The frequency and origin of surnames varies widely. This is a listing of the most common surnames (alphabetical by country names):

Asia

China

According to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China in April 2007, the top 100 surnames covers 84.77% of Chinese population,the top 10 surnames each have a population of more than 20 million,the top 22 surnames each have a population of more than 10 million,the top 22 surnames in China are listed as follows:

#	Name	Romanization	Population（2007）	Frequency（2007）	Population（2006.11）[43826]
1	王	Wáng	92,881,000	7.25%	92，550，000
2	李	Lǐ	92,074,000	7.19%	91，020，000
3	张	Zhāng	87,502,000	6.83%	86，690，000
4	刘	Liú	--	--	65，280，000
5	陈	Chén	--	--	56，640，000
6	杨	Yáng	--	--	41，680，000
7	黄	Huáng	--	--	29，410，000
8	赵	Zhào	--	--	26，180，000
9	吴	Wú	--	--	25，020，000
10	周	Zhōu	>20,000,000	--	24，330，000
11	徐	Xú	--	--	18，550，000
12	孙	Sūn	--	--	17，940，000
13	马	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	Luó	--	--	12，400，000
21	郑	Zhèng	--	--	--
22	梁	Liáng	>10,000,000	--	--

Japan

Based on the Japanese surname Dictionary (日本苗字大辞典) issued in July 1996, there are 291,129 different surnames in Japan.If surnames pronounced or romanized the same but written with different Chinese characters count as different surnames, there are believed to be approximately 300,000 surnames in Japan.The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population and the top ranked 7,000 surnames cover slightly more than approx. 96%.

This ranking is based on the average number of the entries in all Japanese Yellow Pages for the past three years.

#	Name	Romanization	No. of entries
1	佐藤	Satō	456,430
2	鈴木	Suzuki	403,506
3	高橋	Takahashi	335,288
4	田中	Tanaka	314,770
5	渡辺 (渡邊)	Watanabe	263,817
6	伊藤	Itō	255,876
7	山本	Yamamoto	254,662
8	中村	Nakamura	249,509
9	小林	Kobayashi	241,651
10	斎藤 (斉藤)	Saitō	225,404
11	加藤	Katō	203,101
12	吉田	Yoshida	197,460
13	山田	Yamada	197,460
14	佐々木	Sasaki	169,617
15	山口	Yamaguchi	152,065
16	松本	Matsumoto	149,006
17	井上	Inoue	143,552
18	木村	Kimura	137,160
19	林	Hayashi	129,673
20	清水	Shimizu	123,953
21	山崎	Yamazaki / Yamasaki	114,802
22	森	Mori	110,430
23	阿部 / 安倍	Abe	108,369
24	池田	Ikeda	108,369
25	橋本	Hashimoto	105,778
26	山下	Yamashita	102,647
27	石川	Ishikawa	97,704
28	中島	Nakajima / Nakashima	95,699
29	前田	Maeda	93,207
30	藤田	Fujita	91,298
31	小川	Ogawa	91,298
32	岡田	Okada	89,856
33	後藤	Gotō	89,818
34	長谷川	Hasegawa	87,815
35	村上	Murakami	86,992
36	近藤	Kondō	86,695
37	石井	Ishii	86,234
38	坂本	Sakamoto	78,849
39	遠藤	Endō	78,178
40	青木	Aoki	76,233
41	藤井	Fujii	75,826
42	西村	Nishimura	75,264
43	福田	Fukuda/73,509	74,510
44	太田	Ōta	74,352
45	三浦	Miura	72,640
46	藤原	Fujiwara	72,569
47	岡本	Okamoto	71,443
48	松田	Matsuda	71,102
49	中川	Nakagawa	70,889
50	中野	Nakano	70,082

Korea

Korean surnames have a variety of ways of being romanized.

1. 김 (金; Kim, Gim, Ghim)
2. 이 (李; Lee, Yi, I, Rhee)
3. 박 (朴; Park, Pak, Bak, Bhak)
4. 최 (崔; Choi, Choe)
5. 정 (鄭; Jeong, Chung, Jung)
6. 강 (姜; Kang, Gang)
7. 조 (曹; Cho, Jo, Joe)
8. 윤 (尹; Yoon, Youn, Yun)
9. 장 (張; Jang, Chang)
10. 신 (申; Shin, Sin)
11. 한 (韓; Han)
12. 서 (徐; Seo,Suh)
13. 권 (權; Kwon, Gwon)
14. 손 (孫; Son, Sohn)
15. 황 (黃; Hwang, Whang)
16. 송 (宋; Song,Soung)
17. 안 (安; Ahn, An)
18. 임 (林; Lim, Rim, Im)
19. 유 (柳; Yoo, Yu)
20. 홍 (洪; Hong)
21. 전 (全; Jeon, Jun, Chun)

Source: 2000 Census, National Statistical Office, Republic of Korea.

Philippines

Common surnames

1. Cruz
2. Santos
3. Reyes
4. Bautista
5. Ocampo
6. García
7. Mendoza
8. Tomás
9. Andrada
10. Castillo
11. Flores
12. Villanueva
13. Ramos
14. Castro
15. Rivera
16. Aquino
17. Navarro
18. Salazar
19. Mercado
20. Concepción
21. Santiago
22. Lopez

Prefix 'DE (Spanish for "of the" or "from")

1. de la Cruz
2. de la Reyes
3. del Rosario
4. de los Santos
5. de Guzmán
6. de Castro
7. de la Vega
8. de la Rosa
9. de Asis
10. de Rosales

Suffix 'EZ

1. González
2. López
3. Hernández
4. Pérez
5. Fernández
6. Ramírez
7. Dominguez
8. Enriquez
9. Álvarez
10. Sánchez

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.

Singapore

Popular Chinese surnames - based on a published by Statistics Singapore, 2000:

1. Tan 陈 (陳)
2. Lim 林
3. Lee 李
4. Ng 黄
5. Ong 王
6. Wong 黃
7. Goh 吳
8. Chua 蔡
9. Chan 陈 (陳)
10. Koh 许 (許)
11. Teo 张 (張)
12. Ang 洪
13. Yeo 杨 (楊)
14. Tay 郑 (鄭)
15. Ho 何
16. Low 刘 (劉)
17. Toh 卓
18. Sim 沈
19. Chong 张 (張)
20. Chia 谢(謝)

Please note: About one quarter of Singaporeans are not Chinese. Malays do not have surnames, the "bin/binte" in their names means "son/daughter of". Indians use a wide variety of naming conventions - some with surnames, some without.

Taiwan

Popular Taiwanese surnames - based on Ministry of the Interioralso see Common Chinese Names

1. Chen 陳 (11.06%)
2. Lin 林 (8.28%)
3. Huang, Hwang 黃 (6.01%)
4. Chang, Zhang 張 (5.26%)
5. Lee, Li 李 (5.11%)
6. Wang 王 (4.12%)
7. Wu 吳 (4.04%)
8. Liu, Liou, Lu, Lew 劉 (3.17%)
9. Tsai, Chai, Tsay, Sai 蔡 (2.91%)
10. Yang 楊 (2.66%)

Vietnam

The top 10 surnames cover more than 80% of the population.

Note: The Chinese characters represent the Chinese equivalent of the last names, and are not the Vietnamese spellings.

1. Nguyễn 阮 (38.4%)
2. Trần 陳 (11%)
3. Lê 黎 (9.5%)
4. Phạm 范 (7.1%)
5. Huỳnh/Hoàng 黃 (5.1%)
6. Phan 潘 (4.5%)
7. Vũ/Võ 武 (3.9%)
8. Đặng 鄧(2.1%)
9. Bùi 裴 (2%)
10. Đỗ 杜 (1.4%)
11. Hồ 胡 (1.3%)
12. Ngô 吳 (1.3%)
13. Dương 楊 (1%)
14. 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).

Nepal

The major caste/ethnic groups identified by the 2001 census are Chhetri (15.8%), Bahun (12.7%) (Both are of the Caucasian ethnicity), Magar (7.1%), Tharu (6.8%), Tamang (5.6%), Newar (5.5%), Muslim (4.3%),  Kami (3.9%), Rai (2.7%), Gurung (2.5%), and Damai/Dholi (2.4%). The remaining 92 caste/ethnic groups (including the world-famous Sherpa) each constitute less than 2 % of the population .

