Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries
This is a list of the most common surnames in Asia, in alphabetical order of the country.
Afghanistan
- Khwaja
- Mohammad
- Ahmadi
- Ahmadzai
- Jamal
- Sherzai
- Ali
- Aziz
- Abdul
Bangladesh
- Debnath
- Ahmed
- Ali
- Banerjee
- Barua
- Chakroborty
- Chatterjee
- Chowdhury
- Dey
- Hasan
- Hussain/Hossain
- Islam
- Khan
- Lahiri
- Mia
- Mujib/Mujeeb
- Mullah
- Roy
- Sen
- Sheikh
- Uddin
Cambodia
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- Tao
- Chea
- Lim
- Sy
China
According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007,[1][2][3] the top three surnames in China have a combined population larger than Indonesia,[4] 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.[5]
Rank | Name | Romanization | Total Number (2007) |
Frequency (2007) |
Estimated Number (2006) | |
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Simp. | Trad. | |||||
1 | 王 | Wáng | 92,881,000 | 7.25% | 92,550,000 | |
2 | 李 | Lǐ | 92,074,000 | 7.19% | 91,020,000 | |
3 | 张 | 張 | Zhāng | 87,502,000 | 6.83% | 86,690,000 |
4 | 刘 | 劉 | Liú | >20,000,000 | — | 65,280,000 |
5 | 陈 | 陳 | Chén | — | — | 56,640,000 |
6 | 杨 | 楊 | Yáng | — | — | 41,680,000 |
7 | 黄 | 黃 | Huáng | — | — | 29,410,000 |
8 | 赵 | 趙 | Zhào | — | — | 26,180,000 |
9 | 吴 | 吳 | Wú | — | — | 25,020,000 |
10 | 周 | Zhōu | — | — | 24,330,000 | |
11 | 徐 | Xú | >10,000,000 | — | 18,550,000 | |
12 | 孙 | 孫 | Sūn | — | — | 17,940,000 |
13 | 马 | 馬 | Mǎ | — | — | 16,890,000 |
14 | 朱 | Zhū | — | — | 16,460,000 | |
15 | 胡 | Hú | — | — | 14,970,000 | |
16 | 郭 | Guō | — | — | 14,260,000 | |
17 | 何 | Hé | — | — | 13,340,000 | |
18 | 高 | Gāo | — | — | 12,900,000 | |
19 | 林 | Lín | — | — | 12,500,000 | |
20 | 罗 | 羅 | Luó | — | — | 12,400,000 |
Iran
Iraq
- Al-Zuhairi
- Al-Rawi
- Al-Lami
- Zerjawi
- Al-Dahwi
- Al-Bayati
- Al-Basri
- Al-Dujaili
- Jaffari
- Al-Shamari
- Al-Husseini
- Al-Tamimi
- Al-Saadi
- Al-Musawi
- Al-Asadi
- Al-Alousi
- Al-Baldawi
- Al-Zahawi
- Al-Tikriti
- Al-Kaabi
- Al-Obaidi
- Al-Qaisi
- Al-Rikabi
- Al-Hachami
- Chalabi
- Al-Nasiri
- Hassani
- Al-Badri
- Nakshabandi
- Jawahiri
- Barzangi
- Akrawi
- Al-Zubaidi
- Al-Kubaisi
- Al-Agili
- Al-Rissafi
- Al-Khafaji
- Al-Hadithi
- Al-Khazraji
- Al-Ali
- Al-Taein
- Al-Aani
India
These are common Indian names that rank among the higher percentages in Indian population.[citation needed]
- Agarwal
- Amin
- Arain
- Arora
- Baghel
- Banerjee
- Bargal
- Basu
- Bhatnagar
- Bhatt
- Bhattacharya
- Bhosle
- Biswas
- Bose
- Brar
- Chakraborty
- Chandra
- Chatterjee
- Chaturvedi
- Chaudhary
- Chopra
- Das
- Desai
- Deshmukh
- Dwivedi
- Fernandes
- Ganguli
- Gehlot
- Gounder
- Gowda
- Gupta
- Holkar
- Inamdar
- Iyengar
- Iyer
- Jadhav
- Jain
- Jha
- Joshi
- Kabra
- Kamat
- Kashyap
- Khulbe
- Khan
- Kohli
- Kothari
- Kulkarni
- Kumar
- Lal
- Menon
- Meena
- Mehta
- Mitra
- Naidu
- Nair
- Nayak
- Pal
- Pandey
- Pant
- Parab
- Parmar
- Patel
- Patil
- Pradhan
- Prasad
- Purohit
- Rana
- Ranawat
- Rao
- Rathore
- Rawat
- Ray
- Reddy
- Roy
- Sarkar
- Sandhu
- Sen
- Shah
- Shaikh
- Sharma
- Shekhawat
- Shukla
- Singh
- Sinha
- Sisodia
- Somani
- Srinivas
- Subramaniam
- Swamy
- Syed
- Thakur
- Tomar
