Are you looking for a comprehensive list of last names beginning with “C”?
We’ve used the 2000 and 2010 U.S. Censuses to compile 1,200 surnames that start with C and have at least two thousand bearers of the name.
In the table below, you’ll see the total number of bearers for the name in each census.
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Meanings Of Popular Last Names Starting With C
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.
| Surname | Bearers | Origins | Meaning |
| Clark | 562,679 | English | scribe, clergyman |
| Campbell | 386,157 | Scottish | crooked mouth |
| Carter | 376,966 | English | person who transports goods |
| Cruz | 334,201 | Hispanic | “cross” (religious symbol) |
| Collins | 329,770 | English, Irish | conqueror |
| Cook | 302,589 | English | cook, seller of cooked goods |
| Cooper | 280,791 | English | maker of wooden barrels |
| Cox | 261,231 | English | variant of Cook |
| Chavez | 250,898 | Hispanic | locksmith |
| Castillo | 230,420 | Hispanic | live in or by a fortified building |
Famous People With C Surnames
Here is an assorted collection of ten famous people with a family name starting with C.
| Famous Person | Occupation | Best Known For |
| Charlemagne The Great | King of the Franks | First Christian emperor |
| Raymond Chandler | American novelist | Philip Marlowe (detective) |
| Marie Curie | French scientist | Two Nobel prizes |
| Johnny Cash | American singer | Folsom Prison Blues |
| Agatha Christie | English novelist | Hercule Poirot (detective) |
| Claudius | Roman emperor | Conquered Britain |
| Nat King Cole | American musician | “Unforgettable” |
| Lewis Carroll | English novelist | “Alice In Wonderland” |
| Winston Churchill | British Prime Minister | World War Two |
| Patsy Cline | American singer | “Crazy” |
Last Names Starting With C
Let’s start with names from Caba to Caicedo.
The two most common names in this section are Hispanic and we cover them in more detail in our list of Hispanic names starting with C.
So, we’ll look at Cagle instead. This name has about seventeen thousand bearers in the U.S. census.
It’s a variant of the German name Kagel or Kogel. The meaning comes from the German word for a hood. The name was given to the makers of cloaks.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Caba | 1,824 | 2,506 |
| Caballero | 20,270 | 28,903 |
| Caban | 4,868 | 5,974 |
| Cabanas | 1,668 | 2,528 |
| Cabe | 2,439 | 2,538 |
| Cabello | 3,886 | 5,358 |
| Cabezas | 2,124 | 2,909 |
| Cable | 9,551 | 9,545 |
| Cabral | 19,384 | 23,128 |
| Cabrales | 2,564 | 3,516 |
| Cabrera | 57,171 | 83,621 |
| Caceres | 8,050 | 12,269 |
| Cacho | 1,994 | 2,467 |
| Caddell | 3,877 | 3,818 |
| Cade | 7,693 | 8,391 |
| Cadena | 9,123 | 11,560 |
| Cadet | 2,979 | 4,607 |
| Cadle | 2,461 | 2,617 |
| Cadwell | 2,956 | 3,009 |
| Cady | 8,745 | 9,084 |
| Caesar | 3,199 | 3,628 |
| Caffey | 2,895 | 2,968 |
| Caffrey | 2,987 | 3,062 |
| Cage | 4,914 | 5,372 |
| Caggiano | 2,429 | 2,382 |
| Cagle | 17,380 | 17,647 |
| Cahill | 20,181 | 20,623 |
| Cahoon | 4,660 | 4,849 |
| Cai | 4,286 | 8,457 |
| Caicedo | 1,647 | 2,356 |
From Cain to Callender
Caldwell is the most common name in this section with nearly ninety-four thousand bearers in the 2010 census.
The name has British origins. The meaning derives from the Old English words for a cold spring (source of water). It was conferred on people who lived near wells or springs.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Cain | 57,873 | 60,948 |
| Caine | 4,066 | 4,343 |
| Caines | 1,893 | 2,320 |
| Cairns | 5,213 | 5,192 |
| Calabrese | 8,537 | 8,599 |
| Calabro | 3,138 | 3,187 |
| Calahan | 2,013 | 2,207 |
| Calder | 4,676 | 4,915 |
| Caldera | 5,673 | 7,802 |
| Calderon | 54,691 | 77,085 |
| Calderone | 3,278 | 3,509 |
| Caldwell | 91,338 | 93,944 |
| Cale | 3,183 | 3,207 |
| Calero | 1,869 | 2,446 |
| Calhoon | 2,217 | 2,141 |
| Calhoun | 41,452 | 43,180 |
| Cali | 2,546 | 2,827 |
| Calix | 1,211 | 2,137 |
| Calixto | 2,579 | 4,458 |
| Calkins | 8,773 | 9,146 |
| Call | 14,903 | 15,324 |
| Callaghan | 5,883 | 6,191 |
| Callahan | 49,925 | 50,524 |
| Callan | 4,294 | 4,531 |
| Callanan | 1,998 | 2,418 |
| Callaway | 13,354 | 13,819 |
| Calle | 3,003 | 5,091 |
| Callejas | 2,181 | 3,792 |
| Callen | 3,045 | 3,190 |
| Callender | 5,266 | 5,728 |
From Calles to Campion
Campbell is the most common name in this section with over 368 thousand bearers in 2010.
The name has Scottish origins. The meaning is derived from the Gaelic words for “crooked” and “mouth”.
One of the early bearers in Scotland was the head of a clan whose descendants became hugely powerful in the region. The Campbell Clan dominated from the 13th to the 15th centuries.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Calles | 1,984 | 3,026 |
| Callihan | 3,075 | 3,122 |
| Callis | 3,733 | 3,877 |
| Callison | 3,579 | 3,474 |
| Calloway | 15,784 | 16,689 |
| Calton | 2,152 | 2,456 |
| Calvert | 17,169 | 17,619 |
| Calvillo | 7,265 | 10,032 |
| Calvin | 8,907 | 9,412 |
| Calvo | 5,218 | 6,883 |
| Calzada | 3,607 | 5,022 |
| Camacho | 49,000 | 67,893 |
| Camara | 6,188 | 8,324 |
| Camarena | 8,094 | 11,154 |
| Camargo | 6,520 | 9,626 |
| Camarillo | 7,928 | 11,066 |
| Cambron | 2,282 | 2,791 |
| Camden | 3,059 | 3,243 |
| Cameron | 52,439 | 55,240 |
| Camilo | 1,420 | 2,396 |
| Cammack | 2,181 | 2,334 |
| Cammarata | 2,494 | 2,662 |
| Camp | 29,432 | 29,753 |
| Campa | 4,389 | 5,709 |
| Campagna | 4,312 | 4,624 |
| Campana | 3,505 | 3,920 |
| Campanella | 2,867 | 2,964 |
| Campbell | 371,953 | 386,157 |
| Camper | 3,198 | 3,476 |
| Campion | 3,479 | 3,614 |
From Campisi to Canseco
Cannon is one of the most common names in this section with about seventy-one thousand bearers in 2010.
There are several origins depending on the region.
The English origins may come from the term for a priest.
