The 10 Most Common Last Names on Earth October 2nd, 2012

1. Lee - Over 100 million people worldwide

This is the most common surname in the world, with about 7.9 percent of Chinese people being lucky owners. There are different varieties of this surname - Li, Lee and even Ly, it all depends on the region where the person lives.

Pictured is Bruce Lee, the legendary film actor, master of martial arts.

2. Zhang - more than 100 million people

Zhang is another of the most common Chinese surnames. In 1990, it was recognized as the most common in the world and entered the Guinness Book of Records. This surname has been used in China for many thousands of years. Pictured is Zhang Yining playing table tennis.

3. Wang - more than 93 million people

The population of China exceeds 1 billion people, it is not surprising that Chinese surnames are the most common in the world. Wang is one of the most used surnames in China with 93 million people. In translation, it literally means - "monarch", "king". This surname is also commonly used in Korea, Vietnam, and even Japan. Pictured is Wang Chen Ming, a baseball player.

4. Nguyen - more than 36 million people

Nguyen is the most common Vietnamese surname. About 40% of the people of Vietnam are its carriers. This surname is also common outside of Vietnam in those countries where the Vietnamese emigrate. For example, this surname is in 54th place in France. In the US, it is in 57th place. Pictured is Kyunh Nguyen, a pianist.

5. Garcia - more than 10 million people

The surname Garcia is distributed all over the world - in North and South America, the Philippines, Spain. The surname, most likely, is of Basque origin, meaning "young", "younger". About 3.3% of Spaniards are Garcias, the second most common surname in Cuba, and in Mexico 4.1 million people are Garcias. Pictured is Pablo Marcano Garcia, an artist from Puerto Rico.

6. Gonzalez - more than 10 million people

Gonzalez is a surname of Spanish origin. This is the second surname after Garcia in Spain. It is also popular in Latin America, in countries such as Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay. Pictured is Sheila Gonzalez, saxophonist from the USA.

7. Hernandez - over 8 million people

The surname Hernandez has both Spanish and Portuguese roots. It is used in Mexico, USA, Chile, Spain, Cuba and several other countries. In translation, it means "son of Hernan." Pictured is Peter Hernandez, singer.

8. Smith - over 4 million people

Smith is an English surname most common in the UK, Australia and the United States, Canada and Ireland. The origin of the surname is connected with blacksmithing, it was blacksmiths who were called Smiths in the old days. Pictured is Adrian Smith, an American architect who designed many skyscrapers, including the famous Burj Khalifa and Trump Tower.

9. Smirnov - more than 2.5 million people

Contrary to popular belief, the most common Russian surname is not Ivanov, and certainly not Kuznetsov. More than 2.5 million people around the world bear the surname Smirnov. The origin of the surname is probably connected with the word "Smirny". Pictured is Stanislav Smirnov, mathematician.

10. Mueller - over a million people

The German surname Müller is the most common in Germany and Switzerland, as well as in Austria and a number of other neighboring countries. It means "miller" in German. Pictured is Patrick Müller, a football player from Switzerland.

What are the most common surnames in Russia and the USA? Do you think these are Ivanov and Johnson (John is the English version of the name Ivan), respectively? This is not entirely true, although they take prizes in a kind of ranking.

Top 20 most common surnames in Russia

1. Smirnov
2. Ivanov
3. Kuznetsov
4. Sokolov
5. Popov
6. Lebedev
7. Kozlov
8. Novikov
9. Morozov
10. Petrov
11. Volkov
12. Solovyov
13. Vasiliev
14. Zaitsev
15. Pavlov
16. Semyonov
17. Golubev
18. Vinogradov
19. Bogdanov
20. Sparrows

As you can see, the surname Smirnov is the first on the list, the surname Ivanov will take the second line of the list, and the third place belongs to the surname Kuznetsov.

