,873
Barron	46,196	52,070
Barros	5,598	7,134

From Barroso to Bash

Barton is the most common name in this section.

This name has English origins. The meaning derives from the Old English words for a field of barley.

The early holders owned, worked on, or resided near a farm that sowed the crop.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barroso	3,628	5,333
Barrow	15,277	16,801
Barrows	7,493	7,773
Barry	45,044	47,274
Bart	2,646	2,515
Barta	4,313	4,678
Bartee	2,591	3,099
Bartel	5,431	5,568
Bartell	4,208	4,726
Bartels	8,478	8,809
Bartelt	2,138	2,254

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barter	2,387	2,315
Barth	14,283	14,579
Barthel	3,391	3,620
Barthelemy	1,717	2,291
Bartholomew	14,696	15,339
Bartlett	42,512	43,648
Bartley	16,154	16,689
Barto	3,917	4,174
Bartolo	1,610	2,796
Bartolome	1,841	2,601

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Barton	66,622	68,233
Bartos	2,575	2,751
Bartow	1,792	2,059
Bartram	2,527	2,730
Bartsch	2,409	2,381
Bartz	5,588	5,781
Barwick	3,750	3,848
Bascom	2,167	2,349
Bash	3,526	3,364

From Basso to Bauman

Bates is the most common name in this section. It is of English origins, but the meaning is unclear.

So, we’ll look at Bass instead. This name is of English origin too. The meaning derives from the word for “short”.

It could have been conferred on a short man whose descendants continued to use it.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Basham	8,604	8,806
Bashaw	2,741	2,904
Bashir	1,629	2,752
Basil	2,027	2,344
Basile	7,714	7,783
Basilio	1,924	3,015
Basinger	3,960	4,171
Baskerville	3,424	3,755
Baskin	6,537	7,389
Basler	2,625	3,038
Basquez	1,756	2,442

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bass	54,296	57,044
Bassett	20,032	20,482
Basso	3,733	4,070
Bast	2,429	2,555
Bastian	6,461	6,967
Bastien	2,577	3,136
Basurto	2,159	3,522
Batchelder	4,311	4,517
Batchelor	9,389	9,417

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bateman	18,313	19,001
Bates	93,743	95,622
Batey	3,228	3,298
Bath	2,742	2,945
Batista	13,095	18,323
Batiste	5,990	6,640
Batres	3,146	4,996
Batson	8,613	8,951
Batt	3,557	3,622
Battaglia	8,051	8,308

From Baumann to Bechtol

Baxter is a common name in this section. It is a variant of Baker and you can guess the English origins and meaning.

Bauer is a bit less obvious. This name is Germanic in origin. The word referred to people who lived in small huts or housing.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Batten	7,267	7,716
Battista	3,973	4,136
Battle	23,934	26,432
Battles	7,260	7,702
Batton	2,701	2,913
Batts	7,814	8,473
Batty	2,068	2,200
Baty	3,347	3,391

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Baucom	4,360	4,696
Bauder	2,271	2,334
Bauer	61,979	65,004
Baugh	12,152	12,543
Baugher	3,362	3,529
Baughman	13,847	14,230
Baughn	2,252	2,299

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Baum	16,109	16,334
Bauman	17,328	17,641
Baumann	14,131	14,644
Baumer	2,126	2,199
Baumgardner	5,856	5,877
Baumgart	2,432	2,469
Baumgarten	2,391	2,445
Baumgartner	11,078	11,448

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Baur	3,064	3,127
Bautista	37,847	60,264
Baxley	6,641	6,852
Baxter	47,857	49,033
Bay	6,346	6,350
Bayer	9,246	10,544
Bayes	2,099	2,019

Surnames from Bayles to Bearden

Beard is the most common name in this section.

This name of English origins referred to men with large beards.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bayles	2,957	2,962
Bayless	6,145	6,171
Bayliss	2,098	2,168
Baylor	6,090	6,336
Bayne	5,586	5,716
Baynes	2,605	3,215
Bays	6,431	6,588
Baysinger	2,034	2,226
Bazan	6,070	8,104
Bazemore	3,469	3,604
Bazile	1,929	2,491

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beach	29,940	30,867
Beacham	3,310	3,396
Beachy	4,069	5,102
Beadle	3,752	4,005
Beagle	2,974	3,053
Beaird	2,220	2,201
Beal	19,922	20,752
Beale	7,247	7,431
Beall	9,011	9,202
Beals	6,759	7,020

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beam	13,230	13,972
Beaman	5,314	5,980
Beamer	3,569	3,981
Beamon	4,125	4,485
Bean	37,145	37,571
Beane	4,969	5,142
Bear	7,672	8,252
Beard	47,128	48,207
Bearden	13,051	13,499
Beardsley	6,689	6,950
Beasley	46,179	47,693
Beason	5,129	5,414

Beaton to Beeler

Beck is the most common name in this section with over ninety thousand bearers in the 2010 U.S. census.

The English origins may derive from the word for a stream. It would be conferred on people who lived near one.

The Germanic origins make it a variant of Becker, which means a baker. Becker is nearly as common in this list.

The last name of Beaumont is of French origins. It derives from the words for a beautiful mountain (beau and mont).

