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Asian surnames have been the fastest-growing in the US, according to Census Bureau report
The Census Bureau said 7.8 million unique surnames were counted, with Asian last names leading growth while Smith, Johnson and other top names held steady.
- On Tuesday, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, and Jones remained the nation's top five surnames, while Asian surnames emerged as the fastest-growing in the 21st century.
- Unlike the Social Security Administration's count, the Census Bureau captures all age groups rather than just newborns, explained Michelle Napierski-Prancl, a sociologist at Russell Sage College in New York.
- Jonah Berger, a professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania, noted that "people are constantly exposed to names of others around them, and that can shape not only which names they like, but also which ones they avoid."
- Asians now make up 7% of the United States population, though immigration restrictions during the Trump administration could slow future expansion, said Paul Ong, a public affairs professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
- Rounding out the top 10 most common surnames were Garcia, Miller, Rodriguez, Davis, and Martinez, as the Census Bureau recorded 7.8 million unique last names across the nation.
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Asian surnames have been the fastest-growing in the US, according to Census Bureau report
The most popular last names in the U.S. might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of 2020s.
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According to the census, García, Rodríguez and Martínez are already among the 10 most frequent, and Hernández, López or González, among the 15 most common in the country. According to a report by the Agency, "the most notable change that has occurred over time in the 15 most common surnames is the incorporation of predominantly Hispanic surnames. Since 2000, six Hispanic surnames have been added to the 15 most common ones. It is García, González…
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