Surnames 2000
Surnames 2000
- API Call: api.census.gov/data/2000/surname
- Examples and Supported Geographies: api.census.gov/data/2000/surname.html
- Variables: api.census.gov/data/2000/surname/variables.html
- Example call: Top 100 surnames (all backgrounds), ranked:
api.census.gov/data/2000/surname?get=NAME,COUNT&RANK=1:100&key=YOUR_KEY_GOES_HERE - Technical Documentation [PDF <1.0 MB]
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Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000Tabulations of all surnames occurring 100 or more times in the Census 2000 returns. No specific individual information is provided.
Page Last Revised - May 26, 2026