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beaton	4,259	4,462
Beattie	8,941	8,993
Beatty	25,245	25,510
Beaty	12,588	12,869
Beauchamp	11,165	11,865
Beaudoin	6,364	6,562
Beaudry	4,102	4,293
Beaulieu	10,336	10,695
Beaumont	4,624	4,878
Beaupre	2,338	2,488
Beauregard	4,860	5,078
Beauvais	2,352	2,629

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beaver	21,963	21,640
Beavers	15,316	15,531
Becerra	24,468	33,274
Becerril	2,360	3,881
Bechard	2,034	2,053
Becher	2,483	2,496
Bechtel	6,683	6,813
Bechtold	3,728	3,700

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beck	93,161	93,786
Becker	88,114	87,859
Beckett	11,334	11,763
Beckford	3,371	4,285
Beckham	9,178	9,960
Beckley	5,247	5,429
Beckman	15,164	15,045
Beckmann	3,187	3,608
Beckner	5,235	5,516
Beckstead	1,869	2,078
Beckwith	11,703	11,876
Becton	2,415	2,634

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bedard	5,934	6,046
Bedell	5,794	5,989
Bedford	8,651	8,814
Bednar	3,994	4,151
Bednarz	2,401	2,462
Bedolla	4,224	6,127
Bedoya	2,585	3,429
Bedwell	4,363	4,276

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bee	4,586	4,480
Beebe	14,813	14,847
Beech	3,987	4,160
Beecham	1,813	2,078
Beecher	5,268	5,755
Beekman	2,067	2,362
Beeler	7,856	7,902

From Beeman to Benavidez

Bell is by far the most common name in this section with over 220 thousand bearers in 2010.

The English name may have several origins. It could have referred to a handsome man (from the French word beau or belle).

Early bearers may also have been bell ringers or people who lived near a church bell.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beeman	6,322	6,578
Beene	3,600	3,581
Beer	5,743	5,931
Beers	10,908	11,043
Beery	2,916	3,421
Beesley	2,604	2,956
Beeson	6,738	6,952

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Begay	16,076	17,553
Beggs	4,611	4,590
Begin	2,560	2,644
Begley	8,292	8,435
Begum	5,375	12,255
Behan	2,485	2,862
Behling	2,840	2,765
Behm	4,375	4,476
Behnke	5,762	5,824
Behr	3,671	3,795
Behrendt	2,185	2,177
Behrens	10,159	10,524

Belcher almost has the opposite meaning as you might think now. The last name derives from the Old English words for a beautiful face.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beier	2,631	2,606
Beil	2,308	59,463
Beiler	3,315	6,549
Bejar	1,537	2,224
Bejarano	5,071	6,692
Belanger	12,634	12,922
Belcher	27,947	28,321
Belden	4,421	4,600
Belew	2,806	3,086
Belford	2,392	2,513
Belin	1,958	2,398
Belisle	3,470	3,722

If you remember a bit of school French, then you won’t be surprised to hear that Bellamy is a last name of French origins whose meaning comes from the words belle and amie i.e. beautiful friend.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Belk	5,914	6,886
Belknap	3,302	3,270
Bell	264,752	220,599
Bella	2,190	2,999
Bellamy	15,850	17,167
Bellard	2,645	2,966
Belle	3,742	4,246
Beller	3,978	2,847
Bellew	2,471	2,739
Bellinger	5,158	5,825
Bellino	2,063	2,250
Bellis	2,408	2,628
Bellman	2,041	2,253

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bello	11,933	16,915
Bellows	3,610	3,601
Belmont	2,944	3,363
Belmonte	3,432	4,083
Belt	8,422	8,737
Belton	8,111	9,041
Beltran	34,736	49,776
Beltz	4,150	4,603
Belvin	2,163	2,275
Bemis	4,799	4,722
Ben	2,838	3,386
Benally	5,042	5,562
Benard	2,159	2,407
Benavides	18,617	23,761
Benavidez	10,953	12,648

From Benbow to Beutler

Bennett is the most common name in this section.

The name is of English origin. The meaning derives from the Latin word for someone who is blessed (Benedictus).

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Benbow	2,406	2,430
Bench	2,943	3,033
Bencomo	2,001	2,563
Benda	2,223	2,562
Bender	38,464	39,551
Benedetti	2,625	2,736
Benedetto	3,280	3,375
Benedict	16,846	17,036
Benefield	5,937	6,004
Benes	2,203	2,338
Benfield	5,264	5,138
Benford	3,761	3,995

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Benge	4,802	4,995
Bengtson	3,062	3,135
Benham	4,883	4,955
Benites	2,958	3,181
Benitez	33,441	51,288
Benito	1,588	2,430
Benjamin	36,439	40,590
Benn	4,431	4,716
Benner	11,479	11,612
Bennet	3,822	3,523
Bennett	239,055	247,599
Benning	3,317	3,597
Bennington	3,032	3,194

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Benoit	18,842	20,160
Benson	84,233	86,081
Bent	4,215	4,785
Bentley	38,714	40,193
Bento	1,673	2,596
Benton	37,032	37,912
Bentz	5,794	5,923
Benz	5,564	5,691
Beran	2,078	2,191
Berard	3,491	3,582
Berardi	3,129	3,354
Berens	3,178	3,452
Beres	2,540	2,876

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Berg	48,480	48,746
Berge	3,344	3,444
Bergen	5,860	6,074
Berger	43,556	43,851
Bergeron	19,655	20,073
Bergeson	2,450	2,597
Berggren	2,527	2,535
Bergin	3,810	3,996
Berglund	5,234	5,173
Bergman	17,671	17,846
Bergmann	4,863	4,988
Bergquist	3,903	3,912
Bergstrom	8,699	8,908

