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Lists of the most common surnames by continent : List of most common surnames in Asia. List of most common surnames in Europe. List of most common surnames in North America.
- List of Most Common Surnames in North America
The distribution of U.S. surnames reflects the history of...
- List of Most Common Surnames in Oceania
This article contains lists of the most common surnames in...
- List of Most Common Surnames in Asia
Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh...
- List of Most Common Surnames in Europe
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra,...
- List of Most Common Surnames in South America
Brazil. Most of the surnames of the Brazilian population...
- List of Most Common Surnames in North America
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- Smith. Number in Great Britain: 546,960. An English and Scottish occupational name from the Middle English period (1150 – 1470) for someone who works with metal, such as a blacksmith.
- Jones. Number in GB: 422,023. An English and Welsh variant of the Middle English personal name Jon. It only became widespread in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Williams. Number in GB: 294,625. A variant of William, which is a personal name from Middle English adapted from the German name Willihelm, which roughly translates as ‘desire and protection’.
- Taylor. Number in GB: 250,780. The occupational name from Middle English for a tailor.
This ranking reports the thousand most common surnames in the United Kingdom. You can see the rank position, the surname and the number of places found. Ranking
Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population.
This ranking reports the thousand most present surnames in the United Kingdom. You can see the rank position, the surname and the number of families that have it. Ranking. Top 1000 surnames ranking; Top 1000 most common surnames ranking; Longer surnames ranking
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin) and Chami (for Cham origin ).
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Nov 17, 2016 · It found 80% of the most common surnames were native to the UK and Ireland, among them: Smith (more than 400,000 bearers according to the 1881 census, compared with 500,000 today) Jones (more...
