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Lijst van meest voorkomende achternamen per land van Europa
Dit is een lijst van meest voorkomende achternamen per land van Europa.
IJsland ontbreekt van deze lijst, omdat men daar nog een systeem met patronimische achternamen hanteert. Zie IJslandse namen.
Albanië
2005[citation needed] | |
---|---|
Achternaam | Betekenis |
Kelmendi | Kelmendi-berg |
Bogdani | Gegeven door god |
Dukagjini | Nobele familie |
Dushku | Soort boom |
Dervishi | Derwisj |
Gurakuqi | Rode steen |
Gjoni (Gjonaj) | Nobele family |
Frashëri | Een boom |
Leka | Kort voor Alexander |
Loshi (Loshaj) | |
Prifti | Priester |
Armenië
Rang | Naam | Romanisatie | 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) |
Oostenrijk[1]
Rang | Naam | Betekenis |
Approximate percentage |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Gruber | Mijnwerker | 0.3991 |
2 | Huber | Landbezittende agrariër | 0.3873 |
3 | Bauer | agrariër | 0.3373 |
4 | Wagner | Wagenaar | 0.3100 |
5 | Müller | Molenaar |
0.3012 |
6 | Pichler | 0.2753 | |
7 | Steiner | steen | 0.2713 |
8 | Moser | mos | 0.2674 |
9 | Mayer | agrariër | 0.2653 |
10 | Hofer | occupational name: probably steward, property or horse maintenance, even blacksmith or related | 0.2479 |
11 | Leitner | 0.2429 | |
12 | Berger | Alpinist | 0.2383 |
13 | Fuchs | Vos | 0.2250 |
14 | Eder | 0.2144 | |
15 | Fischer | Visser | 0.2141 |
16 | Schmid | Smid | 0.2115 |
17 | Winkler | Eigenaar van een kleine winkel | 0.2015 |
18 | Weber | Wever | 0.1995 |
19 | Schwarz | Zwart | 0.1961 |
20 | Maier | min of meer agrariër | 0.1946 |
21 | Schneider | Kleermaker | 0.1915 |
22 | Reiter | Rijder | 0.1790 |
23 | Mayr | Min of meer agrariër. | 0.1751 |
24 | Schmidt | Smid | 0.1740 |
25 | Wimmer | 0.1628 | |
26 | Egger | Ploeger | 0.1610 |
27 | Brunner | waterput | 0.1602 |
28 | Lang | long | 0.1599 |
29 | Baumgartner | Boomgaard | 0.1586 |
30 | Auer | 0.1555 | |
31 | Binder | Kuiper | 0.1458 |
32 | Lechner | 0.1435 | |
33 | Wolf | 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 | Schoenmaker | 0.1168 |
41 | Heilig | 0.1161 |
Azerbeidzjan
Rang[2] | Naam | Romanisatie | Betekenis |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Məmmədov | Mammadov | "Son of Mammad" |
2 | Əliyev | Aliyev | "Son of Ali" |
3 | Həsənov | Hasanov | "Son of Hasan" |
4 | Hüseynov | Huseynov | "Son of Hüseyn" |
5 | Quliyev | Guliyev | "Son of Qulu" |
6 | Hacıyev | Hajiyev | "Son of Haji" |
7 | Rəsulov | Rasulov | "Son of Rasul" |
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 | "Son of Oruc"; Oruc also means "fasting" |
14 | İsmayılov | Ismayilov | "Son of Ismayil" |
15 | Ibrahimov | Ibrahimov | "Son of Ibrahim" |
Wit-Rusland
Deze statistieken gelden alleen voor Minsk[3]
Rang | Naam in het Russisch | Naam in het Wit-Russisch | Romanisation | Population |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Иванов | Іваноў | Ivanoŭ | 7,000 |
2 | Козлов | Казлоў | Kazloŭ | 4,700 |
3 | Ковалёв | Кавалёў | Kavalioŭ | 4,300 |
4 | Козловский | Казлоўскі | Kazloŭski | 3,900 |
5 | Новик | Новік | Novik | 3,300 |
België
Belgium is a European nation composed of three main regions: Flemish Region (Flanders), Walloon Region (Wallonia), and Brussels-Capital Region. The Flemish region has a Dutch language tradition, while the Walloon region has a French language tradition. These different linguistic backgrounds are reflected in differing frequencies of surnames, as shown in the table below. (data from 1 January 2008; total population: 10,666,866)[4][5]
National Rank | Name | Number of people | Rank (Flanders) | Rank (Wallonia) | Rank (Brussels) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peeters | 32,657 | 1 | 67 | 2 |
2 | Janssens | 30,296 | 2 | 56 | 1 |
3 | Maes | 25,524 | 3 | 63 | 8 |
4 | Jacobs | 19,999 | 4 | 97 | 4 |
5 | Mertens | 18,518 | 6 | 72 | 5 |
6 | Willems | 18,498 | 5 | 68 | 17 |
7 | Claes | 16,553 | 7 | 43 | |
8 | Goossens | 15,883 | 9 | 15 | |
9 | Wouters | 15,732 | 8 | 35 | |
10 | De Smet | 14,259 | 10 | 25 | |
13 | Dubois | 12,975 | 1 | 3 | |
17 | Lambert | 11,802 | 2 | 11 | |
21 | Dupont | 10,369 | 4 | 12 | |
31 | Martin | 9,008 | 3 | 10 | |
37 | Simon | 7,774 | 5 | 13 |
Bulgaria
Feminized names included (m. Dimitrov - f. Dimitrova).
