Lists of most common surnames: Difference between revisions

Family names can be unique or come in large numbers. In different countries some names are more common than others. This is a listing of common surnames (alphabetical by country names):

South America

See also: Demographics of South America

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

See also: Buenos Aires § Demographics, Demographics of Argentina, and Category:Argentine surnames

The following table only covers the capital Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is only an approximate ranking. It is based on the number of telephone connections per surname in the white pages of the city as of 2003.

Brazil and Portuguese

See also: Demographics of Brazil and Category:Brazilian surnames

1. Silva
2. Santos
3. Carlos
4. Oliveira
5. Souza
6. Pereira
7. Costa
8. Carvalho
9. Almeida
10. Ferreira
11. Ribeiro
12. Rodrigues
13. Gomes
14. Lima
15. Martins
16. Rocha
17. Alves
18. Araújo
19. Pinto
20. Barbosa
21. Castro
22. Fernandes
23. Melo
24. Azevedo
25. Barros
26. Cardoso
27. Correia
28. Cunha
29. Dias

Source: [3]

or

1. Silva (or "da Silva")
2. Santos (or "dos Santos")
3. Oliveira (or "de Oliveira")
4. Sousa (Souza is the archaic spelling; or "de Sousa")
5. Lima (or "de Lima")

Based on the São Paulo's telephone directory.

North America

See also: Demographics of North America

Canada

See also: Demography of Canada

In 2007, Canada was a country of about 33 million people, about 1/5^th of whom lived in the province of Quebec. The twenty most common surnames across Canada listed below were compiled by InfoUSA and reported by the CBC. Unlike many countries, the Canadian national government does not publish a common surnames listing based on the national census; however, Quebec's provincial government does make such information available.

Rank	Name
1	Fernández
2	Rodríguez
3	González
4	García
5	López
6	Martínez
7	Pérez
8	Álvarez
9	Gómez
10	Sanchez

National Rank (2007)	Surname	Quebec Rank (2005)	Quebec Rank (2001)
1	Li
2	Smith
3	Lam
4	Martin
5	Brown
6	Roy	3	3
7	Tremblay	1	1
8	Lee
9	Gagnon	2	2
10	Wilson
11	Clark
12	Johnson
13	White
14	Williams
15	Côté	4	4
16	Taylor
17	Campbell
18	Anderson
19	Chan
20	Jones
	Bouchard	5	5
	Gauthier	6	6
	Morin	7	7
	Lavoie	8	8
	Fortin	9	9
	Gagné	10	10
	Ouellet	11	19
	Pelletier	12	11
	Bélanger	13	12
	Lévesque	14	14
	Bergeron	15	13
	Leblanc	16	17
	Paquette	17	<50
	Girard	18	16
	Khan	19	15
	Boucher	20	18

Mexico

See also: Demography of Mexico and Category:Mexican surnames

1. Garcia (4,129,360)
2. Martínez (3,886,887)
3. González (3,188,693)
4. López (3,148,024)
5. Pérez (2,746,468)
6. Rodriguez (2,744,179)
7. Sánchez (2,234,625)
8. Ramirez (2,070,723)
9. Flores (1,392,707)

Source: GARCÍA, Miriam Para regios...los Martínez Periódico El Norte 18 de marzo de 2003.

United States

According to 2000 U.S. Census data, the top hundred surnames in the U.S. are:

