The Select Surname List


Welcome to the Select Surname List.  This site contains the genealogy and history of some of the most common and notable surnames of English, Welsh, Scottish, and Irish origin in the English-speaking world. 

There are two lists here:

The top 100 surnames are the top one hundred surnames in terms of numbers.

The select 50 surnames comprise a list of additional fifty surnames seen of particular interest because of their history, circumstance, or their individuals.

Simply choose a surname below and click on it.  Check the Surnames section of this website for the ranking and total numbers for any of the surnames shown.



The Top 100 Surnames

Adams Ellis Johnson O'Connor
 Scott
Allen Evans Jones O'Sullivan Shaw
Anderson Fisher
 Kelly Parker Simpson
Bailey Foster Kennedy Perry Smith
Baker Fox King Peterson Stevens
Barnes Fraser 
Lee Phillips Stewart
Bell Graham Lewis Powell Taylor
Bennett Gray Marshall Price Thomas
Brown Green Martin Reed
 Thompson
Butler       
Griffiths Mason      
Reynolds Turner
Campbell Hall McDonald Richards
 Walker
Carter Hamilton Miller  Richardson Walsh
Chapman Harris Mitchell Roberts Ward
Clark Harrison
 Moore Robertson Watson
Collins Henderson Morgan Robinson White
Cook Hill Morris Rogers Williams
Cooper Howard Murphy Ross Wilson
Cox Hughes Murray Russell Wood
Davis Jackson Nelson Ryan Wright
Edwards James O'Brien 
Sanders
 Young



The Select 50 Surnames

Armstrong Cohen Goodwin Jacobs Owen
Baldwin
 Coleman Gould
 Jefferson 
Palmer
Bartlett Doyle Grant Jenkins Porter
Booth Drake
 Hancock    
Knox
 Shelley
Bowles
 Elliott Harding
 Kramer
 Spencer
Brooks Fitzgerald Hawkins McCarthy Stein
Byrne Fleming Hilton
 McKenzie Vaughan
Cameron Ford  Holmes Myers Wallace
Cassidy
 Franklin    
Houston
 Nash
 Warren
Churchill  
Fry
 Hudson Newton
 Washington



The list of potential surnames is of course unending.  Check our companion sites selectsurnames.com and selectsurnames2.com where there are additional select names. 

We welcome any suggestions or thoughts you might have.  Just click on the email address below and send us your message. 


Enjoy the site!

Colin Shelley

nottshell@btinternet.com