Croatia
Rank[6][7][8] | Frequency | Surname | Surname derivation[9] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 7004216180000000000♠21,618 | Horvat | ethnic name for a Croat |
2 | 7004151600000000000♠15,160 | Kovačević | patronymic, from kovač "blacksmith" |
3 | 7004128400000000000♠12,840 | Babić | matronymic, or nickname, from baba "(old) woman", "grandmother" |
4 | 7004115550000000000♠11,555 | Marić | 1. matronymic, from Mara - short variant of Marija "Mary"; 2. patronymic, from Maro - short variant of Marije "Marius" or Marijan "Marianus" |
5 | 7004111630000000000♠11,163 | Jurić | patronymic, from Jure or Juro - regional variants of Juraj "George" |
6 | 7004107940000000000♠10,794 | Novak | 1. a newcomer, from novy "new"; 2. topographic name, for peasant who settled on newly cleared land |
7 | 7004105460000000000♠10,546 | Kovačić | patronymic, from kovač "blacksmith" |
8 | 7004103340000000000♠10,334 | Knežević | from knez "prince" or "duke" |
9 | 7004101910000000000♠10,191 | Vuković | patronymic, from Vuk - ancient Slavic name meaning "wolf" |
10 | 7003985400000000000♠9,854 | Marković | patronymic, from Marko "Marcus" |
11 | 7003961400000000000♠9,614 | Petrović | patronymic, from Petar and Peter |
12 | 7003996000000000000♠9,960 | Matić | patronymic, from Matija "Matthias" or Matej "Matthew"; or possibly from their short variants Mate or Mato |
13 | 7003946400000000000♠9,464 | Tomić | patronymic, from Tomo or Toma "Thomas" |
14 | 7003860100000000000♠8,601 | Pavlović | patronymic, from Pavao, Pavle, and Pavel "Paul" |
15 | 7003854200000000000♠8,542 | Kovač | occupational name, from kovač "blacksmith" |
16 | 7003825800000000000♠8,258 | Božić | patronymic, from Božo (from bozhy meaning of God) |
17 | 7003815200000000000♠8,152 | Blažević | patronymic, from Blaž lat. Blasius "Blaise" |
18 | 7003801000000000000♠8,010 | Grgić | patronymic, from Grga or Grgo - short variants of Grgur "Gregory" |
19 | 7003753800000000000♠7,538 | Pavić | patronymic, from Pavo - short or regional variant of Pavao "Paul" |
20 | 7003740600000000000♠7,406 | Radić | patronymic, from Rade (Slavic name meaning happy) |
21 | 7003735100000000000♠7,351 | Perić | patronymic, from Pero (Peter) |
22 | 7003732100000000000♠7,321 | Filipović | patronymic, from Filip |
23 | 7003718400000000000♠7,184 | Šarić | |
24 | 7003713100000000000♠7,131 | Lovrić | patronymic, from Lovro (Lawrence) |
25 | 7003698600000000000♠6,986 | Vidović | patronymic, from Vid (Vitus) |
26 | 7003690300000000000♠6,903 | Perković | patronymic, from Perko (Peter) |
27 | 7003679700000000000♠6,797 | Popović | patronymic, from Pop (priest) |
28 | 7003676000000000000♠6,760 | Bošnjak | ethnic name for a Bosniak |
29 | 7003665300000000000♠6,653 | Jukić | patronymic, from Juko or Juka - regional variants of Juraj "George" |
30 | 7003641700000000000♠6,417 | Barišić | patronymic, from Bariša - short or regional variant of Bartol, Bartul, Bartolomej "Bartholomew" |
Czech Republic
Feminized names are included (m. Novák/f. Nováková). Figures are from 2009 and provided by Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Rank | Name | Meaning | Number of males | Number of females |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Novák/Nováková | new man/woman | 34,168 | 35,558 |
2 | Svoboda/Svobodová | freeholder | 25,292 | 26,569 |
3 | Novotný/Novotná | newman | 24,320 | 25,328 |
4 | Dvořák/Dvořáková | grange owner | 22,299 | 23,445 |
5 | Černý/Černá | black man/woman | 17,813 | 18,504 |
6 | Procházka/Procházková | walker | 16,074 | 16,817 |
7 | Kučera/Kučerová | curly man/woman | 15,187 | 15,689 |
8 | Veselý/Veselá | cheerful, merry man/woman | 12,882 | 13,494 |
9 | Horák/Horáková | highlander | 12,165 | 12,796 |
10 | Němec/Němcová | German | 11,192 | 11,563 |
Denmark
Nineteen of the twenty most common Danish surnames as of 1 January 2016 are patronymic, the only exception being Møller (Miller).[13]
- Nielsen – 255,138
- Jensen – 254,675
- Hansen – 213,339
- Pedersen – 161,074
- Andersen – 157,753
- Christensen – 118,117
- Larsen – 114,711
- Sørensen – 109,746
- Rasmussen – 93,723
- Jørgensen – 87,466
- Petersen – 78,329
- Madsen – 63,723
- Kristensen – 60,116
- Olsen – 47,579
- Thomsen – 39,117
- Christiansen – 36,656
- Poulsen – 31,874
- Johansen – 31,001
- Møller – 30,059
- Mortensen – 29,258
Estonia
Data from 2008.[14]
Names of Estonian origin:
Rank | # | Surname | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 5,241 | Tamm | oak |
2 | 4,352 | Saar | island/ash (tree) |
3 | 3,624 | Sepp | smith |
4 | 3,613 | Mägi | hill, mountain |
5 | 2,847 | Kask | birch |
6 | 2,728 | Kukk | rooster |
7 | 2,265 | Rebane | fox |
8 | 2,165 | Ilves | lynx |
9 | 1,933 | Pärn | linden tree |
10 | 1,882 | Koppel | paddock |
Rank | # | Surname |
---|---|---|
1 | 6,789 | Ivanov |
2 | 3,402 | Smirnov |
3 | 3,153 | Vassiljev |
4 | 2,932 | Petrov |
5 | 2,339 | Kuznetsov |
6 | 1,968 | Mihhailov |
7 | 1,927 | Pavlov |
8 | 1,909 | Semjonov |
9 | 1,862 | Andrejev |
10 | 1,845 | Aleksejev |
Faroe Islands
The 20 most common surnames in the Faroe Islands as published in 2009 are shown below beside the number of people of the Faroese population sharing each surname.[15]
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Finland
Rank | Surname | Meaning | Population | Percentage[16] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Korhonen | of bad hearing | 23,312 | 0.425 |
2 | Virtanen | virta = stream | 23,020 | 0.420 |
3 | Mäkinen | mäki = hill | 21,014 | 0.383 |
4 | Nieminen | niemi = cape | 20,969 | 0.382 |
5 | Mäkelä | hill place | 19,538 | 0.356 |
6 | Hämäläinen | Tavastian, comes from Tavastia | 19,129 | 0.349 |
7 | Laine | wave | 18,752 | 0.342 |
8 | Heikkinen | first name Heikki, "Henry", "Henrik" | 17,926 | 0.327 |
9 | Koskinen | koski = rapids | 17,737 | 0.324 |
10 | Järvinen | järvi = lake | 16,802 | 0.306 |
11 | Lehtonen | lehto = grove | 16,649 | 0.304 |
12 | Lehtinen | lehti = leaf | 15,602 | 0.285 |
13 | Saarinen | saari = island | 15,295 | 0.279 |
14 | Salminen | salmi = strait | 15,087 | 0.275 |
15 | Heinonen | heinä = hay | 14,957 | 0.273 |
16 | Niemi | cape | 14,951 | 0.273 |
17 | Heikkilä | first name Heikki, "Henry", "Henrik" | 14,558 | 0.266 |
18 | Kinnunen | from Swedish word skinnare = skinner | 14,319 | 0.261 |
19 | Salonen | salo = backwoods | 14,270 | 0.260 |
20 | Turunen | turku = market, selling place, nowadays only the name of a city | 13,802 | 0.252 |
21 | Salo | backwoods | 13,487 | 0.246 |
22 | Laitinen | laita = side, margin | 13,085 | 0.239 |
23 | Tuominen | tuomi = bird cherry | 12,852 | 0.234 |
24 | Rantanen | ranta = shore, beach | 12,834 | 0.234 |
25 | Karjalainen | Carelian, comes from Carelia | 12,830 | 0.234 |
26 | Jokinen | joki = river | 12,514 | 0.228 |
27 | Mattila | first name Matti, "Matt", "Mathew", -la = place | 12,330 | 0.225 |
28 | Savolainen | Savonian, comes from Savonia | 11,592 | 0.211 |
29 | Lahtinen | lahti = bay | 11,470 | 0.209 |
30 | Ahonen | aho = meadow | 11,238 | 0.205 |
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta "river", koski "rapids", mäki "hill", järvi "lake", saari "island" — 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. The suffix -nen is an adjective ending.