Name	Rank in 2000	Rank in 1990	Change in rank	Number of occurrences	Occurrences per 100,000	Cumulative occurrence per 100,000	% White	% Black	% Asian and Pacific Islander	% American Indian and Alaska Native	% 2 races	% Hispanic
Smith	1	1	0	2376206	1727.02	1727.02	73.35	22.22	0.40	0.85	1.63	1.56
Johnson	2	2	0	1857160	1349.78	3076.79	61.55	33.80	0.42	0.91	1.82	1.50
Williams	3	3	0	1534042	1114.94	4191.73	48.52	46.72	0.37	0.78	2.01	1.60
Brown	4	5	1	1380145	1003.08	5194.81	60.71	34.54	0.41	0.83	1.86	1.64
Jones	5	4	-1	1362755	990.44	6185.26	57.69	37.73	0.35	0.94	1.85	1.44
Miller	6	7	1	1127803	819.68	7004.94	85.81	10.41	0.42	0.63	1.31	1.43
Davis	7	6	-1	1072335	779.37	7784.31	64.73	30.77	0.40	0.79	1.73	1.58
Garcia	8	18	10	858289	623.80	8408.11	6.17	0.49	1.43	0.58	0.51	90.81
Rodriguez	9	22	13	804240	584.52	8992.63	5.52	0.54	0.58	0.24	0.41	92.70
Wilson	10	8	-2	783051	569.12	9561.75	69.72	25.32	0.46	1.03	1.74	1.73
Martinez	11	19	8	775072	563.32	10125.07	6.04	0.52	0.60	0.64	0.46	91.72
Anderson	12	11	-1	762394	554.10	10679.17	77.60	18.06	0.48	0.70	1.59	1.58
Taylor	13	10	-3	720370	523.56	11202.73	67.80	27.67	0.39	0.75	1.78	1.61
Thomas	14	12	-2	710696	516.53	11719.26	55.53	38.17	1.63	1.01	2.00	1.66
Hernandez	15	29	14	706372	513.39	12232.65	4.55	0.38	0.65	0.27	0.35	93.81
Moore	16	9	-7	698671	507.79	12740.44	68.85	26.92	0.37	0.65	1.70	1.50
Martin	17	16	-1	672711	488.92	13229.37	77.47	15.30	0.71	0.94	1.59	3.99
Jackson	18	13	-5	666125	484.14	13713.50	41.93	53.02	0.31	1.04	2.18	1.53
Thompson	19	17	-2	644368	468.32	14181.83	72.48	22.53	0.44	1.15	1.78	1.62
White	20	14	-6	639515	464.80	14646.63	67.91	27.38	0.39	1.01	1.76	1.55
Lopez	21	32	11	621536	451.73	15098.36	5.85	0.61	1.04	0.47	0.52	91.51
Lee	22	24	2	605860	440.34	15538.69	40.09	17.41	37.83	1.03	2.30	1.34
Gonzalez	23	38	15	597718	434.42	15973.11	4.76	0.37	0.38	0.18	0.33	93.99
Harris	24	15	-9	593542	431.38	16404.49	53.88	41.63	0.36	0.65	2.02	1.45
Clark	25	21	-4	548369	398.55	16803.05	76.84	18.53	0.41	0.94	1.60	1.68
Lewis	26	23	-3	509930	370.62	17173.66	60.97	33.83	0.45	1.14	1.97	1.64
Robinson	27	20	-7	503028	365.60	17539.26	51.34	44.10	0.37	0.51	1.99	1.68
Walker	28	25	-3	501307	364.35	17903.61	61.25	34.17	0.35	0.83	1.80	1.60
Perez	29	42	13	488521	355.06	18258.66	5.95	0.48	1.18	0.26	0.48	91.65
Hall	30	26	-4	473568	344.19	18602.85	75.11	20.75	0.48	0.63	1.63	1.40
Young	31	28	-3	465948	338.65	18941.50	68.91	23.79	2.95	0.73	1.93	1.69
Allen	32	27	-5	463368	336.77	19278.27	70.24	25.14	0.41	0.83	1.77	1.62
Sanchez	33	52	19	441242	320.69	19598.97	5.77	0.50	1.01	0.49	0.45	91.78
Wright	34	31	-3	440367	320.06	19919.02	68.30	27.36	0.40	0.66	1.75	1.52
King	35	30	-5	438986	319.05	20238.08	72.80	22.02	0.88	0.97	1.71	1.62
Scott	36	34	-2	420091	305.32	20543.40	62.60	32.26	0.41	1.15	1.90	1.68
Green	37	35	-2	413477	300.51	20843.91	59.33	36.23	0.34	0.61	1.78	1.71
Baker	38	37	-1	413351	300.42	21144.33	82.08	13.63	0.45	0.83	1.54	1.47
Adams	39	36	-3	413086	300.23	21444.56	76.17	19.20	0.45	0.79	1.63	1.76
Nelson	40	39	-1	412236	299.61	21744.17	80.29	14.93	0.51	1.09	1.49	1.68
Hill	41	33	-8	411770	299.27	22043.45	66.83	28.42	0.42	0.91	1.78	1.64
Ramirez	42	70	28	388987	282.71	22326.16	4.40	0.29	0.97	0.27	0.40	93.67
Campbell	43	46	3	371953	270.33	22596.49	76.47	19.13	0.43	0.65	1.67	1.65
Mitchell	44	41	-3	367433	267.05	22863.54	63.55	31.52	0.39	0.98	1.93	1.63
Roberts	45	43	-2	366215	266.16	23129.71	79.56	15.86	0.47	0.85	1.67	1.58
Carter	46	40	-6	362548	263.50	23393.21	60.51	34.99	0.39	0.71	1.88	1.52
Phillips	47	45	-2	351848	255.72	23648.93	78.95	16.36	0.45	0.99	1.68	1.58
Evans	48	48	0	342237	248.74	23897.66	70.65	25.05	0.40	0.68	1.67	1.55
Turner	49	44	-5	335663	243.96	24141.62	66.67	29.31	0.33	0.56	1.72	1.40
Torres	50	67	17	325169	236.33	24377.95	6.05	0.58	1.42	0.26	0.53	91.16
Parker	51	47	-4	324246	235.66	24613.61	71.49	24.09	0.44	0.85	1.67	1.46
Collins	52	50	-2	317848	231.01	24844.63	73.92	21.70	0.37	0.75	1.65	1.61
Edwards	53	49	-4	317070	230.45	25075.07	65.16	30.21	0.40	0.75	1.84	1.63
Stewart	54	51	-3	312899	227.41	25302.48	71.78	23.83	0.38	0.74	1.69	1.59
Flores	55	89	34	312615	227.21	25529.69	5.57	0.47	2.15	0.43	0.54	90.84
Morris	56	53	-3	311754	226.58	25756.27	75.92	19.29	0.43	0.93	1.70	1.73
Nguyen	57	228	172	310125	225.40	25981.67	1.26	0.18	95.93	0.04	2.01	0.58
Murphy	58	59	1	300501	218.40	26200.07	85.05	11.03	0.43	0.65	1.29	1.54
Rivera	59	61	2	299463	217.65	26417.72	5.92	1.06	2.06	0.24	0.55	90.17
Cook	60	56	-4	294795	214.26	26631.98	83.52	12.27	0.44	0.86	1.48	1.42
Rogers	61	54	-7	294403	213.97	26845.95	77.80	17.66	0.42	0.77	1.58	1.77
Morgan	62	57	-5	276400	200.89	27046.84	78.47	16.47	0.42	1.15	1.64	1.86
Peterson	63	68	5	275041	199.90	27246.73	86.29	9.58	0.52	0.70	1.33	1.56
Cooper	64	66	-2	270097	196.31	27443.04	70.36	25.26	0.40	0.76	1.69	1.54
Reed	65	55	-10	267443	194.38	27637.42	73.51	21.97	0.40	1.00	1.67	1.45
Bailey	66	60	-6	265916	193.27	27830.68	74.77	21.14	0.40	0.61	1.63	1.45
Bell	67	58	-9	264752	192.42	28023.10	63.57	31.78	0.41	0.90	1.80	1.55
Gomez	68	121	53	263590	191.58	28214.68	6.10	0.81	1.04	0.34	0.54	91.16
Kelly	69	74	5	260385	189.25	28403.93	80.39	15.48	0.49	0.55	1.35	1.73
Howard	70	65	-5	254779	185.17	28589.10	66.83	28.69	0.38	0.82	1.74	1.55
Ward	71	66	-5	254121	184.69	28773.79	77.79	17.77	0.40	0.83	1.57	1.64
Cox	72	64	-8	253771	184.44	28958.23	84.48	11.55	0.39	0.64	1.42	1.52
Diaz	73	99	26	251772	182.99	29141.22	6.17	0.73	1.19	0.22	0.47	91.22
Richardson	74	63	-11	249533	181.36	29322.58	62.25	32.77	0.36	1.05	1.82	1.75
Wood	75	78	3	247299	179.74	29502.31	90.06	5.61	0.51	0.82	1.40	1.60
Watson	76	72	-4	242432	176.20	29678.51	68.58	26.85	0.47	0.80	1.72	1.58
Brooks	77	73	-4	240751	174.98	29853.49	62.72	32.67	0.41	0.75	1.83	1.62
Bennett	78	77	-1	239055	173.74	30027.23	79.00	16.51	0.41	0.89	1.54	1.65
Gray	79	69	-10	236713	172.04	30199.28	71.13	24.36	0.44	0.84	1.66	1.57
James	80	71	-9	233224	169.51	30368.78	54.45	38.09	0.81	2.51	2.10	2.04
Reyes	81	141	60	232511	168.99	30537.77	5.26	0.75	6.02	0.30	0.76	86.90
Cruz	82	118	36	231065	167.94	30705.71	5.95	0.83	5.61	0.38	0.99	86.24
Hughes	83	88	5	229390	166.72	30872.43	80.60	15.45	0.39	0.52	1.46	1.58
Price	84	76	-8	228756	166.26	31038.69	76.11	19.79	0.42	0.64	1.58	1.46
Myers	85	101	16	224824	163.40	31202.09	86.59	9.75	0.38	0.53	1.35	1.40
Long	86	86	0	223494	162.43	31364.52	82.35	11.75	1.78	1.21	1.44	1.47
Foster	87	93	6	221040	160.65	31525.17	72.00	23.19	0.46	0.86	1.78	1.70
Sanders	88	75	-13	220902	160.55	31685.72	63.44	31.90	0.33	0.85	1.73	1.76
Ross	89	80	-9	219961	159.87	31845.59	71.46	23.67	0.46	0.89	1.69	1.82
Morales	90	136	46	217642	158.18	32003.77	5.60	0.60	1.24	0.25	0.44	91.88
Powell	91	85	-6	216553	157.39	32161.16	69.96	25.97	0.38	0.56	1.71	1.41
Sullivan	92	105	13	215640	156.73	32317.89	89.45	6.78	0.46	0.52	1.16	1.63
Russell	93	97	4	215432	156.58	32474.46	79.45	15.79	0.43	1.00	1.70	1.63
Ortiz	94	120	26	214683	156.03	32630.49	5.40	0.64	0.68	0.48	0.45	92.35
Jenkins	95	83	-12	213737	155.34	32785.84	60.12	35.97	0.33	0.55	1.69	1.34
Gutierrez	96	202	106	212905	154.74	32940.58	5.21	0.25	1.40	0.33	0.42	92.39
Perry	97	84	-13	212644	154.55	33095.12	70.71	24.37	0.46	0.82	1.86	1.78
Butler	98	91	-7	210879	153.27	33248.39	64.75	30.85	0.35	0.81	1.75	1.50
Barnes	99	79	-20	210426	152.94	33401.33	67.45	28.23	0.40	0.72	1.71	1.49
Fisher	100	113	13	210279	152.83	33554.16	84.59	11.28	0.42	0.71	1.42	1.58

