What's a common last name in the area of Portland, Oregon?

The easiest way I immediately thought of is to grab the names from political donor lists, which are publicly available by law for free. http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/advindsea.shtml 1. Select Oregon as the State 2. read more

Unsurprisingly, I didn’t find an easy way to determine that. There are many sites with information on common surnames in America, but I didn’t find any for specific states. read more

The Alphabet Historic District, an area, zoned for historic preservation extending roughly between NW 17th and 24th Avenues, and between W Burnside and NW Marshall Streets. It is named for the alphabetical progression of street names in the area, and 2000 was added to the National Register of Historic Places. read more

And if you look at the states that the Oregon Trail passed through, those are the most-common names in Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, and Smith and Johnson are the two most-common names in Missouri and Idaho (joined by Williams in Missouri and Anderson in Idaho). read more