According to the site mongabay.com, the U.S. Bureau of the Census says MALANOWSKI ranks # 46944 in terms of the most common surnames in the United States for 2000. Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States, MALANOWSKI would occur an average of 0.16 times. The Census Bureau says that 95.07 percent were “Non-Hispanic White Only.” Another 2.58 percent were “Hispanic Origin.”
and we’re number one!!!!
http://www.namestatistics.com/search.php?type=last&name=SMITH
This is what it says:
SMITH is the #1 most common last name
1.006% of last names in the US are SMITH.
Around 2515000 people have SMITH as a last name!