The distribution reflects the history of immigration into the country. Many immigrants from non-English-speaking countries Anglicized their names. Good examples of this are the popular Swedish name Johansson which was frequently changed to Johnson, and the German Müller which became Miller. The name Smith also became even more frequent because of some Polish immigrants who anglicized the name "Kowalski" to become "Smith". Some very common Swedish names were so similar that only a minor change of spelling was necessary, such as Andersson and Jonsson, which is why these names are much more common in the U.S. than in the United Kingdom. Slavery also had an effect; names such as Jackson, Harris, Davis, Brown, and Jones are common among African Americans, since slaves tended to be given, or adopt, their owners' surnames.

García and Martínez of course represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States as very common names in most Spanish-speaking countries. The Vietnamese surname Nguyen made a dramatic leap from 229th in 1990 to 57th in 2000.

Note that some communities in the USA can have distributions of surnames far different from these.

Oceania

See also: Oceania

Australia

See also: Demography of Australia

All names were retrieved with number of people bearing the name from an Australian government resource, then sorted according to number of people in order to generate the table here.

Rank	Name	Number of people
1	Smith	114,997
2	Jones	56,698
3	Williams	55,555
4	Brown	54,896
5	Wilson	46,961
6	Taylor	45,328
7	Johnson	33,435
8	White	31,099
9	Martin	31,058
10	Anderson	30,910
11	Thompson	29,931
12 (7)	Nguyen	29,798
13	Thomas	27,276
14	Walker	26,688
15	Harris	26,025
16	Lee	25,612
17	Ryan	25,526
18	Robinson	25,168
19	Kelly	25,014
20	King	24,870

Europe

See also: Demography of Europe

Austria

See also: Demographics of Austria

The forty most common surnames in Austria as published in 2006 are shown below beside the approximate percentage of the Austrian population sharing each surname.

Rank	Name	Approximate percentage
1	Gruber	0.3991
2	Huber	0.3873
3	Bauer	0.3373
4	Wagner	0.3100
5	Müller	0.3012
6	Pichler	0.2753
7	Steiner	0.2713
8	Moser	0.2674
9	Mayer	0.2653
10	Hofer	0.2479
11	Leitner	0.2429
12	Berger	0.2383
13	Fuchs	0.2250
14	Eder	0.2144
15	Fischer	0.2141
16	Schmid	0.2115
17	Winkler	0.2015
18	Weber	0.1995
19	Schwarz	0.1961
20	Maier	0.1946
21	Schneider	0.1915
22	Reiter	0.1790
23	Mayr	0.1751
24	Schmidt	0.1740
25	Wimmer	0.1628
26	Egger	0.1610
27	Brunner	0.1602
28	Lang	0.1599
29	Baumgartner	0.1586
30	Auer	0.1555
31	Binder	0.1458
32	Lechner	0.1435
33	Wolf	0.1395
34	Wallner	0.1394
35	Aigner	0.1386
36	Ebner	0.1342
37	Koller	0.1301
38	Lehner	0.1268
39	Haas	0.1261
40	Schuster	0.1168

Belgium

See also: Demographics of Belgium

Belgium is a European nation composed of three main regions: Flemish (Flanders), Walloon (Wallonia), and Brussels (nestled in south Flanders, near the Wallonian border). The Flemish region has a Dutch language tradition, while the Walloon region has a French language tradition. These different linguistic histories are reflected in differing commonalities of surnames, as shown in the table below.

National Rank	Name	Number of people	Flemish Region	Walloon Region	Brussels-Capital Region
1	Peeters	33,113	1	70	2
2	Janssens	30,996	2	57	1
3	Maes	25,567	3
4	Jacobs	20,096	4		4
5	Mertens	18,699			5
6	Willems	18,540	5
7	Claes	16,757
8	Goossens	16,075
9	Wouters	15,834
10	De Smet	14,251
13	Dubois	12,973	<100	1	3
17	Lambert	11,850	<100	2
21	Dupont	10,319		4
31	Martin	8,995		3
36	Dumont	7,998		5

Czech Republic

Rank	Name	Number of people
1	Novák	70 504
2	Zens	52 088
3	Novotný	49 962
4	Dvořák	46 099
5	Černý	36 743
6	Procházka	33 274
7	Kučera	31 286
8	Veselý	26 481
9	Horák	25 174
10	Němec	22 795
11	Marek	22 548
12	Pokorný	22 203
13	Pospíšil	22 189
14	Hájek	21 276
15	Jelínek	20 733
16	Král	20 510
17	Růžička	19 846
18	Beneš	19 600
19	Fiala	19 121
20	Sedláček	18 484

Feminized names included (m. Novák - f. Nováková).
Source: Ministry of Interior (as of 2002).

Denmark

Most popular Danish family names (as of 2004) [4]

1. Jensen 303,089
2. Nielsen 296,850
3. Hansen 248,968
4. Pedersen 186,913
5. Andersen 172,894
6. Christensen 133,033
7. Larsen 129,662
8. Sørensen 124,175
9. Rasmussen 104,130
10. Jørgensen 98,354
11. Petersen 92,189
12. Madsen 70,176
13. Kristensen 65,074
14. Olsen 54,044
15. Thomsen 40,514
16. Christiansen 40,224
17. Poulsen 34,203
18. Johansen 33,120
19. Knudsen 31,977
20. Mortensen 31,252

The most popular Danish family names all end with "sen", meaning "son". That means, that for example "Jensen" is "son of Jens", "Poulsen" is "son of Poul". An example: if Hans Petersen's father was Peter Sørensen, Hans' father's name was Peter, and his grandfather's Søren. His son would then be (first name) Hansen. This method of naming children was widely used up to the middle of the 19th century. Sometimes it was also common to give to girls names such as "Jensdatter" or "Poulsdatter", meaning daughter of Jens, or daughter of Poul. These names are now seldom seen in Denmark, but still widely known and used in Iceland (where the ending is -dóttir).

Nowadays, the "sen" names have lost their meanings, because women bear them too.

Estonia

Many common Estonian surnames relate to nature and the natural environment.

1. Tamm (5,180) - Oak/dam
2. Saar (4,306) - Ash (tree)/island
3. Mägi (3,565) - Mountain/hill
4. Sepp (3,550) - Smith
5. Kask - Birch
6. Kukk - Rooster
7. Rebane - Fox
8. Ilves - Lynx
9. Pärn - Linden
10. Koppel - Paddock
11. Luik - Swan
12. Oja - Brook
13. Kaasik - Birch grove
14. Lepik - Alder grove
15. Raudsepp - Blacksmith
16. Kuusk - Spruce/fir
17. Karu - Bear
18. Kütt - Hunter
19. Põder - Moose
20. Vaher- Maple

Date

February 1, 2005

Source

Ministry of Internal Affairs Estonia, press release "Tamm, Saar, Mägi and Sepp are the most common family names in Estonia" 09.02.2005 [5]

Finland

Source: Population Register Centre, 20 June 2005. Percentages are based on the population of Finland on 21 June 2005.

