Drop the NUMBER in the comments of your Last Name’s ranking… if it broke the Top 10.

@TheAdot8808

2 жыл бұрын

10

@carleonemoore9359

2 жыл бұрын

O

@michaeljotoyajackson7294

2 жыл бұрын

WOow 😳 do you realize that all those names are Biblical and come from the Real Bloodline DNA 🧬 Modern-Day Descendants of The Ancient Children of Yisrael.... Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/Yisrael....The European Moorish Jews are the Real Descendants from The Royal 🏠 House 🏡 of King Dawid/David The House of "JUDAH". The Afrikan Diaspora are the Real Children of Yisrael. Shalom, Salaam my Hebrew Yisraelite Misphacha. 💋💕💘🥰🕎😍❤️💞👄

@user-ib7rk9yj2r

2 жыл бұрын

Fucc yo chanel

@DandysB1

2 жыл бұрын

According to the census is where you lost me!! We are not accurately counted!

10- Robinson 9-Harris 8-Thomas 7-Davis 6-Jackson 5-Brown 4-Jones 3-Smith 2-Johnson 1-Williams

@flyleelee5351

2 жыл бұрын

My last name is on there of course lol

@kimberlyt4361

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@CodyCole80

2 жыл бұрын

How did I forget Jones, Davis, Thomas, and Harris (my mother’s maiden name)? 🤦🏽‍♀️

@paulawardell2853

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@charlesjohnson8343

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍

We need to shout out Free Man. Probably one of the only last names that originated from African Americans.

@BrooksandDavisREF

2 жыл бұрын

I agree... that name origination left nothing to the imagination... Mr. & Mrs. Freeman...I love it!

@jimmieanderson3574

2 жыл бұрын

Some ancestors changed their names after emancipation.

@whitecollarhater9727

2 жыл бұрын

Is a really cool and gorgeous last name.

@christophermunoz205

2 жыл бұрын

Black people been in america when europeans came

@Sean-jc6cu

2 жыл бұрын

Freeman is actually a British name as well

If you went to a black public school, this is literally all your teachers' names!

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@Joy_LaFaye

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 correct!

@torri4777

2 жыл бұрын

Mine was JACKSON. Over half the school population named JACKSON & Johnson.

@TheDREA2002

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao that’s funny ASF 😂

I love the black contemperary cinematography in this video. Its vibrant, happy and impactful. Thank you for this video, I love ya'll channel!!

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

💪🏽💪🏽

Great video, very informative. Thank you for showing images of normal Black families. 🙏🙏

Love this channel!! My husband and I combined our last names so it feels more meaningful. I totally understand why Malcolm went to Malcolm X.

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊

@aamazintribe

2 жыл бұрын

Dr. Ayshia You both combined your last names as a " - dash " or merged both your last names too formulate a new meaningful one??

@DrAyshiaTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@aamazintribe Initially we combined with a hyphen and then people kept messing it up (using part of our last name as our middle name). So now, I just combined it with no hyphen, problem solved!

@MISAO_SAO

2 жыл бұрын

I changed the name I had that was given by the slave owner.

@taraMimi717

2 жыл бұрын

@@MISAO_SAO How did u do that ? I’m interested in doing this

I seen 4 names that I found when researching my family on ancestry. Harris, Jones, Johnson, and Smith. I am surprised "Washington" and "Green" didn't make the list.

@blkpft279

2 жыл бұрын

Same 💯💯💯

@kudjoeadkins-battle2502

2 жыл бұрын

@Eve -_- Rain where are you from?

@Strongholdstrugglez

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a Jones look up the Jones plantion

@mariekatherine5238

2 жыл бұрын

Same here! I thought before the video that Green, Washington, and Lincoln would be listed, also, some French sounding names from the Caribbean, St. Pierre.

@kudjoeadkins-battle2502

2 жыл бұрын

@@Strongholdstrugglez where?

I guessed half of them; mostly because they’re all names of people in my family! 🤣

@CPR4THEBODYlivingaenrichedlife

2 жыл бұрын

Too funny!!