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Beringer	1,905	2,363
Berk	3,771	3,754
Berke	2,135	2,734
Berkey	3,165	3,515
Berkley	4,514	4,750
Berkowitz	6,865	7,000
Berlin	7,259	7,503
Berman	17,346	16,025
Bermejo	1,482	2,330
Bermudez	19,451	26,691

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bernabe	3,103	4,915
Bernal	29,418	39,693
Bernard	36,546	38,512
Bernardi	2,884	3,050
Bernardino	2,073	3,111
Bernardo	5,939	7,003
Berndt	6,267	6,081
Berner	4,615	4,826
Bernhard	3,575	3,735
Bernhardt	7,068	7,253
Bernier	8,981	9,614
Berning	2,651	2,894
Berns	2,883	3,139
Bernstein	17,969	17,916

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Berrier	2,420	2,547
Berrios	9,590	12,451
Berry	129,405	132,812
Berryhill	5,607	5,733
Berryman	7,412	7,517
Berthiaume	2,663	2,814
Bertram	7,999	8,369
Bertrand	11,619	12,461
Bertsch	3,786	3,832
Berube	5,887	6,067
Berumen	3,983	5,195

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bess	9,229	9,663
Bessette	4,454	4,469
Best	36,862	37,923
Betancourt	15,876	21,663
Bethea	10,811	12,061
Bethel	7,285	7,573
Bethke	2,372	2,349
Bethune	3,380	3,447
Bettencourt	6,888	7,365
Bettis	5,665	5,931
Betts	19,209	19,983
Betz	10,017	10,120
Beutler	1,907	2,047

From Bevan to Bizzell

Bishop is the most common name in this section with over 116 thousand bearers in 2010.

The English name comes from Greek word (Episkopos) for someone in charge of a Christian community.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bevan	3,937	4,114
Bever	2,758	2,474
Beveridge	3,166	3,095
Beverly	11,631	11,978
Bevilacqua	2,389	2,667
Bevins	4,229	4,322
Bevis	2,675	2,584
Bewley	2,929	2,946
Bey	4,809	5,453
Beyer	17,910	18,641

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bhakta	3,502	3,359
Bhat	1,173	2,170
Bhatia	2,944	4,515
Bhatt	3,609	5,349
Bhatti	2,406	3,919
Bianchi	7,928	8,284
Bianco	8,228	15,278
Bias	5,615	6,518
Bibb	3,863	3,796
Bibbs	3,862	4,190
Bible	4,562	4,700

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bice	6,731	6,841
Bickel	6,903	7,035
Bickerstaff	1,972	2,014
Bickford	7,752	7,728
Bickham	3,215	3,492
Bickley	2,664	2,673
Bicknell	3,206	3,389
Biddle	9,085	9,219
Bidwell	4,621	4,667
Bieber	4,294	4,301
Biehl	2,853	2,894
Biel	2,131	2,359
Bienaime	1,332	2,277
Bier	2,253	2,320
Bierman	4,728	5,064

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bigelow	11,354	11,650
Bigger	2,298	2,314
Biggers	4,609	4,792
Biggerstaff	3,132	3,035
Biggs	22,634	22,641
Bigham	5,473	5,525
Bigler	3,793	4,013
Bigley	2,576	2,547
Bilbrey	3,902	3,855
Biles	3,395	3,278

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bill	6,445	5,246
Biller	2,890	3,028
Billie	2,094	2,517
Billings	21,764	22,553
Billingsley	11,460	11,973
Billington	3,671	3,678
Billiot	2,895	3,272
Billman	3,176	3,218
Bills	9,722	10,051
Billups	6,082	6,475
Billy	3,279	3,621
Bilodeau	4,362	4,454
Bilyeu	3,097	3,091

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Binder	9,674	9,720
Binford	2,115	2,186
Bing	3,882	4,076
Bingaman	3,163	3,276
Bingham	24,327	25,941
Binion	3,259	3,581
Binkley	7,038	7,159
Binns	4,036	4,178
Biondi	2,085	2,209
Biondo	2,701	2,738
Birch	11,745	12,161
Birchfield	3,778	3,852
Bird	33,962	33,457
Birdsall	3,220	3,095
Birdsong	5,221	5,498
Birdwell	4,244	4,339

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Birge	2,311	2,520
Birk	2,894	3,193
Birmingham	6,198	6,577
Birnbaum	3,160	3,211
Birt	2,476	2,577
Bisbee	2,260	2,269
Bischoff	6,663	6,897
Bish	3,480	3,495
Bishop	114,034	116,618
Bissell	4,972	5,039
Bissett	2,373	2,350
Bisson	3,493	3,685
Bissonnette	2,358	2,475

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bitner	3,353	3,753
Bitter	2,137	2,618
Bittinger	2,320	2,741
Bittle	3,154	3,284
Bittner	9,185	9,163
Bivens	9,113	9,603
Bivins	5,396	5,681
Bixby	3,949	4,086
Bixler	6,010	6,021
Bizzell	2,101	2,198

From Bjerke to Boatright

Black is the most common name in this section.

