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[[Family name]]s 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):

Lists of the most common [[surname]]s by [[continent]]:

==[[Argentina]]==

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*[[González]]

*[[Rodríguez]]

*[[López]]

*[[García]]

*[[Gómez]]

*[[Pérez]]

* [[Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries]]

==[[Bangladesh]]==

* [[Lists of most common surnames in European countries]]

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* [[Lists of most common surnames in North American countries]]

*[[Ahmed]]

* [[Lists of most common surnames in Oceanian countries]]

*[[Alam]]

* [[Lists of most common surnames in South American countries]]

*[[Begum]]

*[[Chowdhury]]

*[[Das]]

*[[Hossain]]

*[[Khan]]

*[[Miah]]

*[[Muhammad]]

*[[Patwary]]

*[[Roy]]

*[[Rahman]]

==[[Belgium]] See also ==

* [[List of family name affixes]]

* [[List of most popular given names]]

* [[List (surname)]]

{{List of lists|language |listcat=Lists of popular names}}

{| class="wikitable"

!

! 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{{DEFAULTSORT:Surnames, the most common surnames are:}}

{| class="wikitable"

!

! [[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]]

|}

[[Category:Lists of surnames| ]]

;Date

[[Category:Lists of popular names|Surnames]]

[[January 1]], [[2001]]

;Source

Statistics Belgium, Demographical Statistics. [http://statbel.fgov.be/figures/d21a_nl.asp]

==[[Brazil]]==

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*[[Acquarone]] - Italian surname

*[[Alberton]] - French surname

*[[Alencar]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Alvin]] - English surname

*[[Álvares]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Amaral]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Andrade]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Antonelli]] - Italian surname

*[[Antunes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Azevedo]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Baricelli]] - Italian surname

*[[Becker]] - German surname

*[[Bernardes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Bevilacqua]] - Italian surname

*[[Bianchi]] - Italian surname

*[[Bittencourt]] - Portuguese surname with ancient Frecnh origin

*[[Boglietti]] - Italian surname

*[[Buonfiglioli]] - Italian surname

*[[Buongiovanni]] - Italian surname

*[[Borges (disambiguation)|Borges]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Bourgeois]] - French surname

*[[Branco]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Brito]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Bruno]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Burnier]] - French surname

*[[Buzatto]] - Italian surname

*[[Cabral]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Câmara]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Cardoso]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Carvalho]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Castelli]] - Italian surname

*[[Castro]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Cavalcanti]] or Cavalcante - Portuguese surname with ancient Italian origin

*[[Chaves]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Cicarelli]] - Italian surname

*[[Cisoto]] - Italian surname

*[[Cohen]] - Jewish surname

*[[Costa]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Couto]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Cruz]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Conceição]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Mata]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Jesus]] - Portuguese surname

*[[de Vielmond]] - French surname

*[[del Sarto]] - Italian surname

*[[del Vecchio]] - Italian surname

*[[Dias]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Bosque]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Nascimento]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Passos]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Du Bois]] - French surname

*[[Du Champs]] - French surname

*[[Duris]] - Fecnh surname

*[[du Vale]] - French surname

*[[Fagundes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Fernandes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Ferreira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Fischer]] - German surname

*[[Garcia]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Giachetto]] - Italian surname

*[[Gianechinni]] - Italian surname

*[[Gil]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Gomes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Habib]] - Arabian surname

*[[Haddad]] - Arabian surname

*[[Henriques]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Hilbert]] - German surname

*[[Jayme]] or Jaime - Portuguese surname

*[[Jensen]] - German surname

*[[Kalil]] - Arabian surname

*[[Kobayashi]] - Janapense surname

*[[Koslowisky]] - Slavic surname

*[[Kovalic]] - Slavic surname

*[[Kowalsky]] - Slavic surname

*[[Krieger]] - German surname

*[[Levi]] - Jewish surname

*[[Lima]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Lins]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Lira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Lombardi]], derivations like Lombardini, Lombardo, Lombardelli - Italian surname

*[[Lopes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Malfitano]] - Italian surname

*[[Martins]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Matsumoto]] - Japanese surname

*[[Matos]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Mayer]] - Portuguese surname with ancient German origin

*[[Medeiros]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Mendez|Mendes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Mendonça]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Menezes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Meyer]] - German surname

*[[Michel]] - French surname

*[[Michelsen]] - German surname

*[[Moniz]] or [[Muniz]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Moraes]] or [[Morais]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Moreira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Moreau]]- Frecnh surname

*[[Moretti]] - Italian surname

*[[Müller]] - German surname

*[[Nakamura]] - Japanese surname

*[[Nakashima]] - Japanese surname

*[[Nakata]] - Japanese surname

*[[Neves]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Nogueira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Oliveira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Pai-Teles]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Paixão]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Peltier]] - French surname

*[[Pereira (surname)|Pereira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Petit]] - French surname

*[[Pinto]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Pires]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Popovic]] - Slavic surname

*[[Rego]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Reis]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Ribeiro]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Ricci]] - Italian surname

*[[Rodrigues]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Rossi]] - Italian surname

*[[Russo]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Sá]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Sanches]] - Portuguese surname

*[[San Girard]] - French surname

*[[Santos]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Sato]] - Japanese surname

*[[Scheidt]] - German surname

*[[Schmidt]] - German surname

*[[Schneider]] - German surname

*[[Schultz]] - German surname

*[[Serrano]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Silva]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Silveira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Siqueira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Soares]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Sousa]] or [[Souza]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Suzuki]] - Japanese surname

*[[Tavares]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Teixeira]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Tozzi]] - Italian surname

*[[Tucci]] - Italian surname

*[[Valmor]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Valverde]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Van der Ley]] - Dutch surname

*[[Van Helden]] - Dutch surname

*[[Vasconcelos]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Vaz]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Venâncio]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Ventura]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Venturini]] - Italian surname

*[[Vilas Boas]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Vila Lobos]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Vila Nova]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Vila Real]] - Portuguese surname