Most common Swedish surnames in Finland
Rank | Surname | Population | Percentage[16] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Johansson | 8,679 | 0.158 |
2 | Nyman | 7,552 | 0.138 |
3 | Lindholm | 7,382 | 0.135 |
4 | Karlsson | 7,096 | 0.129 |
5 | Andersson | 6,403 | 0.117 |
France
Rank[17] | # | Surname |
---|---|---|
1 | 235,846 | Martin |
2 | 105,132 | Bernard |
3 | 95,998 | Dubois |
4 | 95,387 | Thomas |
5 | 91,393 | Robert |
6 | 90,689 | Richard |
7 | 88,318 | Petit |
8 | 84,252 | Durand |
9 | 78,868 | Leroy |
10 | 78,177 | Moreau |
11 | 76,655 | Simon |
12 | 75,307 | Laurent |
13 | 74,564 | Lefebvre |
14 | 74,318 | Michel |
15 | 68,720 | Garcia |
16 | 61,762 | David |
17 | 59,817 | Bertrand |
18 | 59,440 | Roux |
19 | 57,351 | Vincent |
20 | 57,047 | Fournier |
21 | 56,760 | Morel |
22 | 55,642 | Girard |
23 | 55,228 | André |
24 | 53,670 | Lefèvre |
25 | 53,622 | Mercier |
26 | 53,405 | Dupont |
27 | 51,543 | Lambert |
28 | 50,999 | Bonnet |
29 | 50,612 | François |
30 | 49,762 | Martinez |
Georgia
Rank | Name | Romanization | Total Number[18] (2013) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ბერიძე | Beridze | 28,289 |
2 | მამედოვი | Mamedovi | 27,662 |
3 | კაპანაძე | Kapanadze | 18,966 |
4 | ალიევი | Alievi | 18,687 |
5 | გელაშვილი | Gelashvili | 18,128 |
6 | მაისურაძე | Maisuradze | 16,175 |
7 | გიორგაძე | Giorgadze | 13,994 |
8 | ლომიძე | Lomidze | 12,995 |
9 | წიკლაური | Tsiklauri | 12,869 |
10 | ბოლქვაძე | Bolkvadze | 12,306 |
Germany
Rank | Surname | Meaning | Percentage[19] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Müller | occupational name: miller | 0.95[20] |
2 | Schmidt | occupational name: blacksmith (lit. "smith") | 0.69[21] |
3 | Schneider | occupational name: tailor | 0.40 |
4 | Fischer | occupational name: fisher | 0.35 |
5 | Meyer | occupational name: approximately farmer, originally estate administrator (lit. "mayor") | 0.33[22] |
6 | Weber | occupational name: weaver | 0.30 |
7 | Schulz | occupational name: approximately constable or mayor | 0.27 |
8 | Wagner | occupational name: wainwright, worn-down form of 'wagoner', one who makes wagons/wheels | 0.27 |
9 | Becker | occupational name: baker | 0.27 |
10 | Hoffmann | occupational name: approximately man of the court | 0.26 |
Greece
Rank | Surname | Meaning[23] |
---|---|---|
1 | Papadopoulos (Παπαδόπουλος) | a priest's adopted son |
2 | Vlahos (Βλάχος) | a Vlach (a minority group related to Romanians) |
3 | Angelopoulos (Αγγελόπουλος) | son of Angelos (a first name) |
4 | Nikolaidis (Νικολαΐδης) | son of Nikolaos |
5 | Georgiou (Γεωργίου) | (son) of Georgios |
6 | Petridis (Πετρίδης) | son of Petros |
7 | Athanasiadis (Αθανασιάδης) | son of Athanasios |
8 | Dimitriadis (Δημητριάδης) | son of Dimitrios |
9 | Papadakis (Παπαδάκης) | priest's son |
10 | Panagiotopoulos (Παναγιωτόπουλος) | son of Panagiotis |
11 | Papantoniou (Παπαντωνίου) | (son) of priest Antonios |
12 | Antoniou (Αντωνίου) | (son) of Antonios |
The majority of Greek names are patronymic. There are also several names derived from professions (Samaras, Σαμαράς = saddle maker, Papoutsis, Παπουτσής = shoe maker), area of (former) residence (Kritikos, Κρητικός = from Crete, Aivaliotis, Αϊβαλιώτης= from Ayvalik), nicknames relating to physical or other characteristics (Kontos, Κοντός = short, Mytaras, Μυταράς = large-nosed, Koufos, Κουφός = deaf) and more.
