List of most common surnames

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

Contents

[edit] South America

See also: Demographics of South America

[edit] Argentina (Buenos Aires)

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

The following table only covers the capital Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is only an approximate ranking. It is based on the number of telephone connections per surname in the white pages of the city as of 2003.[1] All surnames in this list are of Spanish origin.

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

[edit] Brazil and Portuguese

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

Source: [4]

or

  1. Silva (or "da Silva")
  2. Santos (or "dos Santos")
  3. Oliveira (or "de Oliveira")
  4. Sousa (Souza is the archaic spelling; or "de Sousa")
  5. Lima (or "de Lima")
Based on the São Paulo's telephone directory[2].

[edit] North America

See also: Demographics of North America

[edit] Canada

See also: Demography of Canada

In 2007, Canada was a country of about 33 million people,[3] about 1/5th of whom lived in the province of Quebec.[4] The twenty most common surnames across Canada listed below were compiled by InfoUSA and reported by the CBC.[5] Unlike many countries, the Canadian national government does not publish a common surnames listing based on the national census;[5] however, Quebec's provincial government does make such information available.[6]

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

[edit] Mexico

See also: Demography of Mexico and Category:Mexican surnames

According to the Mexico IFE as of 2006 [8] these were the most common surnames in Mexico:

  1. Hernández
  2. García
  3. Martínez
  4. López
  5. González
  6. Rodríguez
  7. Pérez
  8. Sánchez
  9. Ramírez

[edit] United States

According to 2000 U.S. Census data, the top hundred surnames in the U.S. are:[9]

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

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

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

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

[edit] Oceania

See also: Oceania

[edit] Australia

See also: Demography of Australia

All names were retrieved with number of people bearing the name from an Australian government resource, then sorted according to number of people in order to generate the table here.[10]

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

[edit] Europe

See also: Demography of Europe

[edit] Austria

See also: Demographics of Austria

The forty most common surnames in Austria as published in 2006 are shown below beside the approximate percentage of the Austrian population sharing each surname.[12]

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

[edit] Belgium

See also: Demographics of Belgium

Belgium is a European nation composed of three main regions: Flemish (Flanders), Walloon (Wallonia), and Brussels (nestled in south Flanders, near the Wallonian border). The Flemish region has a Dutch language tradition, while the Walloon region has a French language tradition. These different linguistic histories are reflected in differing commonalities of surnames, as shown in the table below.[13]

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

[edit] Czech Republic

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

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

[edit] Denmark

Most popular Danish family names (as of 2004) [5]

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

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

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

[edit] Estonia

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

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

February 1, 2005

Source

Ministry of Internal Affairs Estonia, press release "Tamm, Saar, Mägi and Sepp are the most common family names in Estonia" 09.02.2005 [6]

[edit] Finland

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

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

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

[edit] France

Source (2004) : [7]

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

[edit] Georgia

Source: 2007 [8]

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

[edit] Germany

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data from 1995
  1. Müller (0.95%) (Miller)
  2. Schmidt (0.69%) (Smith, blacksmith)
  3. Schneider (0.40%) (Tailor)
  4. Fischer (0.35%) (Fisher)
  5. Meyer (0.33%) (from Latin "major", the bigger one, referring to the name-giver's status, means "official" (mayor, police officer, sheriff, etc), "peasant", or from the Jewish surname Meir; also: Meier, 0.15%; Maier, 0.13%; Mayer, 0.13%)
  6. Weber (0.30%) (Weaver)
  7. Schulz (0.27%) (regionally for mayor)
  8. Wagner (0.27%) (Wainwright, Wright; builder of wagons and carriages)
  9. Becker (0.27%) (Baker)
  10. Hoffmann (0.26%) (owning a farm)
  11. Schäfer (Shephard)
  12. Koch (Cook)
  13. Bauer (Farmer)
  14. Richter (Judge)
  15. Klein (small)
  16. Schröder (Taylor)
  17. Wolf
  18. Neumann (Newman)
  19. Schwarz (Black)
  20. Zimmermann (Carpenter)
  21. Krüger (Innkeeper)
  22. Braun (Brown)
  23. Hofmann (Farmer)
  24. Schmitz (Smith)
  25. Hartmann (Strongman or Woodman)
  26. Lange (Long)
  27. Schmitt (Smith)
  28. Werner (strong warrior)
  29. Krause (Curly)
  30. Meier (Major)
  31. Schmid (Smith)
  32. Lehmann (Vassal)
  33. Schultze (Judge)
  34. Maier (Major)
  35. Köhler (Collier)
  36. Herrmann (Warrior)
  37. Walter (Harold)
  38. König (King)
  39. Mayer (Major)
  40. Huber (Farmer)
  41. Kaiser (Caesar)
  42. Fuchs (Fox)
  43. Peters
  44. Möller (Miller)
  45. Scholz (Judge)
  46. Lang (Long)
  47. Weiss (White)
  48. Jung (Young)
  49. Hahn (Rooster)
  50. Vogel (Bird)

