These Are the 100 Most Common Last Names in Kalamazoo County

Smith, Jones and Miller all made the Top 10. Dig deeper and find your family name on this list of the most common surnames in Kalamazoo county.

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Did you know 1 of every 102 persons in Kalamazoo county has the last name Smith? There are 1,784 Johnson's among us. Find your family surname from Forebears' listing of the most common surnames.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency
1	Smith	2,509	1: 102
2	Johnson	1,784	1: 144
3	Miller	1,266	1: 203
4	Brown	1,242	1: 207
5	Williams	1,121	1: 229
6	Jones	978	1: 263
7	Davis	790	1: 325
8	Anderson	720	1: 357
9	Taylor	670	1: 383
10	Wilson	665	1: 386
11	White	640	1: 401
12	Thomas	628	1: 409
13	Jackson	610	1: 421
14	Thompson	586	1: 438
15	Moore	572	1: 449
16	Martin	570	1: 450
17	Clark	553	1: 464
18	Lewis	492	1: 522
19	Campbell	489	1: 525
20	Baker	486	1: 528
21	Cook	475	1: 540
22	Walker	462	1: 556
23	Wright	448	1: 573
24	Nelson	441	1: 582
25	Harris	430	1: 597
26	Robinson	423	1: 607
27	Adams	410	1: 626
28	Phillips	408	1: 629
29	Green	393	1: 653
30	Allen	390	1: 658
31	Lee	387	1: 663
32	Mitchell	380	1: 676
33	Hall	368	1: 698
34	Scott	354	1: 725
35	Bell	351	1: 731
36	Hill	350	1: 734
37	King	340	1: 755
38	Parker	338	1: 760
39	Stewart	333	1: 771
40	Young	332	1: 773
41	Evans	317	1: 810
42	Roberts	307	1: 836
43	Howard	297	1: 864
44	Devries	286	1: 898
45	Peterson	285	1: 901
45	Morris	285	1: 901
47	Bailey	283	1: 907
48	Bennett	282	1: 910
49	Hamilton	275	1: 934
50	Russell	274	1: 937
51	Snyder	271	1: 947
52	Gray	266	1: 965
53	Rogers	258	1: 995
54	Carpenter	256	1: 1,003
55	Reed	244	1: 1,052
55	Carter	244	1: 1,052
57	Wood	243	1: 1,056
58	Collins	240	1: 1,070
58	Brooks	240	1: 1,070
60	Watson	233	1: 1,102
60	Nichols	233	1: 1,102
62	Kelly	231	1: 1,111
63	Hughes	224	1: 1,146
64	Foster	223	1: 1,151
65	Harrison	220	1: 1,167
66	Myers	218	1: 1,178
67	Ross	216	1: 1,189
68	Rice	212	1: 1,211
69	Richardson	210	1: 1,223
69	Patterson	210	1: 1,223
69	Edwards	210	1: 1,223
72	Ford	209	1: 1,228
73	Morgan	206	1: 1,246
74	Warner	205	1: 1,252
74	Crawford	205	1: 1,252
76	Simmons	204	1: 1,258
76	James	204	1: 1,258
78	Perry	202	1: 1,271
79	Stevens	200	1: 1,284
80	Richards	199	1: 1,290
80	Reynolds	199	1: 1,290
80	Gibson	199	1: 1,290
83	Cole	198	1: 1,297
84	Hunt	196	1: 1,310
84	Fox	196	1: 1,310
86	Turner	195	1: 1,317
86	Fisher	195	1: 1,317
88	Butler	192	1: 1,337
88	Barnes	192	1: 1,337
90	Simpson	191	1: 1,344
91	Coleman	190	1: 1,351
91	Chapman	190	1: 1,351
93	Wallace	188	1: 1,366
93	Murphy	188	1: 1,366
95	Deyoung	186	1: 1,380
95	Cooper	186	1: 1,380
97	Ward	185	1: 1,388
98	Graham	184	1: 1,395
99	Hudson	180	1: 1,426
100	Walters	178	1: 1,442
100	Rose	178	1: 1,442

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