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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
Argentina (Buenos Aires)
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.[1]
Brazil and Portuguese
- Silva
- Santos
- Carlos
- Oliveira
- Souza
- Pereira
- Costa
- Carvalho
- Almeida
- Ferreira
- Ribeiro
- Rodrigues
- Gomes
- Lima
- Martins
- Rocha
- Alves
- Araújo
- Pinto
- Barbosa
- Castro
- Fernandes
- Melo
- Azevedo
- Barros
- Cardoso
- Correia
- Cunha
- Dias
Source: [3]
or
- Silva (or "da Silva")
- Santos (or "dos Santos")
- Oliveira (or "de Oliveira")
- Sousa (Souza is the archaic spelling; or "de Sousa")
- Lima (or "de Lima")
- Based on the São Paulo's telephone directory[2].
North America
Canada
In 2007, Canada was a country of about 33 million people,[3] about 1/5th of whom lived in the province of Quebec.[4] The twenty most common surnames across Canada listed below were compiled by InfoUSA and reported by the CBC.[5] Unlike many countries, the Canadian national government does not publish a common surnames listing based on the national census;[5] however, Quebec's provincial government does make such information available.[6]
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) | [5]Surname | Quebec Rank (2005) | [6]Quebec Rank (2001)[7] |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2007) |
- Garcia (4,129,360)
- Martínez (3,886,887)
- González (3,188,693)
- López (3,148,024)
- Pérez (2,746,468)
- Rodriguez (2,744,179)
- Sánchez (2,234,625)
- Ramirez (2,070,723)
- Flores (1,392,707)
Source: GARCÍA, Miriam Para regios...los Martínez Periódico El Norte 18 de marzo de 2003.
According to 2000 U.S. Census data, the top hundred surnames in the U.S. are:[8]
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".[citation needed] 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
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.[9]
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)[10] | 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
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.[11]
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
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.[12]
National Rank | Name | Number of people | [13] 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 |
Rank | Name | Number of people |
---|---|---|
1[14] | 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).
Most popular Danish family names (as of 2004) [4]
- Jensen 303,089
- Nielsen 296,850
- Hansen 248,968
- Pedersen 186,913
- Andersen 172,894
- Christensen 133,033
- Larsen 129,662
- Sørensen 124,175
- Rasmussen 104,130
- Jørgensen 98,354
- Petersen 92,189
- Madsen 70,176
- Kristensen 65,074
- Olsen 54,044
- Thomsen 40,514
- Christiansen 40,224
- Poulsen 34,203
- Johansen 33,120
- Knudsen 31,977
- 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.
Many common Estonian surnames relate to nature and the natural environment.
- Tamm (5,180) - Oak/dam
- Saar (4,306) - Ash (tree)/island
- Mägi (3,565) - Mountain/hill
- Sepp (3,550) - Smith
- Kask - Birch
- Kukk - Rooster
- Rebane - Fox
- Ilves - Lynx
- Pärn - Linden
- Koppel - Paddock
- Luik - Swan
- Oja - Brook
- Kaasik - Birch grove
- Lepik - Alder grove
- Raudsepp - Blacksmith
- Kuusk - Spruce/fir
- Karu - Bear
- Kütt - Hunter
- Põder - Moose
- Vaher- Maple
- Date
- 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]
Source: Population Register Centre, 20 June 2005. Percentages are based on the population of Finland on 21 June 2005.
- Virtanen - 24,204 (0.461%)
- Korhonen - 23,721 (0.452%)
- Nieminen - 21,841 (0.416%)
- Mäkinen - 21,699 (0.414%)
- Mäkelä - 19,674 (0.375%)
- Hämäläinen - 19,518 (0.372%)
- Laine - 18,908 (0.360%)
- Koskinen - 18,058 (0.344%)
- Heikkinen - 17,939 (0.342%)
- 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.
