Massachusetts’ history runs deep, in all aspects of life. From some of the nation’s most historic colleges, oldest restaurants and original professional athletic teams. In addition to being proud of our state’s history, Massachusetts residents are also proud of their unique personal heritage.

The city of Boston has deep roots in both the Irish and Italian communities with nearly 20% of the state’s population claiming Irish ancestry, followed by approximately 12% of the population coming from Italian heritage. English, French, German and Polish round out the top six countries of origin for Massachusetts residents.

With such a mix of heritage and history, it got us wondering what the most common surnames in Massachusetts are. With just under 7 million residents, there is certainly a wide variety of names, but some are more common than others. We expected the list to be top-heavy with surnames of Irish origin, but the list of the top 25, according to Ancestors, is rather eclectic. Got you off the list?

Surname Number of people with that name

The most common last name in the United States is Smith, which didn’t even crack the top 25 for Massachusetts.