*[[von Dorff]] - German surname

*[[Wabner]] - German surname

*[[Wagner]] - German surname

*[[Watanabe]] - German surname

*[[Weber]] - German surname

*[[Westphalen]] - German surname

*[[Xavier]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Ximenes]] - Portuguese surname

*[[Yamaguchi]] - Japanese surname

*[[Yamamoto]] - Japanese surname

*[[Zambrotta]] - Italian surname

*[[Zanini]] - Italian surname

*[[Zimmerman]] - German surname

Most of [[Brazil]]ian surnames derive from [[Portugal|Portuguese]] surnames. The Portuguese started [[Colonial Brazil|colonizing Brazil]] in the [[16th century]] and brought with them many [[Black (people)|Black]] [[Africa]]n [[Slavery|slaves]] who were forced to work in [[Sugarcane]] [[Plantation economy|plantations]] and other [[Sugar plantation system|intensive labor activities]]. Since these slaves were considered property of their masters, they usually adopted their master’s surname, as well as their offspring. When someone's surname was unknown, not verifiable or considered unpronounceable in [[Portuguese language]], their surname was usually registered as "da Costa" when living near the sea coast or "da Silva" (from the forest) if lived inland. The surname "dos Santos" (from the saints) was given to orphan children. This explains why these names (da Costa, da Silva, dos Santos) are so common and why, although the high degree of miscegenation between Portuguese, African and local [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|Indigenous people]], Portuguese names are so common. Other common surnames of Portuguese origin, such as Pires, Rodrigues, Lopes, Mendes, Fernandes - notice that they end with ''-es'', not ''-ez'' as in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], are also still very common both in Portugal and Brazil. Also many "[[New Christian]]s" (converted [[Jews]]) who adopted names after trees (Pereira, Oliveira), geographic sites (Ribeiro, Matos), or animals (Coelho, Peixe), came from Portugal to Brazil to escape the [[Inquisition]] [[period]] in [[Europe]] - note that these names are not Jewish in origin and are not a sign of Jewish ancestry ''per se''. A new wave of European immigration came to Brazil in the late [[19th century|19th]] and [[20th century|20th centuries]], mainly during and after the [[World War I|1st]] and [[World War II|2nd World War]], and was primarily composed by [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]], [[Italian people|Italian]], [[Germans|German]] and [[Poles|Polish]] searching for better living conditions in the “[[New World]]”, as well as Europeans of Jewish origin who were escaping [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[The Holocaust|persecutions]].Every country or region has a common surname in Brazil, like the French Bittencourt, Bethencourt, very common in Brazil, but not one of the most commons in France, also the German Fischer, Müller, Schmidt and the Arabian surnames Habib and Haddad, meaning Beloved and Smith or the Japanese Suzuki, related to the word rice or tree.

==[[Bulgaria]]==

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*Иванов ([[Ivanov]])

*Петров ([[Petrov]])

*Георгиев ([[Georgiev]])

*Димитров ([[Dimitrov]])

*Стоянов ([[Stoyanov]])

*Андреев ([[Andreev]])

*Михайлов ([[Mihaylov]])

*Николов ([[Nikolov]])

*Василев ([[Vassilev]])

*Тодоров ([[Todorov]])

==[[Canada]]==

===English Canada===

#[[Johnson]]

#[[Smith]]

#[[Martin]]

#[[Morris]]

#[[Hill (disambiguation)|Hill]]

#[[Hall]]

#[[Jackson]]

Source: [http://homepages.newnet.co.uk/dance/webpjd/intro/worldnamexa-g.htm]

===[[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 (surname)|Parent]] (0.22%)

#[[Demers]] (0.21%)

#[[Gosselin]] (0.21%)

Percentage of total population: 17.82%

Sources: Institut de la statistique du Québec, [http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/default_an.htm ''Quelques Statistiques sur les Noms de Famille''] and [http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/donstat/societe/demographie/noms_famille/noms_famille_1000.htm ''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) [[Li (surname)|Lǐ]]

#(王) [[Wang (surname)|Wáng]]

#(張) [[Zhang|Zhāng]]

#(劉) [[Liu|Liú]]

#(陳) [[Chen|Chén]]

#(楊) [[Yáng]]

#(黃) [[Huang|Huáng]]

#(趙) [[Zhao|Zhào]]

#(周) [[Zhou]]

#(吳) [[Wu (surname)|Wú]]

#(徐) [[Xú]]

#(孫) [[Sūn]]

#(朱) [[Zhu|Zhū]]

#(馬) [[Mǎ]]

#(胡) [[Hu (surname)|Hu]]

#(郭) [[Guō]]

#(林) [[Lín]]

#(何) [[Hé]]

#(高) [[Gāo]]

#(梁) [[Liáng]]

:In a different study ([[1987]]) which combined data from [[China]] and [[Taiwan]] (sample size of 570,000 persons), the outcome was a bit different. The number one Chinese family name was (李) Lǐ at 7.9% of the sample, followed by (王) Wáng at 7.4% and (張) Zhāng at 7.1%; the study showed that the top 19 names covered 55.6% and the top 100 names covered 87% of the sample. Chinese family names distributed differently according to regions. The north was dominated by (李) Lǐ, (王) Wáng, (張) Zhāng, and (劉) Liú; the south was dominated by (陳) Chén, (趙) Zhào, (黃) Huáng, (林) Lín, and (吳) Wú. There were over 450 family names in Beijing, but there were fewer than 300 family names in [[Guangdong]] and [[Fujian]]. Apparently the distribution of the statistics was significantly affected by the bias from the Taiwanese data.

