From the State Controller’s published file
1,115 surnames beginning with B appear in California’s unclaimed property file. Whether any particular record is yours depends on the first name and the address, which is what the free search checks.
| Surname | Records | Total held |
|---|---|---|
| Brown | 41,888 | $34,008,595 |
| Bolton | 1,096 | $12,864,540 |
| Baker | 12,247 | $11,746,333 |
| Bellevue | 152 | $8,690,756 |
| Bell | 8,824 | $7,527,508 |
| Bailey | 7,085 | $6,565,755 |
| Burns | 5,067 | $6,152,302 |
| Barnes | 5,843 | $5,283,312 |
| Brooks | 7,167 | $5,268,840 |
| Bennett | 7,071 | $5,254,781 |
| Behrouzan | 100 | $5,225,820 |
| Black | 5,208 | $4,824,436 |
| Butler | 6,308 | $4,672,152 |
| Berry | 4,104 | $4,076,847 |
| Blue | 4,182 | $4,045,488 |
| Bradley | 4,375 | $3,921,795 |
| Bishop | 3,299 | $3,801,051 |
| Burke | 4,056 | $3,457,350 |
| Boyd | 4,459 | $3,306,503 |
| Benson | 2,961 | $3,073,614 |
| Bryant | 4,476 | $2,905,503 |
| Burton | 3,459 | $2,752,538 |
| Beverly | 1,662 | $2,694,787 |
| Baer | 721 | $2,565,418 |
| Brewer | 2,507 | $2,509,005 |
| Baldwin | 2,529 | $2,486,336 |
| Barber | 2,049 | $2,450,345 |
| Barbara | 1,704 | $2,420,710 |
| Barrett | 2,919 | $2,415,328 |
| Briggs | 1,828 | $2,405,411 |
| Banks | 2,800 | $2,401,795 |
| Bowman | 2,746 | $2,358,249 |
| Beck | 3,234 | $2,348,859 |
| Barnett | 2,821 | $2,321,016 |
| Becker | 2,964 | $2,271,261 |
| Bautista | 4,676 | $2,270,068 |
| Blair | 2,369 | $2,254,696 |
| Brady | 2,339 | $2,241,088 |
| Barajas | 4,474 | $2,228,214 |
| Bruce | 2,575 | $2,171,233 |
| Beltran | 3,920 | $2,162,402 |
| Brody | 447 | $1,987,146 |
| Barker | 2,574 | $1,970,809 |
| Bernstein | 1,513 | $1,959,959 |
| Brennan | 1,631 | $1,924,786 |
| Betty | 865 | $1,918,101 |
| Bates | 2,431 | $1,909,742 |
| Burnett | 1,854 | $1,859,608 |
| Benjamin | 2,542 | $1,853,614 |
| Bush | 2,329 | $1,846,231 |
| Berg | 2,255 | $1,802,912 |
| Barton | 2,240 | $1,741,767 |
| Bradford | 1,901 | $1,684,927 |
| Barry | 2,163 | $1,667,725 |
| Bernard | 1,735 | $1,655,002 |
| Burgess | 1,816 | $1,646,515 |
| Bauer | 2,016 | $1,631,681 |
| Buchanan | 1,545 | $1,629,741 |
| Ball | 2,242 | $1,616,536 |
| Braun | 1,186 | $1,613,951 |
| Bray | 1,145 | $1,599,950 |
| Byrd | 1,601 | $1,578,627 |
| Bai | 762 | $1,546,953 |
| Berman | 1,493 | $1,540,038 |
| Berger | 1,839 | $1,531,930 |
| Barrera | 3,296 | $1,521,247 |
| Byrne | 1,195 | $1,497,868 |
| Blake | 2,387 | $1,497,517 |
| Bond | 1,410 | $1,495,002 |
| Bryan | 2,426 | $1,476,828 |
| Bravo | 2,855 | $1,452,526 |
| Brian | 2,508 | $1,451,649 |
| Bay | 1,961 | $1,400,352 |
| Best | 2,134 | $1,361,049 |
| Brandon | 2,028 | $1,335,985 |