Source (2004) : [6]
- Martin - 235,846 (0.393%) - From Saint Martin, patron saint of France (from Martius, Latin for warrior)
- Bernard - 105,132 (0.175%) - From Saint Bernard, from Germanic for bold as a bear
- Dubois - 95,998 (0.159%) - "From the wood"
- Thomas - 95,387 (0.158%) - From Saint Thomas (Jesus' Disciple), from Aramaic for twin
- Robert - 91,393 (0.152%) - From Germanic for bright fame
- Richard - 90,689 (0.151§) - "Rich/powerful"
- Petit - 88,318 (0.147%) - "Small" (size)
- Durand - 84,252 (0.140%) - From Durandus (Latin for strong, lasting)
- Leroy - 78,868 (0.131%) - "The King/The winner"
- Moreau - 78,177 (0.130) - Dark complexion (like Maures)
- Simon - 76,655 (0.127%) - From Saint Simon, from Hebrew for God heard
- Laurent - 75,307 (0.125%) - From Saint Laurent, from Latin laurens, Laurel-crowned
- Lefebvre - 74,564 (0.124%) - "The smith"
- Michel - 74,318 (0.123%) - From Saint Michel, from Hebrew for Who is like God
- Garcia - 68,720 (0.114%) - Spanish surname
- David - 61,762 (0.103%) - From King David, from Hebrew for Beloved
- Bertrand - 59,817 (0.100%) From Germanic for bright and vigorous
- Roux - 59,440 (0.099%) - "Red-haired"
- Vincent - 57,351 (0.096%) - From Saint Vincent, from Latin vicens, winner
- Fournier - 57,047 (0.095%) - "Baker"
- Morel - 56,760 (0.095%) - Dark complexion (like Maures)
- Girard - 55,642 (0.093%) - From Germanic for bold as a spear
- André - 55,228 (0.092%) - From Saint André, from Greek for manly
- Lefèvre - 53670 (0.089%) - "The smith"
- Mercier - 53622 (0.089%) - "Trader/Shopkeeper"
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 |
- data from 1995
- Müller (0.95%) (Miller)
- Schmidt (0.69%) (Smith, blacksmith)
- Schneider (0.40%) (Taylor)
- Fischer (0.35%) (Fisher)
- 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%)
- Weber (0.30%) (Weaver)
- Schulz (0.27%) (regionally for mayor)
- Wagner (0.27%) (Wainwright, Wright; builder of wagons and carriages)
- Becker (0.27%) (Baker)
- Hoffmann (0.26%) (owning a farm)
- Schäfer (Shephard)
- Koch (Cook)
- Bauer (Farmer)
- Richter (Judge)
- Klein (small)
- Schröder
- Wolf
- Neumann
- Schwarz
- Zimmermann
- Krüger
- Braun
- Hofmann
- Schmitz
- Hartmann
- Lange
- Schmitt
- Werner
- Krause
- Meier
- Schmid
- Lehmann
- Schultze
- Maier
- Köhler
- Herrmann
- Walter
- König
- Mayer
- Huber
- Kaiser
- Fuchs
- Peters
- Möller
- Schölz
- Lang
- Weiss
- Jung
- Hahn
- Vogel
Most of the names of this list refer to the occupation of the first holder of the name.
