Last Names That Start With C
These last names that start with C come from the US Census surname list, which counts every surname shared by at least 100 people. It holds 9,679 surnames beginning with C; below are the 100 most common, plus short, long and uncommon ones.
Clark is the first C surname you meet, at rank 25 overall. Below it, Campbell and Carter give the letter a crisp, hard opening sound that carries well when called across a room.
There are 9,679 C surnames here, and they vary a lot in length. Cox and Cruz are three or four letters long. Cook and Cooper share an opening sound, which can help a writer build a believable family branch.
The hard C and the K sound overlap, so names like Clark and Cole sometimes turn up under K in records.
- Surnames starting with C
- 9,679
- Most common
- Clark 548,369 people
- National rank of the top one
- #25
100 most common last names that start with C
"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 | Clark | #25 | 548,369 |
| 2 | Campbell | #43 | 371,953 |
| 3 | Carter | #46 | 362,548 |
| 4 | Collins | #52 | 317,848 |
| 5 | Cook | #60 | 294,795 |
| 6 | Cooper | #64 | 270,097 |
| 7 | Cox | #72 | 253,771 |
| 8 | Cruz | #82 | 231,065 |
| 9 | Coleman | #102 | 208,624 |
| 10 | Cole | #116 | 187,793 |
| 11 | Chavez | #118 | 185,865 |
| 12 | Castillo | #135 | 165,473 |
| 13 | Crawford | #146 | 158,121 |
| 14 | Castro | #194 | 133,254 |
| 15 | Cunningham | #198 | 131,896 |
| 16 | Carroll | #201 | 131,020 |
| 17 | Carpenter | #211 | 127,073 |
| 18 | Chapman | #218 | 124,614 |
| 19 | Carlson | #225 | 120,124 |
| 20 | Carr | #239 | 113,892 |
| 21 | Chen | #260 | 105,544 |
| 22 | Curtis | #280 | 98,958 |
| 23 | Contreras | #299 | 92,660 |
| 24 | Caldwell | #301 | 91,338 |
| 25 | Chambers | #305 | 90,325 |
| 26 | Craig | #307 | 89,591 |
| 27 | Cohen | #320 | 87,226 |
| 28 | Cortez | #367 | 77,492 |
| 29 | Cummings | #372 | 76,707 |
| 30 | Chandler | #379 | 76,114 |
| 31 | Cross | #382 | 75,134 |
| 32 | Curry | #410 | 71,344 |
| 33 | Christensen | #412 | 71,144 |
| 34 | Campos | #420 | 69,950 |
| 35 | Chang | #424 | 69,756 |
| 36 | Cannon | #436 | 67,923 |
| 37 | Carrillo | #443 | 67,054 |
| 38 | Chan | #459 | 65,719 |
| 39 | Casey | #463 | 64,815 |
| 40 | Cobb | #472 | 63,739 |
| 41 | Clarke | #476 | 62,546 |
| 42 | Conner | #480 | 62,335 |
| 43 | Cochran | #514 | 58,233 |
| 44 | Cain | #516 | 57,873 |
| 45 | Cervantes | #520 | 57,685 |
| 46 | Cabrera | #524 | 57,171 |
| 47 | Cardenas | #529 | 56,618 |
| 48 | Carson | #537 | 55,821 |
| 49 | Colon | #539 | 55,512 |
| 50 | Carey | #547 | 54,924 |
| 51 | Clayton | #548 | 54,875 |
| 52 | Calderon | #550 | 54,691 |
| 53 | Collier | #556 | 54,414 |
| 54 | Conley | #562 | 54,194 |
| 55 | Copeland | #565 | 53,771 |
| 56 | Combs | #570 | 53,180 |
| 57 | Cameron | #578 | 52,439 |
| 58 | Charles | #589 | 51,518 |
| 59 | Christian | #597 | 51,177 |
| 60 | Castaneda | #600 | 51,089 |
| 61 | Chase | #606 | 50,777 |
| 62 | Callahan | #617 | 49,925 |
| 63 | Cline | #628 | 49,167 |
| 64 | Camacho | #630 | 49,000 |
| 65 | Clay | #677 | 46,264 |
| 66 | Conway | #719 | 43,395 |
| 67 | Calhoun | #757 | 41,452 |
| 68 | Conrad | #786 | 40,102 |
| 69 | Cantu | #793 | 39,601 |
| 70 | Crosby | #811 | 38,844 |
| 71 | Case | #813 | 38,759 |
| 72 | Clements | #843 | 37,237 |
| 73 | Crane | #848 | 37,123 |
| 74 | Cisneros | #850 | 37,050 |
| 75 | Chung | #870 | 36,422 |
| 76 | Choi | #872 | 36,390 |
| 77 | Church | #890 | 35,539 |
| 78 | Coffey | #894 | 35,442 |
| 79 | Costa | #900 | 35,227 |
| 80 | Cordova | #903 | 35,074 |
| 81 | Compton | #910 | 34,788 |
| 82 | Cantrell | #920 | 34,674 |
| 83 | Cherry | #922 | 34,615 |
| 84 | Chaney | #979 | 32,433 |
| 85 | Cooley | #983 | 32,287 |
| 86 | Carney | #984 | 32,282 |
| 87 | Cowan | #985 | 32,242 |
| 88 | Cuevas | #993 | 32,015 |
| 89 | Cooke | #1,000 | 31,860 |
| 90 | Cotton | #1,006 | 31,759 |
| 91 | Carver | #1,014 | 31,566 |
| 92 | Costello | #1,025 | 31,266 |
| 93 | Craft | #1,044 | 30,653 |
| 94 | Crowley | #1,051 | 30,416 |
| 95 | Cleveland | #1,056 | 30,233 |
| 96 | Cortes | #1,061 | 30,141 |
| 97 | Childers | #1,063 | 30,079 |
| 98 | Cramer | #1,077 | 29,666 |
| 99 | Corona | #1,081 | 29,525 |
| 100 | Camp | #1,087 | 29,432 |
Short last names that start with C
- Cook
- Cox
- Cruz
- Cole
- Carr
- Chen
- Chan
- Cobb
- Cain
- Clay
- Case
- Choi
- Camp
- Cash
- Cano
- Chin
- Cho
- Chu
- Crow
- Cote
Long last names with C
- Cunningham
- Christensen
- Christopher
- Chamberlain
- Cartwright
- Castellanos
- Carmichael
- Christiansen
- Covarrubias
- Carrington
- Christianson
- Christenson
- Culbertson
- Castellano
- Chamberlin
- Concepcion
Uncommon last names that start with C
Real surnames outside the most common few thousand, useful for characters or usernames that still sound natural.
- Choate
- Carman
- Colby
- Clary
- Custer
- Christenson
- Clawson
- Crider
- Cardoza
- Comstock
- Conti
- Chapin
- Centeno
- Cintron
- Culbertson
- Caputo
- Crist
- Cosby
- Colwell
- Culpepper
- Carbone
- Colburn
- Currier
- Cohn
- Charlton
- Cone
- Crooks
- Caraballo
- Castellano
- Caswell
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Questions people ask
What is the most common last name that starts with C?
Clark, shared by 548,369 people in the US Census count, ranked #25 among all surnames.
How many last names start with C?
The Census list has 9,679 surnames starting with C that are shared by at least 100 people.
What are unique last names that start with C?
Less common real surnames include Choate, Carman, Colby, Clary, Custer, Christenson.
What are short last names that start with C?
Cook, Cox, Cruz, Cole, Carr, Chen, Chan, Cobb.
Source: the US Census surname list (every surname shared by 100 or more people). Spellings are shown as listed, without accents or apostrophes.