| Billie | 119 | $1,329,510 |
| Barron | 2,334 | $1,319,324 |
| Bernal | 2,688 | $1,316,703 |
| Bhatia | 475 | $1,297,039 |
| Baxter | 1,582 | $1,272,177 |
| Benitez | 2,354 | $1,256,718 |
| Bender | 1,170 | $1,241,949 |
| Bradshaw | 1,070 | $1,240,255 |
| Bartlett | 1,544 | $1,237,245 |
| Blumenfeld | 155 | $1,232,493 |
| Borja | 628 | $1,227,297 |
| Bui | 2,163 | $1,223,749 |
| Ballard | 1,653 | $1,220,887 |
| Bowen | 2,017 | $1,220,664 |
| Bonilla | 2,426 | $1,198,485 |
| Brandt | 1,212 | $1,192,001 |
| Buckley | 1,585 | $1,168,419 |
| Bird | 1,348 | $1,147,105 |
| Becerra | 2,593 | $1,145,306 |
| Bowers | 1,562 | $1,136,369 |
| Barr | 1,548 | $1,121,948 |
| Booth | 1,530 | $1,095,883 |
| Bloom | 1,248 | $1,090,703 |
| Boyle | 1,352 | $1,075,850 |
| Bao | 581 | $1,075,705 |
| Brandes | 164 | $1,074,474 |
| Burt | 840 | $1,073,177 |
| Bill | 937 | $1,064,755 |
| Boyer | 1,409 | $1,053,099 |
| Bright | 1,184 | $1,049,782 |
| Barragan | 2,213 | $1,044,201 |
| Baca | 1,360 | $1,041,658 |
| Blanco | 1,966 | $1,040,249 |
| Burrow | 307 | $1,039,433 |
| Brock | 1,282 | $1,031,841 |
| Boone | 1,204 | $1,012,323 |
| Buck | 1,361 | $1,005,989 |
| Barrios | 2,213 | $1,000,488 |
| Babcock | 695 | $986,288 |
| Browning | 1,070 | $963,511 |
| Bentley | 971 | $931,086 |
| Beard | 1,223 | $924,788 |
| Bass | 1,347 | $905,160 |
| Barkley | 423 | $903,470 |
| Banuelos | 1,802 | $900,086 |
| Bernardo | 697 | $885,107 |
| Bricker | 243 | $876,394 |
| Beatty | 774 | $870,646 |
| Beach | 1,313 | $864,855 |
| Britton | 783 | $864,244 |
| Barclays | 176 | $859,932 |
| Browne | 1,175 | $859,923 |
| Bo | 248 | $859,511 |
| Bridges | 1,242 | $828,126 |
| Bayley | 116 | $826,298 |
| Bustamante | 1,366 | $822,546 |
| Bragg | 657 | $817,934 |
| Baird | 1,140 | $815,844 |
| Benton | 1,088 | $790,896 |
| Booker | 1,014 | $784,577 |
| Blanchard | 1,062 | $769,474 |
| Briscoe | 416 | $768,151 |
| Bains | 485 | $765,816 |
| Barnard | 913 | $764,026 |
| Barraza | 1,297 | $762,724 |
| Bacon | 1,150 | $752,311 |
| Bruno | 1,236 | $751,901 |
| Burrell | 630 | $751,542 |
| Byers | 816 | $748,720 |
| Brenner | 715 | $747,342 |
| Beavers | 342 | $746,235 |
| Bigelow | 314 | $742,030 |
| Blackburn | 1,027 | $736,403 |
| Brazil | 420 | $734,756 |
| Bettencourt | 794 | $723,714 |
| Block | 1,022 | $718,993 |
| Breen | 451 | $716,611 |
| Brent | 585 | $714,271 |
| Bermudez | 1,409 | $707,174 |
| Brewster | 764 | $700,350 |
| Bow | 166 | $698,352 |
| Bonner | 931 | $689,621 |
| Baron | 906 | $688,754 |
| Bullock | 1,213 | $675,720 |
| Big | 1,016 | $672,258 |
| Bueno | 865 | $668,793 |
| Baggett | 206 | $667,474 |
| Brownfield | 160 | $666,596 |
| Beasley | 995 | $663,894 |
