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EspañolLIST OF MOST COMMON SURNAMES
'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):
==Argentina==
The following table only covers the capital Buenos Aires, and is only an approximate ranking. It is based on the number of telephone connections per surname in the white pages of the city.
;Date
2003
;Source
Extract of Buenos Aires telephone dictionary by Juan F. Codagnone
==Australia==
Source
★ Search for Australian Surnames IP Australia
==Belgium==
For the three Regions in Belgium, the most common surnames are:
;Date
January 1, 2001
;Source
Statistics Belgium, Demographic Statistics. [1]
#Silva
#Santos
#Oliveira
#Souza/Sousa
#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: [2]
#Johnson
#Smith
#Martin
#Morris
#Hill
#Hall
#Jackson
Source: [3]'
The 50 most popular surnames in Quebec
#Tremblay (1.13%)
#Gagnon (0.82%)
#Roy (0.77%)
#Côté (0.74%)
#Bouchard (0.56%)
#Gauthier (0.55%)
#Morin (0.51%)
#Lavoie (0.49%)
#Fortin (0.47%)
#Gagné (0.47%)
#Pelletier (0.45%)
#Bélanger (0.44%)
#Bergeron (0.41%)
#Lévesque (0.41%)
#Simard (0.38%)
#Girard (0.37%)
#Leblanc (0.37%)
#Boucher (0.35%)
#Ouellet (0.34%)
#Caron (0.32%)
#Beaulieu (0.31%)
#Poirier (0.31%)
#Dubé (0.31%)
#Cloutier (0.31%)
#Fournier (0.30%)
#Lapointe (0.30%)
#Lefebvre (0.29%)
#Poulin (0.28%)
#Nadeau (0.28%)
#Martin (0.27%)
#St-Pierre (0.27%)
#Martel (0.26%)
#Grenier (0.26%)
#Landry (0.26%)
#Lessard (0.26%)
#Leclerc (0.25%)
#Bédard (0.25%)
#Bernier (0.24%)
#Couture (0.24%)
#Richard (0.23%)
#Michaud (0.23%)
#Desjardins (0.23%)
#Hébert (0.22%)
#Blais (0.22%)
#Turcotte (0.22%)
#Savard (0.22%)
#Lachance (0.22%)
#Parent (0.22%)
#Demers (0.21%)
#Gosselin (0.21%)
Percentage of total population: 17.82%
Sources: Institut de la statistique du Québec, ''Quelques Statistiques sur les Noms de Famille'' and ''Les 1 000 premiers noms de famille selon le rang, Québec''
==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.
#(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
==Czech Republic==
#Novák (70 504)
#Svoboda (52 088)
#Novotný (49 962)
#Dvořák (46 099)
#Černý (36 743)
#Procházka (33 274)
#Kučera (31 286)
#Veselý (26 481)
#Horák (25 174)
#Němec (22 795)
#Marek (22 548)
#Pokorný (22 203)
#Pospíšil (22 189)
#Hájek (21 276)
#Jelínek (20 733)
#Král (20 510)
#Růžička (19 846)
#Beneš (19 600)
#Fiala (19 121)
#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]
#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.
==Estonia==
# Tamm (5,180)
# Saar (4,306)
# Mägi (3,565)
# Sepp (3,550)
# Ivanov
# Kask
# Ivanova
# Kukk
# Rebane
# Ilves
# Pärn
# Koppel
# Luik
# Oja
# Kaasik
# Lepik
# Raudsepp
# Kuusk
# Karu
# Kütt
# Põder
# Vaher
;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.
#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 of this list refer to the living place of the first holder of the name. ''Virta'' and ''Koski'' refer the original holder has located nearby a river. Mäki = hill, Järvi = lake, Niemi = cape, Laine = small wave. ''Hämäläinen'' means an inhabitant of Häme (Tavastia county). ''Heikki'' is a common man's first name.
==France==
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 ''Yehova 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"
==Georgia==
Source: 2007 [7]
==Germany==
: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, meaning is Major, police officer, sheriff; 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)
#Huber (0.18%) (owning a farm of a certain size called Hube)
#Klein (Small, Short)
Most of the names of this list refer to the occupation of the first holder of the name.
