Most Popular Last Name In The World

Li 57 million.

In the 1990 edition of guinness book of records it was listed as the world s most common surname with over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. Smith to exactly no one s surprise is the most common name in five countries which also happen to be the largest majority of english speaking countries in the world. Singh 37 million. It is the most common last name in the czech republic poland and slovenia but it also has a high occurrence in croatia moldova serbia and romania.

While smith remains the most common u s. Liu 52 million. 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. Zhāng yíníng chinese table tennis player photo source.

And according to vividmaps here are the most common surnames around the world. Devi 69 million. Zhang is among the most common chinese surnames. Wang 76 million.

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It is commonly shared by people in the us australia uk canada and ireland. González and hernández share the rank with garcia as two of the most common surnames in the latin world. Zhang more than 100 million people. Than in the united kingdom.

The most common surname in the world is wang a patronymic chinese name that means king in mandarin. Smith 3 0 million. Zhang 68 million. And the most common surnames in the us are roughly as follows.

Surname for the first time two hispanic names garcia and rodriguez made the top 10. The most common surnames in the world are lee or li zhang wang nguyen garcia gonzalez hernandez smith smirnov and müller. A world ranking i. Wu 28 million.

Meaning new man newcomer or stranger in english novak is a very popular slavic name both first name and last name. Around 76 million people in the world bear the name with the next most common being the indian surname devi which 69 million people share. The most popular last name in the world is wang meaning king a replica of the sovereign s sceptre with cross was auctioned off in 2012.