The Irish origins are from the Gaelic word for a wolf cub. Interestingly, wolves are now extinct in Ireland, due to the loss of forests.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Campisi | 2,004 | 2,122 |
| Campo | 5,943 | 6,470 |
| Campos | 69,950 | 96,111 |
| Campuzano | 3,069 | 4,758 |
| Canada | 8,910 | 9,819 |
| Canaday | 3,361 | 3,470 |
| Canady | 8,474 | 8,958 |
| Canale | 2,291 | 2,396 |
| Canales | 17,381 | 24,384 |
| Canas | 3,340 | 4,832 |
| Canavan | 3,188 | 3,290 |
| Cancel | 3,197 | 3,801 |
| Canchola | 3,545 | 4,758 |
| Cancino | 2,027 | 3,139 |
| Candela | 2,125 | 2,346 |
| Candelaria | 7,208 | 8,483 |
| Candelario | 3,734 | 5,053 |
| Candler | 2,316 | 2,386 |
| Cane | 2,943 | 2,605 |
| Canela | 2,190 | 3,619 |
| Canfield | 11,427 | 11,560 |
| Canizales | 1,564 | 2,198 |
| Cann | 3,749 | 3,890 |
| Cannady | 4,862 | 5,172 |
| Cannella | 2,019 | 2,325 |
| Canning | 3,820 | 4,033 |
| Cannon | 67,923 | 71,085 |
| Cano | 27,179 | 37,368 |
| Canon | 2,405 | 2,644 |
| Canseco | 1,248 | 2,212 |
From Canter to Caraway
Cantrell is one of the most common names in this section with over thirty-five thousand bearers in the 2010 U.S. census.
The name was brought to England by the Normans. The origins are from the French word for a singer.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Canter | 5,871 | 6,477 |
| Canterbury | 4,332 | 4,449 |
| Cantero | 1,404 | 2,253 |
| Canton | 2,178 | 2,353 |
| Cantor | 3,978 | 4,441 |
| Cantrell | 34,674 | 35,266 |
| Cantu | 39,601 | 49,126 |
| Cantwell | 6,478 | 6,635 |
| Canty | 7,769 | 8,047 |
| Cao | 11,106 | 18,138 |
| Capasso | 2,183 | 2,053 |
| Cape | 2,441 | 2,609 |
| Capehart | 1,956 | 2,046 |
| Capers | 5,122 | 5,759 |
| Capetillo | 1,773 | 2,388 |
| Caplan | 3,924 | 4,011 |
| Caple | 1,963 | 2,224 |
| Caples | 2,061 | 2,221 |
| Caplinger | 2,514 | 2,494 |
| Capobianco | 3,127 | 3,180 |
| Capone | 5,114 | 5,135 |
| Capozzi | 2,394 | 2,298 |
| Cappello | 2,852 | 2,971 |
| Capps | 18,013 | 18,194 |
| Capra | 2,022 | 2,352 |
| Capuano | 2,816 | 2,731 |
| Caputo | 10,141 | 10,257 |
| Caraballo | 9,794 | 12,546 |
| Caraveo | 1,581 | 2,060 |
| Caraway | 6,268 | 6,517 |
From Carbajal to Carino
Card and Carder are interesting names in this section.
The two name variations have English origins. The meaning may derive from a Middle English word referring to a wooden device that combs wool before it can be spun.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Carbajal | 14,993 | 21,838 |
| Carballo | 3,222 | 4,813 |
| Carbaugh | 3,164 | 3,184 |
| Carberry | 2,823 | 2,696 |
| Carbone | 10,012 | 10,591 |
| Carbonell | 2,182 | 2,718 |
| Carcamo | 3,118 | 5,205 |
| Card | 12,532 | 9,742 |
| Carden | 8,506 | 8,548 |
| Cardenas | 56,618 | 77,652 |
| Carder | 5,411 | 5,529 |
| Cardiel | 1,831 | 2,517 |
| Cardillo | 3,023 | 3,015 |
| Cardin | 3,200 | 3,177 |
| Cardinal | 4,367 | 4,580 |
| Cardinale | 3,035 | 3,409 |
| Cardona | 23,806 | 32,727 |
| Cardone | 2,817 | 3,022 |
| Cardoso | 7,361 | 11,304 |
| Cardoza | 10,335 | 12,824 |
| Cardozo | 1,787 | 2,240 |
| Cardwell | 11,450 | 11,791 |
| Carew | 2,167 | 2,406 |
| Carey | 54,924 | 56,322 |
| Cargile | 2,246 | 2,355 |
| Cargill | 4,276 | 4,524 |
| Carias | 1,385 | 2,180 |
| Carillo | 3,997 | 4,774 |
| Carino | 3,654 | 5,373 |
From Carl to Carolan
There are plenty of variants of Carl and Carlson in this section.
Carl is a variant of Karl and is Germanic in origin.
The name derives from the High German word (karal) for a free man or an elder. The name spread in Europe in Medieval times with the rise of Charlemagne the Great.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Carl | 12,060 | 11,689 |
| Carle | 3,221 | 3,410 |
| Carleton | 4,077 | 4,282 |
| Carley | 4,941 | 4,880 |
| Carlile | 4,498 | 4,739 |
| Carlin | 11,509 | 12,035 |
| Carlino | 2,230 | 2,642 |
| Carlisle | 19,718 | 20,365 |
| Carlo | 3,529 | 3,942 |
| Carlock | 3,143 | 3,099 |
| Carlos | 12,162 | 15,462 |
| Carlsen | 4,258 | 4,343 |
| Carlson | 120,124 | 120,552 |
| Carlton | 20,727 | 21,202 |
| Carlucci | 2,826 | 2,906 |
| Carlyle | 3,252 | 3,476 |
| Carmack | 5,538 | 5,648 |
| Carman | 11,048 | 11,302 |
| Carmen | 2,985 | 3,161 |
| Carmichael | 19,011 | 19,628 |
| Carmody | 5,576 | 5,688 |
| Carmon | 2,527 | 2,779 |
| Carmona | 18,289 | 26,774 |
| Carnahan | 7,177 | 7,424 |
| Carnell | 2,460 | 2,770 |
| Carner | 1,958 | 2,214 |
| Carnes | 14,158 | 14,487 |
| Carnevale | 3,045 | 3,101 |
| Carney | 32,282 | 32,897 |
| Caro | 5,052 | 10,064 |
| Carolan | 2,145 | 2,468 |
From Carollo to
Carpenter is one of the most common names in this section, with nearly 130 thousand bearers in 2010.
The name has English origins. The early bearers were people who worked with wood.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Carollo | 2,188 | 2,336 |
| Caron | 12,343 | 12,810 |
| Carothers | 5,150 | 5,480 |
| Carpenter | 127,073 | 129,898 |
| Carpentier | 2,174 | 2,345 |
| Carper | 5,928 | 6,002 |
| Carpio | 5,250 | 7,561 |
| Carr | 113,892 | 119,076 |
| Carranza | 19,375 | 28,581 |
| Carrasco | 24,343 | 31,575 |
| Carrasquillo | 5,378 | 7,015 |
| Carraway | 3,937 | 4,103 |
| Carreiro | 2,934 | 3,070 |
| Carrell | 4,816 | 5,067 |
| Carreno | 4,512 | 7,146 |
| Carreon | 9,218 | 12,941 |
| Carrera | 11,752 | 16,533 |
| Carreras | 2,039 | 2,639 |
| Carrero | 3,053 | 4,126 |
| Carrick | 3,865 | 3,935 |
| Carrico | 5,524 | 5,673 |
| Carrier | 13,413 | 13,377 |
| Carriere | 2,582 | 2,988 |
| Carrigan | 6,234 | 6,290 |
| Carrillo | 67,054 | 91,129 |
| Carrington | 12,093 | 13,320 |
| Carrion | 8,129 | 10,316 |
| Carrizales | 4,863 | 6,845 |
| Carrol | 2,383 | 2,307 |
| Carroll | 131,020 | 134,317 |
From Carron to Casey
Carter is the most common name in this section with over 376 thousand bearers in 2010.