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

[edit] Greece

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

[edit] Hungary

  1. Nagy (239,310; 'big')
  2. Kovács (221,687; 'blacksmith')
  3. Tóth (216,758; 'Slovak/Slav')
  4. Szabó (212,586; 'tailor', cf. Schneider, Couturier)
  5. Horváth, Horvát (201,059; 'Croatian')
  6. Varga (139,764; 'shoemaker', cf. Schumacher, person working with leather)
  7. Kiss (134,305; 'small', cf. Klein, Petit, Lepetit)
  8. Molnár (109,178; 'miller', cf. Müller, Meunier
  9. Németh, Német (93,990; 'German', cf. Deutsch, Lallemand)
  10. Farkas (83,346; 'wolf', cf. Wolf)
  11. Balogh (80,113; 'left-handed', 'unskillful')
  12. Papp (53,847; 'priest')
  13. Takács (53,402; 'weaver', 'cloth-maker', cf. Weber, Tissandier, Teyssandier)
  14. Juhász (52,495; 'shepherd', cf. Schäfer, Berger)
  15. Lakatos (45,051; 'locksmith')
  16. Mészáros (41,061; 'butcher', cf. Fleischer, Boucher)
  17. Simon (38,481; <given name>)
  18. Oláh (38,311; Vlach, 'Romanian')
  19. Fekete (35,179; 'black', cf. Schwarz, Lenoir)
  20. Rácz (35,109; 'Serbian')
  21. Szilágyi (31,986; from Szilágy county)
  22. Török (27,206; 'Turkish')
  23. Fehér (26,804; 'white', cf. Weiss, Leblanc)
  24. Gál, Gaál (25,924; <given name>, 'Gallic', cf. Le Gall)
  25. Balázs (25,804; <given name>)
  26. Kis (24,613; see Kiss, above)
  27. Szűcs (24,416; 'leather taylor')
  28. Pintér (23,951; 'cooper', cf. Binder)
  29. Kocsis (23,911; 'coachman')
  30. Fodor (23,371; 'curly hair')

The above is official data of the Central Personal Data Processing Office at Hungary's Ministry of Interior in 2006 [9].

Other frequent surnames:

Lengyel ('Polish'), Földes ('land-owner), Erdős ('woody', 'from the forest'), Erdélyi ('Transylvanian'), Vörös, Veress, Weöres ('red-haired'), Katona ('soldier'), Fazekas ('potter'), Király ('king'), Kántor ('church singer')...

Notes:

  • 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), Lebovits (Hebrew/Yiddish)...

[edit] Ireland

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

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

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

[edit] Italy

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

unknown

Source

Gens

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

[edit] Latvia

  1. Bērziņš (Berzinsh) - Diminutive of Birch
  2. Kalniņš (Kalninsh) - Diminutive of Hill
  3. Ozoliņš (Ozolinsh) - Diminutive of Oak
  4. Jansons (Jansons) - Son of Jānis,one of most popular male names in Latvia,John
  5. Ozols (Ozols) - Oak
  6. Liepiņš (Liepinsh) - Diminutive of Linden
  7. Krūmiņš (Kruminsh) - Diminutive of Bush
  8. Balodis (Balodis)- Pigeon
  9. Eglītis (Eglitis) - Diminutive of Fir tree
  10. Zariņš (Zarinsh) - Diminutive of Branch
  11. Pētersons (Petersons) - Peter's Son
  12. Vītols (Vitols) - Willow
  13. Kļaviņš (Klavinsh) - Diminutive of Maple
  14. Kārkliņš (Karklinsh) - Diminutive of Sallow
  15. Vanags (Vanags) - Hawk


Source - the Latvian Institute

[edit] Lithuania

Most popular Lithuanian surnames 2007

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

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

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

[edit] Malta

Name Number of people  % Etymology
1 Borg 13,169 3.3 Sicilian city of Burgi; or from Sant'Ambrogio
2 Camilleri 12,643 3.1 Latin son of Camillo
3 Vella 11,785 2.9 'bella' Italian for beautiful; or 'vela' Italian sail
4 Farrugia 11,549 2.9 From the old Latin fellus (earth)[16]; or Arabic faruj (fowl)
5 Zammit 9,424 2.3 'zamr' Arabic for lute
Date

