Here are the list of surnames and the earliest known locations:
| Abdul-Matin – New York | |
| Abell – Meade County, Kentucky, USA | |
| Abney – South Carolina, USA | |
| Abshier – Arkansas City, Arkansas & Texas Co, Missouri | |
| Acker – Pearlington, Hancock County, Mississippi | |
| Acock – North Carolina, Colchester, Essex, Ontario, Canada | |
| Adams – MD, Kingsville, Kleberg, Texas, & Colchester S. Twp., ON | |
| Adonis – Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio | |
| Afuwape | |
| Albright – Lebanon, St Clair, Illinois | |
| Alcock – Colchester, Essex, Ontario, Canada | |
| Aldredge – Wicomico, Northumberland, Virginia | |
| Alexander | |
| Allder – Clarke County, Virginia | |
| Allen – Missouri, Benton County, Arkansas | |
| Allison – Montgomery, Kentucky, & Jefferson, Jefferson, Kansas | |
| Alves – Fall River, Massachusetts | |
| Ambler – Washington, District Of Columbia | |
| Amie – Normanby, Grey, Canada West, Canada | |
| Anderson – Ontario, Canada | |
| Andrews | |
| Ankers | |
| Anthony – Georgia | |
| Appleby | |
| Archer – Georgia | |
| Archie – Africa | |
| Armstrong – Bedford, Westchester, New York | |
| Arnold – Middleport, Meigs, Ohio | |
| Arsensault – France | |
| Asher – Otter Creek, Clay, Kentucky | |
| Ashraf – Leicestershire, Rutland, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire | |
| Atkerson – Webb City, Webb City, Jasper, Missouri | |
| Atwell – Rushford, NY | |
| Aubelin – France | |
| Aucoin – La Rochelle, Manche, Basse-Normandie, France | |
| Austin – Leighton, Colbert, Alabama | |
| Ayers – Cheyenne, WY | |
| Bacon – Georgia | |
| Bagby – North Carolina | |
| Bailey – Ontario | |
| Bain – Emporia City, Lyon, Kansas | |
| Baker – Liverpool, Lancashire, England | |
| Baldwin – Indiana | |
| Ball – West Virginia | |
| Banner – Clear Creek, Bell, Kentucky | |
| Barbee – Clear Creek, Bell, Kentucky | |
| Barbour- Baltimore, Maryland | |
| Barnes – Sulligent, Lamar, Alabama | |
| Barnett – Doe Hill, Webster, Virginia | |
| Bar | |
| Barr – Clarke, Virginia | |
| Bartlett – Washington, District of Columbia | |
| Battaile – Caroline, Virginia | |
| Baxter – Missouri, Chariton, Missouri | |
| Beaird – Beeton, Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario | |
| Beale | |
| Bell | |
| Bellamy | |
| Bellings | |
| Benisor | |
| Bennett | |
| Benningfield | |
| Benoit | |
| Berkeley | |
| Berry | |
| Berryman | |
| Bethea | |
| Bevins | |
| Bigham | |
| Bines | |
| Birch | |
| Bitner | |
| Black | |
| Blacburn | |
| Blackman | |
| Blackshear | |
| Blair | |
| Blanchet | |
| Blanchett | |
| Blanks | |
| Blevins | |
| Bodie | |
| Bogguess | |
| Bogness | |
| Boguess | |
| Bolden | |
| Bolin | |
| Bolling | |
| Bolton | |
| Bond | |
| Booker | |
| Boon | |
| Boone | |
