Surname Checker / Ferguson
How Common Is the Last Name Ferguson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Ferguson today
162,126
Ranked #188 of 162,254 published surnames · 49.64 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 146,426 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
74.83%
Black
19.19%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.6%
Hispanic
2.53%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.