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{{See also|Chinese surname|List of common Chinese surnames}}
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According to a comprehensive survey of [[hukou system|residential permits]] released by the [[PRC|Chinese]] [[Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Public Security]] on April 24, 2007,<ref>Xinhua News. 24 Apr 2007. "中国姓氏排行". "[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_486c0f6701000dsu.html 天下第一大姓——王]." 14 Nov 2007. Accessed 26 Mar 2012.</ref><ref name="Eastday">"[http://news.eastday.com/c/20070424/u1a2791347.html 公安部统计:'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.{{zh icon}}</ref><ref>Baidu Baike. "[http://baike.baidu.com/view/33020.html 新百家姓]". {{zh icon}}</ref> the top three surnames in China have a combined population larger than [[Indonesia]],<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik. "[http://dds.bps.go.id/eng/tab_sub/view.php?tabel=1&daftar=1&id_subyek=12&notab=1 Population of Indonesia by Province 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2010]". 2009. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.</ref> the world's fourth-most-populous country. The top 10 surnames each have a population greater than 20 million; the top 22 have populations of more than 10 million. The top [[list of common Chinese surnames|100 surnames]] cover 84.77% of China's population.
According to a comprehensive survey of [[hukou system|residential permits]] released by the [[PRC|Chinese]] [[Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Public Security]] on April 24, 2007,<ref>Xinhua News. 24 Apr 2007. "中国姓氏排行". "[http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_486c0f6701000dsu.html 天下第一大姓——王]." 14 Nov 2007. Accessed 26 Mar 2012.</ref><ref name="Eastday">"[http://news.eastday.com/c/20070424/u1a2791347.html 公安部统计:'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人]." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.{{zh icon}}</ref><ref>Baidu Baike. "[http://baike.baidu.com/view/33020.html 新百家姓]". {{zh icon}}</ref> the top three surnames in China have a combined population larger than [[Indonesia]],<ref>Badan Pusat Statistik. "[http://dds.bps.go.id/eng/tab_sub/view.php?tabel=1&daftar=1&id_subyek=12&notab=1 Population of Indonesia by Province 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718192001/http://dds.bps.go.id/eng/tab_sub/view.php?tabel=1&daftar=1&id_subyek=12&notab=1 |date=2011-07-18 }}". 2009. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.</ref> the world's fourth-most-populous country. The top 10 surnames each have a population greater than 20 million; the top 22 have populations of more than 10 million. The top [[list of common Chinese surnames|100 surnames]] cover 84.77% of China's population.


The press release from the Ministry of Public Security only provided detailed numbers for the top three surnames. Information about the others from 2006 comes from a multi-year study by [[Yuan Yida]] of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]'s Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, which purportedly used a sample size of 296 million spread across 1,110 counties and cities.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[National Citizen Identity Information Center]] |url=http://www.nciic.com.cn/yewufanwei-rksu-mfcp2.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105171001/http://www.nciic.com.cn/yewufanwei-rksu-mfcp2.htm |archivedate=5 January 2009 |title=全国姓氏排名前二十位人口统计数 |accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref>
The press release from the Ministry of Public Security only provided detailed numbers for the top three surnames. Information about the others from 2006 comes from a multi-year study by [[Yuan Yida]] of the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]]'s Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, which purportedly used a sample size of 296 million spread across 1,110 counties and cities.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=[[National Citizen Identity Information Center]] |url=http://www.nciic.com.cn/yewufanwei-rksu-mfcp2.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105171001/http://www.nciic.com.cn/yewufanwei-rksu-mfcp2.htm |archivedate=5 January 2009 |title=全国姓氏排名前二十位人口统计数 |accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref>
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There are '''no''' common Thai surnames. Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act.<ref>''Asian Times''. "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010503/ai_n14389694 What's in a name? The number nine, if you want]." {{Dead link|date=December 2014}}</ref> The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames.<ref name="Nittaya-Royin-2">{{cite web | url=http://www.royin.go.th/th/knowledge/detail.php?ID=1928 |date= | accessdate=2014-12-28|script-title=th:เรื่องของนามสกุล (๒) |author=รศ. ดร.นิตยา กาญจนะวรรณ |publisher= [[Royal Institute of Thailand]]|language=th}}</ref> Under Thai law, only ''one'' family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique.<ref>[http://seasrc.th.net/pdf/xthname.pdf 45,665 Thai names: Examining passlist.96], by Doug Cooper</ref>
There are '''no''' common Thai surnames. Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act.<ref>''Asian Times''. "[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010503/ai_n14389694 What's in a name? The number nine, if you want]." {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228113806/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010503/ai_n14389694 |date=2014-12-28 }}</ref> The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames.<ref name="Nittaya-Royin-2">{{cite web | url=http://www.royin.go.th/th/knowledge/detail.php?ID=1928 |date= | accessdate=2014-12-28|script-title=th:เรื่องของนามสกุล (๒) |author=รศ. ดร.นิตยา กาญจนะวรรณ |publisher= [[Royal Institute of Thailand]]|language=th}}</ref> Under Thai law, only ''one'' family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique.<ref>[http://seasrc.th.net/pdf/xthname.pdf 45,665 Thai names: Examining passlist.96], by Doug Cooper</ref>


