How common is the last name Madison?

27,036 people in the United States have the last name Madison, about 1 in 11,056. It ranks #1,272 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

MADISON

#1,272

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
27,036
About
1 in 11,056
This common or more
42.5%
Who bears it

Of the 27,036 people with the last name Madison, 52.8% reported their origin as White, 36.8% as Black and 5.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Madison

#1,270 Hollis · 27,084#1,271 Varela · 27,044#1,273 Foreman · 27,034#1,274 Gil · 27,026

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Madison, most common first.

#2,054 Madsen · 17,190#2,355 Mattson · 15,084#2,991 Matson · 11,777#4,814 Mattison · 7,119#6,084 Madigan · 5,419#8,133 Mathison · 3,895#10,505 Madson · 2,914#32,060 Maddison · 771

Also a first name

As a first name, Madison ranks #137 of 53,615, with 360,351 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2001, with 22,292 births. See Madison as a first name

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