If you have a Norwegian last name you find it a little difficult to trace your family history back further than a few generations.

List of female last names in usa. The names usage has grown almost 3 percent since 2000. Where variations of a spelling of a surname occurred those monikers are listed as separate names. We count the number of occurrences of each name during the decade and then rank them in order of decreasing frequency.

Elizabeth Alaska 2008 Emma. The site is updated as new data becomes available. It includes lists of the common first names and last names the popularity of first names by state and for given years and statistics on ethnicity in the United States.

Official websites use gov. The most popular given names of that time for girls consisted of. Popular names by decade are determined the same way we determine the popularity of a name during a single year.

The list was initially created by searching for the most common last names in German telephone books. Female names Region year No. 10 Alabama 2008 Emma.

Surname for the first time two Hispanic namesGarcia and Rodriguezmade the top 10. Male name Female name. 203 rows Name Number Name Number.

An official website of the United States government. German last names originate from places and professions in Germany and far beyond as a list of 100 of the most common German surnames shows. Garcia leapfrogged from number 18 to number eight while Rodriguez went up from 22.