Caste or ethnic group	Pop.	% of total
Chhetri	3,593,496	15.80
Bahun	2,896,477	12.74
Magar	1,622,421	7.14
Tharu	1,533,879	6.75
Tamang	1,282,304	5.64
Newar	1,245,232	5.48
Muslim	971,056	4.27
Kami	895,954	3.94
Yadav	895,423	3.94
Rai	635,151	2.79
Gurung	686,000	2.39
Damai/Dholi	390,305	1.72
Limbu	359,379	1.58
Thakuri	334,120	1.47
Sarki	318,989	1.40
Teli	304,536	1.34
Chamar, Harijan, Ram	269,661	1.19
Koiri	251,274	1.11
Kurmi	212,842	0.94
Sanyasi	199,127	0.88
Dhanuk	188,150	0.83
Musahar	172,434	0.76
Dusad/Paswan/Pasi	158,525	0.70
Sherpa	154,622	0.68
Sonar	145,088	0.64
Kewat	136,953	0.60
Terai-Brahmin	134,496	0.59
Baniya	126,971	0.56
Gharti/Bhujel	117,568	0.52
Mallah	115,986	0.51
Kalwar	115,606	0.51
Kumal	99,389	0.44
Hajam/Thakur	98,169	0.43
Kanu	95,826	0.42
Rajbansi	95,812	0.42
Sunuwar	95,254	0.42
Sudhi	89,846	0.40
Lohar	82,637	0.36
Tatma	76,512	0.34
Khatwe	74,972	0.33
Dhobi	73,413	0.32
Majhi	72,614	0.32
Nuniya	66,873	0.29
Kumhar	54,413	0.24
Danuwar	53,229	0.23
Chepang	52,237	0.23
Haluwai	50,583	0.22
Rajput	48,454	0.21
Kayastha	46,071	0.20
Budhae	45,975	0.20
Marwadi	43,971	0.19
Santhal/Satar	42,698	0.19
Dhagar/Jhagar	41,764	0.18
Bantar	35,839	0.16
Barae	35,434	0.16
Kahar	34,531	0.15
Gangai	31,318	0.14
Lodha	24,738	0.11
Rajbhar	24,263	0.11
Thami	22,999	0.10
Dhimal	19,537	0.09
Bhote	19,261	0.08
Bing/Binda	18,720	0.08
Bhediyar/Gaderi	17,729	0.08
Nurang	17,522	0.08
Yakkha	17,003	0.07
Darai	14,859	0.07
Tajpuriya	13,250	0.06
Thakali	12,973	0.06
Chidimar	12,296	0.05
Pahari	11,505	0.05
Mali	11,390	0.05
Bangali	9,860	0.04
Chhantel	9,814	0.04
Dom	8,931	0.04
Kamar	8,761	0.04
Bote	7,969	0.04
Brahmu/Baramu	7,383	0.03
Gaine/Gandarbha	5,887	0.03
Jirel	5,316	0.02
Adivasi/Janajati	5,259	0.02
Duga	5,169	0.02
Churaute	4,893	0.02
Badi	4,442	0.02
Meche	3,763	0.02
Lepcha	3,660	0.02
Halkhor	3,621	0.02
Punjab/Sikh	3,054	0.01
Kisan	2,876	0.01
Raji	2,399	0.01
Byangsi	2,103	0.01
Hayu	1,821	0.01
Koche	1,429	0.01
Dhunia	1,231	0.01
Walung	1,148	0.01
Jaine	1,015	0.00
Munda	660	0.00
Raute	658	0.00
Yehlmo	579	0.00
Patharkata/Kuswadiya	552	0.00
Kusunda	164	0.00
Dalit/Unidentified	173,401	0.76
Unidentified Caste/ethnicity	231,641	1.02
Total	22,736,934	100.00

India

Common North and Central India surnames

(Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttaranchal, UP, Bihar, MP, HP, J&K)

1. Verma
2. Kapoor/Kapur
3. Bhatia
4. Bisht
5. Shah
6. Mehra
7. Khanna
8. Arora
9. Chawla
10. Sandhu
11. Qureshi
12. Gill
13. Singh
14. Sinha
15. Gupta
16. Agrawal/Agarwal/Aggarwal
17. Malhotra
18. Ali
19. Srivastava
20. Bhatnagar
21. Saxena
22. Sharma
23. Jha
24. Nigam
25. Akhtar
26. Chopra
27. Nayyar
28. Sarin
29. Kaul
30. Watal
31. Malik
32. Yadav
33. Karim
34. Jhadav
35. Jaiteley
36. Chauhan/Chouhan
37. Mistry
38. Mishra
39. Rawat
40. Azmi
41. MNL.
42. Ohri
43. Patidar
44. Tandon
45. Pandey
46. Bajpai
47. Shukla
48. Awasthi
49. Pathak
50. Dixit
51. Tiwari
52. Tripathi
53. Trivedi
54. Dwivedi
55. Chaturvedi
56. Goel/Goyal
57. Mittal
58. Tayal
59. Bansal
60. Mourya
61. Modi
62. Anand
63. Dutt
64. Lalotra
65. Bhathal
66. Thakur
67. Randhawa

Common Eastern India surnames

(Mostly Bengal but also Orissa, Assam, etc.)

1. Guha
2. Acharya/Acharjee Assam,Bengal,Orissa
3. Barua/Baruah/Barooah (or any other spelling for the same surname) Assam
4. Bor/Bar - Thakur/Thakore [Assam]
5. Bor/Bar - Puzari/Poojari/Pujari [Assam]
6. Bordoloi / Bardoloi / Bardolai [Assam]
7. Burman
8. Chatterjee/Chattopadhayay/Chatterji
9. Rana
10. Chakraborty/Chakrabarty Assam/Bengal
11. Roy/Ray
12. Mitra
13. Phukan/Phookan Assam
14. Ghosh/Ghose
15. Dutta
16. Hota ( Bengali/Orissa)
17. Hati
18. Hazarika
19. Khan
20. Lahiri
21. Sit
22. Sardar
23. Sil
24. Dey
25. Bose/Basu
26. Sen
27. Goswami Assam/Bengal
28. Kotoki Assam
29. Pal
30. Pandit Assam
31. Parida (Orissa)
32. Panigrahi (Orissa)
33. Pani (Orissa)
34. Panda (Orissa/Bengal)
35. Patro/ Patra
36. Pujari/Poojari/Puzari Assam
37. Rajkhowa Assam
38. Ratha (Orissa)
39. Rout
40. Sarma/Sarmah/Sharma
41. Siddhant/Siddhanta Assam
42. Savapandit Assam
43. Thakur/Thakore Assam
44. Sengupta
45. Das
46. Chowdhury
47. Biswas/Bishwhas
48. Maiti/Maity
49. Sarkar
50. Dasgupta
51. Banerjee/Bandopadhyay
52. Mukopadhyay/Mukherji
53. Bhattacharya/Bhattacharyya
54. Mandal
55. Naskar
56. Hazra
57. Patra/Mahapatra (Orissa)
58. Pattnaik ( Orissa)
59. Pattanayak ( Bengal)
60. Palai ( Orissa)
61. Prusty (Orissa)
62. Mohanty
63. Sarma/Sarmah ( Regional variations of Sharma ) Assam/Bengal
64. Pereira (Goa)
65. Sahu/Sahoo
66. Ahmed
67. sekhon(punjab),kairey
68. Saha

Common North-(far)Eastern India surnames

(Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Shillong Meghalaya, Arunachalpradesh, Sikkim, [Darjeeling])

1. Bhutia (Sikkim)
2. Lyndem (Meghalaya)
3. Nongbri (Meghalaya)
4. Lama (Darjeeling)

Common Southern India surnames

(Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh etc.)