The name has English and Scottish origins. The early bearers may have been families with very dark hair.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bjerke	2,149	2,168
Bjork	3,186	3,317
Bjorklund	2,491	2,537
Black	150,186	154,738
Blackburn	38,137	39,097
Blackford	4,316	4,476
Blackledge	2,252	2,303
Blackman	13,897	14,278
Blackmer	1,962	2,148
Blackmon	20,711	22,130
Blackmore	3,634	3,660

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Blackshear	3,633	3,995
Blackstock	3,061	3,085
Blackstone	3,466	3,659
Blackwelder	2,687	2,598
Blackwell	46,495	47,175
Blackwood	7,837	8,407
Blades	4,406	4,558
Blagg	2,250	2,321
Blaha	3,085	3,204
Blain	4,456	4,764
Blaine	6,131	6,451
Blair	75,135	78,026

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Blais	5,463	5,718
Blaisdell	3,859	3,852
Blaise	1,761	2,407
Blake	69,279	73,797
Blakeley	2,774	2,907
Blakely	11,300	11,669
Blakeman	3,206	3,380
Blakemore	3,065	3,271
Blakeney	3,911	4,107
Blakeslee	3,199	3,561
Blakey	3,587	3,796
Blakley	5,642	5,898
Blalock	11,234	11,493

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Blanc	2,794	3,352
Blancas	1,822	2,608
Blanchard	36,764	37,695
Blanchette	6,284	6,452
Blanco	28,843	31,800
Bland	25,219	26,722
Blandford	2,335	2,473
Blanding	2,950	3,237
Blandon	1,742	2,628
Blaney	3,624	3,854
Blank	12,706	13,050
Blankenship	42,663	43,830
Blanks	5,956	6,229
Blanton	23,665	24,154

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Blas	2,985	3,612
Blaser	2,807	2,931
Blasingame	2,276	2,238
Blatt	3,576	4,020
Blau	2,674	2,965
Blauvelt	2,056	2,048
Blaylock	9,683	10,008
Blazek	2,827	2,674
Blazer	2,548	2,775
Bledsoe	17,934	18,510
Blessing	5,091	5,263
Blevins	36,841	38,229

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bliss	14,273	14,588
Blizzard	4,389	4,453
Bloch	4,478	4,817
Block	21,686	21,717
Blocker	8,752	9,149
Blodgett	6,878	7,157
Blohm	2,046	2,047
Blom	3,106	3,103
Blomberg	2,351	2,343
Blomquist	3,407	3,445
Blood	5,646	5,770
Bloodworth	4,198	4,218
Bloom	23,879	24,081
Bloomer	4,191	4,231
Bloomfield	5,880	5,928
Bloomquist	2,727	2,701

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bloss	2,353	2,505
Blosser	4,071	4,167
Blough	2,933	3,012
Blouin	2,350	2,474
Blount	18,882	19,878
Blow	3,479	3,590
Blowers	2,347	2,428
Blue	22,422	24,341
Bluhm	2,652	2,630
Blum	17,262	17,458
Blumberg	3,273	3,185
Blume	5,746	5,826
Blumenthal	3,834	3,673
Blumer	1,935	2,023

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Blunt	7,526	8,326
Bly	4,705	4,823
Blythe	7,827	7,947
Board	3,856	3,946
Boardman	5,928	5,938
Boateng	1,435	3,017
Boatman	5,359	5,899
Boatner	1,896	2,172
Boatright	5,711	5,659
Boatwright	7,063	7,379

From Boaz to Bonneau

Bond is a very common name in this section, with over 500 thousand bearers in 2010.

This name of English origins referred to a peasant farmer.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Boaz	3,137	3,157
Bobadilla	3,170	4,566
Bobb	3,389	3,552
Bobbitt	6,911	7,230
Bober	2,251	2,230
Bobo	8,848	9,254
Bocanegra	5,272	7,134
Bock	13,369	13,382

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bodden	2,599	3,183
Boddie	3,458	3,706
Boddy	2,115	2,219
Bode	5,935	5,824
Boden	4,133	4,445
Bodie	2,339	2,640
Bodiford	2,047	2,086
Bodin	2,092	2,129
Bodine	4,993	5,042
Bodnar	5,469	5,502
Bodner	2,184	2,274

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Boe	3,937	3,850
Boehm	10,717	10,730
Boehme	2,268	2,338
Boehmer	2,603	2,663
Boerner	2,311	2,478
Boes	2,372	2,543
Boese	2,722	2,715
Boettcher	6,646	6,659

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bogan	7,603	8,034
Bogard	3,692	3,875
Bogart	6,310	6,420
Bogdan	2,907	3,001
Boger	4,282	4,051
Bogert	2,091	2,054
Boggess	4,659	4,684
Boggs	27,822	27,880
Bogle	5,387	5,851
Bogner	2,305	2,367
Bogue	3,496	3,521

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bohan	2,136	2,351
Bohanan	1,975	2,116
Bohannon	9,473	9,663
Bohl	3,120	3,125
Bohm	2,326	2,426
Bohn	9,397	9,272
Bohrer	2,969	2,933
Boice	3,047	3,021
Boisvert	4,545	4,821
Boivin	2,119	2,265
Bojorquez	4,239	6,147

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bolan	2,021	2,149
Boland	11,361	11,631
Bolander	2,015	2,114
Bolanos	7,745	11,829
Bolden	20,015	21,819
Bolding	3,493	3,581
Boldt	4,342	4,538
Bolduc	5,229	5,401
Bolen	8,927	9,323
Boler	1,978	2,234
Boles	14,644	14,946
Boley	4,841	4,990
Bolger	3,309	3,385
Bolick	3,380	3,645

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bolin	12,895	12,962
Boling	7,338	7,597
Bolinger	4,439	4,805
Bolivar	2,302	2,997
Boll	2,857	2,893
Boller	2,103	2,320
Bolles	2,292	2,423
Bolling	5,995	6,414
Bollinger	12,180	12,425
Bollman	2,833	3,110
Bolt	6,956	7,504
Bolte	2,318	2,629
Bolton	31,995	32,815
Boltz	3,238	3,350