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This is a list of the most common surnames in Asia, in alphabetical order of the country.

Rank Name Romanization Meaning
1 Հովհաննիսյան Hovhannisyan Son of Hovhannes (John)
2 Հարությունյան Harutyunyan Son of Harutyun ("resurrection")
3 Սարգսյան Sargsyan Son of Sargis
4 Խաչատրյան Khachatryan Son of Khachatur ("given by cross")
5 Գրիգորյան Grigoryan Son of Grigor (Gregory)
Rank[1] Name Romanization Meaning
1 Məmmədov Mammadov "Son of Mammad"
2 Əliyev Aliyev "Son of Ali"
3 Həsənov Hasanov "Son of Hasan"
4 Hüseynov Huseynov "Son of Hussein"
5 Quliyev Guliyev "Son of Qulu"
6 Hacıyev Hajiev "Son of Haji"
7 Rəsulov Rasulov "Son of Rasoul"
8 Süleymanov Suleymanov "Son of Suleyman"
9 Musayev Musayev "Son of Musa"
10 Abbasov Abbasov "Son of Abbas"
11 Babayev Babayev "Son of Baba"
12 Vəliyev Valiyev "Son of Vali"
13 Orucov Orujov "fasting"[citation needed]
14 İsmayılov Ismayilov "Son of Ismayil"
15 Ibrahimov Ibrahimov "Son of Ibrahim"

[citation needed]

According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007,[2][3][4] the top three surnames in China have a combined population larger than Indonesia,[5] the world's fourth-most-populous country. The top 10 surnames each have a population greater than 20 million; the top 22 have populations of more than 10 million. The top 100 surnames cover 84.77% of China's population.

The press release from the Ministry of Public Security only provided detailed numbers for the top three surnames. Information about the others from 2006 comes from a multi-year study by Yuan Yida of the Chinese Academy of Sciences's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, which purportedly used a sample size of 296 million spread across 1,110 counties and cities.[6]

Rank Name Romanization Total Number
(2007)
Frequency
(2007)
Estimated Number
(2006)
Simp. Trad.
1 Wáng [a]/Wong 92,881,000 7.25% 92,550,000
2 [b]/Lee 92,074,000 7.19% 91,020,000
3 Zhāng [c]/Cheung 87,502,000 6.83% 86,690,000
4 Liú [d]/Lau >20,000,000 65,280,000
5 Chén /Chan 56,640,000
6 Yáng [e] /Yeung 41,680,000
7 Huáng/Wong 29,410,000
8 Zhào/Chiu 26,180,000
9 [f]/Ng 25,020,000
10 Zhōu/Chow 24,330,000
11 [g] /Tsui >10,000,000 18,550,000
12 Sūn/Sun 17,940,000
13 /Ma 16,890,000
14 Zhū/Chu 16,460,000
15 /Woo 14,970,000
16 Guō/Kwok 14,260,000
17 /Ho 13,340,000
18 Gāo/Ko 12,900,000
19 Lín/Lam 12,500,000
20 Luó/Law 12,400,000
Rank Name Romanization Total Number[14]
(2010)
1 ბერიძე Beridze 24,962
2 მამედოვი Mammadov
Mamedovi
23,675
3 კაპანაძე Kapanadze 17,202
4 გელაშვილი Gelashvili 16,350
5 ალიევი Aliyev
Alievi
15,742
6 მაისურაძე Maisuradze 14,824
7 გიორგაძე Giorgadze 12,954
8 ლომიძე Lomidze 11,796
9 წიკლაური Tsiklauri 11,571
10 ბოლქვაძე Bolkvadze 10,916
11 კვარაცხელია Kvaratskhelia 10,447
12 ნოზაძე Nozadze 10,183
13 ხუციშვილი Khutsishvili 10,075
14 შენგელია Shengelia 9,928
15 აბულაძე Abuladze 9,663
16 მიქელაძე Mikeladze 9,220
17 ტაბატაძე Tabatadze 8,654
18 მჭედლიშვილი Mchedlishvili 8,446
19 ბაირამოვი Bairamov
Bairamovi
8,373
20 გოგოლაძე Gogoladze 8,362