- Trivedi
- Upadhyay
- Varma
- Usman
- Yadav
Indonesia
Most Indonesians do not use family last name. There is only a small number of ethnic groups which maintain family names. For more information, see Indonesian Names
Israel
Rank[6] | Name | Romanization | Meaning | Frequency |
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1 | כהן | Cohen | "priest" | 2.52% |
2 | לוי | Levi Levy |
"Levite" | 1.48% |
3 | מזרחי | Mizrachi Mizrahi |
"easterner" | 0.47% |
4 | פרץ | Peretz | from Perez from Pérez |
0.42% |
5 | ביטון | Biton | 0.40% | |
6 | דהן | Dahan | ||
7 | אברהם | Avraham | from Abraham from Abramowicz & al. |
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8 | פרידמן | Friedman | from Solomon[7] | |
9 | אזולאי | Azoulay Azoulai |
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10 | מלאך | Malach | "angel" | |
11 | כץ | Katz | "priest of righteousness"[8] "priest of Zadok"[9] |
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12 | דוד | David | from David from Davidson & al. |
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13 | גבאי | Gabai | ||
14 | עמאר | Amar | ||
15 | אוחיון | Ochion Ohayon |
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16 | חדד | Hadad Chadad |
"smith" | |
17 | יוסף | Yosef | from Joseph | |
18 | בן דוד | Ben-David | "son of David" | |
19 | אדרי | Adrei | ||
20 | לוין | Levin | "Levite" | |
21 | משה | Moshe | from Moses | |
22 | אשכנזי | Ashkenazi | "German" | |
23 | טל | Tal | "dew" | |
24 | סגל | Segel | ||
25 | חזן | Chazan Hazan |
"cantor" | |
26 | שפירא | Shapira | "Speyerer" | |
27 | יצחק | Yitzchak Yitzhak |
from Isaac | |
28 | קליין | Klein | "small" | |
29 | גולן | Golan | ||
30 | חן | Chen | "loveliness" "grace" |
Japan
Officially, there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames,[10] 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%[11].
This ranking is a result of "The National Same Family Name Investigation" by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company[11]. This investigation intended for approximately 6,118,000 people who joined life insurance of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.
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Jordan
- Abbadi
- Momani
- Azizi
- Hussaini/ Hossaini
- Ali
- Obeidat
- Nueimat
- Momani
- Refai
- Natsheh
- Al-Zarqawi
Korea
Rank[12] (2000) |
Hangul | Hanja | Romanizations |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 김 | 金 | Kim, Gim, Ghim |
2 | 이 | 李 | Lee, Yi, I, Rhee, Li, Rhie |
3 | 박 | 朴 | Park, Pak, Bak, Bac, Bhak, Baek, Phak, Bhak, Paek, Bark |
4 | 최 | 崔 | Choi, Choe |
5 | 정 | 鄭 | Jeong, Chung, Jung |
6 | 강 | 姜 | Kang, Gang, Ghang |
7 | 조 | 趙 | Cho, Jo, Joe |
8 | 윤 | 尹 | Yoon, Yun, Youn |
9 | 장 | 張 | Jang, Chang, Jung, Chung, Cheng, Jeng |
10 | 임 | 林 | Lim, Rim, Im, Rhim |
11 | 한 | 韓 | Han |
12 | 오 | 吳 | O, Oh, Au |
13 | 신 | 申 | Shin, Sin, Shen |
14 | 서 | 徐 | Seo,Suh |
15 | 권 | 權 | Kwon, Gwon, Kuen |
16 | 황 | 黃 | Hwang, Whang, Hoang, Wang, Whoang, Wong |
17 | 안 | 安 | Ahn, An |
18 | 송 | 宋 | Song |
19 | 유 | 柳 | Yoo, Yu |
20 | 홍 | 洪 | Hong |
21 | 전 | 全 | Jeon, Jun, Chun |
22 | 고 | 高 | Ko, Koh, Go, Goh |
23 | 문 | 文 | Mun, Moon, Mon, Munn |
24 | 손 | 孫 | Son, Sohn, Sun, Suhn |