The patronymic suffix varies between dialects; thus Giannidis, Giannakis, Giannopoulos, Giannelis, Giannioglou all mean "son of Giannis."[24]
Hungary
Rank[25][26] | # | Surname | Meaning | Origin |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 235,400 (2.4%) | Nagy | Tall | Hungarian |
2 | 228,210 (2.3%) | Horváth | Croat | Croatian |
3 | 217,359 (2.2%) | Kovács | Smith (derives from Croatian "Kovac") | Croatian |
4 | 209,549 (2.1%) | Szabó | Tailor (occupational name) | Hungarian |
5 | 206,954 (2.1%) | Tóth | Slavic (non-Orthodox) | Germanic or Hungarian |
6 | 137,847 (1.4%) | Varga | Leatherworker (occupational name) | Hungarian |
7 | 131,435 (1.3%) | Kiss | Short | Hungarian |
8 | 106,942 (1.1%) | Molnár | Miller (derives from Croatian "Malnar") | Croatian |
9 | 91,878 (0.9%) | Németh | German/Germanic | Slavic |
10 | 83,188 (0.8%) | Farkas | Wolf | Hungarian |
11 | 80,575 (0.8%) | Balogh | Left-handed | Hungarian |
12 | 52,766 (0.5%) | Papp | Priest (occupational name) | Latin |
13 | 52,131 (0.5%) | Takács | Weaver (occupational name) | Slavic |
14 | 51,224 (0.5%) | Juhász | Shepherd (occupational name) | Hungarian |
15 | 47,151 (0.5%) | Lakatos | Locksmith (occupational name) | Romanian |
16 | 40,079 (0.4%) | Mészáros | Butcher (occupational name) | Croatian[27] |
17 | 38,330 (0.4%) | Oláh | Vlach/Romanian | Germanic |
18 | 37,960 (0.4%) | Simon | Simon | Hebrew |
19 | 35,008 (0.4%) | Rácz | Serb, South Slavic | South Slavic |
20 | 34,496 (0.3%) | Fekete | Black(-haired) | Hungarian |
2,095,788 individuals (21% of the population) bear the most common 20 names, and 3,347,493 individuals (33.5%) bearing the top 100 names.
Ireland
The prevalence of some of these names is the result of more than one distinct Irish language names being represented by the same anglicised version.
# | Surname | Modern Irish | Original Irish | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Murphy | Ó Murchú | Ó Murchadha Mac Murchaidh |
Descendant of Murchadh (a personal name meaning "Sea hound/warrior") |
2 | (O')Kelly | Ó Ceallaigh | Descendant of Ceallach ("strife") | |
3 | (O')Sullivan | Ó Súilleabháin | Descendant of Súilleabhán ("dark-eyed one", "one-eyed" or "hawk-eyed") | |
4 | Walsh | Breathnach | Breatnach | "Breton", "Welshman" |
5 | Smith | Mac Gabhann | Son of a smith | |
6 | O'Brien | Ó Briain | Descendant of Brian | |
7 | (O')Byrne | Ó Broin | Descendant of Bran | |
8 | (O')Ryan | Ó Riain | Ó Riain Ó Maoilriain |
Descendant of Rian (possibly meaning "king") Descendant of Maoilriaghan ("bald king") |
9 | O'Connor | Ó Conchobhair | Descendant of Conchobhar ("hound/chief assistance") | |
10 | O'Neill | Ó Néill | Descendant of Niall (possibly meaning "cloud", "passionate" or "champion") | |
11 | (O')Reilly | Ó Raghallaigh | Descendant of Raghallach | |
12 | Doyle | Ó Dubhghaill | Descendant of Dubhghall ("dark-haired foreigner") | |
13 | McCarthy | Mac Cárthaigh | Son of Cárthach ("loving") | |
14 | (O')Gallagher | Ó Gallchóir | Ó Gallchobhair | Descendant of Gallchobhar ("foreign assistance") |
15 | (O')Doherty | Ó Dochartaigh | Descendant of Dochartach ("hurtful") | |
16 | Kennedy | Ó Cinnéide | Ó Ceannéidigh | Descendant of Cinnéide ("ugly head") |
17 | Lynch | Ó Loingsigh | Descendant of Loingseach ("longboat") | |
18 | Murray | Ó Muireadhaigh | Mac Muireadhaigh Mac Giolla Mhuire |
Descendant of Muireadhach ("chieftain") Descendant of a servant of Mary |
19 | (O')Quinn | Ó Cuinn/Coinne | Descendant of Conn ("hound/chief") | |
20 | (O')Moore | Ó Mórdha | Descendant of Mórdha ("majestic") |
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. Mac/Mc, meaning Son, and Ó, meaning From, are used by sons born into the family. In the case of a daughter being born into the family she would use Ní/Nic, for example Ó Muireadhaigh becomes Ní Mhuireadhaigh. A woman who marries into the family and takes her husband's name uses Uí/Mic- e.g. Uí Mhuireadhaigh.[28][29]
Italy
From Gens website.[30]
Rank | Name | Meaning |
---|---|---|
1 | Rossi | Red-haired (plural) (Central and Northern Italy) |
2 | Russo | Red-haired (Southern Italy) |
3 | Ferrari | Blacksmith |
4 | Esposito | Exposed (abandoned by parents) |
5 | Bianchi | White, fair-skinned or white-haired (plural) |
6 | Romano | Roman, from Rome |
7 | Colombo | Dove, used in reference to orphans |
8 | Ricci | Curly (Northern Italy) |
9 | Marino | Sailor, seaman |
10 | Greco | Greek |
11 | Bruno | Brown haired |
12 | Gallo | Literally "rooster", probably from the medieval name Gallo |
13 | Conti | Count, nobleman (plural) |
14 | De Luca | (Son of) Luke |
15 | Mancini | Left handed (plural) |
16 | Costa | Literally "coast", inhabitant of the coast |
17 | Giordano | Jordan, from the Latin cognomen Iordanus |
18 | Rizzo | Curly (Southern Italy) |
19 | Lombardi | Lombards, from Lombardy |
20 | Moretti | Black-haired (plural) |
21 | Barbieri | Barber (plural) |
22 | Fontana | Fountain (Toponymic surname) |
23 | Santoro | All Saints' Day (from Latin name Santi or Ognisanti, derived from festum Omnium Sanctorum) |
24 | Mariani | From the name Mario (plural) |
25 | Rinaldi | From the name Rinaldo of Germanic origin (powerful advisor) |
26 | Caruso | Sicilian for "boy" |
Kosovo
Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.
