Some interesting and not totally useless information. The frequency of occurrence of surnames in the census is ranked by the US Bureau of the Census. Ever want to know how we rank ? Rank of frequency of occurrence in 1990 US census Rank Surname 1st Smith 2nd Johnson 3rd Williams 4th Jones 930th PATE 25,259th PAIT 28,534th PAYTE US Bureau of the Census [http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/namesearch.html]