Indian surnames usually derive from occupational titles or caste distinctions and tend to vary among the wide variety of ethnic groups and cultural regions of India. For example, many common family names in the Dravidian states are rare, or nonexistent, in eastern or northern India, and vice versa. Indian family names also originate from the language spoken in the state or community and depend on the religious affiliation of the family. Hindu family names usually come from Pali, Sanskrit or Tamil and may contain the name or title of a family deity, whereas Muslim last names are usually derived from Arabic, Persian or Turkish. Family names may also indicate lower or upper caste origin of the family as many surnames are exclusive only to certain social groups.

Rank Name Meaning Total Number[15]
(2014)
Region
1 Patel Hindu 70,839,839
2 Singh [h] Lion 36,058,956 North India
3 Kumar [i] Prince 31,014,317 North India, South India
4 Das Devotee 10,485,481 Punjab, East India
5 Kaur Princess 10,382,053 Punjab
6 Ram Rama (God) 7,412,410 South India
7 Yadav Princess 7,061,034 Hindi belt, Maharashtra
8 Kumari girl, princess 6,280,211 North India
9 Ali high, elevated 5,796,792 Muslims throughout
10 Lal darling, precious, beloved 5,751,667 Hindi belt, Bengal
11 Bibi Lady 5,669,410 Muslim women throughout
12 Khatun queen regnant 5,510,718 Muslim women throughout
13 Bai lady 5,401,652 Maharashtra
14 Sharma happiness 4,887,182 East India, South India
15 Sah gentleman 4,887,182 Central India, North India
16 Khan king 4,442,333 Muslims throughout
17 Mandal group 4,408,832 East India
18 Mandol group 4,042,430 East India
19 Patel one who holds land 3,957,109 Gujarat
20 Patil chief of the village 3,776,738 Maharashtra
21 Rajput King 3,771,896 North India

Most Indonesians do not use family last name. There is only a small number of ethnic groups which maintain family names.

Officially, there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames,[22] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are spelled and romanized similarly. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 cover slightly more than 33%.[23]

This ranking is a result of "The National Same Family Name Investigation" by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.[23] This investigation included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities, as of August 2008.

Rank

(2014)[25]

Name Total Number

(2014)[25]

1 Santos 532,577
2 Reyes 518,206
3 Cruz 425,791
4 Bautista 415,802
5 Del Rosario 356,834
6 Gonzales 296,642
7 Ramos 271,122
8 Aquino 232,841
9 Garcia 213,894
10 Lopez 205,903

The majority of Filipinos use Spanish surnames that were given to them by their Spanish rulers (See Alphabetical Catalog of Surnames). However, many Filipinos still use their native surnames such as Kalaw, Macaraeg, Gatdula and many others. Filipino Chinese often use their Chinese family names. Some other Filipino mestizos (mixed-ancestry) bear the foreign names of their bloodline.

According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior's Department of Population in 2016, Taiwan has only 1,503 surnames.[26] The top ten surnames in Taiwan accounted for 52.77% of the general population, and the top 100 accounted for 96.56%.

Rank Character Romanizations %
of total
pop.
2016 Mainland
(2007)
Mandarin Cantonese Minnan Other
Trad. Simp. Pinyin Wade Jyutping HK Other POJ Other
1 5 Chén Ch'en2 Can4 Chan Chun Tân Ting 11.14%
2 19 Lín Lin2 Lam4 Lam Lum Lîm Lim, Liem 8.31%
3 7 Huáng Huang2 Wong4 Wong Wang
Vang
Ng Eng, Ung
Wee, Oei
Ooi, Uy
Bong
6.05%
4 3 Zhāng Chang1 Zoeng1 Cheung Chong5
Cheong4
Tiu Teo, Teoh
Tio, Thio
Tiew
Tiong 5.27%
5 2 Li3 Lei5 Lee
Li
Le
Lei4
Lee
Lie
Dee
5.13%
6 1 Wáng Wang2 Wong4 Wong Vong Ông Heng 4.11%
7 9 Wu2 Ng4 Ng Ung4, Eng Gô•
Ngô•
Goh, Gouw Woo 4.04%
8 4 Liú Liu2 Lau4 Lau Lao4
Lou
Lâu Low
Lao, Lauw
3.16%
9 40 Cài Ts'ai4 Coi3 Choi Choy
Tsoi
Toy
Chhoà Chua, Choa
Tjoa
Tsay
Chai
2.91%
10 6 Yáng Yang2 Joeng4 Yeung Yeong
Ieong4
Eaw
Yeo, Yeoh
Yong
Joe, Yo
Young 2.66%