- Papadopoulos/ou(priest΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
- Athanasopoulos/ou(Athanasios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
- Aggelopoulos/ou(Aggelos΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
- Anastasopoulos/ou(Anastasios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
- Giannopoulos/ou(Ioannis΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
- Theodorakopoulos/ou[Theodoros΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region(mainly of Mani)]
- Georgakopoulos/ou[Georgios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region(mainly of Mani)]
- Nikolopoulos/ou(Nikolaos΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
- Fotopoulos/ou(Fotios΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region)
- Kostopoulos/ou[Konstantinos(Kostas)΄s son,Peloponnese΄s region]
- Nagy (239310; big)
- Kovács (221687; smith, cf. Schmidt)
- Tóth (216758; Slovak/Slav)
- Szabó (212586; tailor, cf. Schneider, Couturier)
- Horváth (Horvát) (201059; Croatian)
- Varga (139764; shoemaker, cf. Schumacher, person working with leather)
- Kiss (Kis) (134305; small, cf. Klein, Petit)
- Molnár (109178; miller, cf. Müller)
- Németh (Német) (93990; German, cf. Deutsch, Lallemand)
- Farkas (83346; <given name, meaning "wolf">, cf. Wolf)
- Balogh (80113; left-handed, unskillful)
- Papp (53847; priest)
- Takács (53402; weaver, cloth-maker, cf. Weber)
- Juhász (52495; shepherd, cf. Schäfer)
- Lakatos (45051; locksmith)
- Mészáros (41061; butcher, cf. Fleischer, Boucher)
- Simon (38481; <given name>)
- Oláh (38311; Vlach, Romanian)
- Fekete (35179; black, cf. Schwarz, Lenoir)
- Rácz (35109; Serbian)
- Szilágyi (31986; from Szilágy county)
- Török (27206; Turkish)
- Fehér (26804; white, cf. Weiss, Leblanc)
- Gál (Gaál) (25924; <given name>)
- Balázs (25804; <given name>)
- Kis (24613; see Kiss)
- Szűcs (24416; leather taylor)
- Pintér (23951; cooper, cf. Binder)
- Kocsis (23911; coachman)
- 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).
Source: The Top 500 Irish & British Surnames, The Observer, 15th April 2007
- Murphy
- Kelly
- O'Sullivan
- Walsh
- Smith
- O'Brien
- Byrne
- Ryan
- O'Connor
- O'Neill
- O'Reilly
- Doyle
- McCarthy
- Gallagher
- O'Doherty
- Kennedy
- Lynch
- Murray
- Quinn
- Moore
- Hogan
Names starting with O' and Mac/Mc were originally patronymic.
- Rossi (redhead, common in Northern and Central Italy)
- Russo (redhead, common in Southern Italy)
- Ferrari (Smith)
- Esposito (exposed child, i.e. born then abandoned)
- Bianchi (white-haired)
- Romano (from Rome)
- Colombo (Pigeon)
- Ricci (curly-haired)
- Marino (from the Sea)
- Greco (from Greece)
- Bruno (brown-skinned)
- Gallo (from France)
- Conti (count)
- De Luca (son of Luca, "Luke")
- Costa (from the Coast)
- Giordano
- Mancini (left-handed)
- Rizzo (curly-haired)
- Lombardi (from Lombardy \ descendant of the Lombards)
- Moretti (brown haired \ swarthy)
- Date
unknown
- Source
The top 10 surnames cover about 1% of the population.
- Bērziņš (Berzinsh)
- Kalniņš (Kalninsh)
- Ozoliņš (Ozolinsh)
- Jansons (Jansons)
- Ozols (Ozols)
- Liepiņš (Liepinsh)
- Krūmiņš (Kruminsh)
- Balodis (Balodis)
- Eglītis (Eglitis)
- Zariņš (Zarinsh)
- Pētersons (Petersons)
- Vītols (Vitols)
- Kļaviņš (Klavinsh)
- Kārkliņš (Karklinsh)
- Vanags (Vanags)
First three literally translated - the diminutive forms of birch, hill and oak. Source - the Latvian Institute
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.
