What are the most common last names in the US?

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Why: In the Netherlands, "Calvin & Hobbes" is called "Casper & Hobbes." Mischa says that might be because Calvin is not a popular name over there. Eli says it's not a popular name over here, either. They're named after philosophers, for chrissake, and they certainly have (had) Calvinism in the Netherlands.

He says:

This would be like translating Lost, but renaming "Locke" as "Smith".

Edit: Scratch that, Adam Smith was a philosopher too.

Answer: According to the 2000 Census, they are!

1. Smith
2. Johnson
3. Williams
4. Brown
   
5. Jones
6. Miller
7. Davis
8. Garcia
   
9. Rodriguez
10. Wilson
11. Martinez
12. Anderson
13. Taylor
    
14. Thomas
15. Hernandez
16. Moore
17. Martin
18. Jackson
19. Thompson
20. White
21. Lopez
22. Lee
23. Gonzalez
24. Harris
25. Clark
26. Lewis
27. Walker
28. Robinson
29. Perez
30. Hall
    

Source: InfoPlease

The More You Know: The first on the list that came up with no Wikipedia hits of any philosopher - even still living, even just a college professor - was Garcia.