1. Jessu (Kathri)
2. Poojari/Poojary (Karnataka)
3. Shastry/Sastry (AP, Karnataka)
4. Iyer/Iyengar (Karnataka, TN)
5. Udayagiri (Andhra Pradesh)
6. Chidithoti (Andhra Pradesh)
7. Naidu
8. Chowdary
9. Sheikh
10. Basha
11. Dannana
12. Seri
13. Dasari
14. Goud / Gowda
15. Mudiraj
16. Raju
17. Setty
18. Sharief
19. Menon (Kerala)
20. Nair (Kerala)
21. Nambiar (Kerala)
22. Shetty(Karnataka)
23. Pillai (Tamil Nadu & Kerala)
24. Rao (Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra)
25. Jayaraman
26. Venkatesan/Venkatesh
27. Avasarala (Andhra, Karnataka)
28. Balasubramanium/Balasubramanian/Balasubramaniam
29. Subramanium/Subramanian/Subramaniam
30. Manju/Manja/Manjunatha (Karnataka)
31. Raj/Raja/Raju
32. Rangan
33. Uthappa (Coorg)
34. Rangarajan
35. Rai (Karnataka)
36. Varma (Tamil Nadu & Kerala)
37. Kumar (Tamil Nadu)
38. Barama (Andhra Pradesh)
39. Srinivasan (Tamil Nadu)
40. Maylaram (Andhra Pradesh)
41. Reddy(Andhra Pradesh)

Common Western India surnames

(Maharashtra, Gujarat, etc)

1. Dave (Gujarat)
2. Mehta (Gujarat)
3. Mokashi(Maharashtra)
4. Jaiswal (Gujarat)
5. Patel (Gujarat)
6. Shah (Gujarat)
7. Desai (Gujarat)
8. Maharaj (Gujarat)
9. Patil (Maharashtra)
10. Pawar/Powar
11. Gavde
12. Kadam
13. Kulkarni
14. Deshpande
15. Joshi
16. Joglekar
17. Jawale(maharashtra)
18. Tambe
19. Chavan
20. Gada
21. Parikh
22. D'souza, Lobo, Pereira,Moraes,Almeida,Veigas Rodrigues, D'Costa (Goan surnames- former Portuguese colonies in India)
23. Jessia, Tata (Parsi surnames. Usually found in Bombay/Gujarat)

Source: .

Israel

This is a list of the most common Jewish surnames in Israel:

	Name	% of pop.
1	Cohen (כהן)	2.52
2	Levi (לוי) (sometimes spelled Levy)	1.48
3	Mizrachi (מזרחי)	0.47
4	Peretz (פרץ)	0.42
5	Biton (ביטון)	0.40
6	Dahan
7	Avraham
8	Friedman
9	Azulai
10	Malcah
11	Katz
12	David
13	Gabai
14	Amar
15	Ochion
16	Chadad
17	Yosef
18	Ben-David
19	Adrei
20	Levin
21	Moshe
22	Ashkenazi
23	Tal
24	Segel
25	Chazan
26	Shapira
27	Yitzchak
28	Klein
29	Golan
30	Chen

Source: http://www.britam.org/jerusalem/jerusalem271to300.html, quoting from Yediot Achronot, February 23, 2004.

Lebanon

This is a list of the most common surnames in Lebanon :

	Name	% of pop.
1	Haddad (Meaning 'Blacksmith' or 'Smith')	2.42%
2	Khoury (Meaning 'Priest' or possibly even 'Zealot')	1.77%
3	Hayek	1.21%
4	Itani (Meaning 'He (God) gave me')	0.69%
5	Hamieh (Meaning 'Energetic')	0.45%
6	Maalouf
7	Rizk (Meaning 'Property')
8	Murr (Meaning 'Bitter')
9	Hanna
10	Hariri
11	Slayman - Suleiman (Meaning 'Solomon')
12	Labaky
13	Chehab
14	Harb (Meaning 'War' or 'Battle')
15	Karam (Meaning 'Generous' 'Kind' 'Graceful')
16	Kaddoura (Syriac for a seller vegetables)
17	Hajjar (Meaning 'Stone/Rock')
18	Azzi (Two Variations, one Italian and Lebanese which means 'Solid' or 'Silk Worm')
19	Aoun
20	Barbera - Berbara (Meaning 'Mask')
21	Chamoun
22	Abla
23	Saad
24	Gamayel Gemayel
25	Ajram
26	Turk
27	Canaan (A possible remnant of the Canaanite people who once inhabited the nation)
28	Bustros
29	Tueini
30	Faysal

Central America

Costa Rica

#	Surname	Persons	% of pop.
1	Jiménez
2	Mora
3	Rodríguez
4	González
5	Hernández
6	Morales
7	Sánchez
8	Ramírez
9	Pérez
10	Calderón
11	Gutiérrez
12	Rojas
13	Salas
14	Vargas
15	Torres
16	Segura
17	Valverde
18	Villalobos
19	Araya
20	Herrera
21	López
22	Madrigal
Total pop. (2008)		4,016,173	100.00

Source: " Conozca los nombres más curiosos del país," Periódico Al Día.

Europe

Albania

This are the 30 most common surnames in Albania with their origins:

1. Hoxha, (Hodja)
2. Shehu
3. Prifti, (Priest)
4. Çela
5. Leka
6. Dervishi, (Dervish)
7. Hysi
8. Rama
9. Dibra, (after the region of Dibra/Debar)
10. Abazi
11. Sinani
12. Gjika
13. Kola
14. Kraja
15. Luka
16. Duka
17. Gjoka
18. Murati
19. Kristi, (Christ)
20. Mulo
21. Muço
22. Andoni, (Anthony)
23. Hasani, (Hassan)
24. Koçi
25. Frashëri
26. Ruçi
27. Zeneli
28. Papa, (Pope)
29. Spahiu
30. Balla

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.

Rank	Name	Approximate percentage
1	Gruber	0.3991
2	Huber	0.3873
3	Rosenberg	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

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.

National Rank	Name	Number of people	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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Most common Bosnian and Herzegovinan surnames for the Bosniak population:

1. Hodžić
2. Hadžić
3. Arnautović
4. Mehić
5. Hadžiabdić
6. Delić
7. Terzić
8. Kovačević
9. Šuškić
10. Džaferagić
11. Adilović
12. Abazović
13. Ferhatović
14. Hrustanović

Croatia

1. Horvat (22,225) (meaning: a Croat)
2. Kovačević (15,835) (meaning: patronymic of "kovač" - smith)
3. Babić (13,150) (meaning: related to "baba" - grandmother or "babo" - father)
4. Marić (11,617) (meaning: matronymic "Mara" or "Marija" - Mary)
5. Novak (11,396) (meaning: related to "nov" - new)
6. Jurić (11,356) (meaning: patronymic of "Jure" or "Juraj" - George)
7. Kovačić (11,171) (meaning: patronymic of "kovač" - smith)
8. Vuković (10,173) (meaning: patronymic of "Vuk" - Wolf)

Sources:

• Petar Šimunović: Hrvatski prezimenik [43827]
• Večernji list [43828] [43829]

Czech Republic

Rank	Name	Number of people
1	Novák (meaning: new man)	70 504
2	Svoboda (freedom)	52 088
3	Novotný (prob. new man)	49 962
4	Dvořák (grange owner)	46 099
5	Černý (black)	36 743
6	Procházka (the walk)	33 274
7	Kučera (the curl)	31 286
8	Veselý (funny, merry)	26 481
9	Horák (highlander)	25 174
10	Němec (German, foreigner)	22 795
11	Marek (orig. given name)	22 548
12	Pokorný (humble, submissive)	22 203
13	Pospíšil (lit. he hurried)	22 189
14	Hájek (little grove)	21 276
15	Jelínek (little deer)	20 733
16	Král (king)	20 510
17	Růžička (little rose)	19 846
18	Beneš (orig. diminutive of given name Benedikt)	19 600
19	Fiala (the violet)	19 121
20	Sedláček (little farmer)	18 484

Source: Ministry of Interior (as of 2002).

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

Denmark

The top 20 most popular Danish family names ( ):

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

Many cultures use patronyms, but among Europeans, the Danes are notable for the high proportion of which became fixed as surnames — as many as 58%. In fact, the 15 most common surnames account for as many as 40 percent of the current Danish population, all of them of patronymic origin .