The English origins refer to people who transported goods in wagons.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Carron | 2,202 | 2,244 |
| Carruth | 3,748 | 3,854 |
| Carruthers | 4,330 | 5,367 |
| Carson | 55,821 | 56,872 |
| Carstens | 3,147 | 3,190 |
| Carstensen | 2,185 | 2,264 |
| Carswell | 6,039 | 6,390 |
| Cartagena | 5,974 | 8,467 |
| Carte | 2,034 | 2,292 |
| Cartee | 2,169 | 3,173 |
| Carter | 362,548 | 376,966 |
| Cartier | 2,682 | 2,873 |
| Cartwright | 21,654 | 22,156 |
| Carty | 5,799 | 6,332 |
| Caruso | 20,257 | 20,367 |
| Caruthers | 3,840 | 3,963 |
| Carvajal | 6,411 | 8,883 |
| Carvalho | 9,131 | 10,877 |
| Carver | 31,566 | 32,415 |
| Cary | 12,013 | 11,506 |
| Casado | 1,889 | 2,391 |
| Casale | 4,356 | 4,563 |
| Casanova | 7,533 | 9,201 |
| Casares | 3,549 | 4,309 |
| Casarez | 5,898 | 7,140 |
| Casas | 14,635 | 19,777 |
| Cascio | 3,708 | 3,367 |
| Case | 38,759 | 39,319 |
| Casella | 3,458 | 3,797 |
| Casey | 64,815 | 66,556 |
From Cash to Castelli
Cash, the first name in this section, has interesting origins that you wouldn’t guess.
The Middle English word “cass” means a box or a casket. People who made chests and caskets would adopt this name.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Cash | 28,572 | 29,476 |
| Cashion | 2,444 | 2,463 |
| Cashman | 5,033 | 5,219 |
| Casiano | 4,030 | 5,369 |
| Casias | 2,865 | 3,303 |
| Casillas | 17,498 | 22,710 |
| Casimiro | 1,416 | 2,027 |
| Caskey | 5,711 | 5,997 |
| Casler | 1,967 | 2,159 |
| Cason | 11,401 | 11,657 |
| Casper | 12,458 | 12,351 |
| Casperson | 1,894 | 2,070 |
| Cass | 7,695 | 7,581 |
| Cassady | 4,362 | 4,519 |
| Cassano | 2,077 | 2,188 |
| Cassel | 4,536 | 4,851 |
| Cassell | 7,280 | 7,587 |
| Cassidy | 26,011 | 26,590 |
| Cassity | 2,162 | 2,227 |
| Casson | 1,910 | 2,056 |
| Castagna | 1,930 | 2,121 |
| Castaldo | 2,055 | 2,222 |
| Castaneda | 51,089 | 71,368 |
| Castano | 4,739 | 6,133 |
| Castanon | 5,368 | 7,673 |
| Casteel | 8,216 | 8,472 |
| Castelan | 2,075 | 3,611 |
| Castellano | 9,732 | 11,238 |
| Castellanos | 20,985 | 30,859 |
| Castelli | 3,176 | 3,292 |
From Castello to Catt
Castillo is the most common name in this section and has many variants that are also on the list.
The English version is Castle. The name would be adopted by people who worked in or lived near a fortified dwelling place.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Castello | 3,140 | 3,347 |
| Castellon | 5,557 | 8,041 |
| Caster | 3,065 | 3,208 |
| Castiglione | 2,039 | 2,139 |
| Castilla | 1,638 | 2,071 |
| Castille | 2,689 | 2,821 |
| Castilleja | 2,519 | 3,183 |
| Castillo | 165,473 | 230,420 |
| Castle | 19,768 | 20,534 |
| Castleberry | 7,984 | 8,210 |
| Castleman | 2,938 | 3,025 |
| Casto | 7,528 | 8,284 |
| Caston | 3,349 | 3,561 |
| Castonguay | 2,034 | 2,102 |
| Castor | 5,331 | 6,063 |
| Castorena | 3,377 | 4,759 |
| Castrejon | 3,921 | 6,180 |
| Castro | 133,254 | 184,134 |
| Caswell | 9,692 | 9,827 |
| Catalan | 4,173 | 6,899 |
| Catalano | 9,671 | 9,973 |
| Cataldo | 4,504 | 4,711 |
| Catania | 3,294 | 3,412 |
| Catanzaro | 2,857 | 2,851 |
| Cate | 4,845 | 4,987 |
| Cater | 3,759 | 3,926 |
| Cates | 17,907 | 18,190 |
| Cathcart | 4,466 | 4,716 |
| Cathey | 8,538 | 8,779 |
| Catlett | 4,991 | 5,258 |
| Catlin | 4,574 | 4,831 |
| Cato | 7,940 | 8,298 |
| Catoe | 1,952 | 2,214 |
| Caton | 5,508 | 5,467 |
| Catron | 5,956 | 6,501 |
| Catt | 2,096 | 2,044 |
From Caudill to Cerrone
Caudill is the most common name in this section, and it also has a few variants in the list.
There are several theories about the origin. We’ll go with the thinking that it is a variant of Caldwell which we covered earlier.
I’ll repeat here that the meaning refers a cold well or spring.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Caudill | 18,336 | 18,822 |
| Caudillo | 3,554 | 4,418 |
| Caudle | 8,031 | 8,167 |
| Caulder | 2,391 | 2,403 |
| Cauley | 4,272 | 4,491 |
| Caulfield | 3,620 | 3,818 |
| Causey | 11,061 | 11,387 |
| Cauthen | 3,487 | 3,655 |
| Cavalier | 3,318 | 3,285 |
| Cavaliere | 2,063 | 2,875 |
| Cavallaro | 3,349 | 3,493 |
| Cavallo | 3,287 | 3,438 |
| Cavanagh | 3,932 | 4,086 |
| Cavanaugh | 17,137 | 17,577 |
| Cavazos | 14,543 | 17,361 |
| Cave | 8,273 | 8,389 |
| Cavender | 4,300 | 4,460 |
| Cavin | 3,103 | 3,307 |
| Caviness | 3,358 | 3,456 |
| Cawley | 5,370 | 5,451 |
| Cawthon | 2,717 | 2,671 |
| Cayetano | 1,201 | 2,167 |
| Caylor | 2,971 | 3,064 |
| Cayton | 2,265 | 2,413 |
| Caywood | 2,361 | 2,372 |
| Cazares | 11,531 | 16,134 |
| Cazarez | 1,557 | 2,058 |
| Ceasar | 2,377 | 2,694 |
| Ceballos | 11,088 | 15,515 |
| Cecil | 11,758 | 11,941 |
| Cedeno | 7,014 | 9,412 |
| Cedillo | 7,085 | 10,538 |
| Ceja | 12,199 | 17,423 |
| Celaya | 3,662 | 4,664 |
| Celestin | 2,291 | 3,083 |
| Celestine | 3,137 | 4,680 |
| Celis | 3,649 | 5,546 |
| Cella | 2,185 | 2,110 |
| Cendejas | 2,314 | 3,390 |
| Ceniceros | 2,913 | 3,924 |
| Centeno | 10,188 | 14,510 |
| Center | 2,950 | 2,963 |
| Centers | 2,123 | 2,174 |
| Cepeda | 8,544 | 11,572 |
| Cerda | 13,215 | 17,703 |
| Cerna | 4,020 | 5,726 |
| Cerny | 3,230 | 3,227 |
| Ceron | 3,066 | 4,998 |
| Cerrato | 2,103 | 3,067 |
| Cerrone | 1,912 | 2,265 |
From Cervantes to Chaparro
Chambers is the most common name in this section with nearly ninety-five thousand bearers in 2010.
The name is of English origins and refers to a room in a building where officials or clerks worked.