==[[Croatia]]==

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#[[Babić]]

#[[Horvat]]

#[[Horvatinčić]]

#[[Perko]]

#[[Kovač]]

#[[Radić]]

#[[Bilić]]

#[[Banić]] (from old Croatian title [[Ban]])

#[[Banović]]

#[[Ravlić]]

#[[Križanić]]

#[[Polančec]]

#[[Pavletić]]

#[[Tomčić]]

#[[Primorac]]

#[[Spinčić]]

#[[Zečić]]

#[[Jurić]]

#[[Jurčić]]

#[[Jurišić]]

#[[Kovačić]]

#[[Bogdanić]]

#[[Vlašić]]

#[[Vlahović]]

#[[Alagić]]

#[[Alapić]]

#[[Pogorelić]]

#[[Petrić]]

#[[Antić]]

#[[Jerković]]

#[[Juriša]]

#[[Klanac]]

#[[Vučetić]]

#[[Vukić]]

#[[Vukčić]]

#[[Vokić]]

#[[Pavičić]]

#[[Špoljarec]]

#[[Anić]]

#[[Aničić]]

#[[Franić]]

#[[Franjić]]

#[[Klanjec]]

#[[Matić]]

#[[Šimić]]

#[[Šimunović]]

#[[Šimatović]]

#[[Mesić]]

#[[Milić]]

#[[Miličić]]

#[[Mlakar]]

#[[Katić]]

#[[Katišić]]

#[[Katičić]]

#[[Jeričević]]

#[[Starčević]]

#[[Mikulanec]]

#[[Mikulan]]

#[[Ranogajec]]

#[[Ranogajac]]

#[[Lučić]]

#[[Lukić]]

#[[Luković]]

#[[Sorić]]

#[[Matanić]]

#[[Matančić]]

#[[Rudić]]

#[[Rudek]]

#[[Rudeković]]

#[[Balog]]

#[[Nazor]]

#[[Suton]] (means dusk)

#[[Sumrak]] (dusk)

#[[Osvit]] (usually name as well, means dawn)

#[[Leš]] (means corpse)

#[[Smrtić]] (˝smrt˝ menas death, thus Smrtić would mean son of death)

#[[Gajić]]

#[[Belostenec]]

#[[Šutalo]]

#[[Tlak]] (means pressure: atmospheric, blood pressure etc.)

#[[Arbutina]] (Latin, Arbut: small estate)

#[[Ivanić]] (From the name Ivan)

#[[Ivanović]]

#[[Ivančić]]

#[[Stipanić]] (Stipan means Stephen in Croatia; in Croatia the name Stjepan is common as well)

#[[Stipančić]]

#[[Stipić]]

#[[Stipanović]]

#[[Milošić]]

#[[Martić]]

#[[Dragišić]]

#[[Strugar]]

#[[Stupar]]

#[[Košar]] (Koš means a basket; Košar is a craftsman who makes baskets)

#[[Sedlar]] (Sedlo menans saddle; Sedlar is a craftsman who makes saddles)

#[[Pernar]] (Pero (also a short term of Peter in Croatia) means feather, a craftsman or any man that deals with feathers)

#[[Krznar]] (Krzno menas fur; Krznar is a craftsman or any man that deals with fur)

#[[Krizmanić]] (Krizma is one of seven church sacraments)

#[[Tudor]]

#[[Mijatović]]

#[[Farkaš]]

#[[Mučnjak]]

#[[Udovičić]]

#[[Turković]]

#[[Prpić]]

#[[Šantić]]

#[[Šakić]]

#[[Županić]] ([[Župan]] is an old Croatian title still in use)

#[[Župančić]]

Most Croatian names end in "ić", but there are many that end in "ec", "ek" and "ac" .

==[[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]] (19846)

#[[Beneš]] (19 600)

#[[Fiala]] (19 121)

#[[Sedláček]] (18 484)

Feminized names included (m. ''Novák'' - f. ''Nováková'').

<br>

Source: Ministry of Interior (as of 2002).

==[[Denmark]]==

Most popular Danish family names ([[as of 2004]]) [http://www.dst.dk/Statistik/Navne/pop/2004.aspx]

#[[Jensen (disambiguation)|Jensen]] 303089

#[[Nielsen]] 296850

#[[Hansen]] 248968

#[[Pedersen]] 186913

#[[Andersen]] 172894

#[[Christensen]] 133033

#[[Larsen]] 129662

#[[Sørensen]] 124175

#[[Rasmussen]] 104130

#[[Jørgensen]] 98354

#[[Petersen]] 92189

#[[Madsen]] 70176

#[[Kristensen]] 65074

#[[Olsen]] 54044

#[[Thomsen]] 40514

#[[Christiansen]] 40224

#[[Poulsen]] 34203

#[[Johansen]] 33120

#[[Knudsen]] 31977

#[[Mortensen]] 31252

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]]==

*[[Saar]]

*[[Tamm]]

*[[Lepik]]

*[[Sepp]]

*[[Karu]]

*[[Mäe]]

*[[Mägi]]

*[[Kukk]]

*[[Kask]]

*[http://www.esis.ee/ist2000/einst/culture/people.htm Estonia People and Culture]

==[[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. ''Hämäläinen'' means an inhabitant of [[Häme]] (Tavastia county). ''Heikki'' is a common man's first name.

==[[France]]==

Source (2004) : [http://nom-de-famille.linternaute.com/]

#[[Martin]] - 235,846 (0.393%) - From Saint Martin, patron saint of [[France]] (from [[Martius]], [[Latin language|Latin]] for ''warrior'')

#[[Bernard]] - 105,132 (0.175%) - From Saint Bernard, from [[Germanic languages|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 [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for ''twin''

#[[Robert]] - 91,393 (0.152%) - From [[Germanic languages|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 language|Latin]] for ''strong'', ''lasting'')

#[[Le Roy|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 language|Hebrew]] for ''Yehova heard''

#[[Laurent]] - 75,307 (0.125%) - From Saint Laurent, from [[Latin language|Latin]] ''laurens'', Laurel-crowned

#[[Lefebvre]] - 74,564 (0.124%) - "The smith"

#[[Michel]] - 74,318 (0.123%) - From Saint Michel, from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for ''Who is like God''

#[[Garcia]] - 68,720 (0.114%) - [[Spanish language|Spanish]] surname meaning ''grace''