1. Virtanen - 24,204 (0.461%)
2. Korhonen - 23,721 (0.452%)
3. Nieminen - 21,841 (0.416%)
4. Mäkinen - 21,699 (0.414%)
5. Mäkelä - 19,674 (0.375%)
6. Hämäläinen - 19,518 (0.372%)
7. Laine - 18,908 (0.360%)
8. Koskinen - 18,058 (0.344%)
9. Heikkinen - 17,939 (0.342%)
10. Järvinen - 17,381 (0.331%)

Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a time before which many Finns had no surname in today's sense. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features — virta "river", koski "rapids", mäki "hill" — often with the suffix -nen added after the model of older, mainly eastern Finnish surnames such as Korhonen and Heikkinen. "Hämäläinen" literally means an inhabitant of Häme. Heikki is a Finnish form of the man's name Henry.

France

Source (2004) : [6]

1. Martin - 235,846 (0.393%) - From Saint Martin, patron saint of France (from Martius, Latin for warrior)
2. Bernard - 105,132 (0.175%) - From Saint Bernard, from Germanic for bold as a bear
3. Dubois - 95,998 (0.159%) - "From the wood"
4. Thomas - 95,387 (0.158%) - From Saint Thomas (Jesus' Disciple), from Aramaic for twin
5. Robert - 91,393 (0.152%) - From Germanic for bright fame
6. Richard - 90,689 (0.151§) - "Rich/powerful"
7. Petit - 88,318 (0.147%) - "Small" (size)
8. Durand - 84,252 (0.140%) - From Durandus (Latin for strong, lasting)
9. Leroy - 78,868 (0.131%) - "The King/The winner"
10. Moreau - 78,177 (0.130) - Dark complexion (like Maures)
11. Simon - 76,655 (0.127%) - From Saint Simon, from Hebrew for God heard
12. Laurent - 75,307 (0.125%) - From Saint Laurent, from Latin laurens, Laurel-crowned
13. Lefebvre - 74,564 (0.124%) - "The smith"
14. Michel - 74,318 (0.123%) - From Saint Michel, from Hebrew for Who is like God
15. Garcia - 68,720 (0.114%) - Spanish surname
16. David - 61,762 (0.103%) - From King David, from Hebrew for Beloved
17. Bertrand - 59,817 (0.100%) From Germanic for bright and vigorous
18. Roux - 59,440 (0.099%) - "Red-haired"
19. Vincent - 57,351 (0.096%) - From Saint Vincent, from Latin vicens, winner
20. Fournier - 57,047 (0.095%) - "Baker"
21. Morel - 56,760 (0.095%) - Dark complexion (like Maures)
22. Girard - 55,642 (0.093%) - From Germanic for bold as a spear
23. André - 55,228 (0.092%) - From Saint André, from Greek for manly
24. Lefèvre - 53670 (0.089%) - "The smith"
25. Mercier - 53622 (0.089%) - "Trader/Shopkeeper"

Georgia

Source: 2007 [7]

	Name	Number of people
1	Beridze	19,765
2	Mammadov	19,294
3	Kapanadze	13,294
4	Gelashvili	13,505
5	Aliyev	13,118

Germany

data from 1995

1. Müller (0.95%) (Miller)
2. Schmidt (0.69%) (Smith, blacksmith)
3. Schneider (0.40%) (Taylor)
4. Fischer (0.35%) (Fisher)
5. Meyer (0.33%) (from Latin "major", the bigger one, referring to the name-giver's status, means "official" (mayor, police officer, sheriff, etc), "peasant", or from the Jewish surname Meir; also: Meier, 0.15%; Maier, 0.13%; Mayer, 0.13%)
6. Weber (0.30%) (Weaver)
7. Schulz (0.27%) (regionally for mayor)
8. Wagner (0.27%) (Wainwright, Wright; builder of wagons and carriages)
9. Becker (0.27%) (Baker)
10. Hoffmann (0.26%) (owning a farm)
11. Schäfer (Shephard)
12. Koch (Cook)
13. Bauer (Farmer)
14. Richter (Judge)
15. Klein (small)
16. Schröder
17. Wolf
18. Neumann
19. Schwarz
20. Zimmermann
21. Krüger
22. Braun
23. Hofmann
24. Schmitz
25. Hartmann
26. Lange
27. Schmitt
28. Werner
29. Krause
30. Meier
31. Schmid
32. Lehmann
33. Schultze
34. Maier
35. Köhler
36. Herrmann
37. Walter
38. König
39. Mayer
40. Huber
41. Kaiser
42. Fuchs
43. Peters
44. Möller
45. Schölz
46. Lang
47. Weiss
48. Jung
49. Hahn
50. Vogel

Most of the names of this list refer to the occupation of the first holder of the name.

Greece

1. Papadopoulos/ou(priest΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
2. Athanasopoulos/ou(Athanasios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
3. Aggelopoulos/ou(Aggelos΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
4. Anastasopoulos/ou(Anastasios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
5. Giannopoulos/ou(Ioannis΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
6. Theodorakopoulos/ou[Theodoros΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region(mainly of Mani)]
7. Georgakopoulos/ou[Georgios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region(mainly of Mani)]
8. Nikolopoulos/ou(Nikolaos΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
9. Fotopoulos/ou(Fotios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
10. Kostopoulos/ou[Konstantinos(Kostas)΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region]

Hungary

1. Nagy (239310; big)
2. Kovács (221687; smith, cf. Schmidt)
3. Tóth (216758; Slovak/Slav)
4. Szabó (212586; tailor, cf. Schneider, Couturier)
5. Horváth (Horvát) (201059; Croatian)
6. Varga (139764; shoemaker, cf. Schumacher, person working with leather)
7. Kiss (Kis) (134305; small, cf. Klein, Petit)
8. Molnár (109178; miller, cf. Müller)
9. Németh (Német) (93990; German, cf. Deutsch, Lallemand)
10. Farkas (83346; <given name, meaning "wolf">, cf. Wolf)
11. Balogh (80113; left-handed, unskillful)
12. Papp (53847; priest)
13. Takács (53402; weaver, cloth-maker, cf. Weber)
14. Juhász (52495; shepherd, cf. Schäfer)
15. Lakatos (45051; locksmith)
16. Mészáros (41061; butcher, cf. Fleischer, Boucher)
17. Simon (38481; <given name>)
18. Oláh (38311; Vlach, Romanian)
19. Fekete (35179; black, cf. Schwarz, Lenoir)
20. Rácz (35109; Serbian)
21. Szilágyi (31986; from Szilágy county)
22. Török (27206; Turkish)
23. Fehér (26804; white, cf. Weiss, Leblanc)
24. Gál (Gaál) (25924; <given name>)
25. Balázs (25804; <given name>)
26. Kis (24613; see Kiss)
27. Szűcs (24416; leather taylor)
28. Pintér (23951; cooper, cf. Binder)
29. Kocsis (23911; coachman)
30. Fodor (23371; 'curly hair')

Notes:

• The above is official data of the Central Personal Data Processing Office at Hungary's Ministry of Interior in 2006 [8].
• Beside the names, the number of their owners and their meaning is given. Note that Hungarian surnames often show archaic spelling and occasionally employ obsolete words, especially for nationalities like tót or rác.
• Nationalities occur frequently as surnames, the pre-1920 Hungary being a multi-ethnic country. Because of this, there are also a lot of surnames of foreign origin. Some examples: Weiss, Schwarz, Schäffer (German), Mravik, Novák, Zsilinszky (Slovak), Csernicskó (East Slavonic), Marosán, Szelezsán, Torgyán (Romanian), Nemcsik, Bencsics, Popovics, Petrovics (South Slavonic), Dobrev (Bulgarian), Kohn (Hebrew/Yiddish).

