Most Common Surnames in Newfoundland and Labrador, With Meanings

Most Common Last Names In Newfoundland and Labrador

Forebears knows about 12,303 unique surnames in Newfoundland and Labrador and there are 42 people per name.

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Canada
1	Power	4,570	1:113	29.21%	267
2	Smith	4,437	1:116	2.31%	1
3	White	4,325	1:119	7.62%	21
4	Parsons	4,158	1:124	23.67%	228
5	Walsh	3,610	1:143	16.08%	151
6	King	3,387	1:152	8.33%	43
7	Murphy	3,170	1:162	8.33%	51
8	Penney	3,033	1:170	40.63%	717
9	Clarke	2,745	1:188	7.52%	57
10	Mercer	2,719	1:189	29.54%	537
11	Young	2,681	1:192	4.97%	24
12	Reid	2,554	1:202	5.91%	37
13	Ryan	2,507	1:205	12.15%	172
14	Brown	2,468	1:209	2.27%	2
15	Collins	2,460	1:209	9.79%	123
16	Sheppard	2,301	1:224	22.95%	483
17	Bennett	2,185	1:236	8.36%	113
18	Martin	2,181	1:236	2.38%	4
19	Williams	2,157	1:239	3.38%	17
20	Butler	2,149	1:240	13.06%	246
21	Hynes	2,088	1:247	36.54%	948
22	Butt	2,061	1:250	29.18%	757
23	Noseworthy	2,045	1:252	47.71%	1,282
24	Pike	1,979	1:260	31.78%	856
25	Roberts	1,953	1:264	6.12%	76
26	Taylor	1,942	1:265	2.72%	11
27	Kelly	1,891	1:272	5.39%	60
28	Snow	1,857	1:277	22.19%	606
29	Rideout	1,781	1:289	36.16%	1,099
29	Tucker	1,781	1:289	18.16%	497
31	Dawe	1,736	1:297	39.08%	1,226
31	Rose	1,736	1:297	9.27%	204
33	Green	1,556	1:331	4.82%	75
34	Hillier	1,543	1:334	28.09%	984
35	Abbott	1,539	1:335	19.41%	652
36	Payne	1,487	1:346	11.91%	371
37	Wells	1,483	1:347	10.61%	318
38	Kennedy	1,464	1:352	4.73%	82
39	Saunders	1,451	1:355	9.01%	256
40	Osmond	1,449	1:355	37.64%	1,437
41	Russell	1,442	1:357	5.83%	127
42	Baker	1,436	1:359	4.36%	71
43	Hickey	1,367	1:377	17.78%	678
44	Peddle	1,357	1:380	45.31%	1,822
45	Squires	1,352	1:381	31.18%	1,264
46	Barnes	1,350	1:381	9.91%	335
47	Lewis	1,341	1:384	3.83%	61
48	Janes	1,322	1:390	34.70%	1,453
49	Davis	1,314	1:392	3.67%	58
50	Morgan	1,290	1:399	6.27%	173
51	Pittman	1,260	1:409	39.74%	1,735
52	Andrews	1,234	1:417	7.47%	244
53	Hiscock	1,228	1:419	44.00%	1,946
54	Bishop	1,202	1:428	9.70%	373
55	Simms	1,196	1:431	26.00%	1,184
56	Warren	1,193	1:432	8.75%	333
57	McGrath	1,172	1:439	14.45%	641
58	McCarthy	1,170	1:440	9.86%	391
59	Drover	1,150	1:448	52.78%	2,431
59	O'Brien	1,150	1:448	7.23%	259
61	Hodder	1,135	1:454	40.87%	1,959
62	Hunt	1,125	1:458	6.67%	238
63	Burton	1,114	1:462	9.25%	387
64	Barrett	1,103	1:467	9.50%	399
65	Gosse	1,101	1:468	42.84%	2,115
66	McDonald	1,084	1:475	2.88%	52
67	Fudge	1,069	1:482	39.58%	2,006
68	Byrne	1,060	1:486	17.69%	896
69	Jones	1,050	1:490	1.54%	14
70	Piercey	1,047	1:492	45.74%	2,327