#[[David]] - 61,762 (0.103%) - From King David, from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] for ''Beloved''

#[[Bertrand]] - 59,817 (0.100%) From [[Germanic languages|Germanic]] for ''bright and vigorous''

#[[Roux]] - 59,440 (0.099%) - "Red-haired"

#[[Vincent]] - 57,351 (0.096%) - From Saint Vincent, from [[Latin language|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 languages|Germanic]] for ''bold as a spear''

#[[André]] - 55,228 (0.092%) - From Saint André, from [[Greek language|Greek]] for ''manly''

#[[Lefevre|Lefèvre]] - 53670 (0.089%) - "The smith"

#[[Mercier]] - 53622 (0.089%) - "Trader/Shopkeeper"

==[[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)

#[[Weber]] (0.30%) (Weaver)

#[[Schulz]] (0.27%) (regionally for mayor)

#[[Wagner]] (0.27%) (builder of wagons and carriages)

#[[Becker (disambiguation)|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.

==[[Greece]]==

#[[Papadopoulos]] (means son of the priest)

#[[Brakus]] (latinized version of Greek ''Brakys'', meaning short)

==[[Hungary]]==

#[[Nagy]] (244663; big, cf. [[Gross]], [[Legrand]])

#[[Kovač|Kovács]] (228274; smith, cf. [[Schmidt]])

#[[Tóth]] (223291; Slovak/Slav)

#[[Szabó]] (217066; tailor, cf. [[Schneider]], [[Couturier]])

#[[Horváth]] (Horvát) (201524; Croatian)

#[[Kiss (disambiguation)|Kiss]] ([[Kis]]) (139919; small, cf. [[Klein]], [[Lepetit]])

#[[Varga]] (137398; shoemaker, cf. [[Schumacher]], person working with leather)

#[[Molnár]] (112878; miller, cf. [[Müller]])

#[[Németh]] ([[Német]]) (97715; German, cf. [[Deutsch]], [[Lallemand]])

#[[Farkas]] (83755; <given name, meaning "wolf">, cf. [[Wolf]])

#[[Balogh]] (79653; left-handed, unskillful)

#[[Papp]] (56235; priest)

#[[Takács]] (55180; weaver, cloth-maker, cf. [[Weber]])

#[[Juhász]] (54267; shepherd, cf. Schäfer)

#[[Mészáros]] (42738; butcher, cf. [[Fleischer]], [[Fleschmann]], [[Boucher]])

#[[Lakatos]] (41005; locksmith)

#[[Simon]] (39881; <given name>)

#[[Oláh]] (37147; [[Vlach]], Romanian)

#[[Fekete]] (34755; black, cf. [[Schwarz]], [[Lenoir]])

#[[Rácz]] (34518; Serbian)

#[[Szilágyi]] (32628; from [[Szilágy]] county)

#[[Fehér]] (27262; white, cf. [[Weiss]], [[Leblanc]])

#[[Gál]] (Gaál) (26557; <given name>)

#[[Balázs]] (26158; <given name>)

Notes:

*The above is official data of the Central Personal Data Processing Office at Hungary's Ministry of Interior in 1998 [http://www.registrationshu.org/fuzet/csalad.htm] via [http://www.bogardi.com/gen/g022.htm].

*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''.)

*In Hungary, the surname is placed first (see [[Personal name#Name order|Eastern order]]).

#[[Novak]] Another common Hungarian surname - not verified.

==[[India]]==

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*[[Aggarwal]]

*[[Desai]]

*[[Dutt]]

*[[Gupta]]

*[[Iyer]]

*[[Jain]]

*[[Joshi]]

*[[Kulkarni]]

*[[Kumar]]

*[[Mukherjee]]

*[[Nair]]

*[[Pandit]]

*[[Patel]]

*[[Rao]]

*[[Reddy]]

*[[Saigal]]

*[[Shah]]

*[[Sharma]]

*[[Singh]]

*[[Tiwari]]

==[[Ireland]]==

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#[[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]]

Names starting with O' are [[patronymic]].

==[[Israel]]==

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#[[Cohen]] (כהן)

#[[Levi]] (לוי) (sometimes spelled [[Levy]])

#Beth'-el: the name means House of God. Jacob, after he wrestled with an angel, changed the name of the place Luz to Bethel because "God is in this place." See Genesis 35:15

:The name Cohen belongs to the members of the ancient family of priests ([[Kohanim]], descendants of [[Aaron]]). The name Levi belongs to the members of the family of [[Levite]]s, descendants of [[Levi]].

==[[Italy]]==

Source: [http://www.melegnano.net/cognomi]

#[[Rossi]] - Red (hair, complexion; common in North and Central Italy)

#[[Russo]] - same as the above, but with the stem vowel changed according to the rules of southern Italian metaphony

#[[Ferrari]] - Smith (common in North Italy)

#[[Esposito]] - Exposed (abandoned child; common in South Italy)

#[[Bianchi]] - White (complexion, hair, house; common in North Italy))

#[[Romano]] - Italian for Roman (common in South Italy)

#[[Colombo]] - [[Italian language|Italian]] for ''dove'' and also abandoned child (common in North Italy)

#[[Ricci]] - Rich (wealthy; common in South Italy)

#[[Marino]] - Marine (near the sea; common in South Italy)

#[[Greco]] - Greek (common in South Italy)

#[[Bruno]] - Brown (hair, complexion; common in South Italy)

#[[Gallo]] - Gaul or chicken (common in North and Central Italy)

#[[Conti]] - Count (nobleman; common in North and Central Italy)

#[[De Luca]] - From/of Luke (common in South Italy)

#[[Costa]] - Coast (near the sea or from a place named Costa; common in North and Central Italy)

#[[Giordano]] - Jordan (surname; common in the whole country)

#[[Mancini]] - Lefthanded (common in Central Italy)

#[[Rizzo]] - Curly (hair; common in South Italy)

#[[Lombardi]] - From Lombardy (common in the whole country)