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

😄😄

@troyspenc

2 жыл бұрын

me too i guessed 5 of 10 but all damn near are in my family lol

@BrendaJoi

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 Me, too. Thanks

@eldubb5996

2 жыл бұрын

But guess what y’all, keep going back in history and black people ruled Europe and these were names of Black Moors. Our history runs deep.

Very good. Thank you for your indepth research! I've learned a LOT!

I love showing my students these videos. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

We appreciate you ❤️

Excellent! Thanks for sharing! 👍🏾

So interesting. Thank you!😎

Great information! I love this channel. ❤️❤️

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️

Jackson & Johnson are the two largest Black last names I have run into in my life 😄

@Greeneyedbandito

2 жыл бұрын

My mother is Johnson and my Father is Jackson lol

@Kim-Ps.144

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a Johnson

@jasperdilincoln2341

2 жыл бұрын

@@Greeneyedbandito 😄 and My grandmother told me her Mother ( My Great-grandmother) Maiden name was Johnson...lol

@tyraanobanks9155

2 жыл бұрын

When your last name is Johnson … I’m sick

I am surprised that the last name Jenkins and Freeman was not on this list. And the last name Washington.

@plentyofchocolate8971

2 жыл бұрын

Or Parker, or Wright.

@majestedefrance6304

2 жыл бұрын

Washington is the most common Black American surname with 90 percent of them are Black American. Qedezha Alecia Johnson.

@trhg0002

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder where the last name, Holmes, would fit in.

@elizabethjordan5755

2 жыл бұрын

Or Jordan.

@dowardwashington9958

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, the fact that Washington wasn't on this list was shocking being that it's the 1 last name that almost let's everyone who reads it that it's the last name of a black person.

Very informative I'm glad I came across this I'm a Williams .

So interesting, that I had to replay this several times. Thanks. Keep educating us. 02:47 - Thomas. That's me! Thomas was my father’s name. As was his mother, my grandmother’s name. But my mother’s maiden name was Melton. But I remember my mother’s mother, my grandmother’s name was Miller. I’m sure there were marriages involved in the name changes because my aunt (my father’s sister) was known as Robinson.

Please do more episodes like this one

Thank you friend !!

Loved this video. One side of my family are Johnsons. I know many other Johnsons and plenty of Smiths. Knew quite a few Jacksons and Joneses.

WOW !! My family surnames consists of 5 out of 10. Williams, Davis, Robinson, Jones and Smith and maybe more still doing my research. Thank for sharing your video.

@LORINZO40

2 жыл бұрын

We probably kin , because mines is too 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The term African American puts us in the same class as immigrants, we are not immigrants!!!

@StarLight-sl9ok

2 жыл бұрын

Immigrants brought by force

@nolaalways3815

2 жыл бұрын

@@StarLight-sl9ok You clearly don’t know the definition of immigrant

@smashedphone4200

2 жыл бұрын

Involuntary immigrants.

@nolaalways3815

2 жыл бұрын

@@smashedphone4200 nope can’t be a immigrant on your own land

@smashedphone4200

2 жыл бұрын

@@nolaalways3815 🙄 oh here we go...

Thank you for the information ❗✌️

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

You bet!

Spot on!

I love it. Guessed them all. EXCELLENCE indeed baby. Take what we can get. ❤❤

what an interesting video ♡

I know ppl and family with these last names . Wow. This is interesting . Thanks for educating me .

I knew Williams was gonna be # 1, I can t tell you how common that one is lol

Thank you

Williams ... there's no place you can go and not find a black Williams ...

I thought Brown would've been higher on the list, but overall it was a really cool video I loved it ❤

@lisettebrown8317

2 жыл бұрын

I also assumed Brown would also be at the very top of the list.

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏽🙏🏽

@octaviabrown8017

2 жыл бұрын

Hello fellow Browns♥️

@lisettebrown8317

2 жыл бұрын

@@octaviabrown8017 hello

@doctordef324

2 жыл бұрын

The House BROWN is very large!!!!💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾😎

I knew my last name wouldn’t make the cut at all😂but I watched anyway❤️

My maiden name is Williams. I was sure that Smith would be number one and surprised that Joyner didn't make the list.