71	Evans	1,045	1:493	3.67%	96
72	Miller	1,039	1:496	1.65%	18
73	Whelan	1,026	1:502	24.30%	1,303
74	Cooper	1,024	1:503	3.94%	114
75	Harris	1,015	1:507	3.13%	74
76	Sullivan	1,013	1:508	6.46%	266
77	Burt	1,007	1:511	22.36%	1,209
78	Brake	989	1:521	44.11%	2,376
79	Tobin	985	1:523	23.90%	1,335
80	MacDonald	983	1:524	1.25%	10
81	Whalen	972	1:530	16.40%	909
82	Adams	962	1:535	3.32%	90
83	Randell	959	1:537	38.21%	2,150
84	Pardy	953	1:540	46.02%	2,531
84	Porter	953	1:540	6.55%	301
86	Rogers	940	1:548	4.53%	169
87	Skinner	934	1:551	11.36%	630
88	Hann	927	1:556	37.24%	2,168
89	Earle	925	1:557	24.58%	1,468
90	Rowe	923	1:558	10.53%	558
91	George	921	1:559	6.52%	313
92	Lane	919	1:560	8.51%	438
92	Matthews	919	1:560	6.06%	285
92	Norman	919	1:560	12.30%	714
95	Crocker	912	1:565	23.62%	1,433
96	Coombs	908	1:567	25.88%	1,576
97	Winsor	904	1:570	44.73%	2,579
98	Chafe	901	1:572	58.51%	3,255
99	Doyle	884	1:583	5.81%	284

100	Wiseman	880	1:585	20.74%	1,293
101	Rowsell	878	1:587	42.68%	2,544
101	Wheeler	878	1:587	10.30%	590
103	Elliott	867	1:594	3.86%	150
104	Cole	863	1:597	5.52%	268
104	Hollett	863	1:597	43.83%	2,638
106	Benoit	856	1:602	4.62%	208
106	Johnson	856	1:602	1.08%	9
106	Strickland	856	1:602	27.27%	1,755
109	Best	850	1:606	11.18%	687
110	Moore	848	1:607	1.81%	31
111	Bartlett	846	1:609	11.50%	728
112	Flynn	826	1:623	10.99%	707
113	Thorne	824	1:625	14.14%	932
114	Anderson	820	1:628	1.17%	13
115	Bursey	818	1:630	41.13%	2,619
116	Greene	809	1:637	13.70%	916
117	Chaulk	805	1:640	53.92%	3,334
117	Keats	805	1:640	40.80%	2,632
119	Burke	803	1:641	4.98%	255
119	Mitchell	803	1:641	2.15%	55
119	Park	803	1:641	4.76%	238
122	Holloway	798	1:645	22.29%	1,533
122	Lee	798	1:645	0.96%	7
124	Fowler	796	1:647	8.42%	516
124	House	796	1:647	19.07%	1,316
126	Perry	788	1:654	4.51%	230
127	Edwards	786	1:655	2.97%	110
128	Moores	783	1:658	35.77%	2,421
129	Goodyear	781	1:659	47.30%	3,053
130	Farrell	779	1:661	8.69%	545
130	Stone	779	1:661	7.09%	427
132	O'Keefe	773	1:666	27.71%	1,949
133	Dwyer	766	1:672	17.96%	1,286
134	Thomas	762	1:676	1.86%	42
135	Scott	760	1:678	1.49%	26
135	Spurrell	760	1:678	48.66%	3,214
137	Gillingham	747	1:689	41.78%	2,843
138	Burry	740	1:696	47.31%	3,203
139	Pelley	738	1:698	37.83%	2,659
140	Yetman	734	1:702	48.07%	3,278
141	Carter	730	1:705	3.30%	156
141	Patey	730	1:705	47.10%	3,239
143	Legge	728	1:707	26.39%	1,972
144	Howell	725	1:710	12.15%	900
145	Hicks	723	1:712	6.93%	459
146	Wall	721	1:714	5.82%	374
147	Hancock	719	1:716	15.33%	1,156
148	Budgell	715	1:720	43.23%	3,047
148	Sparkes	715	1:720	38.92%	2,789