#[[Moretti]] - From the latin surname Morus (common in North and Central Italy)

==[[Japan]]==

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''Main article: [[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. (A list of the most common family names in all of [[Japan]] is at http://www.japanese-name-translation.com/site/top500_Japanese_family_names.xls)

The most common names in [[Tokyo]] are:

#(佐藤) [[Sato|Satō]]

#(鈴木) [[Suzuki (disambiguation)|Suzuki]]

#(高橋) [[Takahashi]]

#(田中) [[Tanaka]]

#(渡辺) [[Watanabe]]

#(伊藤) [[Itō]]

#(山本) [[Yamamoto]]

#(中村) [[Nakamura]]

#(小林) [[Kobayashi]]

#(斎藤) [[Saito|Saitō]]

#(加藤) [[Kato|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]]

==[[Korea]]==

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''Main article: [[List of Korean family names]]''

#김 (金; [[Kim (Korean name)|Kim]], Gim)

#이 (李; [[Lee (Korean name)|Lee]], Yi, I)

#박 (朴; Park, Pak, Bak)

#최 (崔; Choi, Choe)

#정 (鄭; Jung, Chung, Jeong)

#강 (姜; Gang, Kang)

#조 (趙 or 曹; Cho, Jo)

#윤 (尹; Yoon, Yun)

#장 (張; Jang, Chang)

#임 (林; Lim, Im)

#한 (韓; Han)

#신 (申; Shin, Sin)

#서 (徐; Suh, Seo)

#권 (權; Kwon, Gwon)

#손 (孫; Son)

#황 (黃; Whang, Hwang)

#송 (宋; Song)

#안 (安; Ahn, An)

#유 (柳 or 劉; Yoo, Yu)

#홍 (洪; [[Hong (Korean name)|Hong]])

Korean surnames have a variety of ways of being [[Korean romanization|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]].

[http://www.li.lv/en/?id=74 Source - the Latvian Institute]

==[[Lithuania]]==

{| class=wikitable

|-

! # !! For men !! For women

|-

| 1 || Kazlauskas || Kazlauskienė

|-

| 2 || Stankevičius || Jankauskienė

|-

| 3 || Jankauskas || Petrauskienė

|-

| 4 || Petrauskas || Stankevičienė

|-

| 5 || Vasiliauskas || Ivanova

|-

| 6 || Žukauskas || Kazlauskaitė

|-

| 7 || Paulauskas || Jankauskaitė

|-

| 8 || Butkus || Petrauskaitė

|}

Note: [[Lithuanian language]] has different endings for surnames for men and women. The ending of female surname tell if she is married or not. Last names of married women end in -ienė while of not married grils end in -ytė, -iūtė, -utė, -aitė.

Source: [http://www.std.lt/lt/pages/view/?id=1625&PHPSESSID=dc555b7c0bfa47b1a2c2e131b04b9726 The Interesting Statistics], Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania), 2005.

==[[Malta]]==

Sources : [http://www.maltavista.ru/info/surnames] [http://www.searchmalta.com/surnames]

#'''Borg''' (11,868) - From the Sicilian city of Burgi or from Sant'Ambrogio

#'''Camilleri''' (10,771) - Son of [[Marcus Furius Camillus|Camillus]], second founder of [[Rome]] after the Gauls invasion (367 BC) or from 'cammelo' [[Italian language|Italian]] for ''camel''(animal)

#'''Vella''' (10,318) - From 'bella' [[Italian language|Italian]] for ''beautiful'' or from 'vela' [[Italian language|Italian]] ''sails''

#'''Farrugia''' (9,778) - From 'farrug' [[Arabic language|Arabic]] for ''turkey'' (animal)

#'''Zammit''' (8,382) - Maybe from a [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] word meaning ''peaceful''

#'''Galea''' (7,442) -

#[[Micallef]] (7,166) - Maybe from the name Mikali (Michael) or from 'mħallef', the Maltese word for ''judge'' (profession)

#'''Grech''' (6,740) - From 'Graecus' [[Latin language|Latin]] for ''Greek''

#'''Attard''' (6,453) - From 'attar' [[Arabic language|Arabic]] for ''pharmacist/physician''

#'''Spiteri''' (6,391) - Alteration of 'Hospitalieri', used for abandoned children (near the Knights' Hospital)

#'''Cassar''' (5,985) - Maybe meaning ''castle keeper'' ([[Latin language|Latin]] origin) or ''barber'' ([[Arabic language|Arabic]] origin)

#[[Azzopardi]] (5,905) - Derived from 'A Safardi', meaning 'A [[Jew]] coming from [[Spain]]'

#'''Mifsud''' (5,707) - [[Jewish]] surname

#'''Caruana''' (5,577) - From [[Kairouan]] in Tunisia, a name which in turn is derived from the Persian word ''Kârawân'' [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=caravan&searchmode=none Etymology of 'caravan']

#'''Muscat''' (5,288) - From [[Muscat, Oman|Muscat]] in [[Oman]] or from [[Muscat (grape and wine)|Muscat]] grape

#'''Agius''' (4,944) - Maybe from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Holy'' or maybe from [[Maltese language|Maltese]] ''old man'' or maybe referring to a pilgrim to [[Mecca]]

#'''Schembri''' (4,226) - Greek surname

#'''Abela''' (4,117) -

#[[Fenech]] (4,111) - Maybe from 'fenek' [[Maltese language|Maltese]] for ''rabbit'' or from 'Fenici' meaning ''Phoenicians''

#'''Pace''' (4,017) - From 'pace' [[Italian language|Italian]] for ''peace''

==[[Mexico]]==

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Martinez

Gonzalez

Rodriguez

Cruz

#[[Hernández]] (8.50%)

#[[García]] (8.14%)

#[[Martínez]] (7.14%)

#[[González]] (7.09%)

#[[López]] (7.06%)

Source: GARCÍA, Miriam ''[http://www.elnorte.com/monterrey/articulo/309799/ Para regios...los Martínez]'' Periódico [http://www.elnorte.com 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.