| Buena | 201 | $640,822 |
| Blackwell | 1,143 | $640,267 |
| Burnside | 295 | $635,061 |
| Bergman | 948 | $634,292 |
| Bassett | 844 | $629,753 |
| Bolden | 633 | $628,570 |
| Byrnes | 368 | $620,642 |
| Bean | 1,026 | $618,225 |
| Bob | 805 | $616,184 |
| Brand | 792 | $610,746 |
| Busch | 489 | $609,577 |
| Baltazar | 1,139 | $607,805 |
| Backer | 280 | $606,855 |
| Barlow | 833 | $587,064 |
| Bingham | 739 | $580,529 |
| Ban | 223 | $577,080 |
| Ben | 860 | $574,929 |
| Billings | 597 | $571,899 |
| Bower | 731 | $565,159 |
| Beauchamp | 447 | $562,394 |
| Bales | 339 | $557,496 |
| Burris | 725 | $551,483 |
| Berkowitz | 342 | $550,993 |
| Beaver | 570 | $550,385 |
| Butcher | 633 | $549,553 |
| Burk | 558 | $548,658 |
| Baez | 912 | $545,331 |
| Burgos | 810 | $540,308 |
| Battle | 636 | $538,809 |
| Burch | 846 | $533,766 |
| Bowles | 655 | $532,225 |
| Bang | 452 | $529,409 |
| Billy | 373 | $524,866 |
| Bliss | 635 | $524,780 |
| Boyce | 693 | $523,619 |
| Burrows | 651 | $513,819 |
| Bach | 498 | $511,497 |
| Barney | 628 | $503,242 |
| Burger | 681 | $503,151 |
| Barbosa | 784 | $502,713 |
| Beyer | 486 | $495,079 |
| Barba | 968 | $491,454 |
| Britt | 541 | $484,834 |
| Burnham | 597 | $483,590 |
| Belcher | 584 | $471,915 |
| Biederman | 139 | $471,582 |
| Bello | 767 | $469,740 |
| Bae | 825 | $469,200 |
| Briones | 841 | $465,773 |
| Borges | 777 | $465,633 |
| Beckman | 581 | $464,428 |
| Bustos | 1,047 | $462,863 |
| Beal | 614 | $460,075 |
| Blank | 507 | $451,680 |
| Baumann | 476 | $451,591 |
| Betancourt | 951 | $442,737 |
| Botello | 535 | $442,179 |
| Baciocco | 176 | $441,216 |
| Barth | 491 | $439,807 |
| Bac | 183 | $435,191 |
| Bock | 502 | $433,810 |
| Bartholomew | 506 | $426,269 |
| Boss | 339 | $426,269 |
| Brenda | 745 | $425,639 |
| Bogdanovich | 136 | $424,148 |
| Beaulieu | 188 | $423,903 |
| Blum | 789 | $422,477 |
| Brodie | 354 | $418,748 |
| Benavides | 900 | $417,310 |
| Blackman | 580 | $416,149 |
| Blatt | 184 | $415,865 |
| Baum | 628 | $415,037 |
| Bader | 382 | $409,174 |
| Bowling | 350 | $408,402 |
| Ballinger | 254 | $408,005 |
| Beale | 312 | $406,175 |
| Betts | 547 | $402,821 |
| Burroughs | 411 | $397,669 |
| Banner | 209 | $397,526 |
| Bertholf | 165 | $395,951 |
| Bollinger | 373 | $390,548 |
| Bristol | 376 | $388,312 |
| Business | 527 | $387,738 |
| Bi | 357 | $387,707 |
| Broussard | 651 | $387,248 |
| Birnbaum | 180 | $386,013 |
Figures from our copy of the State Controller’s published file, last rebuilt October 16, 2026. We are a private company and are not affiliated with the State Controller’s Office.
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