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Census Reveals “Washington” As The Blackest Surname In America

The 2000 U.S. Census recently revealed that the name “Washington” is what you may call “The Blackest Name In America.”

Close to 90 percent of the 163,036 people found with the name Washington in the census were African-American.

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