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bolyard	3,104	3,235
Boman	2,849	2,825
Bomar	3,406	3,487
Bombard	1,932	2,032
Bonanno	3,677	3,709
Bonaparte	2,065	2,274
Bonar	2,323	2,599
Bond	50,980	50,610
Bonds	12,763	13,620
Bondurant	2,565	2,540

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bone	10,753	10,692
Boner	2,012	2,122
Bones	1,913	2,197
Bonet	1,754	2,187
Boney	3,630	3,789
Bongiorno	1,891	2,029
Bonham	6,533	6,832
Bonifacio	1,784	2,457
Bonilla	34,824	51,475
Bonin	3,937	4,034
Bonk	2,588	2,726
Bonn	2,104	2,266
Bonneau	2,078	2,147

From Bonnell to Bourdon

Boone is the most common name in this section. Although it’s an English name, the origins aren’t clear.

Booth is the next most common in this list. This English name does have clear origins.

It derives from the Middle English word for a cattle barn. The early bearers may have been cattle farmers.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bonnell	4,556	4,668
Bonner	31,761	33,446
Bonnet	2,061	2,240
Bonnett	3,855	4,023
Bonnette	2,612	2,696
Bonney	4,419	4,491
Bono	3,379	5,272
Bonomo	1,885	2,007
Bontrager	6,208	8,507
Booher	6,436	6,900

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Book	5,872	6,356
Booker	35,101	36,840
Bookman	2,201	2,274
Bookout	2,281	2,275
Boomer	2,132	2,368
Boon	2,092	2,279
Boone	51,679	53,792
Boos	3,609	3,562
Boose	2,362	2,550
Booth	48,580	49,402
Boothe	8,215	8,656
Boots	3,028	3,087
Booze	1,975	2,025
Boozer	4,095	4,208

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bopp	3,029	2,891
Borchardt	3,930	4,136
Borchers	2,787	2,881
Borchert	2,655	2,731
Bordeaux	2,870	3,138
Bordelon	6,616	6,644
Borden	15,342	15,500
Border	2,186	2,295
Borders	8,618	9,053
Bordner	1,916	2,083
Borel	1,867	2,096
Borelli	1,901	2,029
Boren	7,232	7,672

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Borg	4,733	4,843
Borger	2,523	2,466
Borges	10,282	12,337
Borgman	1,946	2,147
Boring	5,552	5,746
Boris	2,608	2,780
Borja	5,376	7,618
Borjas	2,400	3,609
Bork	3,272	3,448
Borkowski	4,171	4,212
Borland	3,707	4,014
Borman	2,537	2,655

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Born	6,385	6,771
Borne	2,727	3,087
Bornstein	2,626	2,772
Borntrager	1,500	2,357
Borntreger	1,218	2,231
Borowski	3,943	3,821
Borrego	5,662	6,772
Borrelli	3,195	3,440
Borrero	3,342	4,383
Borst	3,741	4,048
Borton	3,373	3,461
Bortz	2,643	2,798
Borum	2,193	2,287
Borunda	2,094	2,693

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bos	3,504	3,792
Bosch	6,713	7,312
Bosco	4,505	4,498
Bose	2,849	3,406
Bosley	6,898	7,216
Boss	8,547	8,529
Bosse	3,545	4,036
Bost	5,665	5,734
Bostic	10,615	11,079
Bostick	7,614	7,957
Boston	15,003	15,814
Bostrom	2,060	2,129
Bostwick	4,476	4,502
Boswell	21,927	22,540
Bosworth	5,272	5,260

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Botelho	4,363	4,726
Botello	8,287	11,569
Bothwell	2,316	2,288
Botkin	2,669	2,616
Bott	5,923	6,029
Bottoms	4,363	4,357
Bottorff	2,076	2,190
Botts	4,451	4,582
Bouchard	12,870	13,154
Boucher	19,554	20,050

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Boudreau	10,037	10,103
Boudreaux	15,240	15,976
Boughton	3,171	3,233
Bouie	2,083	2,222
Boulanger	2,498	2,551
Bouldin	3,336	3,744
Boulton	2,245	2,414
Boulware	3,506	3,903
Bounds	7,822	7,960
Bourassa	2,845	2,886
Bourdeau	1,771	2,062
Bourdon	1,879	2,034

From Bourg to Brannon

Boyd is the most common name in this section and is of Scottish origin.

The Isle of Bute is an island off the coast of Scotland. Early bearers of the name would have come from this island.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bourg	2,678	2,745
Bourgeois	12,765	13,325
Bourke	2,434	2,514
Bourland	2,337	2,380
Bourne	8,884	9,270
Bourque	8,635	8,973
Bousquet	2,569	2,637
Boutin	3,513	3,749
Bouton	2,326	2,459
Boutte	2,970	3,241
Boutwell	4,530	4,654

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bova	3,528	3,465
Bove	3,937	3,847
Bovee	2,686	2,754
Bowden	23,677	24,560
Bowe	6,510	6,628
Bowen	77,078	78,822
Bowens	8,270	9,188
Bower	21,705	21,445
Bowerman	3,509	3,702
Bowers	64,496	66,003
Bowersox	2,528	2,505
Bowes	4,847	4,967
Bowie	10,943	11,786

