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Presidential Last Names: Frequency of Appearance

- by Bruce E. McKinney

The answers:

1. Wilson 330,252
2. Carter 233,607
3. Washington   87,591
4. Arthur   67,740
5. Johnson   65,862
6. Adams 49,606
7. Lincoln   32,480
8. Taylor 30,563
9. Grant 27,664
10. Madison 25,596
11. Jefferson 20,975
12. Jackson 20,688
13. Ford 19,116
14. Harrison 14,916
15. Roosevelt 10,276
16. Cleveland 8,694
17. Kennedy 8,082
18. Monroe 7,417
19. Hayes 6,991
20. Buchanan 6,262
21. Nixon 5,876
22. Clinton 5,634
23. Pierce 5,530
24. Tyler 5,456
25. Harding 4,174
26. Eisenhower 3,767
27. Van Buren 3,419
28. Hoover 2,796
29. Bush 2,231
30. Truman 2,211
31. Garfield 1,763
32. Taft 1,643
33. Polk 1,457
34. McKinley 1,335
35. Coolidge 1,200
36. Fillmore 998
37. Reagan 629
38. Obama 429

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