150	Dalton	710	1:725	16.91%	1,310
151	Anstey	706	1:729	45.29%	3,220
152	Rice	704	1:732	8.38%	600
153	FitzGerald	702	1:734	8.89%	658
154	Fleming	695	1:741	5.49%	359
154	Hutchings	695	1:741	23.21%	1,824
156	Barry	693	1:743	9.18%	699
156	Caines	693	1:743	36.47%	2,708
158	Murray	683	1:754	1.79%	50
159	Short	678	1:760	13.39%	1,072
160	Kavanagh	674	1:764	18.51%	1,510
160	Keeping	674	1:764	31.54%	2,473
162	Bailey	668	1:771	3.32%	180
163	FitzPatrick	665	1:774	9.25%	745
164	Tilley	655	1:786	26.14%	2,156
165	Hurley	652	1:790	15.77%	1,330
166	Boland	650	1:792	27.53%	2,277
166	Slade	650	1:792	20.26%	1,717
168	Snook	635	1:811	39.05%	3,085
169	Ford	633	1:814	4.61%	327
170	Jenkins	631	1:816	6.25%	478
171	Foley	629	1:819	9.61%	818
171	Lynch	629	1:819	6.69%	519
171	Marshall	629	1:819	2.45%	118
174	Canning	625	1:824	18.56%	1,640
175	Crane	620	1:831	15.12%	1,341
176	French	618	1:833	7.43%	614
176	Lundrigan	618	1:833	45.88%	3,635
178	Noel	614	1:839	4.03%	283
179	Connors	612	1:842	15.53%	1,399
179	Locke	612	1:842	13.27%	1,180
181	Coady	610	1:844	28.50%	2,469
182	Stacey	607	1:848	13.71%	1,232
183	Ledrew	603	1:854	39.64%	3,291
183	Tulk	603	1:854	48.32%	3,868
185	Curtis	601	1:857	6.94%	573
186	Kean	599	1:860	34.52%	2,920
187	Decker	590	1:873	23.18%	2,127
187	Mills	590	1:873	3.17%	207
187	Rumbolt	590	1:873	62.90%	4,921
190	Newhook	584	1:882	50.65%	4,151
191	Day	582	1:885	4.84%	388
192	Blake	577	1:893	7.53%	680
193	Churchill	575	1:896	15.49%	1,486
193	Stuckless	575	1:896	41.43%	3,547
193	Vincent	575	1:896	3.73%	273
196	Boone	573	1:899	18.24%	1,752
197	Powell	571	1:902	4.44%	354
198	Campbell	569	1:905	0.80%	12
199	Harvey	567	1:908	2.25%	121

199	Hogan	567	1:908	7.50%	696
199	Sharpe	567	1:908	7.51%	701
202	Slaney	564	1:913	39.41%	3,460
203	Downey	562	1:916	9.88%	950
204	Healey	556	1:926	17.09%	1,696
205	Morris	549	1:938	2.32%	140
206	Lush	547	1:942	35.00%	3,209
207	Oliver	545	1:945	4.94%	423
207	Ralph	545	1:945	17.13%	1,730
209	Colbourne	541	1:952	31.99%	2,986
209	Ivany	541	1:952	38.31%	3,497
211	Antle	539	1:955	46.83%	4,156
211	Thompson	539	1:955	0.86%	19
213	Critch	537	1:959	53.43%	4,660
213	Hussey	537	1:959	21.60%	2,171
213	Pilgrim	537	1:959	27.25%	2,635
216	Newman	532	1:968	5.29%	481
216	O'Neill	532	1:968	5.58%	512
218	Cook	530	1:972	1.93%	104
218	Pennell	530	1:972	34.13%	3,231
220	Follett	528	1:975	50.05%	4,470
220	Gale	528	1:975	11.48%	1,183
222	Collier	526	1:979	13.82%	1,454
223	Drake	522	1:987	10.89%	1,122
224	Keough	519	1:992	32.34%	3,119
225	Maher	515	1:1,000	12.75%	1,362
225	Maloney	515	1:1,000	10.94%	1,149
227	Carroll	509	1:1,012	5.50%	530
