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Top 1000 Last Names in South Dakota

Rank	Name	Number
1	Anderson (SD)	2431
2	Schmidt	743
3	Thompson	694
4	Larson	644
5	Christensen	623
6	Olson	601
7	Carlson	498
8	Johnson	490
9	Hanson	487
10	Fischer	482
11	Erickson	474
12	Nelson	455
13	Peterson	453
14	Swanson	450
15	Jensen	447
16	Hofer	416
17	Adams	415
18	Bauer	403
19	Schroeder	391
20	Smith	386
21	Swenson	374
22	Schumacher	371
23	Wagner	366
24	Andersen	357
25	Allen	347
26	Severson	339
27	Schultz	329
28	Berg	321
29	Petersen	304
30	Hansen	303
31	Taylor	293
32	Thomas	277
33	Schneider	271
34	Eagle	269
35	Bear	266
36	Gross	256
37	Steele	255
38	Knutson	254
39	Sorensen	249
40	Larsen	248
41	Benson	245
42	Meyer	242
43	Alexander	241
44	Block	235
45	Andrews	233
46	Weber	233
47	Miller	231
48	Deboer	225
49	Becker	218
50	Schulte	217
51	Hoffman	214
52	Waldner	200
53	Ackerman	198
54	Clark	196
55	Dejong	196
56	Schulz	196
57	Beck	195
58	Pederson	193
59	Jones	192
60	Paulson	182
61	Kruse	177
62	Albers	176
63	Huber	176
64	Buchholz	175
65	Mueller	175
66	Steffen	171
67	Jorgensen	170
68	Martin	169
69	Engel	167
70	Iverson	167
71	Sorenson	164
72	Mack	163
73	Crow	162
74	Decker	162
75	Evans	160
76	Christopherson	158
77	Foster	158
78	Wipf	155
79	Rasmussen	154
80	Braun	153
81	Nielsen	152
82	Peters	151
83	Crawford	149
84	Williams	149
85	Campbell	148
86	Cook	148
87	Armstrong	147
88	Arnold	144
89	White	144
90	Christiansen	143
91	Klein	143
92	Amundson	142
93	Christianson	142
94	Clifford	142
95	Rose	141
96	Herman	139
97	Austin	136
98	Black	136
99	Fisher	136
100	Hagen	136
101	Bull	135
102	Schmitz	135
103	Steen	135
104	Albrecht	133
105	Bartlett	133
106	Collins	133
107	Krueger	133
108	Bertsch	132
109	Eide	130
110	Halverson	130
111	Hawk	129
112	Davis	128
113	King	128
114	Freeman	127
115	Bartels	126
116	Cloud	125
117	Schnabel	125
118	Richards	124
119	Van	124
120	Williamson	124
121	Ellis	123
122	Ferguson	123
123	Gunderson	123
124	Jacobson	121
125	Eastman	120
126	Kramer	120
127	Janis	117
128	Madsen	117
129	Cordell	116
130	Devries	116
131	Koch	116
132	Marshall	115
133	Clausen	114
134	Harms	114
135	Roth	114
136	Long	113
137	Schilling	113
138	Dillon	112
139	Cole	111
140	Ellingson	110
141	Palmer	110
142	Wilson	110
143	Young	109
144	Lee	108
145	Olsen	108
146	Pearson	108
147	Carr	107
148	Bailey	106
149	Bauman	106
150	Christenson	106
151	Aman	105
152	Moore	105
153	Ness	105
154	Walker	105
155	Chase	104
156	Fish	104
157	Berndt	103
158	Turner	103
159	Cleveland	102
160	Edwards	102
161	Schweitzer	102
162	Cooper	101
163	Gustafson	101
164	Schmitt	101
165	Schock	101
166	Fox	100
167	Fritz	100
168	Abraham	99
169	Haas	99
170	Schoenfelder	99
171	Stark	99
172	Hoff	98
173	Janssen	98
174	Lund	98
175	Myers	98
176	Starr	98
177	Winter	98
178	Archer	97
179	Hall	97
180	Wolf	97
181	Lewis	96
182	Sutton	96
183	Zimmerman	96
184	Bernard	95
185	Hartman	95
186	Steiner	95
187	Danielson	94
188	Hill	94
189	Moser	94
190	Tucker	94
191	Wright	94
192	Chapman	93
193	Dean	93
194	Wood	93
195	Berens	92
196	Roberts	92
197	Stanton	92
198	Coyle	91
199	Cross	90
200	Cummings	90
201	Sampson	90
202	Cox	89
203	Cramer	89
204	Cunningham	89
205	Dockter	89
206	Hunt	89
207	Kaiser	89
208	Meier	89
209	Schwartz	89
210	Solberg	89
211	Tschetter	89
212	Burke	88
213	Ford	88
214	Swan	88
215	Barber	87
216	Cameron	87
217	Dewitt	87
218	Green	87
219	Keller	87
220	Adam	86
221	Carter	86
222	Frank	86
223	Jorgenson	86
224	Moe	86
225	Powell	86
226	Ahlers	85
227	Bjerke	85
228	Hohn	85
229	Stanley	85
230	Adamson	84
231	Carpenter	84
232	Duncan	84
233	Graff	84
234	Schrader	84
235	Stephens	84
236	Thorson	84
237	Walter	84
238	Buckley	83
239	Curtis	83
240	Hauck	83
241	Kaufman	83
242	Krause	83
243	Bachman	82
244	Elk	82
245	Miles	82
246	Morrison	82
247	Walz	82
248	Berger	81
249	Buchanan	81
250	Deutsch	81