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Latvia
Rank[31][32] | Surname | Meaning |
---|---|---|
1 | Bērziņš | birch (diminutive) |
2 | Kalniņš | hill (diminutive) |
3 | Ozoliņš | oak (diminutive) |
4 | Jansons | son of Jānis (Germanized) |
5 | Ozols | oak |
6 | Liepiņš | linden (diminutive) |
7 | Krūmiņš | bush (diminutive) |
8 | Balodis | pigeon |
9 | Eglītis | fir (diminutive) |
10 | Zariņš | branch (diminutive) |
11 | Pētersons | son of Pēteris (Germanized) |
12 | Vītols | willow |
13 | Kļaviņš | maple (diminutive) |
14 | Kārkliņš | willow (diminutive form of Kārkls) |
15 | Vanags | hawk |
Lithuania
Lithuania[33] | |||
---|---|---|---|
2009 | |||
Rank | Men | Women[note 1] | |
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 |
Luxembourg
Out of 236,000 entries in the EDITUS phone book:
Rank[34] | # | Surname |
---|---|---|
1 | 1929 | Schmit |
2 | 1473 | Muller |
3 | 1380 | Weber |
4 | 1335 | Hoffmann |
5 | 1300 | Wagner |
6 | 1027 | Thill |
7 | 939 | Schmitz |
8 | 793 | Schroeder |
9 | 712 | Reuter |
10 | 706 | Klein |
11 | 674 | Becker |
12 | 660 | Kieffer |
13 | 650 | Kremer |
14 | 610 | Faber |
15 | 556 | Meyer |
16 | 550 | Schneider |
17 | 543 | Weiss |
18 | 538 | Schiltz |
19 | 537 | Simon |
20 | 533 | Welter |
21 | 504 | Hansen |
22 | 496 | Majerus |
23 | 467 | Ries |
24 | 459 | Meyers |
25 | 451 | Kayser |
26 | 441 | Steffen |
27 | 438 | Krier |
28 | 421 | Braun |
29 | 411 | Wagener |
30 | 405 | Diederich |
Malta
Rank[35] | % | # | Surname |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 3.3 | 13,169 | Borg |
2 | 3.1 | 12,643 | Camilleri |
3 | 2.9 | 11,785 | Vella |
4 | 2.9 | 11,549 | Farrugia |
5 | 2.3 | 9,424 | Zammit |
6 | 2.1 | 8,519 | Galea |
7 | 2.1 | 8,356 | Micallef |
8 | 1.9 | 7,828 | Grech |
9 | 1.8 | 7,340 | Attard |
10 | 1.8 | 7,233 | Spiteri |
Macedonia
Moldova
Rank | Surname | Meaning | Total number of families[36] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rusu | Russian | 23,028 |
2 | Ceban | shepherd | 20,929 |
3 | Ciobanu | shepherd | 17,167 |
4 | Țurcan | - | 16,984 |
5 | Cebotari | shoemaker | 15,464 |
6 | Sîrbu | Serb | 14,171 |
7 | Lungu | long | 14,090 |
8 | Munteanu | from the mountain | 13,904 |
9 | Rotari | from roată = wheel | 13,511 |
10 | Popa | priest | 12,923 |
11 | Ursu | bear | 11,456 |
12 | Guțu | dove | 11,433 |
13 | Roșca | ginger | 11,194 |
14 | Melnic | miller | 10,632 |
15 | Cojocari | coat crafter | 10,526 |
Netherlands
The most recent complete count of surnames in the Netherlands is based on the September 2007 county registrations.
Rank | Name | Number in 2007 | Percent | Number in 1947 | English equivalent or (when lacking) meaning |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | De Jong | 86,534 | 0.53% | 55,256 | Young |
2 | Jansen | 75,699 | 0.46% | 49,213 | Johnson |
3 | De Vries | 73,157 | 0.45% | 49,298 | the Frisian |
4 | Van den Berg * | 60,130 | 0.37% | 37,678 | of/from the mountain (or, more realistically, the hill) |
5 | Van Dijk, Van Dyk | 57,944 | 0.35% | 36,578 | of/from the dike |
6 | Bakker | 56,864 | 0.35% | 37,483 | Baker |
7 | Janssen | 55,394 | 0.34% | 32,824 | Johnson |
8 | Visser | 50,929 | 0.31% | 34,721 | Fisher |
9 | Smit | 43,493 | 0.27% | 29,783 | Smith |
10 | Meijer, Meyer | 41,497 | 0.25% | 28,256 | Bailiff or steward |
11 | De Boer | 39,576 | 0.24% | 25,662 | Farmer |
12 | Mulder | 37,250 | 0.23% | 24,665 | Miller |
13 | De Groot | 37,221 | 0.23% | 24,724 | The big/great/large |
14 | Bos | 36,478 | 0.22% | 23,790 | Bush or Woods |
15 | Vos | 31,154 | 0.19% | 19,461 | Fox |
16 | Peters | 30,864 | 0.19% | 18,583 | Peters |
17 | Hendriks | 30,199 | 0.18% | 18,538 | Henderson |
18 | Van Leeuwen | 28,774 | 0.18% | 17,754 | From Leeuwen/Leuven; Levi (leeuwen is the plural of lion) |
19 | Dekker | 28,682 | 0.17% | 18,782 | Thatcher |
20 | Brouwer | 26,224 | 0.16% | 17,468 | Brewer |
21 | De Wit | 24,904 | 0.15% | 15,156 | White |
22 | Dijkstra | 24,175 | 0.15% | 15,647 | (Frisian) of/from the dike |
23 | Smits | 23,816 | 0.15% | 15,151 | Smith |
24 | De Graaf | 21,699 | 0.13% | 13,718 | The count/earl/administrator |
25 | Van der Meer | 21,354 | 0.13% | 13,011 | of/from the lake |
If closely related names are combined, the top 15 become:
Name | Number of people | |
---|---|---|
1 | Jansen, Janssen, Janse | 135,003 |
2 | de Jong, de Jonge, de Jongh, Jong | 108,240 |
3 | Smit, Smits, Smid, de Smit, Smet, Smith | 76,604 |
4 | de Vries, Vries, de Vriese | 74,058 |
5 | vd Berg, vd Bergh, vd Berge, vd Bergen* | 69,080 |
6 | Visser, Visscher, Vissers, de Visser | 68,952 |
7 | van Dijk, van Dyk, Dijk, van Dijck | 64,070 |
8 | Bakker, Bekker, de Bakker, Backer | 62,183 |
9 | de Boer, Boer, den Boer, van de Boer | 57,072 |
10 | Mulder, Muller, Müller, Mulders, de Mulder | 52,394 |
11 | Peters, Peeters, Pieters, Peterse, Peter | 52,389 |
12 | vd Veen, vd Ven, van Veen, van 't Veen * | 49,935 |
13 | Bos, Bosch, de Bos | 47,995 |
14 | Meijer, Meyer, Meijers | 47,761 |
15 | de Groot, Groot, de Groote | 47,511 |
- * "vd" stands for "van de", "van den", or "van der"
Source: Nederlands Repertorium van Familienamen, Meertens-Instituut, 1963-2009. Data can be viewed in the Corpus of Family Names in the Netherlands See specifically De top 100 van de familienamen in Nederland (Dutch)
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
Rank[37] | # | Surname |
---|---|---|
1 | 53,519 | Hansen |