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bowker	3,954	3,980
Bowler	4,552	4,698
Bowles	23,157	23,713
Bowlin	6,871	6,938
Bowling	25,938	26,762
Bowman	102,239	105,007
Bowser	14,071	14,383
Bowyer	4,099	4,127
Box	10,320	10,098

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Boyce	26,229	26,376
Boyd	149,476	153,469
Boyden	2,250	2,307
Boydston	2,251	2,161
Boyer	49,601	50,742
Boyett	4,279	4,465
Boyette	5,082	5,032
Boykin	16,565	17,255
Boykins	3,588	4,105
Boyko	1,956	2,271
Boylan	6,306	6,280
Boyle	39,141	39,921
Boyles	10,869	11,156
Boynton	6,816	6,983
Boysen	1,989	2,043

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bozarth	3,473	3,531
Bozeman	6,654	7,004
Braaten	2,691	2,881
Brabham	2,088	2,216
Bracamonte	2,138	2,423
Bracamontes	1,813	2,553
Brace	4,861	4,943
Bracey	5,119	5,485
Brack	3,329	3,588
Bracken	8,042	8,265
Brackett	10,458	11,027
Brackin	2,563	2,540
Bracy	3,700	3,808

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bradberry	3,297	3,446
Bradburn	2,395	2,525
Bradbury	8,065	8,172
Braddock	4,883	4,906
Braddy	3,382	3,650
Braden	13,032	13,603
Bradfield	4,157	4,288
Bradford	51,726	54,015
Bradley	131,289	136,720
Bradshaw	40,794	42,465
Brady	71,175	73,145

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Braga	2,776	3,402
Bragg	21,540	21,934
Braggs	2,372	2,568
Braham	2,143	2,680
Brainard	3,929	3,992
Braithwaite	3,402	3,898
Brake	5,764	6,220
Braley	3,815	3,924
Braman	2,455	2,539
Brambila	2,254	3,176
Bramble	2,655	2,855
Brame	2,712	2,911
Bramlett	5,495	5,494
Brammer	4,710	4,830

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Branam	2,194	2,451
Brancato	1,927	2,012
Branch	33,040	35,225
Branco	2,636	2,797
Brand	18,750	19,135
Brandenburg	9,338	9,624
Brandes	2,805	3,127
Brandon	25,600	26,284
Brandt	35,616	36,613
Branham	13,550	13,872
Brann	3,587	4,350
Brannan	6,820	7,452
Brannen	3,950	4,101
Brannon	15,640	16,136

From Branscum to Brindley

Brewer is the most occupational name in this section.

The name is of English origin. It’s an occupational surname that refers to people who brewed beer.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Branscum	2,463	2,588
Branson	10,941	11,587
Branstetter	2,811	2,898
Brant	10,355	10,886
Brantley	19,953	21,395
Brantner	2,155	2,567
Branton	2,750	2,807
Branum	2,788	2,878
Brar	1,553	2,488
Brashear	4,525	4,622
Brashears	2,079	2,155
Brasher	6,337	6,634

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brass	2,489	2,625
Braswell	13,383	13,838
Bratcher	8,469	9,301
Brathwaite	2,812	3,429
Bratt	1,644	2,101
Bratton	9,053	9,300
Braud	3,465	2,396
Brauer	4,959	4,906
Brault	2,022	2,029
Braun	32,676	34,491
Braunstein	2,006	2,304

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Braverman	2,017	2,054
Bravo	27,576	41,700
Brawley	4,009	4,193
Brawner	4,143	4,601
Braxton	11,249	12,268
Bray	34,575	34,906
Brayton	2,420	2,382
Brazell	3,491	3,868
Braziel	1,737	2,092
Brazier	2,890	3,240
Brazil	5,059	5,343

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Breault	3,537	3,700
Breaux	12,046	12,705
Breazeale	2,355	2,363
Brecht	2,317	2,289
Breckenridge	4,686	4,949
Breed	2,399	2,506
Breeden	11,039	11,395
Breeding	5,277	5,358
Breedlove	8,673	9,075
Breen	13,237	14,170
Breese	3,060	3,130
Breeze	2,121	2,279

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brehm	5,288	5,282
Brekke	2,163	2,310
Breland	5,360	5,510
Bremer	6,581	6,733
Brendel	2,160	2,273
Breneman	2,335	2,520
Brenes	1,566	2,181
Brennan	48,296	49,238
Brenneman	5,224	5,629
Brenner	15,809	16,114
Brent	7,436	7,820

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Breshears	2,613	2,745
Breslin	4,326	4,490
Bresnahan	3,523	3,646
Bressler	3,893	3,956
Breton	3,695	4,322
Brett	5,280	5,482
Bretz	3,401	3,693
Breuer	3,184	4,138
Brew	2,088	2,010
Brewer	100,465	103,318
Brewington	5,128	5,366
Brewster	18,554	19,564
Brewton	3,053	3,304
Brey	2,221	2,326

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brian	4,190	4,214
Brice	11,153	11,697
Briceno	3,498	5,030
Brick	3,133	3,235
Bricker	7,463	7,792
Brickey	3,334	3,409
Brickhouse	2,190	2,331
Brickley	1,990	2,139
Brickman	2,188	2,230
Brickner	2,471	2,619

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bridge	5,958	5,933
Bridgeman	4,138	4,424
Bridgers	2,207	2,397
Bridges	52,260	53,682
Bridgewater	3,690	3,857
Bridgman	2,427	2,498
Bridwell	3,286	3,173
Brien	2,565	2,882
Briggs	57,297	58,408

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bright	32,042	33,281
Brightwell	2,435	2,430
Brigman	3,428	3,679
Briley	7,155	5,629
Brill	9,069	9,215
Brim	4,060	3,717
Brimmer	2,179	2,212
Brindle	2,137	2,351
Brindley	2,307	2,511

From Brinegar to Byun

Brown is the most common name in this section. In fact, it’s one of the most common names in the United States with over 1.4 million bearers in 2010.