==Hungary==
#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, Lepetit)
#Molnár (109178; miller, cf. Müller)
#Németh (Német) (93990; German, cf. Deutsch, Lallemand)
#Farkas (83346;, 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;)
#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;)
#Balázs (25804;)
#Kis (24613; see ''Kiss'')
#Szűcs (24416; leather taylor)
#Pintér (23951)
#Kocsis (23911; coachman)
#Fodor (23371)
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 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.
==Israel==
This is a list of the most common ''Jewish'' surnames in Israel:
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
==Italy==
#Rossi
#Russo
#Ferrari
#Esposito
#Bianchi
#Romano
#Colombo
#Ricci
#Marino
#Greco
#Bruno
#Gallo
#Conti
#De Luca
#Costa
#Giordano
#Mancini
#Rizzo
#Lombardi
#Moretti
;Date
unknown
;Source
Gens
The top 10 surnames cover about 1% of the population.
==Japan==
Main articles: Japanese name
The most common names from Tokyo northwards are Sato and Suzuki; the most common names from Kyoto and Osaka southwards are Yamamoto and Tanaka.
The most common names in Tokyo are:
#(佐藤) Satō
#(鈴木) Suzuki
#(高橋) Takahashi
#(田中) Tanaka
#(渡辺) Watanabe
#(伊藤) Itō
#(山本) Yamamoto
#(中村) Nakamura
#(小林) Kobayashi
#(斎藤) Saitō
#(加藤) Katō
#(吉田) Yoshida
#(山田) Yamada
#(佐々木) Sasaki
#(山口) Yamaguchi
#(松本) Matsumoto
#(井上) Inoue
#(木村) Kimura
#(林) Hayashi
#(清水) Shimizu
#(青木) Aoki
The top 10 surnames cover 8.35% of the population.
==Korea==
Main articles: List of Korean family names
#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 (趙; 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.
==Latvia==
#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
==Lithuania==
Most popular Lithuanian surnames 2007
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==
;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:
;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
==Mexico==
Martinez
Gonzalez
Rodriguez
Cruz
#Hernández (8.50%)
#García (8.14%)
#Martínez (7.14%)
#González (7.09%)
#López (7.06%)
Source: GARCÍA, Miriam ''Para regios...los Martínez'' Periódico El Norte 18 de marzo de 2003.
==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.
;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==
#Hansen (meaning son of Hans (Hans' son)) (1.31%)
#Olsen (1.21%)
#Johansen (1.21%)
#Larsen (0.90%)
#Andersen (0.88%)
#Nilsen (0.83%)
#Pedersen (0.82%)
#Kristiansen (0.55%)
#Jensen (0.54%)
#Karlsen (0.50%)
#Johnsen (0.48%)
#Pettersen (0.47%)
#Eriksen (0.44%)
#Berg (meaning hill or mount) (0.41%)
#Haugen (meaning [the] hill) (0.32%)
#Hagen (meaning garden [usually derived from names of homesteads)] (0.32%)
#Johannessen (0.31%)
#Andreassen (0.28%)
#Jacobsen (0.27%)
#Halvorsen (0.27%)
Names ending in ''sen'' are originally patronymic.
Source: Statistics Norway: Name statistics
==Poland==
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 ''kowalek'' "smithy")
#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'', "car")
#Dąbrowski (86,132; from ''dąb'' "oak tree")
#Kozłowski (75,962; from ''kozioł'' "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 diminutive of "tailor")
#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")
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: 1000 najpopularniejszych nazwisk w Polsce (1000 of the most popular names in Poland), Zawadzki, Jarosław Maciej, , , Świat Książki, 2002, ISBN 83-7311-265-0
==Russia==
Per Boris Unbegaun of Oxford University:
#Иванов (Ivanov) - "of John"
#Васильев (Vasilyev) - "of Basil"
#Петров (Petrov) - "of Peter"
#Смирнов (Smirnov) - "of a quiet man"
#Михайлов (Mikhailov) - "of Michael"
#Федоров (Fyodorov) - "of Theodore"
#Соколов (Sokolov) - "of a falcon"
#Яковлев (Yakovlev) - "of Jacob"
#Попов (Popov) - "of an Orthodox priest (known as a "pope")"
#Андреев (Andreyev) - "of Andrew"
#Сидоров (Sidorov) - "of Sidor"
#Егоров (Egorov) - "of Egor"
Russian surnames may originally denote "son of" or "serf of". Women's surnames have an "-a" suffix, denoting possession. Thus, for example, "Ivanova" means "belonging to John" or "John's". The case declensions of women's surnames illustrate this sense of possession even more clearly.