228	Delaney	507	1:1,016	9.67%	1,035
228	Mouland	507	1:1,016	53.31%	4,862
230	Feltham	504	1:1,022	42.04%	4,008
231	Fagan	502	1:1,026	22.05%	2,340
232	Dicks	500	1:1,030	30.90%	3,099
233	Alexander	498	1:1,034	3.07%	253
233	Lambert	498	1:1,034	2.08%	135
235	Loder	494	1:1,043	46.38%	4,437
235	Manning	494	1:1,043	8.55%	939
237	Gill	492	1:1,047	1.71%	91
237	Pearce	492	1:1,047	6.21%	652
239	Gibbons	489	1:1,053	9.10%	1,009
240	Kenny	483	1:1,066	8.14%	908
240	Langdon	483	1:1,066	19.80%	2,222
240	Pitcher	483	1:1,066	28.87%	3,019
243	Freake	481	1:1,071	61.51%	5,753
243	Griffin	481	1:1,071	5.59%	578
243	Hart	481	1:1,071	3.44%	316
246	Coles	479	1:1,075	12.15%	1,397
246	Hayward	479	1:1,075	7.84%	873
248	Genge	476	1:1,082	41.75%	4,197
249	Jesso	472	1:1,091	40.27%	4,089
249	Ward	472	1:1,091	1.94%	131
251	Hall	470	1:1,096	1.42%	70
251	Hanlon	470	1:1,096	21.01%	2,385
251	Marsh	470	1:1,096	6.25%	706
251	O'Reilly	470	1:1,096	10.79%	1,259
255	Lake	468	1:1,100	8.55%	987
255	March	468	1:1,100	17.73%	2,057
257	Blanchard	466	1:1,105	3.83%	380
258	Pynn	464	1:1,110	41.61%	4,275
259	Conway	461	1:1,117	9.14%	1,079
260	Dyke	459	1:1,122	28.83%	3,142
260	Oldford	459	1:1,122	43.14%	4,440
262	Bradbury	457	1:1,127	19.03%	2,250
263	Foote	455	1:1,132	15.07%	1,811
263	Hopkins	455	1:1,132	5.45%	608
265	Hayes	453	1:1,137	3.61%	366
265	Petten	453	1:1,137	57.78%	5,748
267	Jacobs	449	1:1,147	6.03%	721
267	Manuel	449	1:1,147	11.40%	1,403
267	Paul	449	1:1,147	2.54%	227
270	Furlong	444	1:1,160	19.25%	2,313
270	Shea	444	1:1,160	8.58%	1,053
272	Molloy	442	1:1,165	19.65%	2,370
273	Coates	440	1:1,170	7.84%	962
273	Hearn	440	1:1,170	18.32%	2,250
273	Quinlan	440	1:1,170	15.60%	1,931
276	Walters	438	1:1,176	5.71%	679
277	Barron	434	1:1,187	11.58%	1,474
277	Goulding	434	1:1,187	30.06%	3,437
277	Richards	434	1:1,187	2.73%	261
280	Dunphy	431	1:1,195	18.10%	2,267
280	Guy	431	1:1,195	7.35%	921
280	Stagg	431	1:1,195	35.07%	3,919
283	Burden	429	1:1,200	21.02%	2,558
283	Whitten	429	1:1,200	42.43%	4,638
285	Cox	427	1:1,206	2.88%	296
285	Francis	427	1:1,206	3.09%	324
285	Lawlor	427	1:1,206	18.13%	2,281
288	Cull	425	1:1,212	30.06%	3,495
288	Dunne	425	1:1,212	20.47%	2,526
288	Hoskins	425	1:1,212	23.31%	2,798
291	Blundon	423	1:1,218	58.83%	6,183
291	Tremblett	423	1:1,218	39.79%	4,447
293	Nolan	421	1:1,223	8.18%	1,057
294	Allen	419	1:1,229	1.36%	85
294	Hawco	419	1:1,229	46.04%	5,045
294	Keating	419	1:1,229	10.99%	1,451
294	Moss	419	1:1,229	8.48%	1,095
294	Roche	419	1:1,229	14.84%	1,929
299	Anthony	416	1:1,238	8.70%	1,129

300	Blackwood	414	1:1,244	22.96%	2,822
