re: Most Distinctive Family Names By State

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There is a stat out there that says 90% of the people who have the last name Washington in the United States are black.

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Makes sense. The name was originally Wessington and changed in the early 1700s. Not that large a family and George had no children.

A lot of freedmen took Washington as their last name to declare themselves as American. Same reason there are a lot of black Jeffersons.