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 Кузнецов (Kuznetsov) (of a smith), Ivanov and Petrov.
==Singapore==
:''See also: List of common Chinese surnames''
Popular Chinese surnames - based on a paper published by Statistics Singapore, 2000
#Tan 陈 (陳)
#Lim 林
#Lee 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)
== Slovenia ==
:Source: http://www.stat.si/imena_pr_vsa.asp
# Novak 11450
# Horvat 10258
# Krajnc 5839
# Kovačič 5699
# Zupančič 5187
# Kovač 4836
# Potočnik 4767
# Mlakar 4132
# Vidmar 4004
# Golob 3957
==Spain==
:Source: [11] - Data from December 1999.
#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.
==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 exactly as in e.g. USA or the United Kingdom and women also receive "son-names". Compare this with the "mac-names" in Scotland. Even though these "son-names" are the most common names in Sweden, a majority of the Swedes have other family names consisting of two random items from nature, for example Lindberg (linden/lime mountain), Bergkvist (mountain twig), Alström/Ahlström (alder stream). A very good example of the randomness of these nature-names is the surname Dalberg, meaning literally, "valley mountain". Other names like Sjöman (Seaman) and Nyman (Newman) contain professions and adjectives. Many families also have military-oriented names, as it was popular near the end of the 16th century to adopt soldier names such as Skarpsvärd (sharp sword) Sköld (shield) and Stolt (proud). Because of 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, but not always, have surnames referring to their coat of arms or non-Swedish names.
The top 10 surnames cover about 20% of the population.
==Taiwan==
:''See also: Taiwanese name''
Popular Taiwanese surnames - based on Ministry of the Interior
also see Common Chinese Names [12]
# Chen 陳 (11.06%)
# Lin 林 (8.28%)
# Huang, Hwang 黃 (6.01%)
# Chang, Jang 張 (5.26%)
# Li, Lee 李 (5.11%)
# Wang 王 (4.12%)
# Wu, Woo 吳 (4.04%)
# Liu, Liou 劉 (3.17%)
# Tsai, Chai, Tsay 蔡 (2.91%)
# Yang 楊 (2.66%)
★ 1.Yılmaz
★ 2.Kaya
★ 3.Demir
★ 4.Şahin
★ 5.Çelik
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
==United Kingdom==
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[13].
#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%)
#Clarke (0.24%)
#Patel (0.24%)
#Jackson (0.24%)
===Scotland===
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
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)[14] has released a list of the top three most common surnames. The list is expected to be expanded in January 2007.
# Kelly
# Campbell
# Wilson
==United States==
According to 1990 U.S. Census data, the top hundred surnames in the U.S. are:
#Smith (1.006% of the population)
#Johnson (0.810%)
#Williams (0.699%)
#Jones (0.621%)
#Brown (0.621%)
#Davis (0.580%)
#Miller (0.424%)
#Wilson (0.339%)
#Moore (0.312%)
#Taylor (0.311%)
#Anderson (0.311%)
#Thomas (0.311%)
#Jackson (0.310%)
#White (0.279%)
#Harris (0.275%)
#Martin (0.273%)
#Thompson (0.269%)
#Garcia (0.254%)
#Martinez (0.234%)
#Robinson (0.233%)
#Clark
#Rodriguez
#Lewis
#Lee
#Walker
#Hall
#Allen
#Young
#Hernandez
#King
#Wright
#Lopez
#Hill
#Scott
#Green
#Adams
#Baker
#Gonzalez
#Nelson
#Carter
#Mitchell
#Perez
#Roberts
#Turner
#Phillips
#Campbell
#Parker
#Evans
#Edwards
#Collins
#Stewart
#Sanchez
#Morris
#Rogers
#Reed
#Cook
#Morgan
#Bell
#Murphy
#Bailey
#Rivera
#Cooper
#Richardson
#Cox
#Howard
#Ward
#Torres
#Peterson
#Gray
#Ramirez
#James
#Watson
#Brooks
#Kelly
#Sanders
#Price
#Bennett
#Wood
#Barnes
#Ross
#Henderson
#Coleman
#Jenkins
#Perry
#Powell
#Long
#Patterson
#Hughes
#Flores
#Washington
#Butler
#Simmons
#Foster
#Gonzales
#Bryant
#Alexander
#Russell
#Griffin
#Diaz
#Hayes
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''. 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.