Ireland

Source: The Top 500 Irish & British Surnames, The Observer, 15th April 2007

1. Murphy
2. Kelly
3. O'Sullivan
4. Walsh
5. Smith
6. O'Brien
7. Byrne
8. Ryan
9. O'Connor
10. O'Neill
11. O'Reilly
12. Doyle
13. McCarthy
14. Gallagher
15. O'Doherty
16. Kennedy
17. Lynch
18. Murray
19. Quinn
20. Moore
21. Hogan

Names starting with O' and Mac/Mc were originally patronymic.

Italy

1. Rossi (redhead, common in Northern and Central Italy)
2. Russo (redhead, common in Southern Italy)
3. Ferrari (Smith)
4. Esposito (exposed child, i.e. born then abandoned)
5. Bianchi (white-haired)
6. Romano (from Rome)
7. Colombo (Pigeon)
8. Ricci (curly-haired)
9. Marino (from the Sea)
10. Greco (from Greece)
11. Bruno (brown-skinned)
12. Gallo (from France)
13. Conti (count)
14. De Luca (son of Luca, "Luke")
15. Costa (from the Coast)
16. Giordano
17. Mancini (left-handed)
18. Rizzo (curly-haired)
19. Lombardi (from Lombardy \ descendant of the Lombards)
20. Moretti (brown haired \ swarthy)

Date

unknown

Source

Gens

The top 10 surnames cover about 1% of the population.

Latvia

1. Bērziņš (Berzinsh)
2. Kalniņš (Kalninsh)
3. Ozoliņš (Ozolinsh)
4. Jansons (Jansons)
5. Ozols (Ozols)
6. Liepiņš (Liepinsh)
7. Krūmiņš (Kruminsh)
8. Balodis (Balodis)
9. Eglītis (Eglitis)
10. Zariņš (Zarinsh)
11. Pētersons (Petersons)
12. Vītols (Vitols)
13. Kļaviņš (Klavinsh)
14. Kārkliņš (Karklinsh)
15. Vanags (Vanags)

First three literally translated - the diminutive forms of birch, hill and oak. Source - the Latvian Institute

Lithuania

Most popular Lithuanian surnames 2007

#	For men	For women
1	Kazlauskas	Kazlauskienė
2	Stankevičius	Stankevičienė
3	Jankauskas	Jankauskienė
4	Petrauskas	Petrauskienė
5	Vasiliauskas	Vasiliauskienė
6	Žukauskas	Žukauskienė
7	Paulauskas	Paulauskienė
8	Urbonas	Urbonienė

Note: The Lithuanian language has different endings for surnames for men and women. The ending of a woman's surname indicates whether she is married or not. Last names of married women end in -ienė while those of unmarried girls end in -ytė, -iūtė, -utė, -aitė.

Source: The Interesting Statistics, Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania), 2005.

Malta

	Name	Number of people	%	Etymology
1	Borg	13,169	3.3	Sicilian city of Burgi; or from Sant'Ambrogio
2	Camilleri	12,643	3.1	Latin son of Camillo
3	Vella	11,785	2.9	'bella' Italian for beautiful; or 'vela' Italian sail
4	Farrugia	11,549	2.9	From the old Latin fellus (earth); or Arabic faruj (fowl)
5	Zammit	9,424	2.3	'zamr' Arabic for lute

Date

November 27, 2005

Source

"Census 2005: A focus on surnames in Malta", National Statistics Office Malta [9]

Source of etymologies

http://www.searchmalta.com/surnames

An older source gives a longer list of surnames. These are:

	Name	Number of people	Etymology
6	Galea	7,442	? The Latin word for helmet
7	Micallef	7,166	the name Mikali (Michael) or from 'mħallef', the Maltese word for judge (profession)
8	Grech	6,740	'Graecus' Latin for Greek
9	Attard	6,453	'attar' Arabic for pharmacist/physician
10	Spiteri	6,391	'Hospitalieri', used for abandoned children (near the Knights' Hospital), other interpretations being children of the Hospitalieri themselves
11	Cassar	5,985	Maybe castle keeper (Latin origin) or barber (Arabic origin)
12	Azzopardi	5,905	'A Safardi', meaning 'A sephardic Jew - a Jew coming from Spain' However, the exact meaning of the word Safardi is disputed: e.g. in semitic languages, the word 'safar' means travel so Safardim could also mean Jews who travelled, the biblical record predating the existence of Jews in Spain considerably
13	Mifsud	5,707	Jewish surname
14	Caruana	5,577	Kairouan in Tunisia, in turn is derived from the Persian word Kârawân [10]
15	Muscat	5,288	Muscat grape
16	Agius	4,944	Maybe Greek Holy or Maltese old man or referring to a pilgrim to Mecca
17	Schembri	4,226	Greek surname
18	Abela	4,117	Jewish surname, from Abel
19	Fenech	4,111	Maybe 'fenek' Maltese for rabbit or 'Fenici' meaning Phoenicians
20	Pace	4,017	'pace' Italian for peace

Date

unknown

Source

http://www.maltavista.ru/info/surnames, which refers to "Surnames in Malta: what can they tell us?" by Prof. Joseph M. Brincat

Source of etymologies

http://www.searchmalta.com/surnames

The Netherlands

The most recent complete count of surnames in the Netherlands is based on the 1947 census. Although this data is now dated, the relative positions of these surnames will probably not have changed much.

	Name	Number of people
1	De Jong	55,256
2	De Vries	49,298
3	Jansen	49,213
4	Van den Berg, Van der Berg, Van de Berg	37,678
5	Bakker	37,483
6	Van Dijk	36,578
7	Visser	34,721
8	Janssen	32,824
9	Smit	29,783
10	Meijer, Meyer	28,256

Date

May 31, 1947

Source

Nederlands Repertorium van Familienamen, Meertens-Instituut, 1963-1988. Data can be viewed in the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands

Norway

1. Hansen
2. Johansen
3. Olsen
4. Larsen
5. Andersen
6. Nilsen
7. Pedersen
8. Kristiansen
9. Jensen
10. Karlsen
11. Johnsen
12. Pettersen
13. Eriksen
14. Berg
15. Haugen
16. Hagen
17. Johannessen
18. Andreassen
19. Jacobsen
20. Halvorsen