2 | 50,409 | Johansen |
3 | 49,784 | Olsen |
4 | 38,128 | Larsen |
5 | 37,206 | Andersen |
6 | 35,402 | Pedersen |
7 | 34,941 | Nilsen |
8 | 23,595 | Kristiansen |
9 | 23,079 | Jensen |
10 | 21,330 | Karlsen |
11 | 20,755 | Johnsen |
12 | 20,226 | Pettersen |
13 | 19,241 | Eriksen |
14 | 18,133 | Berg |
15 | 14,392 | Haugen |
16 | 14,126 | Hagen |
17 | 13,387 | Johannessen |
18 | 12,139 | Andreassen |
19 | 11,925 | Jacobsen |
20 | 11,540 | Dahl |
21 | 11,481 | Jørgensen |
22 | 11,477 | Halvorsen |
23 | 11,364 | Henriksen |
24 | 11,282 | Lund |
Poland
Rank | Surname | Meaning | Population[38] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Nowak | "newman" | 207,348 |
2 | Kowalski | from kowal "smith" | 140,471 |
3 | Wiśniewski | from wiśnia "cherry" | 111,174 |
4 | Wójcik | from wójt, a noun describing chief officer of a municipality (gmina), from a popular name Wojciech; from the word "wojak" (warrior) | 100,064 |
5 | Kowalczyk | from kowal "smith", literally "smith's son" | 98,739 |
6 | Kamiński | from kamień "stone" | 95,816 |
7 | Lewandowski | from lawenda "lavender" | 93,404 |
8 | Zieliński | from zielony "green"; from zioło, ziele "herb" | 91,522 |
9 | Szymański | from Szymon, equivalent to Simon | 89,698 |
10 | Woźniak | from woźny, "usher" | 89,015 |
11 | Dąbrowski | from dąbrowa "oak grove" | 87,304 |
12 | Kozłowski | from kozioł "buck" | 76,657 |
13 | Jankowski | from Janek, a diminutive of John | 69,280 |
14 | Mazur | Formerly, 'a Mazury person' | 68,090 |
15 | Kwiatkowski | from kwiatek "flower (dim.)" | 66,917 |
16 | Wojciechowski | from the name Wojciech; from the word "wojak" (warrior) | 66,879 |
17 | Krawczyk | from krawiec "tailor", "tailor's son" | 64,543 |
18 | Kaczmarek | from karczmarz "innkeeper" | 62,399 |
19 | Piotrowski | from Piotr (Peter) | 61,844 |
20 | Grabowski | from grab "hornbeam" or grabarz 'gravedigger" | 59,052 |
Polish names which end with -ski or -cki have both male and female forms - Kamiński / Kamińska, Wielicki / Wielicka, etc. This needs to be considered when taking a count by, for instance, scanning a telephone book. Historically, -ski, cognate with English -ish and French -esque, was a particle of nobility, like German von.
Portugal
The 50 most frequent surnames in Portugal are:[39][40]
Order | Surname | Meaning | Frequency % |
Frequency (in 1000) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Silva | bramble | 9.44% | 995 |
2 | Santos | saints | 5.96% | 628 |
3 | Ferreira | blacksmith, or toponymic "place where iron ore is extracted" | 5.25% | 553 |
4 | Pereira | pear tree | 4.88% | 514 |
5 | Oliveira | olive tree | 3.71% | 391 |
6 | Costa | [from the] coast | 3.68% | 387 |
7 | Rodrigues | son of Rodrigo | 3.57% | 376 |
8 | Martins | son of Martim | 3.23% | 340 |
9 | Jesus | Jesus | 2.99% | 315 |
10 | Sousa | [from] Sousa (toponym) | 2.95% | 311 |
11 | Fernandes | son of Fernando | 2.82% | 297 |
12 | Gonçalves | son of Gonçalo | 2.76% | 291 |
13 | Gomes | son of Gome/Gomo | 2.57% | 271 |
14 | Lopes | son of Lopo | 2.52% | 265 |
15 | Marques | son of Marcos | 2.51% | 265 |
16 | Alves | abbreviated form of Álvares, son of Álvaro |
2.37% | 250 |
17 | Almeida | toponymic | 2.27% | 239 |
18 | Ribeiro | from the riverside | 2.27% | 239 |
19 | Pinto | 2.09% | 220 | |
20 | Carvalho | oak tree | 1.97% | 208 |
21 | Teixeira | toponymic, yew tree related | 1.69% | 178 |
22 | Moreira | mulberry | 1.54% | 162 |
23 | Correia | 1.53% | 161 | |
24 | Mendes | son of Mendo | 1.39% | 146 |
25 | Nunes | son of Nuno | 1.32% | 139 |
26 | Soares | son of Soeiro | 1.28% | 135 |
27 | Vieira | scallop | 1.2% | 127 |
28 | Monteiro | 1.11% | 117 | |
29 | Cardoso | spiny, having to do with teazels | 1.07% | 113 |
30 | Rocha | rock | 1.04% | 110 |
31 | Neves | snows (devotion to Our Lady of the Snows) |
0.98% | 103 |
32 | Coelho | rabbit | 0.97% | 102 |
33 | Cruz | cross (of Jesus) | 0.94% | 99 |
34 | Cunha | wedge | 0.93% | 98 |
35 | Pires | son of Pero (Peter) | 0.92% | 97 |
36 | Ramos | tree branches or related to Passover Friday | 0.86% | 91 |
37 | Reis | devotion to the Three Kings ("Reis") |
0.85% | 90 |
38 | Simões | son of Simão (Simon) | 0.85% | 90 |
39 | Antunes | son of António | 0.82% | 86 |
40 | Matos | bush | 0.82% | 86 |
41 | Fonseca | 0.81% | 86 | |
42 | Machado | axe | 0.76% | 80 |
43 | Araújo | toponymic | 0.69% | 73 |
44 | Barbosa | toponymic | 0.69% | 72 |
45 | Tavares | toponymic | 0.67% | 71 |
46 | Lourenço | Laurent, related to laurels | 0.65% | 68 |
47 | Castro | castrum | 0.62% | 66 |
48 | Figueiredo | 0.62% | 65 | |
49 | Azevedo | 0.60% | 64 | |
50 | Freitas | 0.60% | 63 |
Romania
Rank[41] | Surname | Pronunciation | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Popa | [ˈpopa] | Priest |
2 | Popescu | [poˈpesku] | from Popa (Priest) |
3 | Pop | [pop] | short form of Popa |
4 | Radu | [ˈradu] | Happy |
5 | Dumitru | [duˈmitru] | |
6 | Stan | [stan] | shortened form of Stanislav |
7 | Stoica | [ˈstojka] | |
8 | Gheorghe | [ˈɡe̯orɡe] | form of George |
9 | Matei | [maˈtej] | Romanian form of Matthew |
10 | Ciobanu | [t͡ʃjoˈbanu] | Shepherd |
Russia
The 20 most common widespread Russian surnames from the European part of Russia, as calculated by Balanovskaya et al. (2005):[42]
Rank | Surname | Transliteration | Meaning | Percentage[42] |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Смирно́в | Smirnov | obedient one's | 1.61 |
