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  • SMITH  6,072,127 individuals

  • JONES  2,860,555 individuals

  • BROWN  2,776,092 individuals

  • TAYLOR  2,598,592 individuals

  • WILLIAMS  2,231,988 individuals

  • WILSON  2,013,994 individuals

  • JOHNSON  1,957,953 individuals

  • WHITE  1,630,807 individuals

  • WRIGHT  1,523,348 individuals

  • MARTIN  1,522,569 individuals

  • WALKER  1,513,726 individuals

  • HALL  1,454,957 individuals

  • THOMPSON  1,421,563 individuals

  • ROBINSON  1,403,762 individuals

  • DAVIS  1,403,010 individuals

  • CLARK  1,389,289 individuals

  • THOMAS  1,343,904 individuals

  • WOOD  1,312,188 individuals

  • MILLER  1,273,341 individuals

  • JACKSON  1,254,440 individuals

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Last Name : Fletcher

489,958 individuals bear this name

English: occupational name for an arrowsmith from Middle English fleccher Old French flechier flecher ‘fletcher’ for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher.

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