Those clerks and officials would have adopted the name.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Cervantes | 57,685 | 82,161 |
| Cervantez | 4,105 | 4,874 |
| Cervera | 1,794 | 2,329 |
| Cesar | 2,767 | 3,904 |
| Cespedes | 3,547 | 5,168 |
| Cessna | 2,288 | 2,407 |
| Cevallos | 2,220 | 3,069 |
| Cha | 7,698 | 9,732 |
| Chabot | 3,677 | 3,787 |
| Chace | 1,919 | 2,033 |
| Chacko | 2,347 | 3,266 |
| Chacon | 21,153 | 27,982 |
| Chadwell | 3,678 | 3,695 |
| Chadwick | 15,913 | 16,415 |
| Chae | 2,002 | 2,628 |
| Chaffee | 5,788 | 6,053 |
| Chaffin | 9,505 | 9,782 |
| Chafin | 3,471 | 3,643 |
| Chai | 2,615 | 3,619 |
| Chaidez | 3,640 | 4,826 |
| Chairez | 4,391 | 6,186 |
| Chaisson | 3,019 | 3,179 |
| Chalfant | 2,322 | 2,353 |
| Chalk | 2,618 | 3,198 |
| Chalmers | 5,817 | 6,166 |
| Chamberlain | 27,928 | 28,727 |
| Chamberlin | 9,655 | 9,897 |
| Chambers | 90,325 | 94,988 |
| Chamblee | 3,137 | 3,263 |
| Chambless | 2,734 | 2,882 |
| Chambliss | 5,868 | 6,268 |
| Chamness | 2,081 | 2,114 |
| Chamorro | 1,773 | 2,602 |
| Champ | 2,841 | 3,104 |
| Champagne | 11,369 | 12,023 |
| Champion | 16,900 | 17,527 |
| Champlin | 3,815 | 4,084 |
| Chan | 65,719 | 76,664 |
| Chance | 13,586 | 14,256 |
| Chancellor | 4,072 | 4,147 |
| Chancey | 3,804 | 4,111 |
| Chand | 2,235 | 2,820 |
| Chandler | 76,114 | 79,186 |
| Chandra | 2,428 | 3,645 |
| Chaney | 32,433 | 33,201 |
| Chang | 69,756 | 81,939 |
| Channell | 3,183 | 3,318 |
| Chao | 8,633 | 10,398 |
| Chapa | 13,370 | 15,865 |
| Chaparro | 4,431 | 6,066 |
From Chapel to Chawla
Chapman is a very popular name in this section.
The name is of English origins. The meaning derives from the words for bartering or getting a bargain.
The name would be conferred on merchants.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Chapel | 2,235 | 2,293 |
| Chapin | 10,242 | 10,175 |
| Chaplin | 6,063 | 6,513 |
| Chapman | 124,614 | 127,939 |
| Chappel | 2,649 | 2,521 |
| Chappell | 23,001 | 23,634 |
| Chappelle | 2,132 | 2,189 |
| Chapple | 3,229 | 3,604 |
| Chaput | 2,230 | 2,296 |
| Charboneau | 1,990 | 2,117 |
| Charbonneau | 4,443 | 4,617 |
| Charest | 2,226 | 2,187 |
| Charette | 3,891 | 4,121 |
| Charles | 51,518 | 61,211 |
| Charleston | 3,000 | 3,346 |
| Charley | 3,665 | 4,201 |
| Charlton | 9,837 | 10,555 |
| Charney | 1,843 | 2,173 |
| Charpentier | 2,758 | 2,891 |
| Charron | 3,999 | 4,241 |
| Chartier | 4,738 | 5,479 |
| Chartrand | 1,857 | 2,001 |
| Chase | 50,777 | 52,481 |
| Chasse | 2,548 | 2,646 |
| Chastain | 13,403 | 13,655 |
| Chasteen | 3,802 | 3,805 |
| Chatfield | 2,947 | 3,057 |
| Chatham | 4,054 | 4,066 |
| Chatman | 13,935 | 15,473 |
| Chatterjee | 1,193 | 2,155 |
| Chatterton | 2,255 | 2,316 |
| Chau | 13,238 | 16,667 |
| Chaudhary | 1,368 | 2,752 |
| Chaudhry | 3,675 | 6,084 |
| Chauhan | 1,483 | 2,975 |
| Chauvin | 3,881 | 4,018 |
| Chavarin | 1,705 | 2,341 |
| Chavarria | 13,093 | 18,492 |
| Chavers | 2,920 | 3,230 |
| Chaves | 7,055 | 8,137 |
| Chavez | 185,865 | 250,898 |
| Chavira | 6,507 | 8,573 |
| Chavis | 13,744 | 14,844 |
| Chawla | 1,369 | 2,226 |
From Che to Chupp
Chen is the most common name in this section with nearly 169 thousand bearers in 2010.
The name is of Chinese origin. A descendant of the Emperor Shun (2200 BC) established the state of Chen. Its people took the name when the state was absorbed by the state of Chu.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Che | 1,500 | 2,393 |
| Chea | 3,404 | 4,492 |
| Cheatham | 12,403 | 12,852 |
| Check | 2,160 | 2,545 |
| Chee | 4,477 | 4,973 |
| Cheek | 15,566 | 16,020 |
| Cheeks | 3,769 | 4,155 |
| Cheema | 1,441 | 2,525 |
| Cheeseman | 2,188 | 2,298 |
| Cheesman | 2,021 | 2,008 |
| Cheever | 2,179 | 2,217 |
| Chen | 105,544 | 169,580 |
| Chenault | 4,089 | 4,278 |
| Cheney | 12,970 | 13,573 |
| Cheng | 26,023 | 32,982 |
| Chenoweth | 4,699 | 4,673 |
| Cheramie | 1,993 | 2,172 |
| Cherian | 1,393 | 2,061 |
| Cherry | 34,615 | 35,877 |
| Chery | 2,504 | 4,027 |
| Cheshire | 2,975 | 3,117 |
| Chesley | 2,717 | 2,931 |
| Chesney | 4,239 | 4,491 |
| Chesnut | 3,357 | 3,362 |
| Chesser | 5,557 | 5,675 |
| Chester | 14,595 | 15,066 |
| Chestnut | 7,772 | 7,924 |
| Cheung | 16,067 | 18,765 |
| Chevalier | 5,905 | 6,431 |
| Chew | 8,516 | 8,905 |
| Chewning | 2,570 | 2,493 |
| Chi | 5,735 | 7,273 |
| Chiang | 7,290 | 8,841 |
| Chiasson | 3,399 | 3,499 |
| Chicas | 2,433 | 4,324 |
| Chick | 4,130 | 4,517 |
| Chico | 2,436 | 3,308 |
| Chidester | 2,770 | 2,979 |
| Chien | 3,239 | 3,756 |
| Child | 4,750 | 5,237 |
| Childers | 30,079 | 30,570 |
| Childress | 24,485 | 24,937 |
| Childs | 27,266 | 28,359 |
| Chiles | 4,655 | 4,936 |
| Chilson | 2,943 | 3,140 |
| Chilton | 6,096 | 6,263 |
| Chin | 25,673 | 27,487 |
| Chinchilla | 2,094 | 3,561 |
| Ching | 6,919 | 7,417 |
| Chinn | 6,146 | 6,211 |
| Chipman | 4,744 | 4,899 |
| Chisholm | 12,027 | 12,503 |
| Chism | 8,030 | 8,253 |
| Chisolm | 4,012 | 4,435 |
| Chitwood | 6,324 | 6,461 |
| Chiu | 11,321 | 13,174 |
| Chmielewski | 3,421 | 3,449 |
| Cho | 25,305 | 33,490 |
| Choate | 11,051 | 11,372 |
| Choe | 6,926 | 7,776 |
| Choi | 36,390 | 50,786 |
| Choice | 2,055 | 2,114 |
| Chon | 3,857 | 3,643 |
| Chong | 12,976 | 15,146 |
| Chopra | 1,829 | 2,897 |
| Choquette | 1,946 | 2,052 |
| Chou | 7,885 | 9,834 |
| Choudhury | 2,149 | 3,530 |
| Chouinard | 3,251 | 3,362 |
| Chow | 15,650 | 17,059 |
| Chowdhury | 5,765 | 11,961 |
| Choy | 5,116 | 5,254 |
| Chrisman | 6,613 | 6,647 |
| Christ | 6,985 | 7,261 |
| Christen | 3,475 | 3,813 |
| Christensen | 71,144 | 75,143 |
| Christenson | 10,530 | 10,707 |
| Christian | 51,177 | 54,198 |
| Christiano | 1,721 | 2,354 |
| Christiansen | 18,676 | 19,340 |
| Christianson | 11,866 | 11,951 |
| Christie | 17,582 | 18,681 |
| Christman | 11,693 | 11,987 |
| Christmas | 5,204 | 5,599 |
| Christner | 3,026 | 3,441 |
| Christofferson | 2,167 | 2,218 |
| Christopher | 28,493 | 29,067 |
| Christopherson | 5,774 | 6,115 |
| Christy | 13,295 | 13,750 |
| Chronister | 3,123 | 3,205 |
| Chu | 24,381 | 28,508 |
| Chua | 2,904 | 4,309 |
| Chuang | 2,478 | 2,603 |
| Chubb | 2,636 | 2,604 |
| Chumley | 3,003 | 3,022 |
| Chun | 11,154 | 13,141 |
| Chung | 36,422 | 43,110 |
| Chunn | 2,242 | 2,396 |
| Chupp | 2,521 | 2,893 |
From Church to Coats
Clark is the most common name in this section with over 562 thousand bearers in 2010. The variant of Clarke has nearly seventy thousand bearers.
