How common is the commonest surname where you live?

[purplepoppy]

What is the most common surname where you live and how many people do you know with it?

I know lots of people with it

I know a few people with it

I don't know anyone with it

Two Wongs don't make a Wright.

[Lynx122]

It's very common everybody knows Müller and Meier are the two most common swiss german surnames. A lot of the names are just based on old professions. Müller means miller, Gerber is a tanner, Schmid means smith. Since almost every village needed a miller this name naturally spread quite a lot. Almost all of the top 30 names in Switzerland are connected to jobs they had in the middle ages.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Fournier sounds very french lol. And I'm suprised by the presence of so many portuguese names in Switzerland ! What is your native language by the way?

[Lynx122]

@Maybe_Maybe_not Well it's the french speaking region :) My native language is german.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Okay, so no common grounds really, my german is terrible lol

[Lynx122]

@Maybe_Maybe_not :D My french is amazing :P No not really but I can speak french if I practice a bit :)

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

It's hard to be sure of my source here and even then I'm far from knowing enough people to confirm anything. It turns out I don't see the family name "Martin" that much. "Lefebvre" does ring a bell, but not so much either while it's not even my region according to this chart...

[jennifer_bloom]

Where I live I would say that Singh is the most common surname cause a lot of Sikh males have the last name Singh. And even though we have large groups of Europeans and East Asians, the frequency of last names is more diverse in those groups while the frequency of last names for Sikh Males is less variegated if you are going to tabulate names by population clusters.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Jones (among white Americans), Brown (among black Americans), Lopez & Gonzalez (among Hispanics), Park & Reyes (among Far East Asians) and Nelson (among European immigrants) are what I hear of the most in my neighborhood & neighboring communities.

[Kaneki05]

Well it's not English so it's not that common in England but kinda is.
It's Irish and the most common surname there aka Murphy.
Then due to the fact America has a lot more people, America actually has more Murphy's than Ireland to say it's not as common as Ireland.

[bolverk]

The Top Ten Surnames in Cumberland/Cumbria are;
• 1 Wilson 5,083
• 2 Smith 4,920
• 3 Graham 3,739
• 4 Bell 3,698
• 5 Thompson 3,605
• 6 Brown 3,315
• 7 Robinson 3,270
• 8 Jackson 3,006
• 9 Taylor 3,001
• 10 Hodgson 2,758

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[DryGermanGuy]

Müller
Maier
Schmidt
(all professions, of course)

[purplepoppy]

Müller is also a popular yogurt brand in the UK

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I should add that some french slang uses "Schmidt" as a name for cops lol. Most probably originating from history we all know about

[NathanDavis]

Müller is the less popular surname in Brazil... Klose second, as well...

[FreyaRed]

Ironically I don't know any Wiśniewski personally, maybe that map is BS

[NathanDavis]

definitely García territory, yes...

[Lliam]

Smith is the most common name in the U. S. Apparently Garcia is the most common name in California where I live.

[Bilboes]

I was born in Sweden, and the most common surnames here are usually Andersson, Johansson and Nilsson..

[Potteplante]

Something sen - probably Nielsen, Jensen or something like that. I know plenty of sens. 😅

[mandyfire98]

I've met so many people with the last name Johnson lol.

[LiamJHayden]

Lee is pretty common here, even moreso when we add in the variants like Le, Li, Ly, and Leigh.

[Twalli]

17 with the last name Smith, granted if I know a family of 6, that's 6 people. Only about 6 families with the last name.

[Wiredone]

Smith, Jones and brown and all very common where I live

[Babygirl_S]

Singh and Sharma are very common in Northern India.

[renodnol32]

Sharma is the most common surname in india isn't it?

[Babygirl_S]

Yes, it is.

[Surely]

My heritage is Scottish. So yes, my name is on the list!

[Anonymous]

I have a common surname, smith. I don't meet many people with my surname actually but when I'm dealing with doctors etc. they have to confirm who I am with my birthday.

[RavVid]

It is Ng. They pushed Smiths out of top place quite a while back.

[Jennz6]

Smith and Jones

[RedInnocent69]

It’s bloody awful. Renders the phone book useless

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[Catguy92]

The last name is Lee

[Iron_Man]

Its common purple poppy

[DtMe89]

Smith

[MrGSpotHer]

Not that common