Last Names That Start With B
These last names that start with B come from the US Census surname list, which counts every surname shared by at least 100 people. It holds 13,592 surnames beginning with B; below are the 100 most common, plus short, long and uncommon ones.
Brown ranks fourth nationwide, and B as a whole is crowded: 13,592 surnames start here. That makes B a safe pick when a writer wants a character who blends into any crowd.
The classic B names are mostly short. Bell, Brooks and Burns are single syllables with a firm stop at the end. Bennett and Butler add a second beat and a softer finish.
If you are tracing your own B surname, expect variants. Clerks often added or dropped a letter in names like Bryant and Burns, so search several spellings at once.
- Surnames starting with B
- 13,592
- Most common
- Brown 1,380,145 people
- National rank of the top one
- #4
100 most common last names that start with B
"US rank" is the surname's place among all surnames in the country; "People" is how many people had it.
| # | Last name | US rank | People |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brown | #4 | 1,380,145 |
| 2 | Baker | #38 | 413,351 |
| 3 | Bailey | #66 | 265,916 |
| 4 | Bell | #67 | 264,752 |
| 5 | Brooks | #77 | 240,751 |
| 6 | Bennett | #78 | 239,055 |
| 7 | Butler | #98 | 210,879 |
| 8 | Barnes | #99 | 210,426 |
| 9 | Bryant | #120 | 183,761 |
| 10 | Burns | #141 | 162,153 |
| 11 | Black | #160 | 150,186 |
| 12 | Boyd | #164 | 149,476 |
| 13 | Bradley | #200 | 131,289 |
| 14 | Berry | #205 | 129,405 |
| 15 | Burke | #229 | 119,175 |
| 16 | Bishop | #238 | 114,034 |
| 17 | Burton | #255 | 107,158 |
| 18 | Bowman | #268 | 102,239 |
| 19 | Brewer | #274 | 100,465 |
| 20 | Banks | #278 | 99,294 |
| 21 | Barrett | #288 | 95,896 |
| 22 | Bates | #293 | 93,743 |
| 23 | Beck | #295 | 93,161 |
| 24 | Barnett | #300 | 92,287 |
| 25 | Byrd | #311 | 88,811 |
| 26 | Becker | #315 | 88,114 |
| 27 | Barker | #325 | 85,221 |
| 28 | Benson | #332 | 84,233 |
| 29 | Bush | #346 | 81,524 |
| 30 | Baldwin | #361 | 79,151 |
| 31 | Ball | #366 | 77,561 |
| 32 | Bowen | #370 | 77,078 |
| 33 | Barber | #376 | 76,504 |
| 34 | Blair | #380 | 75,135 |
| 35 | Burgess | #407 | 71,604 |
| 36 | Brady | #411 | 71,175 |
| 37 | Blake | #425 | 69,279 |
| 38 | Barton | #447 | 66,622 |
| 39 | Bowers | #466 | 64,496 |
| 40 | Buchanan | #471 | 63,825 |
| 41 | Bauer | #484 | 61,979 |
| 42 | Brock | #502 | 59,682 |
| 43 | Ballard | #503 | 59,660 |
| 44 | Burnett | #517 | 57,859 |
| 45 | Briggs | #522 | 57,297 |
| 46 | Bryan | #542 | 55,269 |
| 47 | Bass | #559 | 54,296 |
| 48 | Bridges | #579 | 52,260 |
| 49 | Bruce | #583 | 52,004 |
| 50 | Bradford | #586 | 51,726 |
| 51 | Boone | #587 | 51,679 |
| 52 | Bond | #603 | 50,980 |
| 53 | Boyer | #622 | 49,601 |
| 54 | Booth | #635 | 48,580 |
| 55 | Berg | #637 | 48,480 |
| 56 | Brennan | #642 | 48,296 |
| 57 | Baxter | #647 | 47,857 |