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)[15]; or Arabic faruj (fowl) |
5 | Zammit | 9,424 | 2.3 | 'zamr' Arabic for lute |
- Date
- 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
- Source
Nederlands Repertorium van Familienamen, Meertens-Instituut, 1963-1988. Data can be viewed in the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands
- Hansen
- Johansen
- Olsen
- Larsen
- Andersen
- Nilsen
- Pedersen
- Kristiansen
- Jensen
- Karlsen
- Johnsen
- Pettersen
- Eriksen
- Berg
- Haugen
- Hagen
- Johannessen
- Andreassen
- Jacobsen
- Halvorsen
Source: Statistics Norway: Name statistics
See also: Polish surnames
- Nowak (203,506; from nowy "newman")
- Kowalski (139,719; from kowal "smith")
- Wiśniewski (109,855; from wiśnia "cherry")
- 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))
- Kowalczyk (97,796, from kowal "smith", literally "smith's son")
- Kamiński (94,499; from kamień "stone")
- Lewandowski (92,449; from lewantyna "Levantine")
- Zieliński (91,043; from zielony "green")
- Szymański (89,091; from Szymon, equivalent to Simon)
- Woźniak (88,039; from wóz, "cart")
- Dąbrowski (86,132; from dąb "oak tree")
- Kozłowski (75,962; from kozioł "he-goat")
- Jankowski (68,514; from Janek, equivalent to John)
- Mazur (66,773; from Mazury, the region in Poland)
- Wojciechowski (66,361; from the name Wojciech, equivalent to Adalbert)
- Kwiatkowski (66,017; from kwiat "flower")
- Krawczyk (64,048; from krawiec "tailor", "taylor's son")
- Kaczmarek (61,816; from karczma "inn")
- Piotrowski (61,380; from Piotr, equivalent to Peter)
- Bagiński (60,492; from baginiak "master")
- Grabowski (58,393; from grab "hornbeam")
- 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
- Novak 11450
- Horvat 10258
- Krajnc 5839
- Kovačič 5699
- Zupančič 5187
- Kovač 4836
- Potočnik 4767
- Mlakar 4132
- Vidmar 4004
- Golob 3957
- Source: [11] - Data from December 1999. (2004 data confirmation of top 25)
- 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.)
- 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)
- González - 839,000 (2.12%) (Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus, of Germanic origin)
- Rodríguez - 804,000 (2.03%) (Son of Rodrigo, from Germanic Roderic)
- López - 796,000 (2.01%) (Son of Lope, from Latin Lupus, meaning wolf)
- Martínez - 788,000 (1.97%) (Son of Martin, also from Latin, derived from Martis, genitive form of Mars)
- Sánchez - 725,000 (1.83%) (Son of Sancho, from Latin Sanctius)
- Pérez - 709,000 (1.79%) (Son of Pedro, from Latin Petrus)
- Martín - 459,000 (1.16%) (Martin)
- Gómez - 440,000 (1.11%) (Son of Gome, Gomo or Gomaro, also of Germanic origin)
- Ruiz - 321,000 (0.81%) (Son of Rui, variation or short for Rodrigo)
- Hernández - 305,000 (0.77%) (Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando)
- Jiménez - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Jimeno, from Xemeno or Ximeno, of unknown origin)
- Díaz - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Diago or Diego, ultimately from Greek Didachos)
- Álvarez - 273,000 (0.69%) (Son of Alvaro, from Alvar, also of Germanic origin)
- Moreno - 261,000 (0.66%) (Brown-haired, tanned, brunet)
- Muñoz - 241,000 (0.61%) (Son of Munio, of Pre-Roman origin)
- Alonso - 206,000 (0.52%) (Son of Alonso, variation of Alfonso, from Germanic Adalfuns)
- Gutiérrez - 170,000 (0.43%) (Son of Gutier or Gutierre, from Germanic Wutier)
- Romero - 170,000 (0.43%) (walker, pilgrim)
- Navarro - 158,400 (0.40%) (Navarrese, from Navarra; of Toponymic origin)
- Torres - 134,600 (0.34%) (Towers; also toponymic)
- Domínguez - 134,600 (0.34%) (Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, ultimately from Dominus, meaning lord, master)
- Gil - 134,600 (0.34%) (From older form Egidio; also patronymic)
- Vázquez - 130,000 (0.33%) (Son of Vasco or Velasco, of Pre-Roman origin, either Iberian or Basque)
- Serrano - 122,700 (0.31%) (Mountain Dweller)
- Ramos - 118,000 (0.30%) (Branches; of patronymic origin, meaning 'born in or near the Christian festivity of Branch Sunday, or Palm Sunday')
- Blanco - 118,000 (0.30%) (White)
- Sanz - 106,900 (0.27%) (Variation of Sanchez)
- Castro - 102,900 (0.26%) (Castle, hamlet, castro)
- Suárez - 102,900 (0.26%) (Son of Suero or Suaro, of unknown origin)
- Ortega - 99,000 (0.25%) (From Ortiga or Hortiga, a type of common plant from the nettle family; of toponymic origin)
- Rubio - 99,000 (0.25%) (Blond, fair-haired; ultimately from Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish)
- Molina - 99,000 (0.25%) (Mill, place with mills; toponymic)
- Delgado - 95,000 (0.24%) (Thin man)
- Ramírez - 95,000 (0.24%) (Son of Ramiro, from Germanic Radamir or Radmir)
- Morales - 95,000 (0.24%) (Place with abundant blackberry plants; of toponymic origin)
- Ortiz - 87,120 (0.22%) (Son of Ortún; ultimately from Latin Fortunius, meaning fortunate one)
- Marín - 83,160 (0.21%) (From Latin Marinus, meaning seaman, sailor)
- 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.