The name has both English and Celtic origins. It was conferred on people with brown hair, which is why its so common!

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brinegar	2,137	2,250
Briner	2,083	2,295
Brink	11,638	11,982
Brinker	5,227	5,736
Brinkerhoff	3,003	3,280
Brinkley	13,121	13,695
Brinkman	9,968	10,432
Brinson	11,380	12,303
Brinton	2,185	2,222
Briones	11,143	15,098
Brisco	3,040	3,123
Briscoe	13,030	13,728
Briseno	8,312	10,821
Brissette	1,677	2,203
Brisson	2,988	3,279
Brister	5,386	6,123
Bristol	7,296	7,694
Bristow	7,134	7,323

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brito	14,740	21,007
Britt	30,200	31,474
Brittain	8,294	8,671
Britten	2,495	2,799
Brittingham	3,562	3,689
Britton	28,001	29,040
Brizuela	1,661	2,538
Broach	2,181	2,309
Broadbent	3,379	3,605
Broadhead	2,434	2,482
Broadnax	4,335	4,983
Broadus	3,032	3,156
Broadwater	3,563	3,667
Broadway	6,461	6,647
Brochu	2,036	2,041
Brock	59,682	61,369
Brockett	3,003	3,111
Brockington	3,191	3,479
Brockman	10,837	11,204
Brockway	4,765	4,828

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Broderick	10,154	10,504
Brodeur	3,910	4,053
Brodie	6,365	6,585
Brodsky	4,024	4,083
Brody	6,494	6,805
Brogan	7,362	7,754
Brogdon	4,216	4,346
Brokaw	3,395	3,523
Bromley	5,465	5,576
Bronner	2,236	2,394
Bronson	11,007	11,229
Brook	4,461	4,607
Brooke	4,731	5,027
Brooker	4,714	4,979
Brookes	1,703	2,225
Brookins	4,887	5,499
Brookman	2,180	2,183
Brooks	240,751	251,663
Brookshire	5,263	5,472
Broom	4,846	5,236
Broome	9,749	10,133
Broomfield	2,629	2,715
Brophy	6,339	6,557
Brosnan	2,394	2,501
Bross	2,486	2,385
Brothers	11,294	11,619
Brotherton	4,958	5,086

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brough	3,158	3,345
Broughton	11,574	12,273
Brouillard	1,650	2,161
Brouillette	2,861	2,971
Broussard	25,735	26,971
Brousseau	2,532	2,662
Brouwer	2,518	2,870
Browder	6,056	6,249
Brower	14,930	14,950
Brown	1,380,145	1,437,026
Browne	21,109	22,289
Brownell	6,959	7,045
Brownfield	4,013	4,067
Browning	42,642	43,329
Brownlee	10,839	11,344
Brownlow	2,186	2,236
Broyles	9,557	9,781
Brubaker	11,588	12,218
Bruce	52,004	53,419
Bruck	2,553	2,588
Brucker	2,520	2,577
Bruckner	2,636	2,666
Bruder	2,896	2,880
Bruggeman	2,458	2,566
Brugger	2,218	2,405
Bruhn	2,966	2,828

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brumbaugh	4,931	5,103
Brumfield	11,350	11,842
Brumley	6,820	7,046
Brummer	2,365	2,761
Brummett	5,359	5,690
Brun	2,164	2,770
Brundage	4,191	4,558
Brune	2,711	2,872
Brunelle	4,284	4,688
Bruner	15,404	15,898
Brunet	2,781	3,043
Brunette	3,335	3,459
Brunetti	2,045	2,203
Bruni	1,982	2,051
Bruning	2,899	2,965
Brunk	3,636	3,961
Brunner	15,105	15,593
Bruno	28,729	30,883
Bruns	10,876	11,158
Brunson	16,118	17,099

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Brunton	2,029	2,138
Brush	6,561	6,690
Brust	2,673	2,976
Bruton	6,069	6,221
Bryan	55,269	57,143
Bryant	183,761	192,773
Bryce	4,475	4,785
Bryner	2,156	2,369
Bryson	17,680	18,486
Brzezinski	2,235	2,300
Bucci	5,143	5,256
Buch	2,325	2,420
Buchan	2,894	2,935
Buchanan	63,825	66,648
Bucher	7,412	7,417
Buchholz	7,735	7,790
Buchman	2,639	2,621
Bucio	2,029	3,712

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Buck	42,441	42,639
Buckingham	7,829	8,094
Buckland	3,356	3,419
Buckler	3,584	3,926
Buckles	4,607	4,623
Buckley	40,706	41,348
Buckman	5,948	5,868
Buckmaster	2,512	2,446
Buckner	23,645	24,822
Buckwalter	2,199	2,392
Budd	7,936	8,026
Budde	2,726	2,910
Buechler	2,031	2,048
Buehler	6,238	6,333
Buell	6,462	6,522
Buendia	1,779	2,635
Bueno	12,845	16,936
Buenrostro	5,018	6,931
Buentello	1,799	2,160
Buettner	3,594	3,602

