The most common last names for #ADOS

[Black Lightning]

There's only about 1,100+ people with my last name.

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

look just like Jamaican surnames.

Looks like SLAVEMASTER NAMES



WILLIAMS 716,704 1 46.7%
JOHNSON 627,720 2 33.8%
SMITH 527,993 3 22.2%
JONES 514,167 4 37.7%
BROWN 476,702 5 34.5%
JACKSON 353,179 6 53.0%
DAVIS 329,957 7 30.8%
THOMAS 271,273 8 38.2%
HARRIS 247,092 9 41.6%
ROBINSON 221,835 10 44.1%
TAYLOR 199,326 11 27.7%
WILSON 198,269 12 25.3%
MOORE 188,082 13 26.9%
WHITE 175,099 14 27.4%
LEWIS 172,509 15 33.8%
WALKER 171,297 16 34.2%
GREEN 149,803 17 36.2%
WASHINGTON 146,520 18 89.9%
THOMPSON 145,176

 

[Doctor Wily]

not a lot of Black folk with my last name.....i feel special...

Mines was ranked in the 260s

 

[1 other person]

Two surnames on my grandma's side are in the top 20, but my grandpa's isn't even in the top 500. It's kinda exclusive to the Carolinas it seems.

Just a guess. Is it Manigault?

 

[MaxBundles]

Not on the list

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

A reminder that we were slaves. Been thinking about changing my last name

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Looks like SLAVEMASTER NAMES



WILLIAMS 716,704 1 46.7%
JOHNSON 627,720 2 33.8%
SMITH 527,993 3 22.2%
JONES 514,167 4 37.7%
BROWN 476,702 5 34.5%
JACKSON 353,179 6 53.0%
DAVIS 329,957 7 30.8%
THOMAS 271,273 8 38.2%
HARRIS 247,092 9 41.6%
ROBINSON 221,835 10 44.1%
TAYLOR 199,326 11 27.7%
WILSON 198,269 12 25.3%
MOORE 188,082 13 26.9%
WHITE 175,099 14 27.4%
LEWIS 172,509 15 33.8%
WALKER 171,297 16 34.2%
GREEN 149,803 17 36.2%
WASHINGTON 146,520 18 89.9%
THOMPSON 145,176

It's like people are celebrating who had the biggest plantation. Hard to find the joy in this

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

Mine in the top 10

 

[seabreeze80]

My surname isn't listed. Can't find any info on it. Not sure what that means.

 

[xoxodede]

It's like people are celebrating who had the biggest plantation. Hard to find the joy in this

Nah. It shows how reparations is due. And how easy it should be to trace your lineage to enslavers.

 

[ViShawn]

I've found out my last name is Spanish. IDK how though...

 

[Citi Trends]

only 17% for my name and only 20k people with my name less than 4k of those black

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Slave names

See alot of Scottish/British last names...

"But white people didn't even own much slaves"

 

[NoGutsNoGLory]

A reminder that we were slaves. Been thinking about changing my last name

Unless I'm wrong, our ancestors chose those last names tho right? Should've gotten african last names just out of spite

 

[xoxodede]

Unless I'm wrong, our ancestors chose those last names tho right? Should've gotten african last names just out of spite

Many did change their names. But, the main reason they kept them was to help their sold and lost family members find them. Keeping those last names helped reunite thousands of family members after emancipation.

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