Source: Statistics Norway: Name statistics

Poland

See also: Polish surnames

1. Nowak (203,506; from nowy "newman")
2. Kowalski (139,719; from kowal "smith")
3. Wiśniewski (109,855; from wiśnia "cherry")
4. Wójcik (99,509; from popular name Wojciech; from word "wojak" (warrior), from real estates Wójcza, Wójciki; from wójt, a noun describing chief officer of a municipality (gmina))
5. Kowalczyk (97,796, from kowal "smith", literally "smith's son")
6. Kamiński (94,499; from kamień "stone")
7. Lewandowski (92,449; from lewantyna "Levantine")
8. Zieliński (91,043; from zielony "green")
9. Szymański (89,091; from Szymon, equivalent to Simon)
10. Woźniak (88,039; from wóz, "cart")
11. Dąbrowski (86,132; from dąb "oak tree")
12. Kozłowski (75,962; from kozioł "he-goat")
13. Jankowski (68,514; from Janek, equivalent to John)
14. Mazur (66,773; from Mazury, the region in Poland)
15. Wojciechowski (66,361; from the name Wojciech, equivalent to Adalbert)
16. Kwiatkowski (66,017; from kwiat "flower")
17. Krawczyk (64,048; from krawiec "tailor", "taylor's son")
18. Kaczmarek (61,816; from karczma "inn")
19. Piotrowski (61,380; from Piotr, equivalent to Peter)
20. Bagiński (60,492; from baginiak "master")
21. Grabowski (58,393; from grab "hornbeam")
22. Jaworski (44,104;from 'jawor' "sycamore")

It is important to remember that Polish names which end with -ski or -cki have a male and a female form - Kamiński / Kamińska, Wielicki / Wielicka, etc. This needs to be considered when taking a count based on, for instance, scanning a telephone book.

Source: Zawadzki, Jarosław Maciej (2002). 1000 najpopularniejszych nazwisk w Polsce (1000 of the most popular names in Poland). Świat Książki. ISBN 83-7311-265-0. Template:Pl icon

Slovenia

Source: http://www.stat.si/imena_pr_vsa.asp

1. Novak 11450
2. Horvat 10258
3. Krajnc 5839
4. Kovačič 5699
5. Zupančič 5187
6. Kovač 4836
7. Potočnik 4767
8. Mlakar 4132
9. Vidmar 4004
10. Golob 3957

Spain

Source: [11] - Data from December 1999. (2004 data confirmation of top 25)

1. García - 1,378,000 people (3.48%) (Of Pre-Roman origin, either Iberian or Basque. Garcia was a very common first name in early medieval Spain. It is a surname of patronymic origin, like most of the -ez ending Spanish surnames.)
2. Fernández - 851,000 (2.15%) (Son of Fernando, from Germanic Fredenand or Fridnand. Most of the common Spanish surnames originating from Germanic first names were introduced in Spain during centuries V-VII by the Visigoths, so almost all of them are from the Visigoth tradition)
3. González - 839,000 (2.12%) (Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus, of Germanic origin)
4. Rodríguez - 804,000 (2.03%) (Son of Rodrigo, from Germanic Roderic)
5. López - 796,000 (2.01%) (Son of Lope, from Latin Lupus, meaning wolf)
6. Martínez - 788,000 (1.97%) (Son of Martin, also from Latin, derived from Martis, genitive form of Mars)
7. Sánchez - 725,000 (1.83%) (Son of Sancho, from Latin Sanctius)
8. Pérez - 709,000 (1.79%) (Son of Pedro, from Latin Petrus)
9. Martín - 459,000 (1.16%) (Martin)
10. Gómez - 440,000 (1.11%) (Son of Gome, Gomo or Gomaro, also of Germanic origin)
11. Ruiz - 321,000 (0.81%) (Son of Rui, variation or short for Rodrigo)
12. Hernández - 305,000 (0.77%) (Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando)
13. Jiménez - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Jimeno, from Xemeno or Ximeno, of unknown origin)
14. Díaz - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Diago or Diego, ultimately from Greek Didachos)
15. Álvarez - 273,000 (0.69%) (Son of Alvaro, from Alvar, also of Germanic origin)
16. Moreno - 261,000 (0.66%) (Brown-haired, tanned, brunet)
17. Muñoz - 241,000 (0.61%) (Son of Munio, of Pre-Roman origin)
18. Alonso - 206,000 (0.52%) (Son of Alonso, variation of Alfonso, from Germanic Adalfuns)
19. Gutiérrez - 170,000 (0.43%) (Son of Gutier or Gutierre, from Germanic Wutier)
20. Romero - 170,000 (0.43%) (walker, pilgrim)
21. Navarro - 158,400 (0.40%) (Navarrese, from Navarra; of Toponymic origin)
22. Torres - 134,600 (0.34%) (Towers; also toponymic)
23. Domínguez - 134,600 (0.34%) (Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, ultimately from Dominus, meaning lord, master)
24. Gil - 134,600 (0.34%) (From older form Egidio; also patronymic)
25. Vázquez - 130,000 (0.33%) (Son of Vasco or Velasco, of Pre-Roman origin, either Iberian or Basque)
26. Serrano - 122,700 (0.31%) (Mountain Dweller)
27. Ramos - 118,000 (0.30%) (Branches; of patronymic origin, meaning 'born in or near the Christian festivity of Branch Sunday, or Palm Sunday')
28. Blanco - 118,000 (0.30%) (White)
29. Sanz - 106,900 (0.27%) (Variation of Sanchez)
30. Castro - 102,900 (0.26%) (Castle, hamlet, castro)
31. Suárez - 102,900 (0.26%) (Son of Suero or Suaro, of unknown origin)
32. Ortega - 99,000 (0.25%) (From Ortiga or Hortiga, a type of common plant from the nettle family; of toponymic origin)
33. Rubio - 99,000 (0.25%) (Blond, fair-haired; ultimately from Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish)
34. Molina - 99,000 (0.25%) (Mill, place with mills; toponymic)
35. Delgado - 95,000 (0.24%) (Thin man)
36. Ramírez - 95,000 (0.24%) (Son of Ramiro, from Germanic Radamir or Radmir)
37. Morales - 95,000 (0.24%) (Place with abundant blackberry plants; of toponymic origin)
38. Ortiz - 87,120 (0.22%) (Son of Ortún; ultimately from Latin Fortunius, meaning fortunate one)
39. Marín - 83,160 (0.21%) (From Latin Marinus, meaning seaman, sailor)
40. Iglesias - 83,160 (0.21%) (Churches; toponymic origin)

Family names ending in -ez are typically patronymic

The top 10 surnames cover about 20% of population.