Note that some communities in the USA can have distributions of surnames far different from these.
==Vietnam==
:''See Vietnamese name''
;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.
1. Nguyen is ranked 7th according to
★ Nguyens keeping up with the Joneses
★ List of most popular given names
★ Family name affixes
==Argentina==
The following table only covers the capital Buenos Aires, and is only an approximate ranking. It is based on the number of telephone connections per surname in the white pages of the city.
| Name | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Fernández |
| 2 | Rodríguez |
| 3 | González |
| 4 | García |
| 5 | López |
| 6 | Martínez |
| 7 | Pérez |
| 8 | Álvarez |
| 9 | Gómez |
| 10 | Sanchez |
;Date
2003
;Source
Extract of Buenos Aires telephone dictionary by Juan F. Codagnone
==Australia==
| 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 | Nguyen[1] | 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 |
Source
★ Search for Australian Surnames IP Australia
==Belgium==
| Name | Number of people | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peeters | 33,113 |
| 2 | Janssens | 30,996 |
| 3 | Maes | 25,567 |
| 4 | Jacobs | 20,096 |
| 5 | Mertens | 18,699 |
| 6 | Willems | 18,540 |
| 7 | Claes | 16,757 |
| 8 | Goossens | 16,075 |
| 9 | Wouters | 15,834 |
| 10 | De Smet | 14,251 |
For the three Regions in Belgium, the most common surnames are:
| Flemish region | Walloon region | Brussels-Capital region | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peeters | Dubois | Janssens |
| 2 | Janssens | Lambert | Peeters |
| 3 | Maes | Martin | Dubois |
| 4 | Jacobs | Dupont | Jacobs |
| 5 | Willems | Dumont | Mertens |
;Date
January 1, 2001
;Source
Statistics Belgium, Demographic Statistics. [1]
| Contents |
| Brazil |
| Canada |
| English Canada |
| Quebec |
| Turkey |
| Northern Ireland |
| References |
| See also |
Brazil
#Silva
#Santos
#Oliveira
#Souza/Sousa
#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: [2]
Canada
English Canada
#Johnson
#Smith
#Martin
#Morris
#Hill
#Hall
#Jackson
Source: [3]'
Quebec
The 50 most popular surnames in Quebec
#Tremblay (1.13%)
#Gagnon (0.82%)
#Roy (0.77%)
#Côté (0.74%)
#Bouchard (0.56%)
#Gauthier (0.55%)
#Morin (0.51%)
#Lavoie (0.49%)
#Fortin (0.47%)
#Gagné (0.47%)
#Pelletier (0.45%)
#Bélanger (0.44%)
#Bergeron (0.41%)
#Lévesque (0.41%)
#Simard (0.38%)
#Girard (0.37%)
#Leblanc (0.37%)
#Boucher (0.35%)
#Ouellet (0.34%)
#Caron (0.32%)
#Beaulieu (0.31%)
#Poirier (0.31%)
#Dubé (0.31%)
#Cloutier (0.31%)
#Fournier (0.30%)
#Lapointe (0.30%)
#Lefebvre (0.29%)
#Poulin (0.28%)
#Nadeau (0.28%)
#Martin (0.27%)
#St-Pierre (0.27%)
#Martel (0.26%)
#Grenier (0.26%)
#Landry (0.26%)
#Lessard (0.26%)
#Leclerc (0.25%)
#Bédard (0.25%)
#Bernier (0.24%)
#Couture (0.24%)
#Richard (0.23%)
#Michaud (0.23%)
#Desjardins (0.23%)
#Hébert (0.22%)
#Blais (0.22%)
#Turcotte (0.22%)
#Savard (0.22%)
#Lachance (0.22%)
#Parent (0.22%)
#Demers (0.21%)
#Gosselin (0.21%)
Percentage of total population: 17.82%
Sources: Institut de la statistique du Québec, ''Quelques Statistiques sur les Noms de Famille'' and ''Les 1 000 premiers noms de famille selon le rang, Québec''
==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.