The name is of English origins. The meaning comes from the Latin for a scribe (a writer). The name was given to clergymen in religious orders who were tasked with writing.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Church | 35,539 | 36,072 |
| Churchill | 12,108 | 12,235 |
| Churchwell | 2,731 | 2,758 |
| Ciccarelli | 2,021 | 2,050 |
| Ciccone | 3,950 | 3,838 |
| Cicero | 3,313 | 3,399 |
| Cid | 2,029 | 2,975 |
| Cifuentes | 3,766 | 6,325 |
| Cimino | 5,002 | 4,897 |
| Cintron | 10,158 | 12,349 |
| Cioffi | 2,908 | 2,937 |
| Cipolla | 2,633 | 2,658 |
| Cipriano | 4,015 | 4,569 |
| Cirillo | 3,608 | 3,692 |
| Cisco | 3,067 | 3,042 |
| Cisneros | 37,050 | 50,920 |
| Cissell | 1,953 | 2,023 |
| Claar | 2,134 | 2,090 |
| Clack | 3,389 | 3,505 |
| Claiborne | 4,885 | 5,201 |
| Clair | 4,520 | 4,571 |
| Clancy | 12,066 | 12,556 |
| Clanton | 7,651 | 7,965 |
| Clapp | 8,717 | 8,689 |
| Clapper | 4,773 | 4,944 |
| Clardy | 3,563 | 3,713 |
| Clare | 4,189 | 4,309 |
| Clark | 548,369 | 562,679 |
| Clarke | 62,546 | 68,281 |
| Clarkson | 8,498 | 9,004 |
| Claros | 1,700 | 2,798 |
| Clary | 10,918 | 11,139 |
| Class | 1,985 | 2,352 |
| Claude | 1,789 | 2,033 |
| Claudio | 5,263 | 6,679 |
| Claus | 3,620 | 3,674 |
| Clausen | 8,895 | 8,906 |
| Clauson | 2,228 | 2,350 |
| Claussen | 3,456 | 3,457 |
| Clawson | 10,489 | 10,631 |
| Claxton | 5,096 | 5,786 |
| Clay | 46,264 | 48,844 |
| Clayborn | 2,545 | 2,954 |
| Claycomb | 2,111 | 2,170 |
| Claypool | 4,400 | 4,376 |
| Clayton | 54,875 | 56,638 |
| Claytor | 2,420 | 2,526 |
| Clear | 2,079 | 2,234 |
| Cleary | 15,685 | 15,980 |
| Cleaver | 4,476 | 4,509 |
| Clegg | 7,723 | 8,045 |
| Cleghorn | 2,301 | 2,237 |
| Cleland | 4,063 | 4,116 |
| Clem | 8,087 | 8,107 |
| Clemens | 13,995 | 14,231 |
| Clement | 23,233 | 23,830 |
| Clemente | 7,453 | 9,797 |
| Clements | 37,237 | 38,044 |
| Clemmer | 3,498 | 3,444 |
| Clemmons | 7,515 | 7,914 |
| Clemons | 25,265 | 27,022 |
| Clendenin | 2,224 | 2,315 |
| Cleveland | 30,233 | 31,123 |
| Clevenger | 12,146 | 12,428 |
| Click | 6,176 | 6,216 |
| Cliff | 2,375 | 2,395 |
| Clifford | 21,974 | 22,245 |
| Clift | 4,242 | 4,256 |
| Clifton | 24,523 | 24,758 |
| Cline | 49,167 | 50,258 |
| Clinger | 1,985 | 2,004 |
| Clinkscales | 2,039 | 2,035 |
| Clinton | 15,714 | 16,263 |
| Clodfelter | 2,396 | 2,375 |
| Cloninger | 2,487 | 2,479 |
| Clontz | 2,425 | 2,565 |
| Clopton | 2,034 | 2,157 |
| Close | 9,261 | 9,474 |
| Cloud | 13,985 | 14,555 |
| Clough | 9,032 | 9,339 |
| Clouse | 8,341 | 8,809 |
| Clouser | 2,929 | 3,008 |
| Cloutier | 7,434 | 7,461 |
| Clover | 2,517 | 2,526 |
| Clow | 2,808 | 2,751 |
| Clower | 2,105 | 2,132 |
| Clowers | 2,481 | 2,557 |
| Cloyd | 3,395 | 3,475 |
| Clubb | 2,479 | 2,478 |
| Cluff | 3,210 | 3,510 |
| Clute | 1,999 | 2,121 |
| Clutter | 3,067 | 3,116 |
| Clyburn | 2,864 | 3,145 |
| Clyde | 3,432 | 3,658 |
| Clymer | 3,228 | 3,329 |
| Co | 1,714 | 2,642 |
| Coady | 2,340 | 2,494 |
| Coakley | 5,814 | 6,127 |
| Coan | 3,120 | 3,024 |
| Coates | 21,652 | 23,725 |
| Coats | 15,265 | 15,943 |
From Cobb to Conaway
Collins is the most common name in this section. There are different origins depending on the region.
The English origins derive from the name of Nicholas. The meaning comes from the Greek word for conqueror.