| Boswell | |
| Bowlin | |
| Bowling | |
| Boyer | |
| Braden | |
| Bradford | |
| Brady | |
| Brahan | |
| Braswell | |
| Brewer | |
| Brewster | |
| Bridges | |
| Bridgett | |
| Bristo | |
| Bristow | |
| Brook | |
| Brooks | |
| Broun | |
| Browder | |
| Browm | |
| Brown | |
| Brunch | |
| Bruner | |
| Brunner | |
| Bruster | |
| Bryant | |
| Buchanan | |
| Buckland | |
| Buckner | |
| Buggs | |
| Bunch | |
| Burch | |
| Burden | |
| Burford | |
| Burgess | |
| Burkett | |
| Burkhart | |
| Burnett | |
| Burns | |
| Burrell | |
| Burt | |
| Butler | |
| Buttler | |
| Cagle | |
| Caldwell | |
| Calhoun | |
| Calvert | |
| Campbell | |
| Canaday | |
| Cannon | |
| Cantrell | |
| Carey | |
| Carl | |
| Carney | |
| Carper | |
| Carr | |
| Carrington | |
| Carry | |
| Carter | |
| Cason | |
| Casron | |
| Cassady | |
| Castlow | |
| Caston | |
| Catlett | |
| Chaney | |
| Cheancy | |
| Cheney | |
| Childs | |
| Christianson | |
| Clardy | |
| Clark | |
| Clarke | |
| Claud | |
| Clay | |
| Clayton | |
| Clements | |
| Cloud | |
| Clukies | |
| Coates | |
| Cobb | |
| Coble | |
| Cochenour | |
| Cogwell | |
| colbert | |
| Cole | |
| Coleman | |
| Coleson | |
| Collet | |
| Collins | |
| Colston | |
| Comer | |
| Conkright | |
| Conner | |
| Cook | |
| Coombs | |
| Cooper | |
| Copeland | |
| Corbin | |
| Corrothers | |
| Courtnell | |
| Cox | |
| Crabtree | |
| Crawford | |
| Crooks | |
| Cross | |
| Cummings | |
| Cuproske (Kuproski) | |
| Currie | |
| Curris | |
| Curry | |
| Curtis | |
| Curvey | |
| Cuyler | |
| D’Aussy | |
| Daniels | |
| Danner | |
| Dapa | |
| Darios | |
| Daunay | |
| Daussy | |
| Davenport | |
| David | |
| Davies | |
| Davis | |
| Dawson | |
| de Faremont Gaudet | |
| De Priest | |
| Delgado | |
| Delienay | |
| Denham | |
| Dennis | |
| Dent | |
| Dickerson | |
| Dickson | |
| Dixon | |
| Doleman | |
| Dorsch | |
| Dortch | |
| Doublet | |
| Doucet | |
| Douglas | |
| Douglass | |
| Dow | |
| Dowell | |
| Doyle | |
| Dozier | |
| Drisdon | |
| Duckson | |
| Dudley | |
| Dunlap | |
| Dunn | |
| Dunson | |
| Dupre | |
| Durham | |
| Dutton | |
| Dyke | |
| Dykes | |
| Eady | |
| Earle | |
| Edwards | |
| Ellis | |
| Elvord | |
| Emamuel | |
| Emmanuel | |
| Epps | |
| Eppes | |
| Erickson | |
| Evans | |
| Fagalar | |
| Farley | |
| Farrar | |
| Farrell | |
| Ferguson | |
| Ferrall | |
| Ferrell | |
| Fields | |
| Finch | |
| Fink | |
| Fisher | |
| Fitzgerald | |
| Fitzgiles | |
| Fletcher | |
| Flowers | |
| Ford | |
| Forrester | |
| Forsht | |
| Fort | |
| Forte | |
| Foster | |
| Fowler | |
| Fox | |
| Frances | |
| Franklin | |
| Franks | |
| Frazier | |
| Freeman | |
| French | |
| Fresbey | |
| Friend | |
| Frier | |
| Fries | |
| Frister | |
| Frye | |
| Fugate | |
| Fulgham | |