November 27, 2005

Source

"Census 2005: A focus on surnames in Malta", National Statistics Office Malta [10]

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 [11]
15 Muscat 5,288 Muscat grape
16 Agius 4,944 Maybe Greek Holy or Maltese old man or referring to a pilgrim to Mecca
17 Schembri 4,226 Greek surname
18 Abela 4,117 Jewish surname, from Abel
19 Fenech 4,111 Maybe 'fenek' Maltese for rabbit or 'Fenici' meaning Phoenicians
20 Pace 4,017 'pace' Italian for peace
Date

unknown

Source

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

Source of etymologies

http://www.searchmalta.com/surnames

[edit] 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

[edit] Norway

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


Source: Statistics Norway: Name statistics

[edit] Poland

See also: Polish surnames

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

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

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

[edit] Slovenia

Source: http://www.stat.si/eng/imena_top_priimki.asp
  1. Novak 11450
  2. Horvat 10258
  3. Krajnc 5839
  4. Kovačič 5699
  5. Zupančič 5187
  6. Kovač 4836
  7. Potočnik 4767
  8. Mlakar 4132
  9. Vidmar 4004
  10. Golob 3957

[edit] Spain

Source: [12] - Data from December 1999. (2004 data confirmation of top 25)
  1. García - 1,378,000 people (3.48%) (Of Pre-Roman origin, either Iberian or Basque. Garcia was a very common first name in early medieval Spain. It is a surname of patronymic origin, like most of the -ez ending Spanish surnames.)
  2. Fernández - 851,000 (2.15%) (Son of Fernando, from Germanic Fredenand or Fridnand. Most of the common Spanish surnames originating from Germanic first names were introduced in Spain during centuries V-VII by the Visigoths, so almost all of them are from the Visigoth tradition)
  3. González - 839,000 (2.12%) (Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus, of Germanic origin)
  4. Rodríguez - 804,000 (2.03%) (Son of Rodrigo, from Germanic Roderic)
  5. López - 796,000 (2.01%) (Son of Lope, from Latin Lupus, meaning wolf)
  6. Martínez - 788,000 (1.97%) (Son of Martin, also from Latin, derived from Martis, genitive form of Mars)
  7. Sánchez - 725,000 (1.83%) (Son of Sancho, from Latin Sanctius)
  8. Pérez - 709,000 (1.79%) (Son of Pedro, from Latin Petrus)
  9. Martín - 459,000 (1.16%) (Martin)
  10. Gómez - 440,000 (1.11%) (Son of Gome, Gomo or Gomaro, also of Germanic origin)
  11. Ruiz - 321,000 (0.81%) (Son of Rui, variation or short for Rodrigo)
  12. Hernández - 305,000 (0.77%) (Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando)
  13. Jiménez - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Jimeno, from Xemeno or Ximeno, of Basque origin)
  14. Díaz - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Diago or Diego, ultimately from Greek Didachos)
  15. Álvarez - 273,000 (0.69%) (Son of Alvaro, from Alvar, also of Germanic origin)
  16. Moreno - 261,000 (0.66%) (Brown-haired, tanned, brunet)
  17. Muñoz - 241,000 (0.61%) (Son of Munio, of Pre-Roman origin)
  18. Alonso - 206,000 (0.52%) (Son of Alonso, variation of Alfonso, from Germanic Adalfuns)
  19. Gutiérrez - 170,000 (0.43%) (Son of Gutier or Gutierre, from Germanic Wutier)
  20. Romero - 170,000 (0.43%) (walker, pilgrim)
  21. Navarro - 158,400 (0.40%) (Navarrese, from Navarra; of Toponymic origin)
  22. Torres - 134,600 (0.34%) (Towers; also toponymic)
  23. Domínguez - 134,600 (0.34%) (Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, ultimately from Dominus, meaning lord, master)
  24. Gil - 134,600 (0.34%) (From older form Egidio; also patronymic)
  25. Vázquez - 130,000 (0.33%) (Son of Vasco or Velasco, of Pre-Roman origin, either Iberian or Basque)
  26. Serrano - 122,700 (0.31%) (Mountain Dweller)
  27. Ramos - 118,000 (0.30%) (Branches; of patronymic origin, meaning 'born in or near the Christian festivity of Branch Sunday, or Palm Sunday')
  28. Blanco - 118,000 (0.30%) (White)
  29. Sanz - 106,900