The Irish origins derive from the Ui Chonaill clan in the south west of the country.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Cobb | 63,739 | 65,125 |
| Cobbs | 6,117 | 6,565 |
| Cobian | 2,616 | 3,548 |
| Coble | 9,010 | 9,204 |
| Coblentz | 2,933 | 3,714 |
| Cobos | 3,736 | 4,980 |
| Coburn | 13,514 | 13,741 |
| Coca | 1,582 | 2,162 |
| Cochran | 58,233 | 59,350 |
| Cochrane | 8,228 | 8,355 |
| Cockerham | 4,703 | 4,830 |
| Cockrell | 9,397 | 9,465 |
| Cockrum | 2,245 | 2,312 |
| Coco | 3,137 | 3,264 |
| Coddington | 3,667 | 3,871 |
| Cody | 18,853 | 19,600 |
| Coe | 16,706 | 16,819 |
| Coelho | 4,651 | 5,593 |
| Coello | 1,751 | 2,919 |
| Coen | 4,228 | 4,400 |
| Cofer | 4,574 | 4,561 |
| Coffee | 6,076 | 6,223 |
| Coffelt | 2,757 | 2,953 |
| Coffey | 35,442 | 36,423 |
| Coffin | 8,183 | 8,312 |
| Coffman | 24,733 | 24,980 |
| Cofield | 5,112 | 5,319 |
| Cogan | 3,630 | 3,631 |
| Cogar | 2,660 | 2,776 |
| Cogburn | 2,649 | 2,681 |
| Cogdill | 2,221 | 2,307 |
| Coggins | 7,868 | 7,722 |
| Cogswell | 3,418 | 3,384 |
| Cohan | 2,501 | 2,480 |
| Cohen | 87,226 | 89,091 |
| Cohn | 9,859 | 9,426 |
| Coil | 2,120 | 2,656 |
| Coke | 2,513 | 2,820 |
| Coker | 22,636 | 23,348 |
| Colangelo | 3,206 | 3,307 |
| Colbert | 21,306 | 22,940 |
| Colburn | 9,871 | 10,005 |
| Colby | 11,023 | 11,278 |
| Cole | 187,793 | 195,289 |
| Colegrove | 2,575 | 2,629 |
| Colella | 4,014 | 4,150 |
| Coleman | 208,624 | 219,070 |
| Coles | 13,641 | 14,449 |
| Coletti | 2,251 | 2,329 |
| Coley | 14,879 | 15,671 |
| Colgan | 3,518 | 3,651 |
| Colin | 5,583 | 8,318 |
| Colindres | 1,490 | 2,560 |
| Coll | 3,005 | 2,704 |
| Collado | 6,854 | 9,201 |
| Collard | 3,903 | 4,053 |
| Collazo | 11,365 | 14,369 |
| Collett | 7,768 | 8,064 |
| Collette | 4,836 | 4,927 |
| Colletti | 2,742 | 2,710 |
| Colley | 8,707 | 8,887 |
| Collie | 2,895 | 2,933 |
| Collier | 54,414 | 56,380 |
| Collin | 2,949 | 2,959 |
| Collings | 2,906 | 3,093 |
| Collins | 317,848 | 329,770 |
| Collinsworth | 2,640 | 2,962 |
| Collis | 3,013 | 3,178 |
| Collison | 2,788 | 2,780 |
| Collum | 3,518 | 3,568 |
| Colman | 4,028 | 3,916 |
| Colmenares | 1,356 | 2,168 |
| Colombo | 4,972 | 5,205 |
| Colon | 55,512 | 67,338 |
| Colonna | 2,309 | 2,359 |
| Colorado | 1,674 | 2,650 |
| Colquitt | 2,344 | 2,465 |
| Colson | 9,373 | 9,710 |
| Colston | 4,022 | 4,363 |
| Colter | 3,436 | 3,705 |
| Colton | 6,313 | 6,704 |
| Colucci | 3,852 | 4,031 |
| Columbus | 1,896 | 2,035 |
| Colunga | 3,589 | 4,616 |
| Colvin | 21,908 | 22,499 |
| Colwell | 10,081 | 10,140 |
| Colyer | 3,012 | 3,126 |
| Combs | 53,180 | 54,257 |
| Comeau | 5,448 | 5,609 |
| Comeaux | 6,702 | 7,066 |
| Comer | 16,619 | 16,893 |
| Comerford | 2,590 | 2,722 |
| Comfort | 3,571 | 3,564 |
| Como | 2,435 | 2,490 |
| Compean | 1,748 | 2,298 |
| Compton | 34,788 | 35,830 |
| Comstock | 10,298 | 10,390 |
| Conant | 5,191 | 5,386 |
| Conard | 4,174 | 4,482 |
| Conaway | 7,878 | 8,264 |
From Conboy to Corliss
Cook is the most common name in this section with over 302 thousand bearers in 2010.
The name is of English origins. You can probably guess that it was conferred upon servants who cooked in a big house or estate.
But it was also given to traders who sold cooked foods such as cured meat.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Conboy | 2,148 | 2,115 |
| Concannon | 2,294 | 2,277 |
| Concepcion | 9,222 | 12,332 |
| Conde | 7,581 | 10,430 |
| Conder | 2,817 | 3,125 |
| Condit | 1,993 | 2,044 |
| Condon | 12,690 | 13,109 |
| Cone | 9,824 | 9,935 |
| Conerly | 2,278 | 2,418 |
| Coney | 4,487 | 5,032 |
| Confer | 3,433 | 3,657 |
| Conforti | 2,415 | 2,421 |
| Congdon | 3,851 | 3,910 |
| Conger | 6,725 | 6,737 |
| Coniglio | 2,132 | 2,074 |
| Conkle | 1,996 | 2,238 |
| Conklin | 23,371 | 23,846 |
| Conlan | 1,861 | 2,141 |
| Conley | 54,194 | 55,917 |
| Conlin | 4,210 | 4,409 |
| Conlon | 7,456 | 7,845 |
| Conn | 14,553 | 15,089 |
| Connally | 2,342 | 2,451 |
| Connell | 22,183 | 22,552 |
| Connelly | 22,747 | 23,398 |
| Conner | 62,335 | 64,572 |
| Conners | 5,604 | 5,528 |
| Connolly | 28,821 | 29,710 |
| Connor | 28,107 | 29,346 |
| Connors | 19,320 | 19,637 |
| Conover | 8,562 | 8,738 |
| Conrad | 40,102 | 40,707 |
| Conroy | 16,309 | 16,651 |
| Considine | 2,665 | 2,808 |
| Constable | 2,925 | 3,125 |
| Constant | 3,762 | 4,173 |
| Constantine | 5,069 | 5,272 |
| Constantino | 4,634 | 5,442 |
| Conte | 8,435 | 8,744 |
| Conti | 10,284 | 10,526 |
| Contreras | 92,660 | 130,164 |
| Converse | 4,236 | 4,400 |
| Conway | 43,395 | 44,320 |
| Conwell | 3,396 | 3,839 |
| Conyers | 6,329 | 6,583 |
| Coogan | 2,718 | 2,748 |
| Cook | 294,795 | 302,589 |
| Cooke | 31,860 | 33,223 |
| Cooks | 5,526 | 6,157 |
| Cooksey | 6,845 | 6,740 |
| Cookson | 3,158 | 3,183 |
| Cool | 5,028 | 4,958 |
| Cooley | 32,287 | 33,231 |
| Coolidge | 2,883 | 2,958 |
| Coombs | 9,171 | 9,780 |
| Coomer | 4,171 | 4,331 |
| Coomes | 2,389 | 2,553 |
| Coon | 16,890 | 17,097 |
| Cooney | 12,136 | 12,455 |
| Coons | 8,374 | 8,466 |
| Cooper | 270,097 | 280,791 |
| Coots | 3,525 | 3,636 |
| Copas | 2,060 | 2,046 |
| Cope | 18,110 | 18,410 |
| Copeland | 53,771 | 55,850 |
| Copenhaver | 3,956 | 4,113 |
| Copley | 6,485 | 6,568 |
| Copp | 3,460 | 3,469 |
| Coppage | 2,337 | 2,441 |
| Coppedge | 2,108 | 2,207 |
| Copper | 3,466 | 3,211 |
| Coppinger | 2,159 | 2,090 |
| Copple | 2,088 | 2,112 |
| Coppock | 2,454 | 2,451 |
| Coppola | 8,439 | 8,676 |
| Corado | 1,328 | 2,300 |
| Corbett | 25,722 | 26,246 |
| Corbin | 25,696 | 26,876 |
| Corbitt | 5,620 | 6,002 |
| Corby | 2,015 | 2,109 |
| Corchado | 1,581 | 2,055 |
| Corcoran | 17,321 | 17,607 |
| Cordeiro | 3,853 | 4,128 |
| Cordell | 8,776 | 9,119 |
| Corder | 6,912 | 6,887 |
| Cordero | 23,127 | 30,158 |
| Cordes | 5,889 | 6,035 |
| Cordle | 2,985 | 3,296 |
| Cordoba | 3,061 | 4,744 |
| Cordon | 2,241 | 2,912 |
| Cordova | 35,074 | 45,305 |
| Cordray | 1,923 | 2,098 |
| Core | 3,824 | 3,810 |
| Corea | 2,404 | 3,176 |
| Coreas | 1,872 | 3,369 |
| Corey | 15,488 | 15,569 |
| Coria | 3,706 | 5,625 |
| Cork | 2,511 | 2,677 |
| Corley | 17,609 | 17,931 |
| Corliss | 3,058 | 3,181 |
From Corman to Crews
Cox is the most common name in this section with over 261 thousand bearers in 2010.