All proper Scots-Irish or English surnames. I remember years ago, my family received catalogs through the mail celebrating our "Irish" heritage. My ancestors paid a heavy price to have my family name imbued in perpetuity. My mother's maiden name is Lewis. I'm actually surprised that didn't crack the Top 10, along with Freeman, Peterson, Morris or Stevenson.

@muneymoney1910

2 жыл бұрын

I’m a Lewis 💪🏿

@MHiggs-rx5zz

2 жыл бұрын

@@muneymoney1910 My grandfather's people on my mom's side migrated from Virginia in the late 1800s and settled in Ontario, Canada, and then later branched off to a rural community in Michigan called Salem Twp., about 35 miles west of Detroit. If you have any foundations in any of those places, we could be distant relatives.

@khadejasmith9228

2 жыл бұрын

Hey cousin!!

@khadejasmith9228

2 жыл бұрын

@@MHiggs-rx5zz omg all my family with those last names are are in Michigan!!

@angelamaria2239

2 жыл бұрын

@@muneymoney1910 I am Lenis from Spain, almost!!

Great video, ALL BY-NAME

I was waiting on Williams

Good info. Jackson is HUGE over here in SC. Most of us are descendants of those with that last name.

@sheilaharris289

2 жыл бұрын

You right about that.

@Greeneyedbandito

2 жыл бұрын

Im Johnson and Jackson and both are huge in Alabama

So reparations can be backed tracked and started with these 10 last names?

Good commentary analogy about Africans Americans last names 👍‼️

Oh wow Williams & Davis is my moms family 😄 My Dad's different story ..I knew his wouldn't be there...Interesting Thx for sharing

My mom's maiden name is "Davis" and I'll share this with the family. Thanks for the information.

@mariekatherine5238

2 жыл бұрын

On eastern Long Island, NY, the surname Davis is found all over from the 1600’s until now, for both Black and White.

I used to always make the joke that Williams was the biggest slave name ever. But it's always weird when I meet white ppl with Williams as their last name. I start wondering to myself if their ancestors once owned mine🤣🤣

@ashantawilliams2569

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr

GOOD JOB

I never thought about the idea that we kept slave master's last names or our birth plantations names in order to find other family members lost to slavery and sold away. gives one a whole other away to thinking about why to change or not the names we were given. I also am thinking how powerful it was that our Ancestors actually CHOSE new names after slavery sometimes from the names available to them in english, the only language most knew. That means our names are not all slave names if our fathers chose sometimes to leave the names given to them by whites. Powerful stuff! Thank you!!!!

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

That was a big revelation for us as well. It also demonstrates the different levels of forced assimilation. It’s very profound to imagine a free man electing to wear the name of a person that he or she emphatically hates for the slight possibility to reconnect with a person that he or she unconditionally loves.

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

“That means our names are not all slave names” - I have a different take on that. Many would argue that any English name was a “slave name”. There were not able to change their names back to their ancestral African name either due to fear, strategy, municipalities prevented them, or it’s highly likely they didn’t know their African family name. Very unfortunate. But ultimately they had to bear the name of people who benefited from chattel slavery.

@taraMimi717

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackExcellist A lot of our ppl are not familiar with the word Chattel sadly I jus discovered the real meaning

@taraMimi717

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackExcellist And can u please do a Research the last Name BURNETT I believe it’s a Plantation somewhere in Tennessee named after them that they have entered as something else to Cover up the real meaning

@decodesigns14

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackExcellist They are still white slave holders name no matter how you try to flip it..

I guessed all of the top 5. Those names are very common that I’ve heard of during my lifetime.

I figured I'd see Washington here.

When Thomas died John was given two plots of land and he shared with his brother.. they partnered with the Bradford farmers and went into ranching.

I’m a Brown!!! I have Smith, Davis, and Johnson in my family as well💜

Never knew Williams was that much popular thought Brown and Jackson

I knew Williams would be #1.