Patronyms have their origin in the pre-surname era as a method of distinguishing between two individuals with the same call name by including the father's call name with an attached suffix. Danish patronyms are formed by adding the suffix "-sen" for sons and "-datter" for daughters, for example: Lars, son of Søren, becomes Lars Sørensen; Karen, daughter of Søren, becomes Karen Sørensdatter. It is, however, not unusual to find Danes in the southern regions using the "-sen" ending for daughters as well as sons.

Danes were among the latest of European cultures to adopt surnames, and most did not do so until it was mandated by law. In 1526, surnames [slægtsnave] became mandatory for the nobility; in 1771, surnames became mandatory in Slesvig-Holsten; in 1828, surnames became mandatory in Denmark, but the law was largely ignored; in 1856, the legal mandate to use a surname was strengthened and enforced.

Only the male patronyms became fixed as surnames because only the father hands down their name to their children. In an article on Patronyms and Patronymic Surnames, genealogist D.G. Matthiesen gives an explanation of patronyms and examples of them among Danes, as well as other cultures, including the evolution of her own Danish surname from her ancestor's patronym.

Estonia

This is a list of common surnames in Estonia:

Estonian:

1. Tamm (5,241) - Oak
2. Saar (4,352) - Ash (tree)/island
3. Sepp (3,624) - Smith
4. Mägi (3,613) - Mountain/hill
5. Kask (2,847) - Birch
6. Kukk (2,728) - Rooster
7. Rebane (2,265) - Fox
8. Ilves (2,165) - Lynx
9. Pärn (1,933) - Linden
10. Koppel (1,882) - Paddock
11. Luik (1,826) - Swan
12. Kaasik (1,817) - Birch grove
13. Lepik (1,814) - Alder grove
14. Oja (1,809) - Brook
15. Raudsepp (1,775) - Blacksmith

Russian:

1. Ivanov (6,789)
2. Smirnov (3,402)
3. Vasilyev (3,153)
4. Petrov (2,937)
5. Kuznetsov (2,339)
6. Mikhaylov (1,968)
7. Pavlov (1,927)
8. Semenov (1,909)
9. Andreev (1,862)
10. Alekseev (1,845)

Finland

1. Virtanen-25,078 (0.567%)
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.

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

Swedish surnames:

	Surname	Number of people	Etymology
1	Johansson	7,438	Son of Johan.
2	Lindholm	7,077	Lind=linden, holm=islet
3	Nyman	7,000	Newman.
4	Karlsson	6,174	Son of Karl.
5	Lindström	5,859	Lind=linden, ström=stream.
6	Andersson	5,300	Son of Anders.
7	Eriksson	5,220	Son of Erik.
8	Lindroos	4,623	Lind=linden, roos=rose.
9	Lindqvist	4,546	Lind=linden, qvist=twig.
10	Lindberg	3,995	Lind=linden, berg=mountain.
11	Helenius	3,903	Unclear origin.
12	Lindgren	3,590	Lind=linden, gren=branch.
13	Helin	3,525	Unclear origin.
14	Eklund	3,491	Ek=oak, lund=copse.
15	Gustafsson	3,429	Son of Gustaf.
16	Blomqvist	3,336	Blom=bloom, qvist=twig.
17	Nylund	3,233	Ny=new, lund=copse.
18	Lindfors	3,196	Lind=linden, fors=rapids.
19	Jansson	3,112	Son of Jan.
20	Nyberg	3,022	Ny=new, berg=mountain.

France

1. Martin - 235,846 (0.393%) - 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. García - 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"

Source: (2004)

Georgia

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

Source: 2007.

Germany

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 (Shepherd)
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.

Greece

Greek surnames:

1. Papadopoulos/ou (priest΄s son, Peloponnese΄s region)
2. Pappas/a (priest)
3. Avramidis|(Abraham's) [any surnames ending with -idis is from region of Pontos, ex-Greek now Turkish-Russian border region].
4. Georgiadis| (George's) [any surnames ending with -iadis i.e, Alexiadis, Dimitriadis etc]

Hungary

1. Nagy (237,375; 'large')
2. Kovács (219,113; 'smith')
3. Tóth (214,803; 'Slovak/Slav', also: 'Croat' eRMK – Elektronikus Régi Magyar Könyvtár^RMNY II_ 1601–1635 ^Mutatók^HELYNÉVMUTATÓ^Sz
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4. Szabó (211,064; 'tailor', cf. Schneider, Couturier)
5. Horváth (200,366; 'Croat')
6. Varga (138,732; 'shoemaker', cf. Schumacher, person working with leather)
7. Kiss (132,624; 'small', cf. Klein, Petit, Lepetit)
8. Molnár (107,791; 'miller', cf. Müller, Meunier)
9. Németh (92,803; 'German', cf. Deutsch, Lallemand)
10. Farkas (83,405; 'wolf', cf. Wolf)
11. Balogh (80,440; 'left-handed', 'unskillful')
12. Papp (53,266; 'priest')
13. Takács (52,672; 'weaver', 'cloth-maker', cf. Weber, Tissandier, Teyssandier)
14. Juhász (51,693; 'shepherd', cf. Schäfer, Berger)
15. Lakatos (46,422; 'locksmith')
16. Mészáros (40,469; 'butcher', cf. Fleischer, Boucher)
17. Oláh (38,377; Vlach, 'Romanian')
18. Simon (38,255; )
19. Rácz (35,116; 'Serb', also: 'Croat')
20. Fekete (34,799; 'black', cf. Schwarz, Lenoir)
21. Szilágyi (31,857; from Szilágy county)
22. Török (26,989; 'Turkish')
23. Fehér (26,533; 'white', cf. Weiss, Leblanc)
24. Gál (25,617; , 'Gallic', cf. Le Gall)
25. Balázs (25,614; )
26. Kis (24,791; see Kiss, above)
27. Szűcs (24,051; 'leather taylor')
28. Kocsis (23,758; 'coachman')
29. Pintér (23,669; 'cooper', cf. Binder)
30. Fodor (23,264; 'curly hair')

The above is official data of the Central Personal Data Processing Office at Hungary's Ministry of Interior in 2009. Családnév statisztika 2009. január 1.

Other frequent surnames:

Lengyel ('Polish'), Földes ('land-owner), Erdős ('woody', 'from the forest'), Erdélyi ('Transylvanian'), Vörös, Veres, 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: Bauer, Mayer, Schmidt (German), Mravik, Novák, Zsilinszky (Slovak), Csernicskó (East Slavonic), Biszku, Marosán, Torgyán (Romanian), Nemcsik, Bencsics, Popovics, Petrovics (South Slavonic), Dobrev (Bulgarian), Kohn, Schwartz, Steiner (Ashkenazi Jewish)

Ireland

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. Doherty
16. Kennedy
17. Lynch
18. Murray
19. Quinn
20. Moore
21. Hogan

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

Names starting with O' and Mac/Mc were originally patronymic. Of the names above, with the exception of Smith and Walsh, all originally began with O' or Mac/Mc but many have lost this prefix over time.

Italy

1. Rossi (red-haired; ruddy – common in Northern and Central Italy)
2. Russo (red-haired; ruddy – common in Southern Italy)
3. Ferrari (blacksmith; iron worker – cf. Smith)
4. Esposito (exposed child, i.e. orphan)
5. Bianchi (fair-skinned; fair-haired – cf. White)
6. Romano (Roman)
7. Colombo (dove)
8. Ricci (curly-haired – common in Northern and Central Italy)
9. Marino (of the sea)
10. Greco (Greek)
11. Bruno (brunet – cf. Brown)
12. Gallo (rooster; Gallic)
13. Conti (count)
14. De Luca (son of Luca – cf. Lucas)
15. Costa (from the coast)
16. Giordano (equivalent of Jordan)
17. Mancini (left-handed)
18. Rizzo (curly-haired – common in Southern Italy)
19. Lombardi (Lombard)
20. Moretti (swarthy – cf. Moore)

Sources: Gens; Ancestry.com

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

Latvia

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

Source: Latvian Institute.

Lithuania

Most common Lithuanian surnames, 2008:

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

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: Interesting Statistics, Department of Statistics to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (Statistics Lithuania), Retrieved Sept 12, 2008.