{| class="wikitable"

!

! 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 [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/index.php?taal=eng 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 hill) (0.32%)

#[[Hagen]] (meaning garden [usually derived from names of [[homestead]]s)] (0.32%)

#[[Johannessen]] (0.31%)

#[[Andreassen]] (0.28%)

#[[Jacobsen]] (0.27%)

#[[Halvorsen]] (0.27%)

Names ending in ''sen'' are originally [[patronymic]].

<br>

Source: [http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/navn_en/etternavn-100.html Statistics Norway: Name statistics]

==[[Poland]]==

See also: [[Polish surnames]]

#[[Nowak]] (203,506; from ''nowy'' "new")

#[[Kowalski]] (139,719; from ''kowal'' "smith")

#[[Wisniewski|Wiśniewski]] (109,855; from ''wiśnia'' "cherry")

#[[Wójcik]] (99,509; from ''wójt'', a noun describing chief officer of a group of a villages)

#[[Kowalczyk]] (97,796, from ''kowalek'' "smithy")

#[[Kaminski|Kamiński]] (94,499; from ''kamień'' "stone")

#[[Lewandowski]] (92,449; from ''lewantyna'' "[[Levant]]ine")

#[[Zielinski|Zieliński]] (91,043; from ''zielony'' "green")

#[[Szymanski|Szymański]] (89,091; from ''Szymon'', equivalent to [[Simon]])

#[[Wozniak|Woźniak]] (88,039; from ''woźny'', "apparitor")

#[[Dabrowski|Dąbrowski]] (86,132; from ''dąb'' "oak tree")

#[[Kozlowski|Kozłowski]] (75,962; from ''kozioł'' "goat")

#[[Jankowski]] (68,514; from ''Janek'', equivalent to [[John]])

#[[Nowaczek]] (66,773; from diminutive of ''nowy'' "new")

#[[Wojciechowski]] (66,361; from the name ''Wojciech'')

#[[Kwiatkowski]] (66,017; from ''kwiat'' "flower")

#[[Krawczyk]] (64,048; from diminutive of "tailor")

#[[Kaczmarek]] (61,816; from composition of ''kacz'' "duck" and the name ''Marek'')

#[[Piotrowski]] (61,380; from ''Piotr'', equivalent to [[Peter]])

#[[Grabowski]] (58,393; from ''grab'' "hornbeam")

:Source: Zawadzki J.M, 2002, ''1000 Najpopularniejszych nazwisk w Polsce'' [1000 of the most popular names in Poland], Warsaw: Świat Książki

==Portugal==

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*[[Aboim]]

*[[Abreu]]

*[[Aguiar]]

*[[Albuquerque]] - name of a ancient Portuguese town (now in Spanish territory)

*[[Almada]] - name of a Portuguese town

*[[Almeida]] - name of a Portuguese town

*[[Álvares]] - son of Alvaro

*[[Amaral]]

*[[Andrade]] - name of several localities in Portugal and [[Galicia]]

*[[Antunes]] - son of Antão/António (Antony)

*[[Arca]]

*[[Ataíde]]

*[[Azevedo]]

*[[Barreto]]

*[[Betencourt]], [[Bitencourt]], [[Bethancourt]]

*[[Borges (disambiguation)|Borges]]

*[[Branco]] - white

*[[Braga]] - name of a Portuguese city

*[[Brito]] -

*[[Cabral]] - goat herd

*[[Câmara]] - chamber

*[[Carvalho]] - oak

*[[Castelo Branco]]

*[[Castro]] - castle

*[[Cavalcante]], [[Cavalcanti]]

*[[Cerveira]]

*[[Chaves]] - name Portuguese town

*[[Coelho]] - rabbit

*[[Correia|Corrêa]], [[Correia]] - leather strap

*[[Corte-Real]] - royal court

*[[Costa]], [[Costa|da Costa]] - coast, from the coast

*[[Coutinho]]

*[[Couto]]

*[[Cunha]]

*[[Dias]] - son of Diogo

*[[Domingues]] - son of Domingo

*[[Eça]]

*[[Esteves]] - son of Estevão (Steven)

*[[Faria]]

*[[Fernandes]] - son of Fernando (Ferdinand)

*[[Ferreira]] - blacksmith woman

*[[Figueira]] - fig tree

*[[Gama]] - female hart

*[[Goios]]

*[[Gois]]

*[[Gomes]] - son of Gome

*[[Gonçalves]] - son of Gonçalo

*[[Gouveia]]

*[[Henriques]] - son of Henrique (Henry)

*[[Lemos]]

*[[Lima]]

*[[Lobato]] - young wolf

*[[Lobo]] - wolf

*[[Lopes]] - son of Lopo

*[[Malafaia]]

*[[Manuel]] -

*[[Marques]] - son of Marco/Marcos

*[[Martins]] - son of Martinho (Martin)

*[[Mascarenhas]]

*[[Mata]], [[Mata|da Mata]] - wood, from the wood

*[[Medeiros]]

*[[Meira]] -

*[[Melo]]

*[[Mendez|Mendes]] - son of Mendo

*[[Mendonça]]

*[[Menezes]], [[Meneses]]

*[[Miranda]]

*[[Moniz]]

*[[Moreira]]

*[[Moura]] - name of a Portuguese town

*[[Mota]]

*[[Neves]], [[Neves|das Neves]] - the snows, from the snows

*[[Nogueira]] - walnut

*[[Noronha]]

*[[Nunes]] - son of Nuno

*[[Oliveira]] - olive tree

*[[Pacheco]]

*[[Pessanha]]

*[[Pinto]] - young rooster

*[[Pires]],[[Peres]] - son of Pedro (Peter)

*[[Pereira (surname)|Pereira]], [[Pereira|Pereiro]] - pear tree

*[[Reis]], [[Reis|dos Reis]] - kings, from the kings

*[[Rego]] - small river

*[[Ribeiro]] - small river

*[[Rocha]], [[Rocha|da Rocha]] - rock, from the Rock

*[[Rodrigues]] - son of Rodrigo (Roderic)