2 | Ивано́в | Ivanov | Ivan's | 1.30 |
3 | Кузнецо́в | Kuznetsov | smith's | 0.90 |
4 | Попов | Popov | priest's son | 0.79 |
5 | Соколов | Sokolov | falcon's | 0.73 |
6 | Лебедев | Lebedev | swan's | 0.65 |
7 | Козло́в | Kozlov | he-goat's (metaphorically: "Bearded one") | 0.58 |
8 | Но́виков | Novikov | newman's (see novik for historical details) | 0.54 |
9 | Моро́зов | Morozov | frost's | 0.53 |
10 | Петров | Petrov | Pyotr's | 0.44 |
11 | Волков | Volkov | wolf's | 0.44 |
12 | Соловьёв | Solovyov | nightingale's | 0.44 |
13 | Васильев | Vasilyev | Vasily's | 0.42 |
14 | Зайцев | Zaytsev | hare's | 0.41 |
15 | Па́влов | Pavlov | Pavel's | 0.39 |
16 | Семёнов | Semyonov | Semyon's | 0.35 |
17 | Голубев | Golubev | pigeon's | 0.32 |
18 | Виногра́дов | Vinogradov | grape's | 0.32 |
19 | Богданов | Bogdanov | Bogdan's | 0.31 |
20 | Воробьёв | Vorobyov | sparrow's | 0.30 |
Those Russian surnames that end with -ov/-ev or -in/-yn are originally patronymic or metronymic genitive adjectivals with the meaning "son of" or "daughter/wife of" (the feminine is formed with the -a ending - Smirnova, Ivanova, etc.). In older documents such surnames were written with the word syn "son", for example, Ivanov syn "John's son" or Il'yin syn "Elijah's son"; the last word was later dropped. Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards.
The Russian equivalent of "Smith, Jones, and Brown" (that is, the generic most popular surnames) is Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov, or "Jones, Peters, and Isidores", although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.[42]
Serbia
Rank[43] | Surname | Cyrillic script | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jovanović | Јовановић | Son of Jovan (John) |
2 | Petrović | Петровић | Son of Petar (Peter) |
3 | Nikolić | Николић | Son of Nikola (Nicholas) |
4 | Marković | Марковић | Son of Marko (Mark) |
5 | Đorđević | Ђорђевић | Son of Đorđe (George) |
6 | Stojanović | Стојановић | Son of Stojan (Stoyan) |
7 | Ilić | Илић | Son of Ilija (Elijah) |
8 | Stanković | Станковић | Son of Stanko (Stan) |
9 | Pavlović | Павловић | Son of Pavle (Paul) |
10 | Milošević | Милошевић | Son of Miloš (Milosh) |
Slovakia
Rank[44][45] | # | Surname | Meaning | Origins |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 30,813 | Horváth | "Croat" | Hungarian |
2 | 29,079 | Kováč | "Blacksmith" | Slavic, Indo-European |
3 | 21,650 | Varga | "Leatherworker, cobbler" | Hungarian[26] |
4 | 21,604 | Tóth | "Slovak (Slav)" | Germanic through Hungarian[26][45] |
5 | 19,341 | Nagy | "Large/Tall" | Hungarian[26] |
6 | 14,114 | Baláž | "Blessed" | Hungarian via Latin Blasius and Old Church Slavonic "blessed", from Indo-European |
7 | 13,998 | Szabó | "Tailor" | Hungarian[26] |
8 | 12,632 | Molnár | "Miller" | Hungarian[26] |
9 | 10,872 | Balog | "Left-handed" | Hungarian,[26] or from Slavic "marsh", or both |
10 | 9,718 | Lukáč | "Luke" Latin Lucas, | Greek |
Note: The most common surnames in Slovakia are a mixture of Indo-European and the Ugric roots reflecting the 900-year-long coexistence of the Indo-European Slovaks and speakers of other Indo-European languages with Ugric Hungarians and the Croatians, under Hungarian assimilation pressure throughout the 19th century (see Magyarization, see History of Slovakia). In 1910 Hungarians made up one-third of the population of present-territory of Slovakia.[46] Hungarians are currently an 8% minority[45] in Slovakia due to population exchanges and Slovakization.[47] (see Demographics of Slovakia). While ethnic Hungarians are relatively few in Slovakia, their large presence on the list of most common names reflects the intra-lingual frequency of the frequent names in Hungary.
Slovenia
Rank[48] | # | Surname | Meaning |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 11,196 | Novak | new man; from a newly established farm |
2 | 9,762 | Horvat | Croat |
3 | 5,640 | Kovačič | son of blacksmith |
4 | 5,585 | Krajnc | from Carniola |
5 | 5,019 | Zupančič | son of farmer or the village elder |
6 | 4,729 | Potočnik | near stream |
7 | 4,729 | Kovač | blacksmith |
8 | 3,957 | Mlakar | near puddle |
9 | 3,905 | Kos | blackbird |
10 | 3,885 | Vidmar | farmer belonging to a the ruler's estate |
11 | 3,855 | Golob | pigeon |
12 | 3,506 | Turk | Turk |
13 | 3,421 | Božič | Christmas |
14 | 3,418 | Kralj | King |
15 | 3,285 | Korošec | from Carinthia |
16 | 3,256 | Zupan | farmer (originally, village elder) |
17 | 3,209 | Bizjak | archaic term for refugee; usually applied to Slavic Christian families that had fled from the Ottoman Empire |
18 | 3,136 | Hribar | from the hill |
19 | 3,069 | Kotnik | from a remote area (literally, from a corner) |
20 | 3,003 | Kavčič | |
21 | 2,992 | Rozman | |
22 | 2,873 | Kastelic | from a castle |
23 | 2,841 | Oblak | cloud |
24 | 2,828 | Žagar | sawer |
25 | 2,821 | Petek | Friday |
26 | 2,808 | Hočevar | from Kočevje or from Gottschee County |
27 | 2,807 | Kolar | |
28 | 2,738 | Košir | |
29 | 2,598 | Koren | |
30 | 2,399 | Klemenčič | son of Klemen |
Spain
The top ten surnames cover about 20% of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country. Most of the common Spanish surnames originating from Germanic first names were introduced in Spain during the fifth to seventh centuries by the Visigoths, so almost all are from the Visigoth tradition.