#(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
==Czech Republic==
#Novák (70 504)
#Svoboda (52 088)
#Novotný (49 962)
#Dvořák (46 099)
#Černý (36 743)
#Procházka (33 274)
#Kučera (31 286)
#Veselý (26 481)
#Horák (25 174)
#Němec (22 795)
#Marek (22 548)
#Pokorný (22 203)
#Pospíšil (22 189)
#Hájek (21 276)
#Jelínek (20 733)
#Král (20 510)
#Růžička (19 846)
#Beneš (19 600)
#Fiala (19 121)
#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]
#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.
==Estonia==
# Tamm (5,180)
# Saar (4,306)
# Mägi (3,565)
# Sepp (3,550)
# Ivanov
# Kask
# Ivanova
# Kukk
# Rebane
# Ilves
# Pärn
# Koppel
# Luik
# Oja
# Kaasik
# Lepik
# Raudsepp
# Kuusk
# Karu
# Kütt
# Põder
# Vaher
;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.
#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 of this list refer to the living place of the first holder of the name. ''Virta'' and ''Koski'' refer the original holder has located nearby a river. Mäki = hill, Järvi = lake, Niemi = cape, Laine = small wave. ''Hämäläinen'' means an inhabitant of Häme (Tavastia county). ''Heikki'' is a common man's first name.
==France==
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 ''Yehova 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"
==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
#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, meaning is Major, police officer, sheriff; 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)
#Huber (0.18%) (owning a farm of a certain size called Hube)
#Klein (Small, Short)
Most of the names of this list refer to the occupation of the first holder of the name.
==Hungary==
#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, Lepetit)
#Molnár (109178; miller, cf. Müller)
#Németh (Német) (93990; German, cf. Deutsch, Lallemand)
#Farkas (83346;
#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;
#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;
#Balázs (25804;
#Kis (24613; see ''Kiss'')
#Szűcs (24416; leather taylor)
#Pintér (23951)
#Kocsis (23911; coachman)
#Fodor (23371)
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 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.
==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
==Italy==
#Rossi
#Russo
#Ferrari
#Esposito
#Bianchi
#Romano
#Colombo
#Ricci
#Marino
#Greco
#Bruno
#Gallo
#Conti
#De Luca
#Costa
#Giordano
#Mancini
#Rizzo
#Lombardi
#Moretti
;Date
unknown
;Source
Gens
The top 10 surnames cover about 1% of the population.
==Japan==
Main articles: Japanese name
The most common names from Tokyo northwards are Sato and Suzuki; the most common names from Kyoto and Osaka southwards are Yamamoto and Tanaka.
The most common names in Tokyo are:
#(佐藤) Satō
#(鈴木) Suzuki
#(高橋) Takahashi
#(田中) Tanaka
#(渡辺) Watanabe
#(伊藤) Itō
#(山本) Yamamoto
#(中村) Nakamura
#(小林) Kobayashi
#(斎藤) Saitō
#(加藤) Katō
#(吉田) Yoshida
#(山田) Yamada
#(佐々木) Sasaki
#(山口) Yamaguchi
#(松本) Matsumoto
#(井上) Inoue
#(木村) Kimura
#(林) Hayashi
#(清水) Shimizu
#(青木) Aoki
The top 10 surnames cover 8.35% of the population.
==Korea==
Main articles: List of Korean family names
#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 (趙; 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.