Neither of the last names on my maternal or paternal or even my married last name made the list.

My mother's maiden name is Williams and it's a lot of them where I live. My last name, which is my father's last name Cross, isn't very common where I live. I don't know of many other than my family. I wasn't surprised at the list, I know someone with each of those names.

I approve this Message! B1

Interesting!

Very informative and interesting! I never knew some of our ancestors chose their own last name after slavery! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

Didn’t watch yet but definitely going to say Johnson has to be on this list lol

The funny part for me is that I know people (including relatives) with every single one of those last names although, my married name and maiden name ain't even on it. 😆

Very entertaining. My name racks 5th. Such a revelation

I absolutely knew that Williams would be number one lol. I would Love to see this done for Jamaica because there are so many Williams 💙 in Jamaica as well. That’s why I’m so glad I got married LOL

@NC-tt4gc

2 жыл бұрын

I think the top Jamaican names would be: 1. Brown 2. Johnson 3. Williams 4. Campbell 5. Mc _____/Mac _____

@PHlophe

2 жыл бұрын

in Jamaica, Edwards, Morrison, Campbell, jones would be top. and then when you hear Stacey-ann , Carolyn-ann, you know its jamaican gyal straight up. but you are married to a german jew from the look of it.

@jamaicanprincess87630

2 жыл бұрын

@@PHlophe Yes I am 😁. I also have German Jew in me from my mother side. You know Jamaicans are a melting pot LOL. Wi mix up mix up LOL

@charlesjohnson8343

2 жыл бұрын

Some of my families last name is Williams.

@thebutterfliesineffect

2 жыл бұрын

@@PHlophe Yes you're correct. My dad is from Grenada and his last name is Edwards my mother is from Jamaica her last name is Anderson.

For Jamaica the top last name I would think Williams or Brown followed by Smith.

#4 Jones is in the house & my stepdad was #3 Smith! My high school crush was #2 Johnson. We everywhere!

@angelbanks264

2 жыл бұрын

We're all related 🖤

@reggiegeorges5850

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a descendant of a Alabama Johnson ♥️

Thanks

My mother's name was Williams Jamaica 🇯🇲 🙄 WI. My dad's Whyte. ❤ JA.

What about Washington? I am surprised it was not on the list.

@Oc4ever12

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it is in the top 20.

Very informative. Honestly, I think only one of those names is in family tree.

good to know this information as my last name is Williams

I’d like to see a list of least common black surnames! Maybe mine is up there!😁

Also they often changed the spelling by adding an extra letter like an E or S or something at the end to distinguish the Africans from the Euroes.

@taylorwilliams4131

2 жыл бұрын

Thank God that I am a "Isaacs " from Trinidad and Tabego.

@silentnight9655

2 жыл бұрын

Oh okay. Biblical name that.

@IrishCinnsealach

2 жыл бұрын

Like what? Examples

@silentnight9655

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrishCinnsealach Braithwaite/Brathwaite. Forde/Ford. Seal/Seals. Lord/Lorde. Brown/Browne.

Jone’s right here Baby 💯💯

Yep. #10 is my maternal family's last name. I wasn't expecting to see Bowens on the list, and I was right lol.

What about Washington, Jefferson, Freeman, Lincoln, Carter, and Jordan? Maybe y'all should do a video about surnames with deep meanings that Blacks often chose after they gained freedom from slavery.

@MariaEOD

2 жыл бұрын

I totally was waiting for the last name “Washington” to pop up, alas, it never did.

@kathleenking47

2 жыл бұрын

Now, we need to choose better FIRST NAMES for our kids

@ldydanielle

2 жыл бұрын

@@kathleenking47 what do you mean by better first names? I work at a children's hospital and what I notice is that unique names come from parents of ALL races AND every culture has a distinct individuality so why not us?

@kennethwashington854

2 жыл бұрын

Always wondered about WASHINGTON , time for me to do more research

@shelleychaneyfloydjr655

2 жыл бұрын

Happy

My great granddaddy [mother’s granddad] *Williams* made the list. Definitely, not surprising.😅

@reggiegeorges5850

2 жыл бұрын

What State. I had a Aunt in Chicago from Alabama but did not know where Mr. Williams came to Chicago from? AUNT Willa Johnson Williams.

