The most common 72 white surnames in the United States are all of British Isles origin, with no. 73 being the Scandinavian Olson. You don't start seeing German names like Wagner, Meyer, and Schmidt until ranks 82, 83, and 88. https://names.mongabay.com/data/white.html
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That's because most of the Germans anglicized their names during WWI
I’m from a Minnesota town that celebrates Oktoberfest, so you can believe me when I tell you that they did not.
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Whoops, I meant "many", not "most". Still, Germans are undercounted.
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