==Latvia==
#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
==Lithuania==
Most popular Lithuanian surnames 2007
| # | For men | For women |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazlauskas | Kazlauskienė |
| 2 | Stankevičius | Jankauskienė |
| 3 | Jankauskas | Petrauskienė |
| 4 | Petrauskas | Stankevičienė |
| 5 | Vasiliauskas | Paulauskienė |
| 6 | Žukauskas | Vasiliauskienė |
| 7 | Paulauskas | Žukauskienė |
| 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 | Son of Camillus; or 'cammelo' Italian for ''camel''(animal) |
| 3 | Vella | 11,785 | 2.9 | 'bella' Italian for ''beautiful''; or 'vela' Italian ''sails'' |
| 4 | Farrugia | 11,549 | 2.9 | 'farrug' Arabic for ''turkey'' (animal) |
| 5 | Zammit | 9,424 | 2.3 | Maybe from a Hebrew word meaning ''peaceful'' |
;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 in Oman or 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 | |
| 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
==Mexico==
Martinez
Gonzalez
Rodriguez
Cruz
#Hernández (8.50%)
#García (8.14%)
#Martínez (7.14%)
#González (7.09%)
#López (7.06%)
Source: GARCÍA, Miriam ''Para regios...los Martínez'' Periódico El Norte 18 de marzo de 2003.
==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==
#Hansen (meaning son of Hans (Hans' son)) (1.31%)
#Olsen (1.21%)
#Johansen (1.21%)
#Larsen (0.90%)
#Andersen (0.88%)
#Nilsen (0.83%)
#Pedersen (0.82%)
#Kristiansen (0.55%)
#Jensen (0.54%)
#Karlsen (0.50%)
#Johnsen (0.48%)
#Pettersen (0.47%)
#Eriksen (0.44%)
#Berg (meaning hill or mount) (0.41%)
#Haugen (meaning [the] hill) (0.32%)
#Hagen (meaning garden [usually derived from names of homesteads)] (0.32%)
#Johannessen (0.31%)
#Andreassen (0.28%)
#Jacobsen (0.27%)
#Halvorsen (0.27%)
Names ending in ''sen'' are originally patronymic.
Source: Statistics Norway: Name statistics
==Poland==
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 ''kowalek'' "smithy")
#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'', "car")
#Dąbrowski (86,132; from ''dąb'' "oak tree")
#Kozłowski (75,962; from ''kozioł'' "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 diminutive of "tailor")
#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")
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: 1000 najpopularniejszych nazwisk w Polsce (1000 of the most popular names in Poland), Zawadzki, Jarosław Maciej, , , Świat Książki, 2002, ISBN 83-7311-265-0
==Russia==
Per Boris Unbegaun of Oxford University:
#Иванов (Ivanov) - "of John"
#Васильев (Vasilyev) - "of Basil"
#Петров (Petrov) - "of Peter"
#Смирнов (Smirnov) - "of a quiet man"
#Михайлов (Mikhailov) - "of Michael"
#Федоров (Fyodorov) - "of Theodore"
#Соколов (Sokolov) - "of a falcon"
#Яковлев (Yakovlev) - "of Jacob"
#Попов (Popov) - "of an Orthodox priest (known as a "pope")"
#Андреев (Andreyev) - "of Andrew"
#Сидоров (Sidorov) - "of Sidor"
#Егоров (Egorov) - "of Egor"
Russian surnames may originally denote "son of" or "serf of". Women's surnames have an "-a" suffix, denoting possession. Thus, for example, "Ivanova" means "belonging to John" or "John's". The case declensions of women's surnames illustrate this sense of possession even more clearly.
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 Кузнецов (Kuznetsov) (of a smith), Ivanov and Petrov.
==Singapore==
:''See also: List of common Chinese surnames''
Popular Chinese surnames - based on a paper published by Statistics Singapore, 2000
#Tan 陈 (陳)
#Lim 林
#Lee 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)
== Slovenia ==
:Source: http://www.stat.si/imena_pr_vsa.asp
# Novak 11450
# Horvat 10258
# Krajnc 5839
# Kovačič 5699
# Zupančič 5187
# Kovač 4836
# Potočnik 4767
# Mlakar 4132
# Vidmar 4004
# Golob 3957
==Spain==
:Source: [11] - Data from December 1999.