There are no common Thai surnames. Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act.[27] The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames.[28] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique.[29]

Rank[30] Name Meaning
1 Yılmaz intrepid/dauntless
2 Kaya rock
3 Demir iron
4 Şahin falcon/hawk
5 Çelik steel
6 Yıldız star
7 Yıldırım thunderbolt
8 Öztürk pure Turk
9 Aydın cultured/enlightened
10 Özdemir pure iron
11 Arslan lion
12 Doğan falcon
13 Kılıç sword
14 Aslan lion
15 Çetin stiff/tough
16 Kara black
17 Koç ram
18 Kurt wolf
19 Özkan pure blood
20 Şimşek lightning
Rank[31] Name %
of total
pop.
Vietnamese Chữ Hán
1 Nguyễn 38%
2 Trần 11%
3 9.5%
4 Phạm 7.1%
5 Huỳnh/Hoàng 5.1%
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%
14 0.5%

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Most common surname in the world.[7]
  2. ^ 4th most common surname in the world.[8]
  3. ^ 3rd most common surname in the world.[9]
  4. ^ 5th most common surname in the world.[10]
  5. ^ 7th most common surname in the world.[11]
  6. ^ 9th most common surname in the world.[12]
  7. ^ 10th most common surname in the world.[13]
  8. ^ 6th most common surname in the world.[16]
  9. ^ 8th most common surname in the world.[17]

References

  1. ^ Какие самые распространенные фамилии в Азербайджане?. 1news.az (in Russian). Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  2. ^ Xinhua News. 24 Apr 2007. "中国姓氏排行". "天下第一大姓——王." 14 Nov 2007. Accessed 26 Mar 2012.
  3. ^ "公安部统计:'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.Template:Zh icon
  4. ^ Baidu Baike. "新百家姓". Template:Zh icon
  5. ^ Badan Pusat Statistik. "Population of Indonesia by Province 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2010 Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine". 2009. Accessed 29 Mar 2012.
  6. ^ "全国姓氏排名前二十位人口统计数". National Citizen Identity Information Center. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  7. ^ Wang Surname Meaning & Statistics
  8. ^ Li Surname Meaning & Statistics
  9. ^ Zhang Surname Meaning & Statistics
  10. ^ Liu Surname Meaning & Statistics
  11. ^ Yang Surname Meaning & Statistics
  12. ^ Wu Surname Meaning & Statistics
  13. ^ Xu Surname Meaning & Statistics
  14. ^ Georgian Civil Registry Agency. "Popular Names Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine". Accessed 26 Oct 2010. Template:Ka icon
  15. ^ Surnames of India at Forebears
  16. ^ Singh Surname Meaning & Statistics
  17. ^ Kumar Surname Meaning & Statistics
  18. ^ כהן, לוי וכל השאר: דירוג 500 השמות הנפוצים [Cohen, Levi and the rest: the 500 most common names] (in Hebrew). Ynet. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  19. ^ Kaganoff, B. C. A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Schocken Books (New York), 1977. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. "Surnames of Interest: Origins and/or Meanings". 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.
  20. ^ Beider, Alexander & al. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu (New York), 1993. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. "Surnames of Interest: Origins and/or Meanings". 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.
  21. ^ Gotthard Deutsch. Jewish Encyclopedia. "Katz". 1906. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.
  22. ^ 日本苗字大辞典 [Japanese Surname Dictionary]. 芳文館 [Houbunkan]. 1996. ISBN 4990058402. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ a b "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  24. ^ South Korean National Statistical Office. 2000 Census.
  25. ^ a b http://forebears.io/philippines#surnames
  26. ^ 全國姓名統計分析. Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. (Taiwan). 2016. ISBN 9789860503043.
  27. ^ Asian Times. "What's in a name? The number nine, if you want." Archived 2014-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ รศ. ดร.นิตยา กาญจนะวรรณ. เรื่องของนามสกุล (๒) (in Thai). Royal Institute of Thailand. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  29. ^ 45,665 Thai names: Examining passlist.96, by Doug Cooper
  30. ^ Turkish Directorate-General of Population and Citizenships
  31. ^ Lê Trung Hoa. Họ và Tên người Việt Nam. Social Sciences Publishing House.