This English name is a variant of the name Cook which we covered in the previous section.
It is also a variant of Cocke, which originates from the word for a rooster.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Corman | 2,000 | 2,058 |
| Cormier | 16,513 | 17,377 |
| Corn | 6,643 | 6,528 |
| Cornejo | 12,416 | 17,591 |
| Cornelio | 1,736 | 2,547 |
| Cornelison | 3,547 | 3,617 |
| Cornelius | 19,342 | 20,160 |
| Cornell | 21,060 | 21,558 |
| Corner | 2,071 | 2,256 |
| Cornett | 15,314 | 15,733 |
| Cornish | 7,887 | 8,050 |
| Cornwall | 2,299 | 2,531 |
| Cornwell | 11,893 | 12,168 |
| Corona | 29,525 | 41,553 |
| Coronado | 20,503 | 27,626 |
| Coronel | 4,997 | 7,745 |
| Corpus | 3,150 | 3,901 |
| Corpuz | 4,037 | 5,176 |
| Corr | 2,808 | 3,045 |
| Corrado | 3,807 | 4,021 |
| Corral | 13,252 | 16,808 |
| Corrales | 8,373 | 11,348 |
| Correa | 28,910 | 38,232 |
| Correia | 8,993 | 10,126 |
| Correll | 6,452 | 6,577 |
| Corrigan | 11,117 | 11,396 |
| Corriveau | 2,667 | 2,629 |
| Corry | 2,994 | 2,819 |
| Corsi | 2,016 | 2,035 |
| Corso | 4,766 | 4,798 |
| Corson | 5,200 | 5,268 |
| Cortes | 30,141 | 46,229 |
| Cortese | 4,109 | 4,221 |
| Cortez | 77,492 | 101,694 |
| Cortina | 2,331 | 3,031 |
| Cortinas | 2,652 | 3,222 |
| Corum | 3,584 | 3,679 |
| Corwin | 6,863 | 6,887 |
| Cory | 5,704 | 5,879 |
| Cosby | 10,121 | 10,300 |
| Cosentino | 4,238 | 4,312 |
| Cosgrove | 9,393 | 9,441 |
| Cosio | 1,832 | 2,316 |
| Cosme | 4,140 | 5,405 |
| Cosner | 2,249 | 2,396 |
| Cosper | 2,644 | 2,474 |
| Coss | 3,634 | 4,156 |
| Cossey | 2,187 | 2,431 |
| Costa | 35,227 | 38,265 |
| Costantino | 3,028 | 3,388 |
| Costanza | 3,242 | 3,137 |
| Costanzo | 5,928 | 5,970 |
| Costello | 31,266 | 32,043 |
| Costigan | 2,343 | 2,463 |
| Costilla | 2,024 | 2,872 |
| Costin | 1,873 | 2,019 |
| Costner | 2,759 | 2,818 |
| Coston | 4,750 | 4,969 |
| Cota | 9,356 | 11,554 |
| Cote | 20,894 | 21,446 |
| Cothern | 1,985 | 2,000 |
| Cothran | 3,920 | 4,005 |
| Cotner | 2,600 | 2,677 |
| Coto | 1,995 | 2,814 |
| Cotten | 5,300 | 5,719 |
| Cotter | 11,977 | 11,904 |
| Cottingham | 4,063 | 4,206 |
| Cottle | 4,817 | 5,108 |
| Cotto | 5,268 | 6,506 |
| Cotton | 31,759 | 33,374 |
| Cottone | 1,972 | 2,003 |
| Cottrell | 16,288 | 16,930 |
| Cottrill | 3,560 | 3,709 |
| Couch | 26,135 | 26,615 |
| Coughlin | 14,226 | 14,434 |
| Coulombe | 2,078 | 2,134 |
| Coulson | 4,765 | 4,966 |
| Coulter | 20,252 | 20,757 |
| Council | 6,584 | 6,964 |
| Countryman | 4,097 | 4,144 |
| Counts | 9,584 | 9,713 |
| Cournoyer | 2,397 | 2,496 |
| Coursey | 3,643 | 3,862 |
| Courson | 3,049 | 3,244 |
| Court | 2,525 | 2,530 |
| Courter | 2,635 | 2,764 |
| Courtney | 26,668 | 27,205 |
| Courtright | 2,877 | 3,074 |
| Courville | 3,227 | 3,379 |
| Cousin | 2,968 | 3,131 |
| Cousineau | 2,175 | 2,240 |
| Cousins | 8,691 | 9,380 |
| Couto | 2,848 | 3,066 |
| Couture | 8,222 | 8,508 |
| Covarrubias | 12,543 | 18,189 |
| Covell | 3,005 | 3,139 |
| Cover | 3,707 | 3,699 |
| Covert | 8,114 | 8,369 |
| Covey | 8,495 | 8,414 |
| Covington | 25,403 | 27,068 |
| Cowan | 32,242 | 32,586 |
| Coward | 5,880 | 5,720 |
| Cowart | 11,243 | 11,621 |
| Cowden | 3,960 | 4,111 |
| Cowell | 6,110 | 6,618 |
| Cowen | 5,051 | 4,990 |
| Cowger | 1,955 | 2,018 |
| Cowgill | 2,561 | 2,628 |
| Cowles | 6,165 | 6,215 |
| Cowley | 5,619 | 5,868 |
| Cowling | 2,165 | 2,170 |
| Cox | 253,771 | 261,231 |
| Coy | 15,561 | 13,875 |
| Coyle | 19,424 | 19,931 |
| Coyne | 11,388 | 11,525 |
| Cozad | 2,501 | 2,451 |
| Cozart | 4,194 | 4,381 |
| Crabb | 5,808 | 5,851 |
| Crabtree | 25,929 | 26,104 |
| Craddock | 8,402 | 8,772 |
| Craft | 30,653 | 31,452 |
| Crafton | 3,979 | 4,056 |
| Craig | 89,591 | 92,507 |
| Craighead | 2,750 | 2,809 |
| Crain | 17,110 | 17,650 |
| Craine | 2,292 | 2,523 |
| Cram | 3,700 | 3,662 |
| Cramer | 29,666 | 29,691 |
| Crampton | 2,848 | 2,784 |
| Crandall | 16,212 | 16,781 |
| Crandell | 3,841 | 4,141 |
| Crane | 37,123 | 37,870 |
| Cranford | 9,429 | 8,883 |
| Crank | 3,917 | 4,204 |
| Cranmer | 2,388 | 2,479 |
| Cranston | 3,128 | 3,200 |
| Craven | 15,149 | 15,567 |
| Cravens | 6,035 | 6,104 |
| Craver | 3,852 | 4,012 |
| Crawford | 158,121 | 164,457 |
| Crawley | 12,000 | 12,523 |
| Cray | 2,743 | 2,719 |
| Crayton | 5,203 | 5,709 |
| Creager | 3,018 | 3,202 |
| Creamer | 8,185 | 8,255 |
| Creason | 2,303 | 2,437 |
| Creasy | 3,406 | 3,506 |
| Creech | 13,770 | 14,264 |
| Creed | 4,679 | 4,718 |
| Creek | 3,593 | 4,052 |
| Creekmore | 3,104 | 3,193 |
| Creel | 8,500 | 8,815 |
| Creighton | 7,126 | 7,282 |
| Cremeans | 2,680 | 2,765 |
| Crenshaw | 17,402 | 18,096 |
| Crespin | 2,268 | 2,734 |
| Crespo | 13,835 | 17,629 |
| Cress | 5,616 | 5,565 |
| Creswell | 2,495 | 2,556 |
| Crew | 3,900 | 4,081 |
| Crews | 23,167 | 24,219 |
From Cribb to Czerwinski
Cunningham is a popular name in this section.