| Fussell | |
| Gabrial | |
| Gaigneur | |
| Galloway | |
| Garault | |
| Gardan | |
| Gardner | |
| Gareau | |
| Garland | |
| Garnett | |
| Garrett | |
| Gaudet | |
| Gaudett | |
| Gay | |
| Gayters | |
| Geaureau | |
| Geiger | |
| George | |
| Georgia | |
| Gevrez | |
| Gibbs | |
| Gibson | |
| Gields | |
| Gilbert | |
| Gill | |
| Gilmartin | |
| Gilmore | |
| Gipson | |
| Givens | |
| Glendining | |
| Glenn | |
| Glover | |
| Godette | |
| Godfrey | |
| Godwin | |
| Goens | |
| Goffenberger | |
| Goin | |
| Goins | |
| Gollaher | |
| Goodlow | |
| Goodrich | |
| Goodwin | |
| Gordon | |
| Goss | |
| Goudeau | |
| Gough | |
| Graham | |
| Gramble | |
| Graves | |
| Gray | |
| Grayson | |
| Green | |
| Greene | |
| Gregory | |
| Grier | |
| Griffin | |
| Grittith | |
| Grizzle | |
| Groce | |
| Groff | |
| Gross | |
| Guertin | |
| Guiang | |
| Gutheridge | |
| Guthrie | |
| Guy | |
| Haas | |
| Hafford | |
| Hagan | |
| Haile | |
| Hale | |
| Hall | |
| Haller | |
| Hallum | |
| Hamilton | |
| Hammond | |
| Hampton | |
| Hanesworth | |
| Hanley | |
| Hannahs | |
| Harmon | |
| Harrington | |
| Harris | |
| Harrison | |
| Hart | |
| Hartwell | |
| Harvey | |
| Hatter | |
| Hayden | |
| Hayes | |
| Haynes | |
| Haynesworth | |
| Haynsmith | |
| Haynsworth | |
| Hays | |
| Hayward | |
| Heatherington | |
| Hebert | |
| Henderson | |
| Hendrick | |
| Hendrix | |
| Henninger | |
| Hensley | |
| Henson | |
| Herbert | |
| Hetherington | |
| Hickman | |
| Higdon | |
| Hightower | |
| Hill | |
| Hiller | |
| Hines | |
| Hobbs | |
| Hodges | |
| Hodison | |
| Hoffman | |
| Hogan | |
| Holmes | |
| Holt | |
| Honeybuss | |
| Hopson | |
| Howard | |
| Hubbard | |
| Hubbell | |
| Hubert | |
| Hudson | |
| Hughes | |
| Hughey | |
| Hulme | |
| Humphrey | |
| Hunt | |
| Hunter | |
| Huntsman | |
| Huston | |
| Hutts | |
| Huxley | |
| Ingram | |
| Inskeep | |
| Irving | |
| Irwin | |
| Jackson | |
| James | |
| Jefferson | |
| Jeffries | |
| Jennings | |
| Johnson | |
| Johnston | |
| Jones | |
| Jordan | |
| Jowers | |
| Joy | |
| Joyner | |
| Kaiser | |
| Kambitsch | |
| Karnes | |
| Karsner | |
| Keefer | |
| Keen | |
| Kennon | |
| Kenny | |
| Kersey | |
| Kimmer | |
| Kimmons | |
| King | |
| Kohn | |
| Kopchenkov | |
| Kopp | |
| Korsig | |
| L’homme | |
| Ladd | |
| Lamasters | |
| Lambert | |
| Lambesson | |
| Landrum | |
| Lane | |
| Laughinghouse | |
| Lavinghouse | |
| Laws | |
| Layton | |
| Lea | |
| Ledsham | |
| Lee | |
| LeFevre | |
| Leonard | |
| Letson | |
| Lettie | |
| Lewis | |
| Lhomme | |
| Lieurance | |
| Ligget | |
| Lineberry | |
| Litwiler | |
| Lnu | |
| Loftin | |
| Logan | |
| Long | |
| Longdon | |
| Longenecker | |
| Lorez | |
| Louis | |
| Lovelace | |
| Low | |
| Lowery | |
| Lowry | |
| Lucas | |