Sweden

official statistics

• Johansson (3.3%)
• Andersson (3.2%)
• Karlsson (2.5%)
• Nilsson (2.2%)
• Eriksson (1.7%)
• Larsson (1.6%)
• Olsson (1.4%)
• Persson (1.4%)
• Svensson (1.3%)
• Gustafsson (0.90%)
• Pettersson (0.83%)
• Jonsson (0.72%)
• Jansson (0.63%)
• Hansson (0.54%)
• Bengtsson (0.42%)
• Jönsson (0.42%)
• Petersson (0.37%)
• Carlsson (0.34%)
• Gustavsson (0.32%)
• Magnusson (0.32%)
• Lindberg (0.31%)
• Olofsson (0.30%)

The most common names in Sweden are originally patronymic, which means that the son of e.g. Karl received the surname Karlsson (Karl's son). The daughter received the name Karlsdotter (Karl's daughter). Since the 19th century these names are inherited indifferent of the previous tradition and carried as family names. Even though these "son-names" are the most common names in Sweden, a majority of the Swedes have other family names consisting of two items from nature, for example Lindberg (linden/lime mountain), Bergkvist (mountain twig), Alström/Ahlström (alder stream). Other names like Sjöman (Seaman) and Nyman (Newman) contain professions and adjectives. Many families also have military-oriented names as Skarpsvärd (sharp sword) Sköld (shield) and Stolt (proud). Those names were originally appointed to soldiers from 16th century and onwards based on either character, merit or inheritance (a professional soldier had the right to change his name to that of his predecessor). Due to the greater diversity of these names each specific name is less common than most "son-names". Given the large quantity of citizens of foreign heritage it is a matter of time before their surnames will be present high up in the official statistics, especially when grouped together instead of listed as separate surnames because of slightly different spelling or omitted umlauts etc. Persons with ancestors of noble origin in Sweden often have surnames referring to their coat of arms and sometimes the names are also of non-Swedish origin.

The top 10 surnames cover about 20% of the population.

Swiss

• Piccard
• Probst

United Kingdom

England, Wales and Isle of Man

The following list is for England, Wales, and the Isle of Man, and is based on a survey of the National Health Service Central Register[12].

1. Smith (1.15%)
2. Jones (0.94%)
3. Williams (0.66%)
4. Taylor (0.53%)
5. Brown (0.51%)
6. Davies (0.48%)
7. Evans (0.39%)
8. Wilson (0.35%)
9. Thomas (0.35%)
10. Johnson (0.34%)
11. Roberts (0.33%)
12. Robinson (0.29%)
13. Thompson (0.28%)
14. Wright (0.28%)
15. Walker (0.27%)
16. White (0.27%)
17. Edwards (0.27%)
18. Hughes (0.26%)
19. Green (0.25%)
20. Hall (0.25%)
21. Lewis (0.25%)
22. Harris (0.25%)
23. Dhesi (0.24%)
24. Patel (0.24%)
25. Jackson (0.24%)

Scotland

100 most common surnames from the General Register Office for Scotland (1999/2000/2001):

1. Smith
2. Brown
3. Wilson
4. Campbell
5. Stewart
6. Thomson
7. Robertson
8. Anderson
9. Macdonald
10. Scott
11. Reid
12. Murray
13. Taylor
14. Clark
15. Ross
16. Watson
17. Morrison
18. Paterson
19. Young
20. Mitchell
21. Walker
22. Fraser
23. Miller
24. McDonald
25. Gray
26. Henderson
27. Hamilton
28. Johnston
29. Duncan
30. Graham
31. Ferguson
32. Kerr
33. Davidson
34. Bell
35. Cameron
36. Kelly
37. Martin
38. Hunter
39. Allan
40. Mackenzie
41. Grant
42. Simpson
43. Mackay
44. McLean
45. MacLeod
46. Black
47. Russell
48. Marshall
49. Wallace
50. Gibson

Eurasia (transcontinental)

Russia

The 20 most common Russian surnames (from the European part of Russia, as calculated by Balanovska et al., 2006, [13])

1. Смирнов (Smirnov, 1.61%) - "quiet man's"
2. Иванов (Ivanov, 1.30%) - "John's"
3. Кузнецов (Kuznetsov, 0.90%) - "smith's"
4. Попов (Popov, 0.79%) - "priest's"
5. Соколов (Sokolov, 0.73%) - "falcon's"
6. Лебедев (Lebedev, 0,65%) - "swan's"
7. Козлов (Kozlov, 0,58%) - "he-goat's"
8. Новиков (Novikov, 0,54%) - "novik's" (novik - a teenager on military service who comes from a noble, boyar, or cossack family in Russia of 16th-18th centuries).
9. Морозов (Morozov, 0.53%) - "frost's"
10. Петров (Petrov, 0.44%) - "Peter's"
11. Волков (Volkov, 0.44%) - "wolf's"
12. Соловьёв (Solovyov, 0.44%) - "nightingale's"
13. Васильев (Vasilyev, 0.42%) - "Basil's"
14. Зайцев (Zaytsev, 0.41%) - "hare's"
15. Павлов (Pavlov, 0.39%) - "Paul's"
16. Семёнов (Semyonov, 0,35%) - "Simeon's"
17. Голубев (Golubev, 0,32%) - "pigeon's"
18. Виноградов (Vinogradov, 0.32%) - "grape's"
19. Богданов (Bogdanov, 0.31%) - "Bogdan's" (Bogdan - a Ukrainian given name)
20. Воробьёв (Vorobyov, 0.30%) - "sparrow's"

Russian surnames may originally denote "son of" or "serf of". Women's surnames have an "-a" feminine ending. Thus, for example, "Ivanova" means "belonging to John" or "John's daughter".

The Russian equivalent of "Smith, Jones, and Brown" (that is, the generic most popular surnames) is Иванов, Петров, Сидоров, or "Johnson, Peterson, and Sidorson". The last of these, Sidorov - "of Sidor" is actually not a very common surname at all, while Sidor as a given name is virtually unknown. According to latest studies (2006), the most common Russian surnames are actually Smirnov, Ivanov and Kuznetsov.

Turkey

1. Yılmaz (means "dauntless")
2. Kaya (means "rock")
3. Demir (means "iron")
4. Şahin (means "falcon")
5. Çelik (means "steel")
6. [name]oğlu (son of [name])

Source: Turkish Directorate-General of Population and Citizenships:

• http://www.nvi.gov.tr/11,Ana_Sayfa_Isim_Istatistikleri_Sun.html
• http://www.nvi.gov.tr/content/attached/nvi/istatistikler/encokkullanilan5soyad.pdf

Asia

See also: Asian people

China

See also: List of common Chinese surnames

According to the survey conducted by Chinese Academy of Sciences released in January 2006, the top twenty surnames in China are listed as follows.

1. (李) Lǐ
2. (王) Wáng
3. (張) Zhāng
4. (劉) Liú
5. (陳) Chén
6. (楊) Yáng
7. (黃) Huáng
8. (趙) Zhào
9. (周) Zhōu
10. (吳) Wú
11. (徐) Xú
12. (孫) Sūn
13. (朱) Zhū
14. (馬) Mǎ
15. (胡) Hú
16. (郭) Guō
17. (林) Lín
18. (何) Hé
19. (高) Gāo
20. (梁) Liáng

Israel

This is a list of the most common Jewish surnames in Israel:

	Name	Percentage of population
1	Cohen (כהן)	2.52%
2	Levi (לוי) (sometimes spelled Levy)	1.48%
3	Mizrachi (מזרחי)	0.47%
4	Peretz (פרץ)	0.42%
5	Biton (ביטון)	0.40%

These 5 are followed by:

6. Dahan
7. Avraham
8. Friedman
9. Azulai
10. Malcah
11. Katz
12. David
13. Gabai
14. Amar
15. Ochion
16. Chadad (Hadad)
17. Yosef
18. Ben-David
19. Adrei
20. Levin
21. Moshe
22. Ashkenazi
23. Tal
24. Segel
25. Chazan
26. Shapira
27. Yitzchak
28. Klein
29. Golan
30. Chen

Date

February 23, 2004

Source

http://www.britam.org/jerusalem/jerusalem271to300.html, quoting from Yediot Achronot

Japan

Main article: Japanese name

Based on the Japanese surname Dictionary (日本苗字大辞典) issued in July 1996, there are 291,129 different surnames in Japan. If one surname pronounce or romanize the same but with different Chinese character counts as different surnames, there are, believed to be, approximately 300,000 surnames in Japan. The top 10 surnames cover approxmately 10% of the population and the top ranked 7,000 surnames cover slightly more than approx. 96%.(Source:Top 7,000 Surnames of Japan) Also it is believed that Japan is the country having the most number of different surnames among countries.