300	Greening	414	1:1,244	27.09%	3,276
300	Hawkins	414	1:1,244	4.98%	617
303	Connolly	412	1:1,250	7.83%	1,027
303	Gallant	412	1:1,250	1.80%	147
303	Phillips	412	1:1,250	1.50%	102
306	Warford	410	1:1,256	47.90%	5,342
307	Billard	408	1:1,262	26.10%	3,209
307	Bungay	408	1:1,262	42.06%	4,784
309	Aylward	406	1:1,268	32.38%	3,847
309	Browne	406	1:1,268	8.43%	1,117
309	Price	406	1:1,268	2.51%	254
312	Norris	404	1:1,275	6.31%	837
312	Pope	404	1:1,275	10.26%	1,402
314	Higdon	401	1:1,284	47.79%	5,433
314	Jackman	401	1:1,284	17.61%	2,340
314	Philpott	401	1:1,284	29.97%	3,660
317	Avery	397	1:1,297	9.79%	1,352
317	Button	397	1:1,297	22.48%	2,876
317	Howse	397	1:1,297	26.36%	3,320
320	Grandy	395	1:1,304	28.90%	3,587
320	Lockyer	395	1:1,304	31.63%	3,861
320	Spencer	395	1:1,304	2.93%	337
320	Stanley	395	1:1,304	5.91%	803
320	Way	395	1:1,304	12.76%	1,775
325	Head	393	1:1,310	10.19%	1,435
325	Lawrence	393	1:1,310	2.48%	262
325	Woodford	393	1:1,310	32.89%	4,020
328	Carew	391	1:1,317	30.48%	3,777
329	Ash	388	1:1,327	11.64%	1,656
329	Pretty	388	1:1,327	23.49%	3,050
331	Ball	386	1:1,334	3.85%	484
331	Jackson	386	1:1,334	1.13%	67
333	Hatcher	384	1:1,341	26.80%	3,457
333	McLean	384	1:1,341	1.52%	122
333	Pye	384	1:1,341	15.18%	2,141
333	Thistle	384	1:1,341	30.21%	3,809
333	Turner	384	1:1,341	1.45%	111
338	Boyd	380	1:1,355	2.68%	310
338	Harding	380	1:1,355	4.61%	627
340	Hibbs	378	1:1,362	35.86%	4,475
340	Hobbs	378	1:1,362	8.62%	1,245
340	Penton	378	1:1,362	41.95%	5,098
343	Dillon	376	1:1,370	9.28%	1,355
343	Pinsent	376	1:1,370	50.47%	6,010
343	Poole	376	1:1,370	6.21%	883
346	Fifield	373	1:1,381	37.53%	4,707
346	Morrissey	373	1:1,381	18.68%	2,607
346	Sutton	373	1:1,381	4.96%	703
349	Blackmore	371	1:1,388	14.10%	2,066
350	Greeley	369	1:1,396	54.19%	6,453
350	MacKey	369	1:1,396	14.89%	2,175
352	Diamond	367	1:1,403	8.55%	1,280
352	Moulton	367	1:1,403	14.92%	2,196
354	Coish	365	1:1,411	41.86%	5,251
355	Brenton	361	1:1,427	37.57%	4,821
356	Gillard	358	1:1,439	18.58%	2,675
356	Mahoney	358	1:1,439	9.24%	1,427
356	Noble	358	1:1,439	4.22%	594
359	Bragg	354	1:1,455	19.77%	2,839
359	Grant	354	1:1,455	1.25%	97
359	Harnum	354	1:1,455	51.23%	6,374
362	Kearley	352	1:1,463	46.25%	5,879
363	Hewitt	350	1:1,471	5.26%	810
363	Mugford	350	1:1,471	31.11%	4,242
363	Mullins	350	1:1,471	13.77%	2,129
363	Simmons	350	1:1,471	4.53%	676
363	Wheaton	350	1:1,471	17.12%	2,551
368	Stokes	348	1:1,480	9.91%	1,575
368	Vokey	348	1:1,480	31.72%	4,328
370	Kendall	346	1:1,488	8.88%	1,418
371	Samson	343	1:1,501	3.12%	427
372	Callahan	341	1:1,510	21.34%	3,134