- 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.
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].
- Smith (1.15%)
- Jones (0.94%)
- Williams (0.66%)
- Taylor (0.53%)
- Brown (0.51%)
- Davies (0.48%)
- Evans (0.39%)
- Wilson (0.35%)
- Thomas (0.35%)
- Johnson (0.34%)
- Roberts (0.33%)
- Robinson (0.29%)
- Thompson (0.28%)
- Wright (0.28%)
- Walker (0.27%)
- White (0.27%)
- Edwards (0.27%)
- Hughes (0.26%)
- Green (0.25%)
- Hall (0.25%)
- Lewis (0.25%)
- Harris (0.25%)
- Dhesi (0.24%)
- Patel (0.24%)
- Jackson (0.24%)
100 most common surnames from the General Register Office for Scotland (1999/2000/2001):
- Smith
- Brown
- Wilson
- Campbell
- Stewart
- Thomson
- Robertson
- Anderson
- Macdonald
- Scott
- Reid
- Murray
- Taylor
- Clark
- Ross
- Watson
- Morrison
- Paterson
- Young
- Mitchell
- Walker
- Fraser
- Miller
- McDonald
- Gray
- Henderson
- Hamilton
- Johnston
- Duncan
- Graham
- Ferguson
- Kerr
- Davidson
- Bell
- Cameron
- Kelly
- Martin
- Hunter
- Allan
- Mackenzie
- Grant
- Simpson
- Mackay
- McLean
- MacLeod
- Black
- Russell
- Marshall
- Wallace
- Gibson
Eurasia (transcontinental)
The 20 most common Russian surnames (from the European part of Russia, as calculated by Balanovska et al., 2006, [13])
- Смирнов (Smirnov, 1.61%) - "quiet man's"
- Иванов (Ivanov, 1.30%) - "John's"
- Кузнецов (Kuznetsov, 0.90%) - "smith's"
- Попов (Popov, 0.79%) - "priest's"
- Соколов (Sokolov, 0.73%) - "falcon's"
- Лебедев (Lebedev, 0,65%) - "swan's"
- Козлов (Kozlov, 0,58%) - "he-goat's"
- 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).
- Морозов (Morozov, 0.53%) - "frost's"
- Петров (Petrov, 0.44%) - "Peter's"
- Волков (Volkov, 0.44%) - "wolf's"
- Соловьёв (Solovyov, 0.44%) - "nightingale's"
- Васильев (Vasilyev, 0.42%) - "Basil's"
- Зайцев (Zaytsev, 0.41%) - "hare's"
- Павлов (Pavlov, 0.39%) - "Paul's"
- Семёнов (Semyonov, 0,35%) - "Simeon's"
- Голубев (Golubev, 0,32%) - "pigeon's"
- Виноградов (Vinogradov, 0.32%) - "grape's"
- Богданов (Bogdanov, 0.31%) - "Bogdan's" (Bogdan - a Ukrainian given name)
- 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
- Yılmaz (means "dauntless")
- Kaya (means "rock")
- Demir (means "iron")
- Şahin (means "falcon")
- Çelik (means "steel")
- [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: 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.