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); or Arabic faruj (fowl)
5	Zammit	9,424	2.3	'zamr' Arabic for lute

Source: "Census 2005: A focus on surnames in Malta", National Statistics Office Malta, November 27, 2005. Source of etymologies: .

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
15	Muscat	5,288	Muscat grape
16	Agius	4,944	Maybe Greek Holy or Arabic old man or referring to a pilgrim to Mecca
17	Schembri	4,226	Italian surname. From the Italian scombro for mackerel. Originally from southern Italy and Sicily before moving to Malta in the 9th Century. Famous holders of the name are footballers Andre Schembri and Joseph Schembri.
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

Source: , which refers to "Surnames in Malta: what can they tell us?" by Prof. Joseph M. Brincat. Source of etymologies: .

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 Vries	49,298
2	Jansen	49,213
3	van den Berg, van der Berg, van de Berg	37,678
4	Bakker	37,483
5	Van Dijk	36,578
6	Visser	34,721
7	Janssen	32,824
8	Smit	29,783
9	Meijer, Meyer	28,256

Source: Nederlands Repertorium van Familienamen, Meertens-Instituut, 1963-1988. Data can be viewed in the Database of Surnames in the Netherlands, May 31, 1947.

Names ending in -stra or -ma are usually of Frisian origin. For example Terpstra, Bijlsma, Halsema.

Names ending in -ink or -ing are usually of Low Saxon origin. For example Hiddink, Roeterdink, Mentink.

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
21. Svendsen

Source: Statistics Norway: Name statistics.

Poland

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) ultimately stemming from German Vogt (Vögte) )
5. Kowalczyk (97,796, from kowal "smith", literally "smith's son")
6. Kamiński (94,499; from kamień "rock")
7. Lewandowski (92,449; from lewantyna "Levantine")
8. Zieliński (91,043; from zielony "green"; from zioło, ziele "herb")
9. Szymański (89,091; from Szymon, equivalent to Simon)
10. Woźniak (88,039; from wóz, "cart")
11. Dąbrowski (86,132; from dąbrowa "oak grove")
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:

Romania

Romanian surnames:

1. Popescu (from popă "priest")
2. Popa (from popă "priest")
3. Radu
4. Ionescu (from popular name Ion)
5. Şerban (from "şerb")
6. Ilie
7. Iliescu
8. Diaconu (also "Deaconu")
9. Diaconescu
10. Dinu
11. Stancu
12. Vasile
13. Vasilescu
14. Şerbănescu

Russia

See also: Список общерусских фамилий

The 20 most common Russian surnames (from the European part of Russia, as calculated by Balanovska et al., 2006, ):

1. Смирнов (Smirnov, 1.61%) - "quiet man's"
2. Иванов (Ivanov, 1.30%) - "John's"
3. Кузнецов (Kuznetsov, 0.90%) - "smith's"
4. Попов (Popov, 0.79%) - "priest's"
5. Соколов (Sokolov, 0.73%) - "falcon's"
6. Лебедев (Lebedev, 0,65%) - "swan's"
7. Козлов (Kozlov, 0,58%) - "he-goat's"
8. Новиков (Novikov, 0,54%) - "novik's" (novik - a teenager on military service who comes from a noble, boyar, or cossack family in Russia of 16th-18th centuries).
9. Морозов (Morozov, 0.53%) - "frost's"
10. Петров (Petrov, 0.44%) - "Peter's"
11. Волков (Volkov, 0.44%) - "wolf's"
12. Соловьёв (Solovyov, 0.44%) - "nightingale's"
13. Васильев (Vasilyev, 0.42%) - "Basil's"
14. Зайцев (Zaytsev, 0.41%) - "hare's"
15. Павлов (Pavlov, 0.39%) - "Paul's"
16. Семёнов (Semyonov, 0,35%) - "Simeon's"
17. Голубев (Golubev, 0,32%) - "pigeon's"
18. Виноградов (Vinogradov, 0.32%) - "grape's"
19. Богданов (Bogdanov, 0.31%) - "Bogdan's" (Bogdan - a Slavic given name)
20. Воробьёв (Vorobyov, 0.30%) - "sparrow's"

Russian surnames may originally denote "son of" or "serf of". For surnames ending with "ov" or "in", there is an "-a" feminine ending. Thus, for example, "Ivanova" means "belonging to John" or "John's daughter".

The Russian equivalent of "Smith, Jones, and Brown" (that is, the generic most popular surnames) is Иванов, Петров, Сидоров, or "Johnson, Peterson, and Sidorson". The last of these, Sidorov - "of Sidor" is actually not a very common surname at all, while Sidor as a given name is virtually unknown.

Serbia

• Petrović
• Nikolić
• Jovanović

Slovakia

#	Surname	In 1995	In 2003
1	Horváth (means (in Hungarian): Croat)	30 429	30 813
2	Kováč (means: Smith)	31 066	29 079
3	Varga (means (in Hungarian): Shoemaker)	13 714	21 650
4	Tóth (means (in Hungarian): mostly Slovak, but also can mean: 'Croat')	23 353	21 604
5	Nagy (means (in Hungarian): big)	20 984	19 341
6	Baláž (given name)	14 785	14 114
7	Szabó (means (in Hungarian): Tailor)	10 665	13 998
8	Molnár (means (in Hungarian): Miller)	13 907	12 632
9	Balog (means (in Hungarian): Left-handed)	10 165	10 872
10	Lukáč (given name: Lucas)	10 287	9 718

Female form is from male form + ová (Horváth → Horváthová).

Sources: P. Ďurčo, Database of surnames in the Slovak republic, Paris 1998. Wikipedia - Slovak version.

Slovenia

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

Source:

Spain

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 Latin origin)
4. Rodríguez - 804,000 (2.03%) (Son of Rodrigo, Spain; later Germanic use taken to be 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 Gomes, Gomo or Gomaro, of Portuguese 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)
15. Álvarez - 273,000 (0.69%) (Son of Alvaro, from Alvar, also of Spanish 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, Spanish origin)
19. Gutiérrez - 170,000 (0.43%) (Son of Gutier, Gutierre, or Gualtierre, of Spanish)
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 (0.27%) (Variation of Sanchez)
30. Castro - 102,900 (0.26%) (Hamlet, castro)
31. Suárez - 102,900 (0.26%) (Son of Suero or Suaro, of unknown origin)
32. Ortega - 99,000 (0.25%) (From Ortiga, a type of common plant from the nettle family, of toponymic origin; also pre-dates Roman influence, deriving from Ortún or Artun (Basque) as in Artunduaga "holy oak" (root for Asun, Basque for nettle), ultimately from Latin Fortuniuseca, meaning lucky or fortunate one, either Iberian or Basque)
33. Rubio - 99,000 (0.25%) (Blond, fair-haired; ultimately from Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish)
34. Molina - 99,000 (0.25%) (Mill, place with mills; toponymic)
35. Delgado - 95,000 (0.24%) (Thin man)
36. Ramírez - 95,000 (0.24%) (Son of Ramiro, from Germanic Radamir or Radmir)
37. Morales - 95,000 (0.24%) (Blackberry groves; of toponymic origin)
38. Ortiz - 87,120 (0.22%) (Son of Ortún; ultimately from Latin Fortunius, meaning fortunate one, similar to Ortega)
39. Marín - 83,160 (0.21%) (From Latin Marinus, meaning seaman, sailor)
40. Iglesias - 83,160 (0.21%) (Churches; toponymic origin)

Source: - Data from December 1999. ( 2004 data confirmation of top 25)

The top 10 surnames cover about 20% of population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially from 1950 on. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country.

It is common for people having one of the more common surnames to use a second surname (usually their mother's maiden name, but sometimes the second surname carries across generations) so that their name stands out (e.g. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Benito Pérez Galdós).