#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.
==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 exactly as in e.g. USA or the United Kingdom and women also receive "son-names". Compare this with the "mac-names" in Scotland. Even though these "son-names" are the most common names in Sweden, a majority of the Swedes have other family names consisting of two random items from nature, for example Lindberg (linden/lime mountain), Bergkvist (mountain twig), Alström/Ahlström (alder stream). A very good example of the randomness of these nature-names is the surname Dalberg, meaning literally, "valley mountain". Other names like Sjöman (Seaman) and Nyman (Newman) contain professions and adjectives. Many families also have military-oriented names, as it was popular near the end of the 16th century to adopt soldier names such as Skarpsvärd (sharp sword) Sköld (shield) and Stolt (proud). Because of 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, but not always, have surnames referring to their coat of arms or non-Swedish names.
The top 10 surnames cover about 20% of the population.
==Taiwan==
:''See also: Taiwanese name''
Popular Taiwanese surnames - based on Ministry of the Interior
also see Common Chinese Names [12]
# Chen 陳 (11.06%)
# Lin 林 (8.28%)
# Huang, Hwang 黃 (6.01%)
# Chang, Jang 張 (5.26%)
# Li, Lee 李 (5.11%)
# Wang 王 (4.12%)
# Wu, Woo 吳 (4.04%)
# Liu, Liou 劉 (3.17%)
# Tsai, Chai, Tsay 蔡 (2.91%)
# Yang 楊 (2.66%)
Turkey
★ 1.Yılmaz
★ 2.Kaya
★ 3.Demir
★ 4.Şahin
★ 5.Çelik
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
==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[13].
#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%)
#Clarke (0.24%)
#Patel (0.24%)
#Jackson (0.24%)
===Scotland===
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
Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)[14] has released a list of the top three most common surnames. The list is expected to be expanded in January 2007.
# Kelly
# Campbell
# Wilson
==United States==
According to 1990 U.S. Census data, the top hundred surnames in the U.S. are:
#Smith (1.006% of the population)
#Johnson (0.810%)
#Williams (0.699%)
#Jones (0.621%)
#Brown (0.621%)
#Davis (0.580%)
#Miller (0.424%)
#Wilson (0.339%)
#Moore (0.312%)
#Taylor (0.311%)
#Anderson (0.311%)
#Thomas (0.311%)
#Jackson (0.310%)
#White (0.279%)
#Harris (0.275%)
#Martin (0.273%)
#Thompson (0.269%)
#Garcia (0.254%)
#Martinez (0.234%)
#Robinson (0.233%)
#Clark
#Rodriguez
#Lewis
#Lee
#Walker
#Hall
#Allen
#Young
#Hernandez
#King
#Wright
#Lopez
#Hill
#Scott
#Green
#Adams
#Baker
#Gonzalez
#Nelson
#Carter
#Mitchell
#Perez
#Roberts
#Turner
#Phillips
#Campbell
#Parker
#Evans
#Edwards
#Collins
#Stewart
#Sanchez
#Morris
#Rogers
#Reed
#Cook
#Morgan
#Bell
#Murphy
#Bailey
#Rivera
#Cooper
#Richardson
#Cox
#Howard
#Ward
#Torres
#Peterson
#Gray
#Ramirez
#James
#Watson
#Brooks
#Kelly
#Sanders
#Price
#Bennett
#Wood
#Barnes
#Ross
#Henderson
#Coleman
#Jenkins
#Perry
#Powell
#Long
#Patterson
#Hughes
#Flores
#Washington
#Butler
#Simmons
#Foster
#Gonzales
#Bryant
#Alexander
#Russell
#Griffin
#Diaz
#Hayes
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''. 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.
Note that some communities in the USA can have distributions of surnames far different from these.
==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.
References
1. Nguyen is ranked 7th according to
★ Nguyens keeping up with the Joneses
See also
★ List of most popular given names
★ Family name affixes
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