THANKS YOU GOODNESS 🌟❤️🖤💚🤎 FAMILY DAPHNE COTTON ALWAYS 💜

Im Johnson and Jackson and they have very similar meanings. That’s crazy

Thank You for the information so in my future when I have children I rather give them Robinson, Harris, Brown, Smith, and Williams. Best last names for future son and daughter.

I just knew James was going to be on here

@25hourproductions

2 жыл бұрын

BROWN❗️ L O L❗️😄👌👍❤️👊💯

Johnson's my family name on my grandmothers side her maiden name.💕

I have an lot of family last names, Freeman, Harris, Davis, and Smith

I'm surprised Edwards wasn't listed.

@reggiegeorges5850

2 жыл бұрын

Prolly #12

@michellesmith8912

2 жыл бұрын

Edwards is probably popular on the southeast part of this country.

Ummmmmm I need you to add Collins and stop playing lol 😂

@BlackExcellist

2 жыл бұрын

We do know quite a few Collins 😄

*”related to all of those names in my family but where Jenkins at doe?” - MELL DUNEY 616*

Finding plantation owners by name of Palmore has been hard for me. I did find the a Mims-TX& Louisiana.

@jarilewis4616

2 жыл бұрын

Our Mims family is from Georgia...

Isaiah 45:4 “For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.”

@judyfortune4817

2 жыл бұрын

Shalom sis

@Prototype1598

2 жыл бұрын

@@judyfortune4817 shalom

Welp, didn't make the list🤷🏽‍♂️🤣🤣

Jones right here but I think the other names in my family have Euro decent. Duncan, Burwell, Cooks, Kendrick. Anyone out there with these last names?

You should do #11-20!

Smith was really common in my area. I remember going to school with a lot of Smith's.

What about Jenkins??? I thought it would be Number 1 🤷🏾‍♂️

@tuesday225

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@ertfgghhhh

2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard of a white jenkins

@pscott6891

2 жыл бұрын

Or Scott

I wish you research some other names like Harper on your next video for names

just came through to make sure "Williams" is on this list & ive confirmed it is ..lol carry on 😙😋

Williams should be at the top of the list as well. I am from a Williams family on my grandma side. I am from a Jones on my grandfather's side.

@angelbanks264

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Williams on my paternal grandma side. I married a Williams and dated a Williams. I also have Jones and Smith in my family

@hotcaramel3455

2 жыл бұрын

@@angelbanks264 , I have Lewis ', and my mom married into a Williams family. I have Lockhart and some other last name family members. I am from a family that numbers into the thousands when you count the cousins. A lot of family members are dead, and many are still alive. The Jones', and Williams side of my family have never had a family reunion! It's sad. We have so many babies in the family who are still being born!

@hotcaramel3455

2 жыл бұрын

My Mom was married to my late Step Dad. My biological father's last name is: Gleen. I don't use his last name. I take my Mom's maiden,which is: Jones

Maiden name: #9 Harris Married name: #3 Smith

@reggiegeorges5850

2 жыл бұрын

Mines #0 #0

@kenyattathepositiveleader4717

2 жыл бұрын

My last name is Harris to

I didn't make the list, but this is just the top 10. Imma change my name. Lolol!!!

Robinson, I knew I would make the list .

@sophieminter0

6 ай бұрын

No way my name is Sophie and my mom's maiden is Robinson!

My family's last names (maternal and paternal) are not on the list. Paternal has Irish origin and not common (in any race in the US), and maternal has French origin (also not common in the US) I am currently conducting an Ancestry search to find out how/when my Black family ended up with Irish and French last names.

Not very many white Americans know the origins of their surnames. It’s cool that American Black surnames are often names chosen by a specific ancestor, and mean something based on the trade or unique quality of that person.

Definitely facts last Johnson

Wow! 🥰

I love my culture.