Sweden

Top 30 surnames as of 2007-12-31

	Surname	Number of people	Etymology
1	Johansson	268,887	Son of Johan.
2	Andersson	266,971	Son of Anders.
3	Karlsson	204,801	Son of Karl.
4	Nilsson	180,993	Son of Nils.
5	Eriksson	144,466	Son of Erik.
6	Larsson	130,760	Son of Lars.
7	Olsson	115,425	Son of Olof.
8	Persson	113,043	Son of Per.
9	Svensson	108,328	Son of Sven.
10	Gustafsson	75,227	Son of Gustaf.
11	Pettersson	68,336	Son of Petter.
12	Jonsson	59,904	Son of Jon or Jonas.
13	Jansson	52,003	Son of Jan.
14	Hansson	45,488	Son of Hans.
15	Bengtsson	35,585	Son of Bengt.
16	Jönsson	34,500	Son of Jöns.
17	Petersson	31,755	Son of Peter.
18	Carlsson	30,026	Son of Carl.
19	Lindberg	27,367	Lind=linden, berg=mountain.
20	Magnusson	27,293	Son of Magnus.
21	Gustavsson	26,625	Son of Gustav.
22	Olofsson	25,489	Son of Olof.
23	Lindström	25,467	Lind=linden, ström=stream.
24	Lindgren	23,302	Lind=linden, gren=branch.
25	Axelsson	22,929	Son of Axel.
26	Lundberg	21,658	Lund=copse, berg=mountain.
27	Jakobsson	21,539	Son of Jakob.
28	Bergström	21,428	Berg=mountain, ström=stream.
29	Lundgren	20,948	Lund=copse, gren=branch.
30	Berg	19,813	Berg=mountain.

Note that several surnames are just variants of the same names such as Gustafsson/Gustavsson, Karlsson/Carlsson, Pettersson/Petersson and that Olsson is just a contraction of Olofsson.

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 indifferent of the previous tradition and carried as family names. Even though these "son-names" are the most common names in Sweden, a majority of the Swedes have other family names consisting of two items from nature, for example Lindberg (linden/lime mountain), Bergkvist (mountain twig), Alström/Ahlström (alder stream). Other names like Sjöman (Seaman) and Nyman (Newman) contain professions and adjectives. Many families also have military-oriented names as Skarpsvärd (sharp sword) Sköld (shield) and Stolt (proud). Those names were originally appointed to soldiers from 16th century and onwards based on either character, merit or inheritance (a professional soldier had the right to change his name to that of his predecessor). Due to 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. Although still there are no such names among the top 100 surnames as of 2007. Persons with ancestors of noble origin in Sweden often have surnames referring to their coat of arms and sometimes the names are also of non-Swedish origin.

The top 10 surnames cover about 20% of the population.

Turkey

1. Yılmaz (means "dauntless")
2. Kaya (means "rock")
3. Demir (means "iron")
4. Şahin (means "falcon")
5. Çelik (means "steel")
6. [name]oğlu (son of [name])
7. Yıldırım

Source: Turkish Directorate-General of Population and Citizenships: &

United Kingdom

England, Wales and Isle of Man

The following list is for England, Wales, and the Isle of Man, and is based on a survey of the National Health Service Central Register.

1. Smith (0.94%)
2. Jones (0.66%)
3. Williams (0.57%)
4. Taylor (0.53%)
5. Brown (0.51%)
6. Davis (0.48%)
7. Evans (0.39%)
8. Wilson (0.35%)
9. Thomas (0.35%)
10. Johnson (0.34%)
11. Roberts (0.33%)
12. Robinson (0.29%)
13. Thompson (0.28%)
14. Wright (0.28%)
15. Walker (0.27%)
16. White (0.27%)
17. Edwards (0.27%)
18. Hughes (0.26%)
19. Green (0.25%)
20. Hall (0.25%)
21. Lewis (0.25%)
22. Harris (0.25%)
23. Lucas (0.24%)
24. Price (0.24%)
25. Giddings (0.24%)

Greater London

The following list is for Greater London.

1. Brown
2. Smith
3. Patel
4. Jones
5. Williams
6. Johnson
7. Taylor
8. Thomas
9. Roberts
10. Khan
11. Lewis
12. Jackson
13. Clarke
14. James
15. Phillips
16. Wilson
17. Ali
18. Mason
19. Mitchell
20. Rose
21. Davis
22. Davies
23. Rodríguez
24. Asif
25. Alexander

Scotland

100 most common surnames from the General Register Office for Scotland (1999/2000/2001):

1. Smith
2. Brown
3. Wilson
4. Campbell
5. Stewart
6. Thomson
7. Robertson
8. Anderson
9. MacDonald
10. Scott
11. Reid
12. Murray
13. Taylor
14. Clark
15. Ross
16. Watson
17. Morrison
18. Paterson
19. Young
20. Mitchell
21. Walker
22. Fraser
23. Miller
24. McDonald
25. Gray
26. Henderson
27. Hamilton
28. Johnston
29. Duncan
30. Graham
31. Ferguson
32. Kerr
33. Davidson
34. Bell
35. Cameron
36. Kelly
37. Martin
38. Hunter
39. Allan
40. Mackenzie
41. Grant
42. Simpson
43. Mackay
44. McLean
45. MacLeod
46. Black
47. Russell
48. Marshall
49. Wallace
50. Gibson
51. Slater
52. Peake

North America

Canada

In 2007, Canada was a country of about 33 million people, about one-fifth of whom lived in the province of Quebec. The twenty most common surnames across Canada listed below were compiled by InfoUSA and reported by the CBC. It should be noted that this study is unscientific as it does not account for cell-phone users, people with unlisted numbers or multiple people sharing a single telephone line. Unlike many countries, the Canadian national government does not publish a common surnames listing based on the national census; however, Quebec's provincial government does make such information available.

National Rank (2007)	Surname	Quebec Rank (2005)	Quebec Rank (2001)
1	Wong
2	Singh
3	Woo
4	Gomez
5	Sanchez
6	Garcia	3	3
7	Smith	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
	Simard	19	15
	Boucher	20	18

Mexico

According to the Mexico IFE the most common surnames in Mexico were as follows:

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

United States

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

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	880.85	880.85	73.35	22.22	0.4	0.85	1.63	1.56
Johnson	2	2	0	1857160	688.44	1569.3	61.55	33.8	0.42	0.91	1.82	1.5
Williams	3	3	0	1534042	568.66	2137.96	48.52	46.72	0.37	0.78	2.01	1.6
Brown	4	5	1	1380145	511.62	2649.58	60.71	34.54	0.41	0.83	1.86	1.64
Jones	5	4	-1	1362755	505.17	3154.75	57.69	37.73	0.35	0.94	1.85	1.44
Miller	6	7	1	1127803	418.07	3572.82	85.81	10.41	0.42	0.63	1.31	1.43
Davis	7	6	-1	1072335	397.51	3970.33	64.73	30.77	0.4	0.79	1.73	1.58
García	8	18	10	858289	318.17	4288.5	6.17	0.49	1.43	0.58	0.51	90.81
Rodríguez	9	22	13	804240	298.13	4586.62	5.52	0.54	0.58	0.24	0.41	92.7
Wilson	10	8	-2	783051	290.27	4876.9	69.72	25.32	0.46	1.03	1.74	1.73
Martínez	11	19	8	775072	287.32	5164.22	6.04	0.52	0.6	0.64	0.46	91.72
Anderson	12	11	-1	762394	282.62	5446.83	77.6	18.06	0.48	0.7	1.59	1.58
Taylor	13	10	-3	720370	267.04	5713.87	67.8	27.67	0.39	0.75	1.78	1.61
Thomas	14	12	-2	710696	263.45	5977.33	55.53	38.17	1.63	1.01	2	1.66
Hernández	15	29	14	706372	261.85	6239.18	4.55	0.38	0.65	0.27	0.35	93.81
Moore	16	9	-7	698671	259	6498.17	68.85	26.92	0.37	0.65	1.7	1.5
Martin	17	16	-1	672711	249.37	6747.54	77.47	15.3	0.71	0.94	1.59	3.99
Jackson	18	13	-5	666125	246.93	6994.47	41.93	53.02	0.31	1.04	2.18	1.53
Thompson	19	17	-2	644368	238.87	7233.34	72.48	22.53	0.44	1.15	1.78	1.62
White	20	14	-6	639515	237.07	7470.4	67.91	27.38	0.39	1.01	1.76	1.55
López	21	32	11	621536	230.4	7700.81	5.85	0.61	1.04	0.47	0.52	91.51
Lee	22	24	2	605860	224.59	7925.4	40.09	17.41	37.83	1.03	2.3	1.34
González	23	38	15	597718	221.57	8146.97	4.76	0.37	0.38	0.18	0.33	93.99
Harris	24	15	-9	593542	220.02	8366.99	53.88	41.63	0.36	0.65	2.02	1.45
Clark	25	21	-4	548369	203.28	8570.27	76.84	18.53	0.41	0.94	1.6	1.68
Lewis	26	23	-3	509930	189.03	8759.3	60.97	33.83	0.45	1.14	1.97	1.64
Robinson	27	20	-7	503028	186.47	8945.77	51.34	44.1	0.37	0.51	1.99	1.68
Walker	28	25	-3	501307	185.83	9131.61	61.25	34.17	0.35	0.83	1.8	1.6
Pérez	29	42	13	488521	181.09	9312.7	5.95	0.48	1.18	0.26	0.48	91.65
Hall	30	26	-4	473568	175.55	9488.25	75.11	20.75	0.48	0.63	1.63	1.4
Young	31	28	-3	465948	172.73	9660.97	68.91	23.79	2.95	0.73	1.93	1.69
Allen	32	27	-5	463368	171.77	9832.74	70.24	25.14	0.41	0.83	1.77	1.62
Sánchez	33	52	19	441242	163.57	9996.31	5.77	0.5	1.01	0.49	0.45	91.78
Wright	34	31	-3	440367	163.24	10159.55	68.3	27.36	0.4	0.66	1.75	1.52
King	35	30	-5	438986	162.73	10322.28	72.8	22.02	0.88	0.97	1.71	1.62
Scott	36	34	-2	420091	155.73	10478.01	62.6	32.26	0.41	1.15	1.9	1.68
Green	37	35	-2	413477	153.27	10631.29	59.33	36.23	0.34	0.61	1.78	1.71
Baker	38	37	-1	413351	153.23	10784.51	82.08	13.63	0.45	0.83	1.54	1.47
Adams	39	36	-3	413086	153.13	10937.64	76.17	19.2	0.45	0.79	1.63	1.76
Nelson	40	39	-1	412236	152.81	11090.46	80.29	14.93	0.51	1.09	1.49	1.68
Hill	41	33	-8	411770	152.64	11243.1	66.83	28.42	0.42	0.91	1.78	1.64
Ramírez	42	70	28	388987	144.2	11387.3	4.4	0.29	0.97	0.27	0.4	93.67
Campbell	43	46	3	371953	137.88	11525.18	76.47	19.13	0.43	0.65	1.67	1.65
Mitchell	44	41	-3	367433	136.21	11661.38	63.55	31.52	0.39	0.98	1.93	1.63
Roberts	45	43	-2	366215	135.75	11797.14	79.56	15.86	0.47	0.85	1.67	1.58
Carter	46	40	-6	362548	134.4	11931.53	60.51	34.99	0.39	0.71	1.88	1.52
Phillips	47	45	-2	351848	130.43	12061.96	78.95	16.36	0.45	0.99	1.68	1.58
Evans	48	48	0	342237	126.87	12188.83	70.65	25.05	0.4	0.68	1.67	1.55
Turner	49	44	-5	335663	124.43	12313.26	66.67	29.31	0.33	0.56	1.72	1.4
Torres	50	67	17	325169	120.54	12433.8	6.05	0.58	1.42	0.26	0.53	91.16
Parker	51	47	-4	324246	120.2	12554	71.49	24.09	0.44	0.85	1.67	1.46
Collins	52	50	-2	317848	117.83	12671.82	73.92	21.7	0.37	0.75	1.65	1.61
Edwards	53	49	-4	317070	117.54	12789.36	65.16	30.21	0.4	0.75	1.84	1.63
Stewart	54	51	-3	312899	115.99	12905.35	71.78	23.83	0.38	0.74	1.69	1.59
Flores	55	89	34	312615	115.89	13021.23	5.57	0.47	2.15	0.43	0.54	90.84
Morris	56	53	-3	311754	115.57	13136.8	75.92	19.29	0.43	0.93	1.7	1.73
Nguyen	57	228	172	310125	114.96	13251.76	1.26	0.18	95.93	0.04	2.01	0.58
Murphy	58	59	1	300501	111.39	13363.16	85.05	11.03	0.43	0.65	1.29	1.54
Rivera	59	61	2	299463	111.01	13474.17	5.92	1.06	2.06	0.24	0.55	90.17
Cook	60	56	-4	294795	109.28	13583.45	83.52	12.27	0.44	0.86	1.48	1.42
Rogers	61	54	-7	294403	109.13	13692.58	77.8	17.66	0.42	0.77	1.58	1.77
Morgan	62	57	-5	276400	102.46	13795.04	78.47	16.47	0.42	1.15	1.64	1.86
Peterson	63	68	5	275041	101.96	13897	86.29	9.58	0.52	0.7	1.33	1.56
Cooper	64	66	-2	270097	100.12	13997.12	70.36	25.26	0.4	0.76	1.69	1.54
Reed	65	55	-10	267443	99.14	14096.26	73.51	21.97	0.4	1	1.67	1.45
Clegg	66	60	-6	265916	98.57	14194.84	74.77	21.14	0.4	0.61	1.63	1.45
Bell	67	58	-9	264752	98.14	14292.98	63.57	31.78	0.41	0.9	1.8	1.55
Gómez	68	121	53	263590	97.71	14390.69	6.1	0.81	1.04	0.34	0.54	91.16
Kelly	69	74	5	260385	96.52	14487.22	80.39	15.48	0.49	0.55	1.35	1.73
Howard	70	65	-5	254779	94.45	14581.66	66.83	28.69	0.38	0.82	1.74	1.55
Ward	71	66	-5	254121	94.2	14675.86	77.79	17.77	0.4	0.83	1.57	1.64
Cox	72	64	-8	253771	94.07	14769.94	84.48	11.55	0.39	0.64	1.42	1.52
Díaz	73	99	26	251772	93.33	14863.27	6.17	0.73	1.19	0.22	0.47	91.22
Richardson	74	63	-11	249533	92.5	14955.77	62.25	32.77	0.36	1.05	1.82	1.75
Wood	75	78	3	247299	91.67	15047.44	90.06	5.61	0.51	0.82	1.4	1.6
Watson	76	72	-4	242432	89.87	15137.31	68.58	26.85	0.47	0.8	1.72	1.58
Brooks	77	73	-4	240751	89.25	15226.56	62.72	32.67	0.41	0.75	1.83	1.62
Bennett	78	77	-1	239055	88.62	15315.17	79	16.51	0.41	0.89	1.54	1.65
Gray	79	69	-10	236713	87.75	15402.92	71.13	24.36	0.44	0.84	1.66	1.57
James	80	71	-9	233224	86.46	15489.38	54.45	38.09	0.81	2.51	2.1	2.04
Reyes	81	141	60	232511	86.19	15575.57	5.26	0.75	6.02	0.3	0.76	86.9
Cruz	82	118	36	231065	85.66	15661.22	5.95	0.83	5.61	0.38	0.99	86.24
Hughes	83	88	5	229390	85.03	15746.26	80.6	15.45	0.39	0.52	1.46	1.58
Price	84	76	-8	228756	84.8	15831.06	76.11	19.79	0.42	0.64	1.58	1.46
Myers	85	101	16	224824	83.34	15914.4	86.59	9.75	0.38	0.53	1.35	1.4
Long	86	86	0	223494	82.85	15997.25	82.35	11.75	1.78	1.21	1.44	1.47
Foster	87	93	6	221040	81.94	16079.19	72	23.19	0.46	0.86	1.78	1.7
Sanders	88	75	-13	220902	81.89	16161.07	63.44	31.9	0.33	0.85	1.73	1.76
Ross	89	80	-9	219961	81.54	16242.61	71.46	23.67	0.46	0.89	1.69	1.82
Morales	90	136	46	217642	80.68	16323.29	5.6	0.6	1.24	0.25	0.44	91.88
Powell	91	85	-6	216553	80.28	16403.57	69.96	25.97	0.38	0.56	1.71	1.41
Sullivan	92	105	13	215640	79.94	16483.5	89.45	6.78	0.46	0.52	1.16	1.63
Russell	93	97	4	215432	79.86	16563.36	79.45	15.79	0.43	1	1.7	1.63
Ortiz	94	120	26	214683	79.58	16642.95	5.4	0.64	0.68	0.48	0.45	92.35
Jenkins	95	83	-12	213737	79.23	16722.18	60.12	35.97	0.33	0.55	1.69	1.34
Gutiérrez	96	202	106	212905	78.92	16801.1	5.21	0.25	1.4	0.33	0.42	92.39
Perry	97	84	-13	212644	78.83	16879.93	70.71	24.37	0.46	0.82	1.86	1.78
Butler	98	91	-7	210879	78.17	16958.1	64.75	30.85	0.35	0.81	1.75	1.5
Barnes	99	79	-20	210426	78	17036.1	67.45	28.23	0.4	0.72	1.71	1.49
Fisher	100	113	13	210279	77.95	17114.05	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". 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 Williams, 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 represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States. The Vietnamese surname Nguyen made a dramatic leap from 229th in 1990 to 57th in 2000.