Consider now a list of the most common surnames in America. Our rating there is as follows:

Top 20 most common surnames in the US

1. Smith (Smith)
2. Johnson (Johnson)
3. Williams (Williams)
4. Jones (Jones)
5. Brown (Brown)
6. Davis (Davis)
7. Miller (Miller)
8. Wilson (Wilson)
9. Moore (Moore)
10. Taylor (Taylor)
11. Anderson (Anderson)
12. Thomas (Thomas)
13. Jackson (Jackson)
14. White (White)
15. Harris (Harris)
16. Martin (Martin)
17. Thompson (Thompson)
18. Garcia (Garcia)
19. Martinez (Martinez)
20 Robinson

As you can see, both of these lists have similar champions. The American Smith (1) has the Russian counterpart Kuznetsov (3), and the Johnson-Ivan pair is in second place both there and there. Interestingly, purely Latin American realities have already crept into the American top - Garcia and Martinez. Surnames like Petrosyan or Mammadov have not yet been included in our top :)

Qual e o seu nome? What is your name? If you ask this question in, then the answer to it can tell a lot about the origin of the Brazilian. For more than 3 centuries this country was a colony of Portugal (1500-1822). It is for this reason that Portugal has had a huge impact on the formation of Brazilian culture, incl. to names. And the official language in Brazil is Portuguese (albeit with a sharp local dialect).

However, it should be borne in mind that immigration, officially fixed in 1808, has always played an important role in the formation of the population. Since that time, foreigners have been legally allowed to acquire land as property. Brazilians are a nation formed as a result of a long contact of the 3 main earthly races. 3 colors were mixed on the local palette: white - the Portuguese and immigrants from Europe, black - African blacks imported to work on plantations, and yellow - the local Indian population.

A huge number of emigrants from all over the world led to an impressive variety of names. That is why modern local names have not only Portuguese roots, but also other European, African, Jewish, Japanese and even Slavic ones.

How are Brazilian given names and surnames constructed?

Brazilian names, as a rule, consist of a simple or compound (from 2 names) personal name, as well as two or three surnames, less often one or even four. The number of surnames is determined at the request of the parents of the child.

Let's imagine that Jose Santos Almeida(Jose Santos Almeida - father) and Maria Abreu Melo(Maria Abreu Melo - mother) a daughter was born, who was named Joanna Gabriela(Joana Gabriela). In this case, her full official name can be indicated by several options:

• Joanna Gabriela Melo Almeida(classic: compound name and surname of the mother + surname of the father);
• Joana Gabriela Abreu Melo Almeida(2 surnames from mother, 1 from father);
• Joana Gabriela Abreu Santos Almeida(1 surname from mother, 2 from father);
• Joanna Gabriela Almeida(last surname of father);
• Joana Gabriela Abreu Melo Santos Almeida(conservative Portuguese version: 2 surnames from each parent).

At the same time, for practicality in everyday life, all the “insides” are usually removed and only the first name and last surname are used in circulation - Joana Almeida.

Also in Brazilian names, particles such as da, das, do, dos, de are often used. All these particles can be translated as "from" or "from", i.e. they answer the question of where the origin of the genus begins. Moreover, it does not have to be the name of a locality, city or region. It can also be the name of a slave owner who once owned the founders of a particular family. For example, (in shortened versions): Joana do Rosário, Maria da Cunha, José das Neves, Ronaldo Souza dos Santos, etc.

Portuguese conservatism and Brazilian "apathy"

The conservative government of Portugal over the past 3 centuries carefully monitors the registration of the names of Portuguese newborns. Their legislation even has a separate article defining the list of standards for spelling names. Based on this list, for example, parents cannot name the boy Thomas or Tomas - only Tomás. Or you can not call the girl Theresa - exclusively Tereza. Moreover, each traditional Portuguese name has some meaning, mainly of a Catholic interpretation.

In Brazil, names are treated much more simply than in the former metropolis. Unlike Portugal, in Brazil there can be only one surname - the paternal one, and the child can be named as you like: Tereza, Thereza, Teresa, etc. This simple-minded nation was formed by emigrants, it was this factor that influenced the fact that Brazilian names can be very diverse: unusual, exotic, foreign, and often just whipped up. Basically, such names like to be given by representatives of the poorest stratum of the population - local residents.

Aliases

It often happens that Brazilian children have the same names as their parents, but with some diminutive endings, such as -inha, -inho, -zinho, -zito, etc. For example, Teresa's daughter (Teresa) becomes Teresinha (Teresinha, translated as "little Teresa"), Carlos (Carlos) becomes Carlinhos (Carlinhos), and Joan (João) becomes Joazinho (Joãozinho), etc. A vivid example: Ronaldinho is the son of Ronaldo. Also, boys are often simply credited with the ending Junior (Junior), for example, the son of Neymar is Neymar Junior.