| 58 | Beard | #660 | 47,128 |
| 59 | Blackwell | #673 | 46,495 |
| 60 | Barron | #678 | 46,196 |
| 61 | Beasley | #679 | 46,179 |
| 62 | Barry | #691 | 45,044 |
| 63 | Barrera | #713 | 43,720 |
| 64 | Berger | #716 | 43,556 |
| 65 | Bullock | #722 | 43,021 |
| 66 | Blankenship | #731 | 42,663 |
| 67 | Browning | #732 | 42,642 |
| 68 | Bartlett | #735 | 42,512 |
| 69 | Buck | #737 | 42,441 |
| 70 | Barr | #738 | 42,432 |
| 71 | Bradshaw | #769 | 40,794 |
| 72 | Buckley | #772 | 40,706 |
| 73 | Boyle | #802 | 39,141 |
| 74 | Bentley | #814 | 38,714 |
| 75 | Bender | #821 | 38,464 |
| 76 | Blackburn | #826 | 38,137 |
| 77 | Bautista | #830 | 37,847 |
| 78 | Bean | #846 | 37,145 |
| 79 | Benton | #851 | 37,032 |
| 80 | Best | #855 | 36,862 |
| 81 | Blevins | #856 | 36,841 |
| 82 | Blanchard | #860 | 36,764 |
| 83 | Bernard | #864 | 36,546 |
| 84 | Benjamin | #868 | 36,439 |
| 85 | Brandt | #885 | 35,616 |
| 86 | Burch | #891 | 35,521 |
| 87 | Booker | #902 | 35,101 |
| 88 | Bonilla | #908 | 34,824 |
| 89 | Beltran | #914 | 34,736 |
| 90 | Bray | #923 | 34,575 |
| 91 | Baird | #935 | 34,233 |
| 92 | Bird | #944 | 33,962 |
| 93 | Benitez | #957 | 33,441 |
| 94 | Branch | #967 | 33,040 |
| 95 | Braun | #973 | 32,676 |
| 96 | Barajas | #989 | 32,147 |
| 97 | Bright | #992 | 32,042 |
| 98 | Bolton | #994 | 31,995 |
| 99 | Bonner | #1,005 | 31,761 |
| 100 | Byers | #1,022 | 31,299 |
Short last names that start with B
- Bell
- Boyd
- Beck
- Byrd
- Bush
- Ball
- Bass
- Bond
- Berg
- Buck
- Barr
- Bean
- Best
- Bray
- Bird
- Burt
- Baca
- Baez
- Blue
- Bui
Long last names with B
- Blankenship
- Bustamante
- Betancourt
- Bartholomew
- Barrientos
- Billingsley
- Butterfield
- Baumgartner
- Burkholder
- Brandenburg
- Buffington
- Buckingham
- Ballesteros
- Boatwright
- Bettencourt
- Burchfield
Uncommon last names that start with B
Real surnames outside the most common few thousand, useful for characters or usernames that still sound natural.
- Breeden
- Bair
- Bronson
- Banda
- Bowie
- Branson
- Benavidez
- Byrnes
- Beers
- Bruns
- Boyles
- Brownlee
- Brockman
- Bethea
- Bunn
- Bone
- Boehm
- Bostic
- Bagwell
- Barbee
- Brackett
- Brant
- Beaulieu
- Box
- Borges
- Burkholder
- Behrens
- Broderick
- Burge
- Boudreau
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Questions people ask
What is the most common last name that starts with B?
Brown, shared by 1,380,145 people in the US Census count, ranked #4 among all surnames.
How many last names start with B?
The Census list has 13,592 surnames starting with B that are shared by at least 100 people.
What are unique last names that start with B?
Less common real surnames include Breeden, Bair, Bronson, Banda, Bowie, Branson.
What are short last names that start with B?
Bell, Boyd, Beck, Byrd, Bush, Ball, Bass, Bond.
Source: the US Census surname list (every surname shared by 100 or more people). Spellings are shown as listed, without accents or apostrophes.