| Luft | |
| Lupoe | |
| Lyburtus | |
| Lynch | |
| Mabin | |
| MacDougall | |
| MacKorda | |
| Madden | |
| Madison | |
| Mahan | |
| Malone | |
| Marquis | |
| Marrbrro | |
| Marsh | |
| Martin | |
| Masley | |
| Mason | |
| Masterson | |
| Mattews | |
| Mattis | |
| Mattison | |
| Mauzey | |
| Mayes | |
| Mays | |
| Mcafee | |
| Mc Bride | |
| Mc Campbell | |
| Mc Cartney | |
| Mc Connell | |
| Mc Cord | |
| Mc Cormack | |
| Mc Coy | |
| Mc Cracken | |
| Mc Creary | |
| Mc Cullar | |
| Mc Curdy | |
| Mc Dade | |
| Mc Daniel | |
| Mc Daniels | |
| Mc Gruder | |
| Mc Intosh | |
| Mc Kinney | |
| Mc Knight | |
| Mc Lay | |
| Mc Nair | |
| Mc Phail | |
| Mc Raven | |
| Mc Querter | |
| McQuirter | |
| Mc Vey | |
| Meehan | |
| Mercier | |
| Merle | |
| Merry | |
| Merryweather | |
| Mesidor | |
| Middleton | |
| Milam | |
| Miles | |
| Milben | |
| Miller | |
| Mills | |
| Milnor | |
| Mimms | |
| Mims | |
| Mingo | |
| Minor | |
| Mitchell | |
| Mize | |
| Montgomery | |
| Moore | |
| Moorehead | |
| Morehead | |
| Morgan | |
| Morris | |
| Morton | |
| Mosley | |
| Moss | |
| Murphy | |
| Muse | |
| Myers | |
| Naas | |
| Nalle | |
| Naoom | |
| Nass | |
| Nather | |
| Neal | |
| Nelms | |
| Nelson | |
| Nevitt | |
| Newby | |
| Newsome | |
| Newton | |
| Nichols | |
| Nixon | |
| Noble | |
| Nolan | |
| Norman | |
| Norris | |
| O’Keefe | |
| Odem | |
| Odems | |
| Ogden | |
| Ohreld | |
| Olden | |
| Oneal | |
| Orange | |
| Orear | |
| Ornenelas | |
| Orr | |
| Ouderkirk | |
| Overman | |
| Overstreet | |
| Overton | |
| Owen | |
| Owens | |
| Pack | |
| Padgett | |
| Page | |
| Palmer | |
| Pankey | |
| Parish | |
| Parker | |
| Parks | |
| Parris | |
| Pate | |
| Patton | |
| Payne | |
| Pearce | |
| Pearson | |
| Peck | |
| Pegg | |
| Perkins | |
| Perry | |
| Peterson | |
| Petit | |
| Pettiford | |
| Phillip | |
| Phillippin | |
| Phillips | |
| Pickens | |
| Pierce | |
| Pinard | |
| Platt | |
| Pleasant | |
| Poe | |
| Poindexter | |
| Poland | |
| Poole | |
| Porter | |
| Potter | |
| Potts | |
| Powell | |
| Powers | |
| Pratcher | |
| Prather | |
| Pratt | |
| Prayther | |
| Prescott | |
| Presley | |
| Presley | |
| Prewitt | |
| Price | |
| Prince | |
| Princess | |
| Printy | |
| Proctor | |
| Pruitt | |
| Pryor | |
| Puryear | |
| Qualls | |
| Quattlebaum | |
| Queen | |
| Quick | |
| Quin | |
| Quinn | |
| Rahman | |
| Ralls | |
| Ramey | |
| Randolph | |
| Ranger | |
| Reece | |
| Reed | |
| Rees | |
| Reher | |
| Reitzel | |
| Reno | |
| Reutepohler | |
| Reynolds | |
| Richards | |
| Richarson | |
| Riddle | |
| Riley | |
| Rivers | |
| Robbins | |
| Roberson | |
| Roberts | |
| Robertson | |
| Robinson | |
| Robison | |
| Rodgers | |
| Rodriquiz | |
| Roper | |
| Rose | |
| Roseman | |