Rank	Name	Number
251	Moeller	81
252	Carda	80
253	Robinson	80
254	Brinkman	79
255	Day	79
256	Degroot	79
257	Knudson	79
258	Randall	79
259	Fuller	78
260	Harris	78
261	Haugen	78
262	Howe	78
263	Lien	78
264	Mohr	78
265	Nielson	78
266	Novak	78
267	Aldrich	77
268	Clarke	77
269	Duffy	77
270	Adler	76
271	Beckman	76
272	Bordeaux	76
273	Claussen	76
274	Frost	76
275	Cain	75
276	Carroll	75
277	Davidson	75
278	Goehring	75
279	Howard	75
280	Kraft	75
281	Scholten	75
282	Styles	75
283	Blue	74
284	Donovan	74
285	Bloom	73
286	Doyle	73
287	Hammer	73
288	Hart	73
289	Holm	73
290	Moen	73
291	Reed	73
292	Cutler	72
293	Eggers	72
294	Fink	72
295	Hughes	72
296	Jacobs	72
297	Little	72
298	Meyers	72
299	Pedersen	72
300	Stearns	72
301	Tuttle	72
302	Vaughn	72
303	Atkins	71
304	Curry	71
305	Dunn	71
306	Hendrickson	71
307	Lebeau	71
308	Baer	70
309	Bain	70
310	Blair	70
311	Blake	70
312	Buechler	70
313	Carson	70
314	Jacobsen	70
315	James	70
316	Mitchell	70
317	Paulsen	70
318	Chambers	69
319	Even	69
320	Everson	69
321	Foss	69
322	Jackson	69
323	Ross	69
324	Vogel	69
325	Ames	68
326	Arends	68
327	Artz	68
328	Bach	68
329	Bartling	68
330	Brewer	68
331	Farley	68
332	Graves	68
333	Hayes	68
334	West	68
335	Wiese	68
336	Albright	67
337	Auch	67
338	Caldwell	67
339	Dooley	67
340	Glanzer	67
341	Kolb	67
342	Voss	67
343	Wilcox	67
344	Alberts	66
345	Allison	66
346	Bader	66
347	Christman	66
348	Drake	66
349	Eisenbraun	66
350	French	66
351	Fuerst	66
352	Mayer	66
353	Muller	66
354	Murphy	66
355	Strand	66
356	Ward	66
357	Arens	65
358	Barton	65
359	Bohn	65
360	Bowman	65
361	Conrad	65
362	Dixon	65
363	Engebretson	65
364	Hein	65
365	Kelly	65
366	Mulder	65
367	Parsons	65
368	Richter	65
369	Ries	65
370	Walters	65
371	Baker	64
372	Ball	64
373	Evenson	64
374	Nagel	64
375	Rogers	64
376	Stern	64
377	Anglin	63
378	Arndt	63
379	Ashley	63
380	Baumgartner	63
381	Degen	63
382	Dubray	63
383	Ehlers	63
384	Flynn	63
385	Fryer	63
386	Kranz	63
387	Mills	63
388	Price	63
389	Schuldt	63
390	Schuster	63
391	Swartz	63
392	Butler	62
393	Dennis	62
394	Doering	62
395	Fleming	62
396	Kleinsasser	62
397	Morgan	62
398	Robertson	62
399	Schofield	62
400	Schramm	62
401	Short	62
402	Abbott	61
403	Bahr	61
404	Bentz	61
405	Berry	61
406	Dawson	61
407	Gilbertson	61
408	Hamilton	61
409	McDonald	61
410	Nichols	61
411	Stein	61
412	Wheeler	61
413	Boettcher	60
414	Cournoyer	60
415	Delaney	60
416	Dvorak	60
417	Fitzgerald	60
418	Foote	60
419	Hieb	60
420	Kruger	60
421	May	60
422	Parker	60
423	Rausch	60
424	Urban	60
425	Adkins	59
426	Blom	59
427	Callies	59
428	Culver	59
429	Darling	59
430	Dell	59
431	Dubois	59
432	Friesen	59
433	Halvorson	59
434	Martinez	59
435	Moran	59
436	Bunker	58
437	Condon	58
438	Crandall	58
439	Esser	58
440	Feist	58
441	Gill	58
442	Lawrence	58
443	Luke	58
444	Powers	58
445	Schnell	58
446	Sedlacek	58
447	Apple	57
448	Bacon	57
449	Beyer	57
450	Bucholz	57
451	Davenport	57
452	Deal	57
453	Ernst	57
454	Frerichs	57
455	Gerlach	57
456	Gordon	57
457	Gray	57
458	Wollman	57
459	Babcock	56
460	Donaldson	56
461	Faber	56
462	Pierce	56
463	Pierson	56
464	Albertson	55
465	Bittner	55
466	Boldt	55
467	Bush	55
468	Casey	55
469	Chapin	55
470	Clement	55
471	Drew	55
472	Dreyer	55
473	Dunham	55
474	Farmer	55
475	Frazier	55
476	Frederick	55
477	Garry	55
478	Gibson	55
479	Jansen	55
480	Leonard	55
481	McBride	55
482	McLaughlin	55
483	Rice	55
484	Ritter	55
485	Todd	55
486	Aker	54
487	Barth	54
488	Baumann	54
489	Daniels	54
490	Downs	54
491	Eckert	54
492	Eich	54
493	Harrington	54
494	Hendricks	54
495	Hunter	54
496	Nelsen	54
497	Person	54
498	Phelps	54
499	Schuh	54
500	Archambault	53