25 | 양 | 梁 | Yang, Ryang, Yeung, Ryeung, Liang, Leung |
26 | 배 | 裵 | Bae, Bai |
27 | 백 | 白 | Baek, Paik, Back, Pak, Bak, Bac, Bhak, Phak, Bhak, Paek, Bark |
28 | 조 | 曺 | Jo, Cho |
29 | 허 | 許 | Heo, Her, Hui |
30 | 남 | 南 | Nam, Nan, Nham |
31 | 심 | 沈 | Sim, Shim, Shen |
32 | 유 | 劉 | Yu, Yoo, Liu, Lau, Yau |
33 | 노 | 盧 | No, Noh, Roh |
34 | 하 | 河 | Ha, Hah |
35 | 전 | 田 | Jeon, Jun |
36 | 정 | 丁 | Jeong, Jung |
37 | 곽 | 郭 | Gwak, Kwak, Koak |
38 | 성 | 成 | Seong, Sung, Song, Shong, Shung, Cheng, Chong, Chung |
39 | 차 | 車 | Cha |
40 | 유 | 兪 | Yu, Yoo |
41 | 구 | 具 | Gu, Koo |
42 | 우 | 禹 | U, Woo |
43 | 주 | 朱 | Ju, Joo, Chu, Zhu, Zuu, Juu, Choo, Chuu |
44 | 임 | 任 | Im, Yim |
45 | 나 | 羅 | Na, Ra, La |
46 | 신 | 辛 | Sin, Shin |
47 | 민 | 閔 | Min |
48 | 진 | 陳 | Jin, Jean, Chan, Chen, Jen, Jan |
49 | 지 | 池 | Ji, Jee |
50 | 엄 | 嚴 | Eom, Uhm |
Lebanon
Haddad is the most common surname in Lebanon, with about 2.42% or 96,800 people having the surname in Lebanon alone.[citation needed] Other common surnames:
- Arou/ Elaro
- Hamieh / Hamiye / Hamie
- Hariri / Harriri
- Hassan / Hassen / Hasson / Hassin / Hessen / Hossen
- Hamade
- Harb
- Hayek
- Nader /Nadar
- Khoury / Khouri / Kurri
- Abou-Halloun / Abu-Halun / Halloun
- Abou-Jaoude
- Mourtada
- Rahal
- Murr
- Najjar / Najer / Nagger
- Hajjar / Hagar
- Yassin
- Abuzaid / Abouzaid / Abozaid
- Abdul / Abdalla / Abdullah
- Abaid
- Abboud / Abood / Abud
- Zain / Zein
- Kanaan
- Touma
- Wehbe / Wehby
- Batlouni
- Ajram
- Nassar / Nasser
- Mousawi
- Melik / Malek / Melick
- Saba / Sabba
- Subban / Sabban
- Sabra
- Semaan / Simaan / Sem'an / Sim'an
- Shalhoub / Chalhoub
- Shamoun / Chamoun / Shamaoun / Chamaoun
- Shadie
- Wahim
- Trad
- Zaher
- Yared / Yarad
- Yazbeck / Yazbek
- Rizk / Rezek
- Abourizk / Aburizk
- Shallala / Shalala
- Saleeba / Saliba
- Shahadi
- Saab
- Nehme
- Nahra
- Nahas / Nahhas
- Raidi / Raidy
- Daher / Dager
- Nadiff / Nadif
- Lahud / LaHood / Lahood / Lahoud /Lahout
- Maalouf / Malouf / Maloof
- Hyat / Hyatt/ Khyat / Hayatt
- Kayrooz
- Kahla
- Jabour / Jabbour / Jabur
- Khalil / Khallil / Halil
- Karam
- Hannah / Hanna / Khanna
- Habaka / Habbaka
- Solh
- Hussein / Houssain / Hossein
- Dallah
- Deeb
- Chedidi
- Bettar / Bittar
- Bishara / Besharra
- Berry / Berri
- Atia / Atias
- Assaf / Assif
- Ataya
- Abdoo / Abdu
- Azzi
- Abousamra
- Ayoub / Ayub
Pakistani
- Arain
- Abbasi
- Mughal
- Chaudhry
- Qazi
- Sardar
- Khan
- Kassar
- Khwaja
- Mahar
- Muhammad
- Syed
- Khanzada
- Khanzada Rajput
- Khanzada
- Malhi
- Shah
- Rana
- Malik
- Raja
- Ahmadi
- Azizi
- Hussaini/ Hossaini
- Mohamed/ Mohamadi
- Jaffri
- Reza
- Khurshid
- Baloch
- Qureshi
- Siddiqui
- Butt
- Hussain
- Chouhan
- Bhatti
- Chandyo
- Tiwana
- Jinnah
- Jilani
- Shamsi
- Sabzwari
- Orakzai
- Yosufzai
- Afridi
- Chughtai
- Rehman/Rahman
- Sheikh
Philippines
- Common surnames
- dela Cruz
- Santos
- Reyes
- Cruz
- del Rosario
- Gonzales
- Bautista
- García
- Mendoza
- Pascual
- Castillo
- Villanueva
- Ramos
- Diaz
- Rivera
- Aquino
- Navarro
- Mercado
- Guevarra
- Morales
- Fernández
- de Leon
- Prefix 'DE (Spanish for "of the" or "from")
- Suffix 'EZ
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.
