Without spelling out your family tree, are you one of the people in Maine with one of the 20 most common last names?

Smith, Williams and Jones are just some of the last names that are most common nationwide. But when you take a closer look at what 20 surnames make up Maine's most common, you'll find some of the French-Canadian heritage permeating the population.

According to Forebears.io, Maine's smaller population allows some uncommon last names nationwide to be quite common within state lines. The number of people with the last name is date taken from the 2014 United States census. Let's take a look at the top 20.

20. STEVENS (2,711)

19. OUELLETTE (2,743)

18. MILLER (2,790)

17. HALL (2,953)

16. YOUNG (3,012)

15. LIBBY (3,086)

14. ANDERSON (3,094)

13. MICHAUD (3,133)

12. THOMPSON (3,235)

11. PELLETIER (3,257)

10. ALLEN (3,268)

9. WILLIAMS (3,546)

8. JONES (3,563)

7. CLARK (3,871)

6. WHITE (3,979)

5. MARTIN (4,122)

4. DAVIS (4,897)

3. JOHNSON (5,584)

2. BROWN (7,325)

1. SMITH (11,717)

A little fun fact about this list, Smith has been the most common and Brown the 2nd most common last name in Maine since 1880. Forebears lists out the top 100 on their website if you're curious if your last name makes it.

 

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