Rank	Name	Number
501	Bechtold	53
502	Buss	53
503	Case	53
504	Cotton	53
505	Crane	53
506	Eliason	53
507	Erdmann	53
508	Frey	53
509	Graham	53
510	Kelley	53
511	Lang	53
512	Maier	53
513	Mettler	53
514	Montgomery	53
515	Murray	53
516	Peck	53
517	Reynolds	53
518	Scholl	53
519	Waters	53
520	Whiting	53
521	Ahrendt	52
522	Baier	52
523	Bentley	52
524	Carey	52
525	Elliott	52
526	Fischbach	52
527	Fossum	52
528	Hahn	52
529	Harmon	52
530	Harvey	52
531	Hopkins	52
532	Maas	52
533	Mason	52
534	Osborn	52
535	Phillips	52
536	Seaman	52
537	Ulmer	52
538	Archambeau	51
539	Benning	51
540	Francis	51
541	Gullickson	51
542	Hurley	51
543	Lamb	51
544	Snyder	51
545	Spitzer	51
546	Tobin	51
547	Townsend	51
548	Tracy	51
549	Warren	51
550	Aberle	50
551	Avery	50
552	Boggs	50
553	Boyer	50
554	Bury	50
555	Coon	50
556	Cornelius	50
557	Dick	50
558	Doerr	50
559	Gerdes	50
560	Goetz	50
561	Graber	50
562	Gregg	50
563	Griffith	50
564	Kahler	50
565	Knudsen	50
566	Patterson	50
567	Vandyke	50
568	Wells	50
569	Witte	50
570	Baum	49
571	Buller	49
572	Burdick	49
573	Carl	49
574	Cass	49
575	Connor	49
576	Devaney	49
577	Dickson	49
578	Estes	49
579	Ewing	49
580	Folk	49
581	Hicks	49
582	Holt	49
583	Holzer	49
584	Johnston	49
585	Kennedy	49
586	Knapp	49
587	Lambert	49
588	McFarland	49
589	McKinney	49
590	Oliver	49
591	Porter	49
592	Stange	49
593	Summers	49
594	Vetter	49
595	Welch	49
596	Appel	48
597	Benton	48
598	Clements	48
599	Coleman	48
600	Craig	48
601	Devine	48
602	Deyoung	48
603	Dougherty	48
604	Douglas	48
605	Gates	48
606	Henderson	48
607	Herrick	48
608	Horn	48
609	Kessler	48
610	Lowe	48
611	Morris	48
612	Russell	48
613	Schott	48
614	Sumner	48
615	Torres	48
616	Abrahamson	47
617	Beach	47
618	Boese	47
619	Breen	47
620	Brown	47
621	Christian	47
622	Corcoran	47
623	Cronin	47
624	Deibert	47
625	Dirks	47
626	Donner	47
627	Fiedler	47
628	Fletcher	47
629	Hauge	47
630	Holland	47
631	Horst	47
632	Jung	47
633	Knecht	47
634	Lindner	47
635	Monson	47
636	Newman	47
637	Olinger	47
638	Rodriguez	47
639	Roe	47
640	Sherman	47
641	Struck	47
642	Sweeney	47
643	Tyler	47
644	Witt	47
645	Woods	47
646	Bertrand	46
647	Clyde	46
648	Coughlin	46
649	Ellefson	46
650	Falk	46
651	Fast	46
652	Finley	46
653	Frick	46
654	German	46
655	Gould	46
656	Harrison	46
657	Ingalls	46
658	Lange	46
659	Marquardt	46
660	Sutherland	46
661	Terry	46
662	Wade	46
663	Weiland	46
664	Wolff	46
665	Anders	45
666	Barthel	45
667	Berreth	45
668	Brenner	45
669	Castle	45
670	Crowe	45
671	Donnelly	45
672	Dosch	45
673	Engels	45
674	Hawley	45
675	Healy	45
676	Herr	45
677	Koehn	45
678	Koster	45
679	Martens	45
680	Potter	45
681	Rau	45
682	Schlosser	45
683	Shoemaker	45
684	Watson	45
685	Wendt	45
686	Wurtz	45
687	Abernathy	44
688	Currier	44
689	Davies	44
690	Dinger	44
691	Freese	44
692	Heller	44
693	Lipp	44
694	Maher	44
695	Patton	44
696	Schuler	44
697	Sears	44
698	Sturm	44
699	Tesch	44
700	Vanzee	44
701	Arthur	43
702	Bak	43
703	Boehmer	43
704	Bollinger	43
705	Booth	43
706	Butterfield	43
707	Crooks	43
708	Dowling	43
709	Dudley	43
710	Endres	43
711	Feather	43
712	Flanagan	43
713	Flannery	43
714	Gardner	43
715	Gilbert	43
716	Glover	43
717	Kline	43
718	Lapointe	43
719	Mann	43
720	Matson	43
721	McGuire	43
722	Minor	43
723	Neugebauer	43
724	Oleson	43
725	Oswald	43
726	Quinn	43
727	Riley	43
728	Rock	43
729	Rowland	43
730	Rust	43
731	Schreiber	43
732	Sievers	43
733	Sterling	43
734	Warner	43
735	Wold	43
736	Baumberger	42
737	Branson	42
738	Burnett	42
739	Donahue	42
740	Engelhart	42
741	Flint	42
742	Gannon	42
743	Heier	42
744	Hernandez	42
745	Hintz	42
746	Kurtz	42
747	Merkel	42
748	Voigt	42
749	Ziegler	42
750	Bergeson	41