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Buff	2,794	2,564
Buffington	8,714	8,738
Bufford	2,384	2,596
Buford	8,751	9,089
Bugarin	2,298	2,915
Bugg	3,594	3,408
Buggs	3,038	3,455
Buhl	2,406	2,515
Buhler	2,981	3,146
Buhr	2,247	2,452
Bui	20,852	28,919
Buie	5,556	5,943
Buitrago	1,558	2,018
Buitron	1,899	2,075
Bukowski	3,409	3,487
Bulger	3,151	3,450
Bull	11,254	11,646
Bullard	22,539	23,755
Bullen	2,333	2,605
Buller	4,163	4,307
Bullington	4,153	4,015
Bullis	3,222	3,124
Bullock	43,021	44,740

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Bumgardner	4,107	4,264
Bumgarner	6,104	6,246
Bump	2,717	2,708
Bumpus	2,997	2,949
Bunce	4,175	4,126
Bunch	21,574	22,117
Bundy	11,806	12,065
Bunker	7,276	7,581
Bunn	10,800	11,180
Bunnell	6,058	6,355
Bunting	8,423	8,725
Bunton	3,946	4,191
Buono	2,893	2,962
Burbank	4,739	5,240
Burch	35,521	36,269
Burcham	5,362	5,512
Burchard	2,234	2,605
Burchell	2,717	2,984
Burchett	7,979	8,318
Burchfield	6,628	6,612
Burciaga	3,778	4,856

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Burd	6,461	6,202
Burden	12,299	13,028
Burdett	3,740	3,868
Burdette	11,125	11,284
Burdick	14,131	14,081
Burdine	3,537	3,802
Burford	4,872	4,905
Burg	4,759	4,919
Burgan	2,359	2,391
Burge	10,043	10,364
Burger	19,654	19,480
Burgess	71,604	73,931
Burgett	5,060	5,399
Burgin	5,302	5,453
Burgos	19,816	25,169
Burgoyne	2,005	2,157

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Burk	15,048	15,500
Burkart	2,791	3,056
Burke	119,175	122,877
Burkes	3,446	3,796
Burket	1,765	2,248
Burkett	17,959	19,369
Burkey	4,010	4,354
Burkhalter	4,966	5,282
Burkhardt	8,082	8,707
Burkhart	15,718	16,526
Burkhead	2,456	2,492
Burkholder	10,182	11,532
Burks	26,115	27,523
Burleigh	2,959	3,105
Burleson	12,637	13,176
Burley	8,743	8,542
Burlingame	3,792	3,897
Burman	3,057	3,186
Burmeister	4,483	4,543

Burton is a last name of English origins. The meaning derives from the words for a fortified town.

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Burnell	3,800	4,095
Burner	2,164	2,233
Burnes	2,339	2,484
Burnett	57,859	60,791
Burnette	16,409	16,717
Burney	8,653	9,126
Burnham	15,299	15,775
Burns	162,153	165,925
Burnside	8,470	8,859
Burr	14,839	15,703
Burrell	23,048	24,504
Burress	4,478	4,652
Burris	25,998	26,760
Burroughs	16,702	17,336
Burrow	7,321	7,539
Burrows	16,972	17,355
Burrus	3,921	4,094
Burse	2,272	2,634
Burson	4,944	5,082
Burt	25,649	26,475
Burton	107,158	110,529
Burwell	5,966	6,193
Bury	2,849	2,796

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Busby	15,424	15,754
Busch	17,089	17,354
Bush	81,524	84,018
Bushey	5,343	5,456
Bushman	4,566	4,981
Bushnell	5,059	5,176
Bushong	2,709	2,694
Busick	1,891	2,069
Buskirk	2,868	2,807
Buss	9,460	9,177
Bussard	2,682	2,786
Busse	5,397	5,344
Bussell	4,100	4,305
Bussey	7,063	7,219
Bustamante	18,363	24,536
Buster	3,030	3,211
Bustillo	1,692	2,690
Bustillos	4,496	5,684
Bustos	12,401	17,040

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Butcher	22,077	22,978
Butera	2,841	2,965
Butler	210,879	218,847
Butt	6,732	7,020
Butterfield	11,224	11,468
Butters	2,604	3,025
Butterworth	4,336	4,375
Button	7,111	7,341
Buttram	1,944	2,103
Butts	23,540	23,227
Butz	4,265	4,220
Buxton	7,293	7,925
Buzzard	3,379	3,287
Buzzell	2,387	2,382

Last Name	2000 Census	2010 Census
Byars	6,573	6,683
Bybee	4,313	4,614
Bye	3,704	3,423
Byer	3,499	3,224
Byerly	5,607	5,661
Byers	31,299	32,174
Byington	3,324	3,463
Byler	9,070	13,230
Bynum	15,204	16,166
Byram	2,609	2,603
Byrd	88,811	92,904
Byrne	28,963	29,503
Byrnes	10,913	11,039
Byron	6,709	6,610
Byrum	5,568	5,637
Byun	1,764	2,082

More B Last Names With Interesting Meanings

Some names fell below our census threshold for inclusion, but the meanings were too interesting to leave out.

Baba: a Ukrainian name referring to the son of an old man or old woman
Bachvarov: a Bulgarian name meaning “barrel maker”
Baggio: an Italian name meaning “watch place”
Beckenbauer: a German name referring to a farmer living by a stream or river
Bellerose: a French name meaning “beautiful rose”
Bengoetxea: a Basque name referring to the house furthest down the road

Sources

The census data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau who provide public files for download:

The origins and meaning of the names in this article come from several sources, including:

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