According the 2000 Census, 13.97% of Americans have a surname which occurs fewer than 100 times in the population.

Oceania

Australia

Statistics are drawn from Australian government records of 2007.

#	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)	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

COMMON AUSTRALIAN SURNAME

NguyenSmithBrownJonesWilsonWilliamsScottAndersonJohnsonTaylorThomasCampbellRyanMartinHillRobinsonYoungCameronWatsonWalkerCooperEvansClarkeHughesStewartThompsonKellyMitchellMillerMurrayLewisWhiteMorrisWoodLeeHallWrightMooreMurphyBellKingRobertsDavisBennettClarkJacksonKennedyMcDonaldReidFraserCollinsGreenEdwardsJohnsonPearceThomsonDaviesRobertsonHarrisHarveyO'ConnorSimpsonTurnerMorganBakerCookPhillipsBoydCoxRichardsonBurnsRogersRussellAlexanderPalmerChapmanEllisParkerGrahamO'BrienWardAbbottHunterAdamsGrayLaneButlerMacDonaldRossElliottGriffithsMcLeanWalshCarrollGibsonGrantMcKenzieStonePorter

South America

Argentina

Most common Argentinian surnames:

#	Name
1	Fernández
2	Rodríguez
3	González
4	García
5	López
6	Martínez
7	Pérez
8	Álvarez
9	Gómez
10	Sánchez
11	Ramírez
11	Gutiérrez

Brazil

1. Silva
2. Santos
3. Oliveira
4. Souza
5. Pereira
6. Costa
7. Carvalho
8. Cavalcanti(e)
9. Gonçalves
10. Almeida
11. Ferreira
12. Ribeiro
13. Rodrigues
14. Gomes
15. Lima
16. Martins
17. Rocha
18. Alves
19. Araújo
20. Pinto
21. Barbosa
22. Castro
23. Fernandes
24. Melo
25. Marchi
26. Azevedo
27. Barros
28. Cardoso
29. Correia
30. Cunha
31. Dias

Source: Costa

Chile

The source (Civil Registry and Identification Service) does not mention if the count includes only the first surname or both surnames (Chile uses two surnames, but the second is rarely mentioned). It is assumed the first table refers to both surnames and the second to the first surname only. It is also unclear whether Chileans living abroad were counted. The percentages given are over the estimated population living in Chile on June 30 in 2008 and 2009, calculated by the National Statistics Office (INE).

# Both surnames Persons % of pop. 1 González 741,388 4.42 2 Muñoz 578,673 3.45 3 Rojas 413,897 2.47 4 Díaz 410,802 2.45 5 Pérez 326,867 1.95 6 Soto 298,062 1.78 7 Contreras 276,887 1.65 8 Silva 259,950 1.55 9 Martínez 252,966 1.51 10 Sepúlveda 251,078 1.50 11 Morales 248,448 1.48 12 Rodríguez 243,695 1.45 13 López 240,181 1.43 14 Fuentes 228,609 1.36 15 Hernández 226,848 1.35 16 Torres 226,480 1.35 17 Araya 224,232 1.34 18 Flores 221,231 1.32 19 Espinoza 219,375 1.31 20 Valenzuela 215,025 1.28 21 Castillo 213,321 1.27 22 Ramírez 211,191 1.26 23 Reyes 208,752 1.25 24 Gutiérrez 201,734 1.20 25 Castro 199,508 1.19 26 Vargas 198,471 1.18 27 Álvarez 193,002 1.15 28 Vásquez 189,946 1.13 29 Tapia 179,905 1.07 30 Fernández 179,246 1.07 31 Sánchez 178,615 1.07 32 Carrasco 172,877 1.03 33 Gómez 172,758 1.03 34 Cortés 171,370 1.02 35 Herrera 170,309 1.02 36 Núñez 165,806 0.99 37 Jara 161,085 0.96 38 Vergara 155,118 0.93 39 Rivera 147,835 0.88 40 Figueroa 145,460 0.87 41 Riquelme 143,590 0.86 42 García 142,002 0.85 43 Miranda 138,939 0.83 44 Bravo 138,392 0.83 45 Vera 137,646 0.82 46 Molina 131,094 0.78 47 Vega 128,132 0.76 48 Campos 126,260 0.75 49 Sandoval 125,640 0.75 50 Orellana 123,619 0.74 51 Zúñiga 120,757 0.72 52 Olivares 120,074 0.72 53 Alarcón 118,019 0.70 54 Gallardo 117,752 0.70 55 Ortiz 117,228 0.70 56 Garrido 115,109 0.69 57 Salazar 113,881 0.68 58 Guzmán 109,922 0.66 59 Henríquez 109,364 0.65 60 Saavedra 108,702 0.65 61 Navarro 107,897 0.64 62 Aguilera 107,864 0.64 63 Parra 106,100 0.63 64 Romero 105,597 0.63 65 Aravena 105,441 0.63 66 Pizarro 105,352 0.63 67 Godoy 103,887 0.62 68 Peña 103,377 0.62 69 Cáceres 102,830 0.61 70 Leiva 99,890 0.60 71 Escobar 97,979 0.58 72 Yáñez 96,589 0.58 73 Valdés 96,528 0.58 74 Vidal 96,037 0.57 75 Salinas 94,110 0.56 76 Cárdenas 93,925 0.56 77 Jiménez 92,032 0.55 78 Ruiz 91,539 0.55 79 Lagos 91,024 0.54 80 Maldonado 89,091 0.53 81 Bustos 88,445 0.53 82 Medina 87,578 0.52 83 Pino 86,295 0.51 84 Palma 82,735 0.49 85 Moreno 82,548 0.49 86 Sanhueza 82,383 0.49 87 Carvajal 81,785 0.49 88 Navarrete 81,729 0.49 89 Sáez 80,938 0.48 90 Alvarado 79,985 0.48 91 Donoso 79,855 0.48 92 Poblete 79,248 0.47 93 Bustamante 78,732 0.47 94 Toro 78,659 0.47 95 Ortega 78,086 0.47 96 Venegas 76,900 0.46 97 Guerrero 76,823 0.46 98 Paredes 75,825 0.45 99 Farías 75,242 0.45 100 San Martín 74,575 0.44 Top 100 15,802,580 94.27 Total pop. (2008) 16,763,470 100.00 Source: " TRES MILLONES DE CHILENOS FIGURAN CON LOS APELLIDOS MÁS COMUNES," Terra, July 22, 2008.

# 1st surname % of pop. 1 González 2.1 2 Muñoz 1.6 3 Rojas 1.2 4 Díaz 1.2 5 Pérez 0.9 6 Soto 0.8 7 Contreras 0.8 8 Silva 0.7 9 Martínez 0.7 10 Sepúlveda 0.7 Top 10 10.7 Total pop. (2009) 16,928,873 Source: " "González, Muñoz y Rojas son los apellidos más comunes en Chile", La Tercera, page 22, Sunday, November 15, 2009.

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See also

• List of most popular given names
• Family name affixes