Rank	Name	Number
751	Bergman	41
752	Bertram	41
753	Burgess	41
754	Burton	41
755	Carmichael	41
756	Connell	41
757	Derby	41
758	Emery	41
759	Fields	41
760	Keiser	41
761	Kuehl	41
762	Laroche	41
763	Lehr	41
764	Logan	41
765	Miner	41
766	Owen	41
767	Page	41
768	Richardson	41
769	Sommers	41
770	Stansbury	41
771	Thornton	41
772	Vandenberg	41
773	Whitney	41
774	Woodward	41
775	Berglund	40
776	Bergstrom	40
777	Brave	40
778	Church	40
779	Comstock	40
780	Conley	40
781	Corey	40
782	Determan	40
783	Engen	40
784	Flemming	40
785	Hirsch	40
786	Kayser	40
787	Lopez	40
788	Lutz	40
789	Magnuson	40
790	Nygaard	40
791	Shafer	40
792	Svoboda	40
793	Sweet	40
794	Torgerson	40
795	Weiss	40
796	Zeller	40
797	Abbas	39
798	Alley	39
799	Antoine	39
800	Arguello	39
801	Benz	39
802	Briggs	39
803	Coats	39
804	Cochran	39
805	Cuny	39
806	Daugherty	39
807	Farrell	39
808	Felix	39
809	Fowler	39
810	Garcia	39
811	Haug	39
812	Herrmann	39
813	Hewitt	39
814	Jurgens	39
815	Knox	39
816	Lacroix	39
817	Lyons	39
818	McKee	39
819	Metzger	39
820	Moody	39
821	O'Brien	39
822	O'Connor	39
823	Oster	39
824	Rath	39
825	Sample	39
826	Samuelson	39
827	Schmid	39
828	Shields	39
829	Sommer	39
830	Stanford	39
831	Swallow	39
832	Timm	39
833	Tripp	39
834	Vincent	39
835	Volk	39
836	Wahl	39
837	Altman	38
838	Anthony	38
839	Atkinson	38
840	Braaten	38
841	Brekke	38
842	Buckman	38
843	Burmeister	38
844	Busch	38
845	Cihak	38
846	Conner	38
847	Dodd	38
848	Egan	38
849	Eilers	38
850	Feltman	38
851	Foltz	38
852	Forbes	38
853	Griffin	38
854	Haag	38
855	Hines	38
856	Hinrichs	38
857	Holman	38
858	Hudson	38
859	Jager	38
860	Jennings	38
861	Lind	38
862	Lindgren	38
863	Livingston	38
864	Spencer	38
865	Vogt	38
866	Weaver	38
867	Webb	38
868	Weston	38
869	Winters	38
870	Wise	38
871	Yost	38
872	Zimmer	38
873	Alderman	37
874	Beek	37
875	Callahan	37