*[[Sampaio]]

*[[Sanches]] - son of Sancho

*[[Santos]], [[Santos|dos Santos]] - saints, from the saints

*[[Silva]], [[Silva|da Silva]] - jungle, from the jungle

*[Siqueira]], [[Sequeira]]

*[[Serpa]] - name of a Portuguese town

*[[Soares]] - son of Sueiro

*[[Sotomaior]], [[Sotomayor]]

*[[Sousa]]

*[[Tavares]]

*[[Távora]]

*[[Teixeira]]

*[[Valente]] - valiant

*[[Vasconcelos]]

*[[Vasques]] - Son of Vasco

*[[Vieira]] - shell

Family names ending in -es are typically, bur not always [[patronymic]]. Surnames that are also names of trees, like Pereira (''pear tree'') or Oliveira (''olive tree'') were massively adopted by Jewish converts during the [[Portuguese Inquisition]]. Though many Portuguese people with such names can claim Jewish ancestry, the surname is not a proof ''per se''.

For an exaustive listing of Portuguese family names see [http://genealogia.netopia.pt/familias/fam_port.php this genealogical site]

==[[Romania]]==

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#[[Popa]] (191,938 persons; Slavic, "pop" - "priest")

#[[Popescu]] (147,784 persons; "Son of the Priest", Slavic root "pop" - "priest")

#[[Radu]] (Slavic, "rad" - "happy")

#[[Ionescu]] ("Son of John")

#[[Şerban]]

#[[Matei]] ("Matthew")

#[[Stoica]]

#[[Gheorghe]] ("George")

#[[Constantin]] ("Constantine")

#[[Stan]] ("Stan")

#[[Dumitrescu]] ("Son of Demetrius")

#[[Mihai]] ("Michael")

#[[Ioniţă]] ("Johnny")

#[[Dumitru]] ("Demetrius")

#[[Dinu]] ("Constantine")

#[[Tudor (surname)|Tudor]] ("Theodor")

#[[Dobre]] (Slavic root "dobro" - "good")

#[[Barbu]] ("Bearded one")

#[[Ştefan]] ("Stephan")

#[[Florea]] ("Flower")

#[[Ene]] (variation of "Ion" - John)

#[[Vasile]] ("Basil")

#[[Marin]] ("Marinus")

#[[Ghiţă]] ("Georgie")

#[[Georgescu]] ("Son of George")

==[[Russia]]==

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Per [[Boris Unbegaun]] of the [[Oxford University]]:

#Иванов ([[Ivanov]]) - "son of John"

#Васильев ([[Vasilyev]]) - "son of Basil"

#Петров ([[Petrov]]) - "son of Peter"

#Смирнов ([[Smirnov]]) - "son of a quiet man"

#Михайлов ([[Mikhailov]]) - "son of Michael"

#Федоров ([[Fyodorov]]) - "son of Theodor"

#Соколов ([[Sokolov]]) - "son of a falcon"

#Яковлев ([[Yakovlev]]) - "son of Jacob"

#Попов ([[Popov]]) - "son of a pop (Orthodox priest)"

#Андреев ([[Andreyev]]) - "son of Andrew"

Note that in Russian, women's surnames must have an "a" attached to the end.

==[[Serbia]]==

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*[[Petrović]] (Петровић)

*[[Jovanović]] (Јовановић)

*[[Marković]] (Марковић)

*[[Knežević]] (Кнежевић)

*[[Popović]] (Поповић)

*[[Nikolić]] (Николић)

*[[Vuković]] (Вуковић)

*[[Živković]] (Живковић)

*[[Đorđević]] (Ђорђевић)

*[[Lukić]] (Лукић)

*[[Marić]] (Марић)

*[[Janković]] (Јанковић)

*[[Milovanović]] (Миловановић)

*[[Ilić]] (Илић)

*[[Obradović]] (Обрадовић)

*[[Aleksić]] (Алексић)

*[[Gavrilović]] (Гавриловић)

*[[Davidović]] (Давидовић)

*[[Đurović]] (урови)

*Despot (Ђовићић)

*[[Stevanović]] (Стевановић)

*[[Stefanović]] (Стефановић)

*[[Radović]] (Радовић)

*[[Stojanović]] (Стојановић)

*[[Jelić]] (Јелић)

*[[Božović]] (Божовић)

==[[Spain]]==

:Source: [http://www.ociototal.com/recopila2/r_aficiones/apellidos.html] - Data from December 1999.

#[[García]] - 1,378,000 people (3.48%) (''Of [[Iberian language|Iberian]] origin, meaning Grace'')

#[[Fernández]] - 851,000 (2.15%) (''Son of Fernando'')

#[[González]] - 839,000 (2.12%) (''Son of Gonzalo'')

#[[Rodríguez]] - 804,000 (2.03%) (''Son of Rodrigo'')

#[[López]] - 796,000 (2.01%) (''Son of Lope'')

#[[Martínez]] - 788,000 (1.97%) (''Son of Martin'')

#[[Sánchez]] - 725,000 (1.83%) (''Son of Sancho'')

#[[Pérez]] - 709,000 (1.79%) (''Son of Peter'')

#[[Martín]] - 459,000 (1.16%) (''Martin'')

#[[Gómez]] - 440,000 (1.11%) (''Son of Gome'')

#[[Ruiz]] - 321,000 (0.81%) (''Son of Rui'')

#[[Hernández]] - 305,000 (0.77%) (''Son of Hernando, Fernando'')

#[[Jiménez]] - 293,000 (0.74%) (''Son of Jimeno'')

#[[Díaz]] - 293,000 (0.74%) (''Son of Jacob'')

#[[Álvarez]] - 273,000 (0.69%) (''Son of Alvaro'')

#[[Moreno]] - 261,000 (0.66%) (''Brown-haired, tanned'')