Source: National Statistics Office.
Sri Lanka
- Perera
- De Silva
- Fernando
- Rajapakse
- Panagodage
- surnames ending with suffix -singhe (often pronounced as "sinha") (to mean lion) For example: weerasinghe (brave-lion), ranasinghe (fighter-lion), rupasinghe (beautiful/picturesque-lion).
- surnames ending with suffix -raj (often pronounced as "rahjj") (to mean king) For example: kottairaj (leader-king), Soupieraj (elder-king), Paratheysiraj (mighty-king)
Syria
- Attasi
- Addem
- Al Agha
- Al Assad
- Al Mahainy
- Al Utari
- Hussain/ Hussaini
- Homsi
- Khoury
- Kuzbari
- Nahas / Nahhas
- Najjar
- Semaan / Simaan / Sem'an / Sim'an
- Shaaban / Chaaban
Taiwan
According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior's Department of Population in February, 2005,[13] Taiwan has only 1,989 surnames. The top ten surnames in Taiwan accounted for 52.63% of the general population, and the top 100 accounted for 96.11%.[13]
Rank | Character | Romanizations | % of total pop. | |||||||||
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2005 | Mainland (2007) |
Mandarin | Cantonese | Minnan | Other | |||||||
Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | Wade | Jyutping | HK | Other | POJ | Other | ||||
1 | 5 | 陳 | 陈 | Chén | Ch'en2 | Can4 | Chan | Chun | Tân | Ting | 11.06% | |
2 | 19 | 林 | Lín | Lin2 | Lam4 | Lam | Lum | Lîm | Lim, Liem | 8.28% | ||
3 | 7 | 黃 | 黄 | Huáng | Huang2 | Wong4 | Wong | Wang Vong |
Ng | Eng, Ung Wee, Oei Ooi, Uy Bong |
6.01% | |
4 | 3 | 張 | 张 | Zhāng | Chang1 | Zoeng1 | Cheung | Chong5 Cheong4 |
Tiu | Teo, Teoh Tio, Thio Tiew |
Tiong | 5.26% |
5 | 2 | 李 | Lǐ | Li3 | Lei5 | Lee Li |
Le Lei4 |
Lí | Lee Lie Dee |
5.11% | ||
6 | 1 | 王 | Wáng | Wang2 | Wong4 | Wong | Vong | Ông | Heng | 4.12% | ||
7 | 9 | 吳 | 吴 | Wú | Wu2 | Ng4 | Ng | Ung4, Eng | Gô· Ngô· |
Goh, Gouw | Woo | 4.04% |
8 | 4 | 劉 | 刘 | Liú | Liu2 | Lau4 | Lau | Lao4 Lou |
Lâu | Low Lao, Lauw |
3.17% | |
9 | 40 | 蔡 | Cài | Ts'ai4 | Coi3 | Choi | Choy Tsoi Toy |
Chhoà | Chua, Choa Tjoa |
Tsay Chai |
2.91% | |
10 | 6 | 楊 | 杨 | Yáng | Yang2 | Joeng4 | Yeung | Yeong Ieong4 |
Iû | Eaw Yeo, Yeoh Yong Joe, Yo |
Young | 2.66% |
Thailand
There are no common Thai surnames. Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act,[14] and under Thai law, only one family can use 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.[15]
Turkey
Rank[16][17] | Name | Meaning |
---|---|---|
1 | Öztürk | pure Turk |
2 | Yılmaz | unbeatable/dauntless |
3 | Kaya | rock |
4 | Demir | iron |
5 | Şahin | peregrine falcon |
6 | Çelik | steel |
7 | Yıldırım | thunderbolt |
8 | Erdoğan | born as a soldier |
9 | Yazıcı | clerk |
10 | Karadağ | black mountain |
Vietnam
The top 10 surnames cover more than 80% of the population.
- Nguyễn 阮 (38.4%)
- Phạm 范 (12.9%)
- Lê 黎 (9.5%)
- Trần 陳(7.5%)
- Huỳnh/Hoàng 黃 (5.1%)
- Phan 潘 (4.5%)
- Vũ/Võ 武 (3.9%)
- Đặng 鄧(2.1%)
- Bùi 裴 (2%)
- Đỗ 杜 (1.4%)
- Hồ 胡 (1.3%)
- Ngô 吳 (1.3%)
- Dương 楊 (1%)
- Lý 李 (0.5%)
Source: Họ Và Tên Người Việt Nam ("Vietnamese Family and Personal Names"), compiled by Professor Le Trung Hoa, Social Sciences Publishing House (2005).[18]
See also
- Lists of most common surnames
- List of most common surnames in Central America
- List of most common surnames in Europe
- List of most common surnames in North America
- List of most common surnames in Oceania
- List of most common surnames in South America
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