- (李) Lǐ
- (王) Wáng
- (張) Zhāng
- (劉) Liú
- (陳) Chén
- (楊) Yáng
- (黃) Huáng
- (趙) Zhào
- (周) Zhōu
- (吳) Wú
- (徐) Xú
- (孫) Sūn
- (朱) Zhū
- (馬) Mǎ
- (胡) Hú
- (郭) Guō
- (林) Lín
- (何) Hé
- (高) Gāo
- (梁) Liáng
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
- Source
http://www.britam.org/jerusalem/jerusalem271to300.html, quoting from Yediot Achronot
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.[16][17]
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.
This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2007) |
- 김 (金; Kim, Gim)
- 이 (李; Lee, Yi, I)
- 박 (朴; Park, Pak, Bak)
- 최 (崔; Choi, Choe)
- 정 (鄭; Jung, Chung, Jeong)
- 강 (姜; Kang, Gang)
- 조 (曹; Cho, Jo)
- 윤 (尹; Yoon, Yun)
- 장 (張; Jang, Chang)
- 임 (林; Lim, Im)
- 신 (申; Shin, Sin)
- 한 (韓; Han)
- 서 (徐; Suh, Seo)
- 권 (權; Kwon, Gwon)
- 손 (孫; Sohn, Son)
- 황 (黃; Hwang, Whang)
- 송 (宋; Song)
- 안 (安; Ahn, An)
- 유 (柳; Yoo, Yu)
- 홍 (洪; Hong)
Source: National Statistical Office, Republic of Korea
Korean surnames have a variety of ways of being romanized.
See also:
- Philippine name
- Catálogo alfabético de apellidos, book of surnames distributed by decree to indigenous Filipinos
- Common Surnames
- Santos
- Reyes
- Cruz
- Bautista
- Ocampo
- Garcia
- Mendoza
- Torres
- Castillo
- Flores
- Villanueva
- Ramos
- Castro
- Rivera
- Aquino
- Navarro
- Salazar
- Mercado
- Concepcion
- Santiago
- Prefix DE'
- Dela Cruz
- Delos Reyes
- Del Rosario
- Delos Santos
- De Guzman
- De Castro
- Dela Vega
- Dela Rosa
- De Asis
- De Rosales
- Suffix 'EZ
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/
- See also: List of common Chinese surnames
Popular Chinese surnames - based on a paper published by Statistics Singapore, 2000
- Tan 陈 (陳)
- Lim 林
- Li 李
- Ng 黄
- Ong 王
- Wong 黃
- Goh 吳
- Chua 蔡
- Chan 陈 (陳)
- Koh 许 (許)
- Teo 张 (張)
- Ang 洪
- Yeo 杨 (楊)
- Tay 郑 (鄭)
- Ho 何
- Low 刘 (劉)
- Toh 卓
- Sim 沈
- Chong 张 (張)
- Chia 谢(謝)
- See also: Taiwanese name
Popular Taiwanese surnames - based on Ministry of the Interior also see Common Chinese Names [14]
- Chen 陳 (11.06%)
- Lin 林 (8.28%)
- Huang, Hwang 黃 (6.01%)
- Chang 張 (5.26%)
- Lee 李 (5.11%)
- Wang 王 (4.12%)
- Wu 吳 (4.04%)
- Liu, Liou, Lu, Lew 劉 (3.17%)
- Tsai, Chai, Tsay, Sai 蔡 (2.91%)
- Yang 楊 (2.66%)
There are no common Thai surnames. Surnames were only introduced to Thailand in 1913,[18] 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.[19]
- 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.
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- ^ Population: 10,296,350 (2001 census)
- ^ Heather Bowne (2005-01-16). "What's in a name?". ABC of Czech. Český rozhlas 7 - Radio Praha. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
The most common surname in the Czech Republic is Novák, which is closest to the English "Newman".
- ^ Prof G. Wettinger [2]
- ^ The citation source(of Japanese Site) is also mentioning that there are only 4,100 surnames(ja:姓#姓の数、由来) in neighbor country People's Republic of China and only 250 in South Korea, and approx. 50,000 in all countries in Europe.
- ^ 日本苗字大辞典、芳文館、July 1996 issue.
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010503/ai_n14389694
- ^ 45,665 Thai names: Examining passlist.96, by Doug Cooper