Source:[49] - Data from December 1999. (2004 data confirmation of top 25)
Canary Islands
Rank | Name | Approximate percentage |
---|---|---|
1 | González | 4.79 |
2 | Rodríguez | 4.64 |
3 | Hernández | 4.01 |
4 | Pérez | 3.35 |
5 | García | 3.25 |
6 | Martín | 2.21 |
7 | Santana | 2.18 |
8 | Díaz | 1.86 |
9 | Suárez | 1.38 |
10 | Sánchez | 1.29 |
11 | López | 1.21 |
12 | Cabrera | 1.18 |
13 | Ramos | 0.88 |
14 | Medina | 0.87 |
15 | Fernández | 0.75 |
16 | Morales | 0.73 |
17 | Delgado | 0.70 |
18 | Marrero | 0.70 |
19 | León | 0.69 |
20 | Alonso | 0.61 |
21 | Herrera | 0.59 |
22 | Cruz | 0.58 |
23 | Domínguez | 0.55 |
24 | Gutiérrez | 0.52 |
25 | Reyes | 0.50 |
26 | Torres | 0.48 |
27 | Alvarez | 0.66 |
28 | Rivero | 0.44 |
29 | Armas | 0.42 |
30 | Trujillo | 0.40 |
Sweden
Source: World Family Names
Rank[50] | # | Surname |
---|---|---|
1 | 251,621 | Andersson |
2 | 251,495 | Johansson |
3 | 223,151 | Karlsson |
4 | 171,360 | Nilsson |
5 | 147,514 | Eriksson |
6 | 124,686 | Larsson |
7 | 114,280 | Olsson |
8 | 107,911 | Persson |
9 | 101,834 | Svensson |
10 | 97,536 | Gustafsson |
11 | 96,011 | Pettersson |
12 | 73,869 | Jonsson |
13 | 50,170 | Jansson |
14 | 43,926 | Hansson |
15 | 34,302 | Bengtsson |
16 | 32,249 | Jönsson |
17 | 27,533 | Lindberg |
18 | 26,793 | Jakobsson |
19 | 26,562 | Magnusson |
20 | 26,424 | Olofsson |
Switzerland
Surnames of the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino
Rank | Name |
---|---|
1 | Bianchi |
2 | Bernasconi |
3 | Fontana |
4 | Crivelli |
5 | Galli |
6 | Cereghetti |
7 | Colombo |
8 | Rossi |
9 | Ferrari |
10 | Cavadini |
11 | Sante |
12 | Ravelli |
13 | Giovanni |
14 | Piero |
German-speaking cantons (1998): Source:[51]
Rank | # | Surname |
---|---|---|
1 | 31,000 | Müller |
2 | 19,150 | Meier |
3 | 16,900 | Schmid |
4 | 13,000 | Keller |
5 | 11,850 | Weber |
6 | 10,550 | Huber |
7 | 10,350 | Meyer |
8 | 10,300 | Schneider |
9 | 8,950 | Steiner |
10 | 8,200 | Fischer |
11 | 8,100 | Brunner |
12 | 8,000 | Baumann |
13 | 7,950 | Gerber |
14 | 7,750 | Frei |
15 | 7,500 | Moser |
Turkey
Rank | Name | Meaning |
---|---|---|
1 | Yılmaz | unbeatable/dauntless |
2 | Kaya | rock |
3 | Demir | iron |
4 | Şahin | falcon |
5 | Çelik | steel |
6 | Yıldız | star |
7 | Yıldırım | thunderbolt |
8 | Öztürk | pure Turk |
9 | Aydın | enlightened |
10 | Özdemir | pure iron |
Source: Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenships[52]
Ukraine
Many of the surnames use the same root but different suffixes, or even different roots of the same meaning, depending on the part of Ukraine the person hails from.[53]
Rank | Surname | Meaning |
---|---|---|
1 | Melnyk | miller's |
2 | Shevchenko | shoemaker's |
3 | Boyko | tenacious/feisty |
4 | Kovalenko | smith's |
5 | Bondarenko | cooper's |
6 | Tkachenko | weaver's |
7 | Kovalchuk | smith's |
8 | Kravchenko | tailor's |
9 | Oliynyk | oil maker |
10 | Shevchuk | shoemaker's apprentice |
11 | Koval | smith |
12 | Polishchuk | from Polesia |
13 | Bondar | cooper |
14 | Tkachuk | weaver's |
15 | Moroz | frost |
16 | Marchenko | Mark's |
17 | Lysenko | fox's |
18 | Rudenko | red's |
19 | Savchenko | Savva's |
20 | Petrenko | Peter's |
United Kingdom
England
Rank | Surname | Percentage[54] |
---|---|---|
1 | Smith | 1.26 |
2 | Jones | 0.75 |
3 | Taylor | 0.59 |
4 | Brown | 0.56 |
5 | Williams | 0.39 |
6 | Wilson | 0.39 |
7 | Johnson | 0.37 |
8 | Davies | 0.34 |
9 | Robinson | 0.32 |
10 | Wright | 0.32 |
11 | Thompson | 0.31 |
12 | Evans | 0.30 |
13 | Walker | 0.30 |
14 | White | 0.30 |
15 | Roberts | 0.28 |
16 | Green | 0.28 |
17 | Hall | 0.28 |
18 | Wood | 0.27 |
19 | Jackson | 0.27 |
20 | Clarke | 0.26 |
- Greater London
The following list is for Greater London.[55]
Northern Ireland
Data from [4]University College London, Paediatric-Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper. Numbers in brackets indicate percentages.
Scotland
Data from [5]University College London, Paediatric-Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper. Numbers in brackets indicate percentages.
Wales
Data from [6]University College London, Paediatric-Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper. Numbers in brackets indicate percentages.
Notes
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