Other popular names that made it onto the map include Johnson, Williams, Lee, Garcia and Martinez. And the Southwest has the ...

They've created an Atlas Of True Names that deconstructs all the ordinary ... Hormes and Peust caution that readers should accept their map "just as an invitation to the world as a strange ...

The results reveal interesting patterns for the names that have grown in popularity over time. Drawing on this data, the map below ... with 22 states from New York to Alaska listing it as the ...

Besides Smith, Williams and Johnson are the most common surnames in the U.S., with at least one of these featuring in the top three of every state besides Hawaii, California and New Mexico.