Surname Checker / Adams
How Common Is the Last Name Adams?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Adams today
473,742
Ranked #42 of 162,254 published surnames · 145.05 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 427,865 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
74.02%
Black
19.9%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.56%
Hispanic
2.57%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.