| Rosemond | |
| Ross | |
| Routh | |
| Ruffin | |
| Russell | |
| Russelo | |
| Rutherford | |
| Ryan | |
| Sales | |
| Salters | |
| Samples | |
| Sanders | |
| Sandman | |
| Sargent | |
| Saunders | |
| Sawyer | |
| Scales | |
| Schnably | |
| Schnebly | |
| Schumpert | |
| Schurink | |
| Schwartz | |
| Scott | |
| Scroggs | |
| Seale | |
| Searight | |
| Sears | |
| Seigneur de Couvtor Lambesson | |
| Senger | |
| Settler | |
| Shadd | |
| Shanner | |
| Sharp | |
| Shaw | |
| Shelton | |
| Shepard | |
| Shepherd | |
| Sheppard | |
| Shibley | |
| Shields | |
| Shoatman | |
| Shore | |
| Shores | |
| Short | |
| Shreeves | |
| Shreve | |
| Shrive | |
| Shumate | |
| Shumpert | |
| Silas | |
| Silvers | |
| Simans | |
| Simmons | |
| Simon | |
| Simpkins | |
| Simpson | |
| Sims | |
| Singleton | |
| Sizemore | |
| Skinner | |
| Skipper | |
| Slater | |
| Slaughter | |
| Slawson | |
| Small | |
| Smith | |
| Smithstone | |
| Snow | |
| Snyder | |
| Solange | |
| Solares-Flores | |
| Solomon | |
| Sorrells | |
| Sorrels | |
| Souson | |
| Sparkman | |
| Sparks | |
| Speese | |
| Spiller | |
| Springer | |
| Standley | |
| Stanley | |
| Staples | |
| Starcher | |
| Staten | |
| Statin | |
| Staton | |
| Steele | |
| Steens | |
| Sterling | |
| Stewart | |
| Stith | |
| Storum | |
| Stubbs | |
| Suddeth | |
| Suite | |
| Sutphin | |
| Sutton | |
| Sven | |
| Swafford | |
| Swift | |
| Swindler | |
| Taff | |
| Talbot | |
| Talley | |
| Tate | |
| Taylor-Hodges | |
| Taylor | |
| Teets | |
| Templeton | |
| Tenley | |
| Terrell | |
| Tharp | |
| Thomas | |
| Thompkins | |
| Thompson | |
| Thornton | |
| Thrift | |
| Thursday | |
| Tillery | |
| Timmons | |
| Todd | |
| Tofflemire | |
| Toney | |
| Trahan | |
| Travis | |
| Trump | |
| Tuault | |
| Tucker | |
| Turner | |
| Tyler | |
| Tymony | |
| Ulch | |
| Underwood | |
| Upshaw | |
| Vansant | |
| VanVrankins | |
| Vaughn | |
| Vermillion | |
| Vetor | |
| Vincent | |
| Wade | |
| Wadell | |
| Wagner | |
| Wahl | |
| Wainwright | |
| Wake | |
| Walden | |
| Walker | |
| Wall | |
| Walton | |
| Ware | |
| Warner | |
| Warren | |
| Washington | |
| Waterford | |
| Watkins | |
| Watson | |
| Watters | |
| Watts | |
| Wax | |
| Weaver | |
| Webb | |
| Webber | |
| Webster | |
| Weiker | |
| Weir | |
| Welch | |
| Weldon | |
| Wells | |
| Wescott | |
| West | |
| White | |
| Whitefield | |
| Whiteside | |
| Whitfield | |
| Wigle | |
| Wilkerson | |
| Wilkes | |
| Wilkins | |
| Wilkinson | |
| Willan | |
| Williams | |
| Wilson | |
| Windsor | |
| Wingfield | |
| Withers | |
| Wood | |
| Woodall | |
| Woodiwiss | |
| Woodland | |
| Woodrow | |
| Woods | |
| Woodson | |
| Woolls | |
| Wools | |
| Work | |
| Wright | |
| Wyatt | |
| Wynn | |
| Zackery | |
| Zebbs | |
| Zimmerman |
