Interesting summary of surnames of Americans by state:

[George II]

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Okay. My mother was Mrs. Jones, my sister was Mrs. Smith, and

I am Ms. Davis!

[George II]

2. Seems like you hit the trifecta!

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Yeah, but people looked at us like we were bank robbers!

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Well, they do have reason ...

[smirkymonkey]

5. Notice that MA is the only state w/ an Irish surname in the top 3

(Sullivan), although I am aware that there are Irish people named Williams and Smith, those are basically Anglo names.

[Hekate]

6. Wow, the Garcias sure settled the West!

Hola!

[George II]

9. Yes, there are some interesting things on that map...

A quick scan shows:


California and New Mexico have three Hispanic names, Texas has two
Hawaii has three Asian names
Just about every state has Smith as a top three, and many have Johnson (those without Smith are CA, NM, and HI)
Five of the six New England states have Brown in the top three
Surprisingly only four states have Jones in the top three

[Kaleva]

7. Johnsons don't believe in birth control

[Crunchy Frog]

8. You can see where the Scandinavians settled. n/t