876	Chamberlain	37
877	Clay	37
878	Curley	37
879	Dickerson	37
880	Dickey	37
881	Dix	37
882	Driscoll	37
883	Fanning	37
884	Fenner	37
885	Foley	37
886	Funk	37
887	Girard	37
888	Gunn	37
889	Haar	37
890	Hanna	37
891	Heilman	37
892	Hess	37
893	Irvine	37
894	Jenson	37
895	Jewett	37
896	Krebs	37
897	Laughlin	37
898	Maag	37
899	Mattson	37
900	McKay	37
901	Nash	37
902	Perry	37
903	Reimer	37
904	Renner	37
905	Rieger	37
906	Schlenker	37
907	Steinberg	37
908	Stirling	37
909	Stoddard	37
910	Timmerman	37
911	Ulrich	37
912	Almond	36
913	Buhler	36
914	Bullis	36
915	Button	36
916	Cadotte	36
917	Casper	36
918	Cleland	36
919	Cline	36
920	Connelly	36
921	Corbin	36
922	Dickinson	36
923	Diedrich	36
924	Dobbs	36
925	Dossett	36
926	Easton	36
927	Eaton	36
928	Friese	36
929	Garrett	36
930	Goodwin	36
931	Harwood	36
932	Henning	36
933	Horton	36
934	Hubert	36
935	Ireland	36
936	Jenkins	36
937	Johannsen	36
938	Kenyon	36
939	Kiefer	36
940	Kirkpatrick	36
941	Kost	36
942	Lammers	36
943	Lindholm	36
944	Moulton	36
945	Nissen	36
946	Otto	36
947	Reichert	36
948	Schmeling	36
949	Schoon	36
950	Schuelke	36
951	Schutz	36
952	Shepherd	36
953	Walsh	36
954	Walton	36
955	Warne	36
956	Adrian	35
957	Ash	35
958	Beckwith	35
959	Blume	35
960	Byer	35
961	Carmody	35
962	Christie	35
963	Clauson	35
964	Conklin	35
965	Demers	35
966	Deters	35
967	Dodge	35
968	Doolittle	35
969	Farr	35
970	Fick	35
971	Finck	35
972	Fix	35
973	Forman	35
974	Goebel	35
975	Guthmiller	35
976	Haase	35
977	Harding	35
978	Hardy	35
979	Hay	35
980	Heck	35
981	Howell	35
982	Jaeger	35
983	Jordan	35
984	Koenig	35
985	Leighton	35
986	Merrill	35
987	Mickelson	35
988	Mielke	35
989	Mitzel	35
990	Morse	35
991	Nicholson	35
992	Norman	35
993	Norton	35
994	Painter	35
995	Paul	35
996	Pratt	35
997	Reif	35
998	Schwab	35
999	Schwarz	35
1000	Solano	35