The ranking is based on the entries on all Japanese Yellow Pages in the most recent three years issue and the number of entries is average in three issues.

	Name	Romanization	No. of entries
1	佐藤	Satō	456,430
2	鈴木	Suzuki	403,506
3	高橋	Takahashi	335,288
4	田中	Tanaka	314,770
5	渡辺 (渡邊)	Watanabe	263,817
6	伊藤	Itō	255,876
7	山本	Yamamoto	254,662
8	中村	Nakamura	249,509
9	小林	Kobayashi	241,651
10	斎藤 (斉藤)	Saitō	225,404
11	加藤	Katō	203,101
12	吉田	Yoshida	197,460
13	山田	Yamada	197,460
14	佐々木	Sasaki	169,617
15	山口	Yamaguchi	152,065
16	松本	Matsumoto	149,006
17	井上	Inoue	143,552
18	木村	Kimura	137,160
19	林	Hayashi	129,673
20	清水	Shimizu	123,953
21	山崎	Yamazaki / Yamasaki	114,802
22	森	Mori	110,430
23	阿部 / 安倍	Abe	108,369
24	池田	Ikeda	108,369
25	橋本	Hashimoto	105,778
26	山下	Yamashita	102,647
27	石川	Ishikawa	97,704
28	中島	Nakajima / Nakashima	95,699
29	前田	Maeda	93,207
30	藤田	Fujita	91,298
31	小川	Ogawa	91,298
32	岡田	Okada	89,856
33	後藤	Gotō	89,818
34	長谷川	Hasegawa	87,815
35	村上	Murakami	86,992
36	近藤	Kondō	86,695
37	石井	Ishii	86,234
38	坂本	Sakamoto	78,849
39	遠藤	Endō	78,178
40	青木	Aoki	76,233
41	藤井	Fujii	75,826
42	西村	Nishimura	75,264
43	福田	Fukuda	74,510
44	太田	Ōta	74,352
45	三浦	Miura	72,640
46	藤原	Fujiwara	72,569
47	岡本	Okamoto	71,443
48	松田	Matsuda	71,102
49	中川	Nakagawa	70,889
50	中野	Nakano	70,082

Source: Nationwide Top 10,000 Surnames by Tadashige Murayama. "The 2006 Japanese Surnames Research". Myōji-kan (苗字舘). Retrieved 2007-11-12.

Korea

Main article: List of Korean family names

1. 김 (金; Kim, Gim)
2. 이 (李; Lee, Yi, I)
3. 박 (朴; Park, Pak, Bak)
4. 최 (崔; Choi, Choe)
5. 정 (鄭; Jung, Chung, Jeong)
6. 강 (姜; Kang, Gang)
7. 조 (曹; Cho, Jo)
8. 윤 (尹; Yoon, Yun)
9. 장 (張; Jang, Chang)
10. 임 (林; Lim, Im)
11. 신 (申; Shin, Sin)
12. 한 (韓; Han)
13. 서 (徐; Suh, Seo)
14. 권 (權; Kwon, Gwon)
15. 손 (孫; Sohn, Son)
16. 황 (黃; Hwang, Whang)
17. 송 (宋; Song)
18. 안 (安; Ahn, An)
19. 유 (柳; Yoo, Yu)
20. 홍 (洪; Hong)

Source: National Statistical Office, Republic of Korea

Korean surnames have a variety of ways of being romanized.

Philippines

See also:

• Philippine name
• Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, book of surnames distributed by decree to indigenous Filipinos

Common Surnames

1. Santos
2. Reyes
3. Cruz
4. Bautista
5. Ocampo
6. Garcia
7. Mendoza
8. Torres
9. Castillo
10. Flores
11. Villanueva
12. Ramos
13. Castro
14. Rivera
15. Aquino
16. Navarro
17. Salazar
18. Mercado
19. Concepcion
20. Santiago

Prefix DE'

1. Dela Cruz
2. Delos Reyes
3. Del Rosario
4. Delos Santos
5. De Guzman
6. De Castro
7. Dela Vega
8. Dela Rosa
9. De Asis
10. De Rosales

Suffix 'EZ

1. González
2. López
3. Hernández
4. Pérez
5. Fernández
6. Ramirez
7. Dominguez
8. Enriquez
9. Alvarez
10. Sánchez

Majority of the Filipinos use Spanish Surnames like other former Spanish Colonies, however many Filipinos still use the native surnames such as Kalaw, Macaraeg, Gatdula and many others. Filipino Chineses use their own family names. Some other Filipino mestizos (mixed-ancestry) bear the foreign names of their bloodline.

Source: http://www.census.gov.ph/

Singapore

See also: List of common Chinese surnames

Popular Chinese surnames - based on a paper published by Statistics Singapore, 2000

1. Tan 陈 (陳)
2. Lim 林
3. Li 李
4. Ng 黄
5. Ong 王
6. Wong 黃
7. Goh 吳
8. Chua 蔡
9. Chan 陈 (陳)
10. Koh 许 (許)
11. Teo 张 (張)
12. Ang 洪
13. Yeo 杨 (楊)
14. Tay 郑 (鄭)
15. Ho 何
16. Low 刘 (劉)
17. Toh 卓
18. Sim 沈
19. Chong 张 (張)
20. Chia 谢(謝)

Taiwan

See also: Taiwanese name

Popular Taiwanese surnames - based on Ministry of the Interior also see Common Chinese Names [14]

1. Chen 陳 (11.06%)
2. Lin 林 (8.28%)
3. Huang, Hwang 黃 (6.01%)
4. Chang 張 (5.26%)
5. Lee 李 (5.11%)
6. Wang 王 (4.12%)
7. Wu 吳 (4.04%)
8. Liu, Liou, Lu, Lew 劉 (3.17%)
9. Tsai, Chai, Tsay, Sai 蔡 (2.91%)
10. Yang 楊 (2.66%)

Thailand

See also: Thai name

There are no common Thai surnames. Surnames were only introduced to Thailand in 1913, and under Thai law, only one family can use any given surname: thus any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique.

Vietnam

See Vietnamese name

	Name	Percentage of population
1	Nguyễn	38.4%
2	Trần	11%
3	Lê	9.5%
4	Huỳnh (Hoàng)	5.1%
5	Phạm	5%
6	Phan	4.5%
7	Vũ (Võ)	3.9%
8	Đặng	2.1%
9	Bùi	2%
10	Đỗ	1.4%
11	Hồ	1.3%
12	Ngô	1.3%
13	Dương	1%

Source

Họ Và Tên Người Việt Nam ("Vietnamese Family and Personal Names"), compiled by Professor Le Trung Hoa, Social Sciences Publishing House (2005) [15]

The top 10 surnames cover more than 80% of population.

See also

• List of most popular given names
• Family name affixes