The name is of Scottish origin. People from a place of that name in Ayrshire would adopt and spread it.
| Last Name | 2000 Census | 2010 Census |
| Cribb | 3,387 | 3,578 |
| Cribbs | 4,436 | 4,644 |
| Crick | 2,354 | 2,430 |
| Crider | 10,469 | 10,621 |
| Crim | 4,495 | 4,552 |
| Crimmins | 2,518 | 2,661 |
| Criner | 2,117 | 2,222 |
| Cripe | 3,267 | 3,419 |
| Crippen | 3,163 | 3,242 |
| Cripps | 2,876 | 2,902 |
| Crisman | 2,306 | 2,463 |
| Crisostomo | 2,128 | 3,408 |
| Crisp | 12,581 | 12,741 |
| Crispin | 2,728 | 3,330 |
| Criss | 4,581 | 4,738 |
| Crissman | 2,013 | 2,253 |
| Crist | 10,122 | 10,518 |
| Cristobal | 2,258 | 3,602 |
| Criswell | 8,038 | 8,077 |
| Critchfield | 2,182 | 2,173 |
| Crites | 7,061 | 7,363 |
| Crittenden | 6,374 | 6,411 |
| Croce | 2,735 | 2,678 |
| Crochet | 2,438 | 2,521 |
| Crocker | 20,047 | 20,370 |
| Crockett | 22,850 | 23,769 |
| Croft | 12,702 | 13,047 |
| Croley | 1,891 | 2,007 |
| Cromartie | 1,947 | 2,213 |
| Cromer | 7,963 | 7,952 |
| Crompton | 2,045 | 2,111 |
| Cromwell | 7,687 | 8,087 |
| Cron | 2,923 | 2,366 |
| Cronan | 2,036 | 2,215 |
| Crone | 5,651 | 5,555 |
| Cronin | 18,710 | 19,078 |
| Cronk | 5,293 | 5,456 |
| Crook | 14,279 | 14,526 |
| Crooks | 9,806 | 10,244 |
| Croom | 4,171 | 4,407 |
| Cropper | 3,385 | 3,669 |
| Crosby | 38,844 | 40,563 |
| Cross | 75,134 | 77,557 |
| Crossland | 3,547 | 3,636 |
| Crossley | 5,499 | 5,878 |
| Crossman | 4,416 | 4,497 |
| Crosson | 2,958 | 3,085 |
| Croteau | 4,534 | 4,525 |
| Crothers | 2,607 | 2,713 |
| Crotts | 2,389 | 2,467 |
| Crotty | 3,722 | 3,726 |
| Crouch | 24,146 | 23,923 |
| Crouse | 13,654 | 13,598 |
| Crow | 23,031 | 24,089 |
| Crowder | 23,409 | 24,396 |
| Crowe | 29,260 | 29,953 |
| Crowell | 17,136 | 17,467 |
| Crowl | 3,003 | 2,983 |
| Crowley | 30,416 | 31,098 |
| Crown | 2,365 | 2,447 |
| Crownover | 2,279 | 2,350 |
| Crowson | 2,634 | 2,785 |
| Crowther | 3,672 | 3,880 |
| Croy | 3,974 | 4,018 |
| Crozier | 4,442 | 4,541 |
| Crudup | 1,891 | 2,123 |
| Cruickshank | 2,025 | 2,111 |
| Cruise | 3,058 | 3,306 |
| Crum | 17,452 | 17,944 |
| Crumb | 2,195 | 2,271 |
| Crumbley | 2,239 | 2,444 |
| Crumley | 4,113 | 4,064 |
| Crump | 19,973 | 20,737 |
| Crumpler | 3,096 | 3,166 |
| Crumpton | 4,792 | 4,985 |
| Cruse | 8,422 | 8,614 |
| Crutcher | 5,872 | 6,004 |
| Crutchfield | 8,799 | 9,019 |
| Cruz | 231,065 | 334,201 |
| Cryer | 3,124 | 3,168 |
| Cuadra | 2,270 | 2,863 |
| Cuddy | 2,166 | 2,193 |
| Cuellar | 17,217 | 22,324 |
| Cuenca | 2,251 | 3,381 |
| Cuesta | 2,014 | 2,520 |
| Cueto | 2,779 | 3,833 |
| Cueva | 3,122 | 4,008 |
| Cuevas | 32,015 | 43,701 |
| Cuff | 2,862 | 3,022 |
| Cui | 1,620 | 3,520 |
| Culberson | 3,183 | 3,415 |
| Culbert | 2,244 | 2,432 |
| Culbertson | 10,147 | 10,240 |
| Culbreath | 2,181 | 2,340 |
| Culbreth | 2,862 | 2,929 |
| Culhane | 1,922 | 2,076 |
| Cull | 2,079 | 2,133 |
| Cullen | 19,665 | 20,000 |
| Culler | 3,254 | 3,343 |
| Culley | 3,273 | 3,522 |
| Cullinan | 2,192 | 2,292 |
| Cullins | 2,757 | 3,506 |
| Cullison | 2,513 | 2,564 |
| Cullum | 4,258 | 4,435 |
| Culp | 13,035 | 13,081 |
| Culpepper | 10,061 | 10,135 |
| Culver | 17,231 | 17,566 |
| Cumberland | 2,174 | 2,233 |
| Cumbie | 2,044 | 2,134 |
| Cumming | 3,282 | 3,047 |
| Cummings | 76,707 | 79,316 |
| Cummins | 20,072 | 20,705 |
| Cundiff | 6,231 | 6,283 |
| Cuneo | 2,237 | 2,244 |
| Cunha | 4,469 | 5,170 |
| Cunningham | 131,896 | 135,718 |
| Cuomo | 2,417 | 2,424 |
| Cupp | 7,104 | 7,263 |
| Cupples | 1,939 | 2,003 |
| Curcio | 4,344 | 4,380 |
| Curd | 1,992 | 2,003 |
| Cureton | 4,281 | 4,437 |
| Curiel | 7,621 | 9,983 |
| Curl | 5,131 | 5,335 |
| Curlee | 2,359 | 2,371 |
| Curley | 11,772 | 12,211 |
| Curran | 24,559 | 24,969 |
| Current | 2,312 | 2,535 |
| Currey | 2,561 | 2,672 |
| Currie | 16,627 | 17,234 |
| Currier | 9,870 | 10,513 |
| Currin | 2,905 | 3,026 |
| Curry | 71,344 | 74,919 |
| Curtin | 9,350 | 9,513 |
| Curtis | 98,958 | 101,801 |
| Curtiss | 5,378 | 5,500 |
| Cusack | 3,548 | 3,704 |
| Cushing | 6,498 | 6,480 |
| Cushman | 7,171 | 7,400 |
| Cusick | 4,907 | 5,099 |
| Custer | 10,684 | 10,790 |
| Custodio | 2,649 | 3,592 |
| Cusumano | 2,459 | 2,826 |
| Cuthbert | 2,545 | 2,627 |
| Cuthbertson | 2,902 | 3,082 |
| Cutler | 15,087 | 15,621 |
| Cutlip | 2,866 | 2,974 |
| Cutright | 2,621 | 2,679 |
| Cutshall | 2,607 | 2,632 |
| Cutter | 4,365 | 4,563 |
| Cutting | 3,009 | 3,213 |
| Cutts | 2,356 | 2,452 |
| Cyphers | 2,028 | 2,063 |
| Cyr | 11,611 | 11,829 |
| Cyrus | 4,352 | 4,557 |
| Czajkowski | 2,477 | 2,441 |
| Czarnecki | 4,198 | 4,164 |
| Czech | 2,395 | 2,453 |
| Czerwinski | 2,424 | 2,426 |