Top 5 Last Names in South Dakota

The United States, a country with 331 million people is the third-largest country across the globe. Yet the names, especially the surnames aren't something that you will find different. If we narrow down the above, there are a few surnames that are too common and you might hear them a lot more than you expected. The popular ones include Smith, Jones, Jhonson, Williams, Miller, Brown, Davis, etc. Of these, Smith is the most common surname.

Next, we see the top five surnames of people in South Dakota.

1. Johnson:
Occurrences: 1915 people in South Dakota have the surname Smith.

Origin: Scotland

Meaning: Son of John (John's son)
2. Anderson:
Occurrences: 1200 people in South Dakota have the surname Smith.

Origin: Swedish

Meaning: Son of Andrew. This is derived from the term Andreas that speaks of a man.
3. Nelson:
Occurrences: 913 people in South Dakota have the surname Smith.

Origin: Europe

Meaning: Son of Nell and the word means Champion.
4. Smith:
Occurrences: 841 people in South Dakota have the surname Smith.

Origin: England

Meaning: Refers to the occupation of Blacksmiths and related to the word Smitan (to strike with a hammer).
5. Miller:
Occurrences: 817 people in South Dakota have the surname Smith.

Origin: England, Wales

Meaning: Son of loan. Honoring St John the Baptist.

Basic Facts of South Dakota

South Dakota is a sparsely populated state, residing in the heart of the US. It is one of the states that have the least population and is also called as the Artesian States owing to its large number of Artesian wells.

With 899,174 people in the state, South Dakota is ranked as the 46th populous state in the US.

South Dakota has a birth rate of 73.6%. The total number of births per year is recorded at 11,893. On the other hand, the total number of deaths per year is recorded at 7996.

Of the total population in South Dakota, 50.3% are men. Whereas the remaining 49.7% are females.

In terms of ratio, there are 101 males for every 100 females in South Dakota.

The second least populous state capital in the United States, Pierre is the only capital city that doesn't share even a single letter with the state.

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