372	Hill	341	1:1,510	1.04%	73
372	Organ	341	1:1,510	30.50%	4,260
375	Brennan	337	1:1,528	4.24%	650
375	Buckle	337	1:1,528	20.55%	3,070
375	James	337	1:1,528	1.53%	159
378	Gould	333	1:1,547	4.31%	675
379	Dobbin	331	1:1,556	22.86%	3,424
379	Sturge	331	1:1,556	51.80%	6,811
381	Fewer	328	1:1,570	51.74%	6,856
381	Fry	328	1:1,570	8.02%	1,344
381	Hamlyn	328	1:1,570	50.85%	6,749
381	Howlett	328	1:1,570	14.57%	2,369
385	Baird	326	1:1,580	5.02%	826
385	Hudson	326	1:1,580	3.46%	517
387	Benson	324	1:1,590	4.48%	741
387	Chaytor	324	1:1,590	62.19%	8,082
389	Baggs	322	1:1,599	48.06%	6,529
389	Gaulton	322	1:1,599	51.27%	6,912
389	O'Leary	322	1:1,599	10.30%	1,759
389	Pottle	322	1:1,599	50.00%	6,763
389	Wade	322	1:1,599	6.19%	1,045
394	Whittle	320	1:1,609	22.58%	3,489
395	Leonard	318	1:1,620	3.16%	480
395	Peach	318	1:1,620	22.54%	3,501
395	Seaward	318	1:1,620	42.97%	6,046
395	Seymour	318	1:1,620	7.83%	1,349
399	Wicks	316	1:1,630	18.32%	2,938

400	Fillier	311	1:1,656	41.41%	5,954
400	Loveless	311	1:1,656	39.12%	5,689
402	Coffin	309	1:1,667	16.37%	2,721
402	Stewart	309	1:1,667	0.61%	27
404	Whiffen	307	1:1,678	55.72%	7,726
405	Wilson	305	1:1,689	0.37%	8
406	Budden	303	1:1,700	33.52%	5,081
406	Nash	303	1:1,700	5.17%	926
406	Watkins	303	1:1,700	7.75%	1,415
409	Clark	300	1:1,717	0.70%	39
409	Costello	300	1:1,717	10.87%	1,971
409	Dinn	300	1:1,717	62.24%	8,609
409	Knight	300	1:1,717	2.39%	364
409	Peckford	300	1:1,717	46.95%	6,811
409	Stamp	300	1:1,717	30.52%	4,747
409	Waterman	300	1:1,717	18.75%	3,128
416	Baldwin	298	1:1,728	4.77%	855
416	Fisher	298	1:1,728	1.41%	164
416	Noftall	298	1:1,728	62.34%	8,661
416	Thornhill	298	1:1,728	21.93%	3,609
420	Dooley	296	1:1,740	19.63%	3,314
421	Bruce	294	1:1,752	2.90%	474
421	Dunn	294	1:1,752	1.92%	280
421	Hammond	294	1:1,752	4.27%	781
421	Oram	294	1:1,752	24.42%	3,998
425	Pickett	292	1:1,764	14.86%	2,646
426	Bussey	290	1:1,776	30.88%	4,918
426	Eddy	290	1:1,776	14.08%	2,538
426	Gilbert	290	1:1,776	1.27%	145
426	Legrow	290	1:1,776	45.67%	6,845
426	Newell	290	1:1,776	7.11%	1,345
426	Reynolds	290	1:1,776	2.16%	340
426	Shears	290	1:1,776	32.04%	5,075
426	Strong	290	1:1,776	6.83%	1,291
434	Mayo	288	1:1,788	12.69%	2,351
434	Normore	288	1:1,788	52.75%	7,779
436	Carey	285	1:1,807	5.17%	979
436	Corbett	285	1:1,807	4.83%	919
436	Mullett	285	1:1,807	37.25%	5,843
436	Ricketts	285	1:1,807	15.65%	2,802
440	Garland	283	1:1,820	10.58%	2,027
441	Dalley	281	1:1,833	37.52%	5,973
441	Ellsworth	281	1:1,833	19.37%	3,415
441	Milley	281	1:1,833	24.16%	4,120
441	Reardon	281	1:1,833	21.06%	3,667
445	Lahey	277	1:1,859	17.48%	3,165