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What is the rarest last name in the world. Fraser - This popular Scottish name. The name means a house or location near a fern. You can lay claim to Middle Earth with the first or last name Alvin.

These last names run the intrinsic risk of your child being stuck with a surname they hate. Check out this list of the 15 rarest last names in the world. A weird last name.

Well here are the top 25 last names from the 2010 census. This list contains some of the rarest last names in the US. Because the United States is a melting pot with a long history of immigration there are many rareuncommon last names.

In Old English Alvin Alwin or Alfwin means elf friend. Apollo - This name of a Greek god means to destroy Caspian - The name of a sea and a popular literary character Caspian is dreamy and strong. They can name a childs era of birth attach them to a passing craze or give unwanted clues to their parents maturity or sensibility at the time they were born.

SMITH 2442977 JOHNSON 1932812 WILLIAMS 1625252 BROWN 1437026 JONES 1425470 GARCIA 1166120 MILLER 1161437 DAVIS 1116357 RODRIGUEZ 1094924 MARTINEZ 1060159 HERNANDEZ 1043281 LOPEZ 874523 GONZALEZ 841025 WILSON 801882 ANDERSON 784404. There are only about 30 people with my last name in the US 20 of them in my family and as far as I know none left. Alf or alva means elf in Sweden where it was probably arbitrarily adopted as a surname in the 19th century.

Last names are very important to most people as they tie us to families and personal histories. As of the 2010 Census. Undoubtedly there are fair number of last names that only a single person has in the US.