Archived AlafiaNames Website Page: Most Commonly Used Surnames By Free African Americans Before The United States Civil War

Edited by Azizi Powell

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This post republishes the AlafiaNames page entitled "Most Commonly Used Surnames By Free African Americans Before The United States Civil War" (April 7, 2004).

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From http://www.alafianames.com/commonly_used_surnames_by_free_africanamericans.htm ALAFIANAMES April 7, 2004

Most Commonly Used Surnames By Free African Americans Before The United States Civil War

Based on the research of Newbell Miles Puckett as reported in J.N. Hook’s Family Names (New York, Macmillan Publishers, 1983, 294)

Name & Rank Among Free African Americans [in brackets: Rank of Name Among United States Caucasians]

1. Jones [1]

2. Scott [60]

3. Johnson [9]

4. Smith [2]

5. Brown [7]

6. Jackson [26]

7. Harris [11]

8. Wilson [24]

9. Carter [10]

10. Williams [3]

11. Evans [20]

12. Mitchell [19]

13. Freeman [100+]

14. Hill [6]

15. White [23]

16. Collins [60]

17. Anderson [51]

18. Moore [5]

19. Morris [67]

20. Lewis [33]

21. Green [40]

22. James [77]

23. Stewart [47]

24. Davis [4]

25. Martin 16]

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