#[[Muñoz]] - 241,000 (0.61%) (''Son of Muño'')

#[[Alonso]] - 206,000 (0.52%) (''Son of Alfonso'')

#[[Gutiérrez]] - 170,000 (0.43%) (''Son of Walter, from Germanic Walthari meaning king'')

#[[Romero]] - 170,000 (0.43%) (''Rosemary'')

#[[Navarro]] - 158,400 (0.40%) (''Navarrese, from Navarra'')

#[[Torres]] - 134,600 (0.34%) (''Towers'')

#[[Domínguez]] - 134,600 (0.34%) (''Son of Domingos'')

#[[Gil]] - 134,600 (0.34%) (''Patronimic; from older form Hermenegildo'')

#[[Vázquez]] - 130,000 (0.33%) (''Son of Velasco'')

#[[Serrano]] - 122,700 (0.31%) (''Mountain Dweller'')

#[[Ramos]] - 118,000 (0.30%) (''Branches'')

#[[Blanco]] - 118,000 (0.30%) (''White'')

#[[Sanz]] - 106,900 (0.27%) (''Saxon'')

#[[Castro]] - 102,900 (0.26%) (''Castle, hamlet, [[castro]]'')

#[[Suárez]] - 102,900 (0.26%) (''Son of Suero'')

#[[Ortega]] - 99,000 (0.25%) (''A type of bird'')

#[[Rubio]] - 99,000 (0.25%) (''Blonde'')

#[[Molina]] - 99,000 (0.25%) (''Mill'')

#[[Delgado]] - 95,000 (0.24%) (''Thin'')

#[[Ramírez]] - 95,000 (0.24%) (''Son of Ramiro'')

#[[Morales]] - 95,000 (0.24%) (''Morals'')

#[[Ortiz]] - 87,120 (0.22%) (''Son of Ortún; ultimately from Latin Fortunatus, meaning fortunate one'')

#[[Marín]] - 83,160 (0.21%) (''Seaman'')

#[[Iglesias]] - 83,160 (0.21%) (''Churches'')

Family names ending in ''-ez'' are typically [[patronymic]]

==[[Singapore]]==

Popular Chinese surnames - based on a [http://www.singstat.gov.sg/papers/snippets/surnames.html paper] published by Statistics Singapore, 2000

#[[Tan]] 陈 (陳)

#[[Lim]] 林

#[[Lee]] 李

#[[Ng]] 吳

#[[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]] 桌

#[[Sim]] 沈

#[[Chong]] 张 (張)

#[[Chia]] 谢(謝)

== [[Slovenia]] ==

*[[Novak]]

*[[Horvat]]

*[[Krajnc]]

*[[Kovačič]]

*[[Zupančič]]

*[[Kovač]]

*[[Potočnik]]

*[[Mlakar]]

*[[Vidmar]]

*[[Golob]]

[http://www.stat.si/imena_pr_vsa.asp official statistics]

==[[Sri Lanka]]==

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*[[Corea]]

*[[De Silva]]

*[[De Soysa]]

*[[Fernando]]

*[[Gunawardena]]

*[[Jayasuriya]]

*[[Liyanage]]

*[[Perera]]

*[[Ranatunga]]

==[[Sweden]]==

:[http://www.scb.se/templates/tableOrChart____31063.asp 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%)

*[[Hanson|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. 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.

==[[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 [[British National Health Service|National Health Service]] Central Register[http://freespace.virgin.net/philip.dance1/offstats/names1-500.htm].

#[[Smith (surname)|Smith]] (1.15%)

#[[Jones]] (0.94%)

#[[Williams (surname)|Williams]] (0.66%)

#[[Taylor]] (0.53%)

#[[Brown (disambiguation)|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 (surname)|White]] (0.27%)

#[[Edwards]] (0.27%)

#[[Hughes]] (0.26%)

#[[Green (disambiguation)|Green]] (0.25%)

#[[List of people by name: Hal#People named Hall|Hall]] (0.25%)

#[[Lewis (disambiguation)|Lewis]] (0.25%)

#[[Harris (disambiguation)|Harris]] (0.25%)

#[[Clarke]] (0.24%)

#[[Patel]] (0.24%)

#[[Jackson]] (0.24%)

===[[Scotland]]===

From [http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/library/occpapers/surnames-in-scotland-over-the-last-140-years.html]

, which also gives frequencies, provides a list of the top 100 and some regional variatons.

# Smith

# Brown

# Wilson

# Campbell

# Stewart

# Thomson

# Robertson

# Anderson

# Macdonald

# Scott

# Reid

# Murray

# Taylor

# Clark

# Ross

# Watson

# Morison

# Paterson

# Young

# Mitchell

===Northern Ireland===

The Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)[http://www.nisra.gov.uk/default.asp] 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 [http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last 1990 U.S. Census data], the top twenty surnames in the U.S. (with percentage of population) are:

#[[Smith (surname)|Smith]] (1.006%)

#Johnson (0.810%)

#[[Williams (surname)|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%)

:The distribution reflects the history of immigration into the country. Many immigrants from non-[[English language|English]]-speaking countries [[Anglicisation|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 their owners' surnames.

ajax name search of the SSDI http://surnamecheck.com

==[[Vietnam]]==

:''See [[Vietnamese name]]''

{| class="wikitable"

!

! 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) [http://www.minhkhai.com.vn/sachsach.html?ms=37830&PHPSESSID=4e28f3c74b5b621acc82837a9ba3fb7e]

==See also==

*[[Most popular given names]]

*[[Family name affixes]]

[[Category:Surnames|*!]]

[[es:Lista de apellidos más comunes]]

[[eo:Listo de plej oftaj familiaj nomoj]]

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[[pl:Najpopularniejsze nazwiska na świecie]]

[[ro:Lista celor mai uzuale nume de familie]]

[[th:นามสกุลที่นิยมใช้]]

[[vi:Danh sách một số họ phổ biến]]

[[zh:常见姓氏列表]]