Brazilians also like to take pseudonyms for themselves, which are usually formed by the usual contraction (Beatrice - Bea, Manuel - Manu, Frederico - Fredo, etc.) or double repetition of one of the syllables in the name. Thus Leonor turns into Nonô, José into Zezé, Joana into Nana, Ricardo into Kaká or Dudu, etc. P. A combination of abbreviation and addition of a suffix is ​​also possible (for example, Leco by Leonardo).

The son of Kaka, in turn, may be called Kakinho, the son of Zeze - Zezinho, etc.

Popular Brazilian names

Below is a list of the most popular names in 2018. The ranking was compiled from 362.8 thousand names of children born in Brazil during 2018.

	Women's	Men's
1	Alice	Miguel
2	Sophia	Arthur
3	Helena	Bernardo
4	Valentina	Heitor
5	Laura	Davi
6	Isabella	Lorenzo
7	Manuela	Theo
8	Julia	Pedro
9	Heloisa	Gabriel
10	Luiza	enzo
11	Maria Louise	Matheus
12	Lorena	Lucas
13	Livia	Benjamin
14	Giovanna	Nicholas
15	Maria Eduarda	Guilherme
16	Beatriz	Raphael
17	Maria Clara	Joaquim
18	Cecilia	Samuel
19	Eloa	Enzo Gabriel
20	Lara	João Miguel
21	Maria Julia	Henrique
22	Isadora	Gustavo
23	Mariana	Murilo
24	Emanuelly	Pero Henrique
25	Ana Julia	Pietro
26	Ana Luiza	Lucca
27	Ana Clara	Felipe
28	Melissa	Joao Pedro
29	Yasmin	Isaac
30	Maria Alice	Benicio
31	Isabelly	Daniel
32	Lavinia	Anthony
33	Esther	Leonardo
34	Sarah	Davi Lucca
35	Elisa	Bryan
36	Antonella	Eduardo
37	Rafaela	João Lucas
38	Maria Cecilia	Victor
39	Liz	João
40	Marina	Cauã
41	Nicole	Antonio
42	Maitek	Vicente
43	Isis	Caleb
44	Alicia	Gael
45	Luna	Bento
46	Rebecca	Caio
47	Agatha	Emanuel
48	Leticia	Vinicius
49	Maria	João Guilherme
50	Gabriella	Davi Lucas
51	Ana Laura	noah
52	Catarina	João Gabriel
53	Clara	Joao Victor
54	Ana Beatriz	Louis Miguel
55	Vitoria	Francisco
56	Olivia	Kaique
57	Maria Fernando	Otavio
58	Emily	Augusto
59	Maria Valentina	Levi
60	Milena	Yuri
61	Maria Helena	Enrico
62	Bianca	Thiago
63	Larissa	Ian
64	Mirella	Victor Hugo
65	Maria Flor	Thomas
66	Allana	Henry
67	Ana Sophia	Louis Felipe
68	Clarice	Ryan
69	Pietra	Arthur Miguel
70	Maria Vitoria	Davi Louis
71	Maya	Nathan
72	Lais	Pedro Lucas
73	Ayla	David Miguel
74	Ana Livia	Raul
75	Eduarda	Pedro Miguel
76	Mariah	Louis Henrique
77	Stella	Luan
78	Ana	Erick
79	Gabrielly	Martin
80	Sophie	Bruno
81	Carolina	Rodrigo
82	Maria Laura	Luiz Gustavo
83	Maria Heloisa	Arthur Miguel
84	Maria Sofia	Breno
85	Fernanda	Kauq
86	Malu	Enzo Miguel
87	Analu	Fernando
88	Amanda	Arthur Henrique
89	Aurora	Luiz Otavio
90	Maria Isis	Carlos Eduardo
91	Louise	Tomas
92	Heloise	Lucas Gabriel
93	Ana Vitoria	Andre
94	Ana Cecilia	Jose
95	Ana Liz	Yago
96	Joanna	Danilo
97	Luana	Anthony Gabriel
98	Antonia	Ruan
99	Isabel	Miguel Henrique
100	Bruna	Oliver

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Asked, among other things, the question:
"Why do Russians have massively occurring surnames (Ivanov, Smirnov), the British (Smith-Brown), the Germans (Schwartz-Muller), the Welsh (Jones), the Irish (Murphy-Donovan), the Sikhs (Singh) , the Senegalese even have it, the Romanians and the Hungarians, but the French don't? Two Lemieux, two Dumas and three Rousseau - are these numbers? Where are millions of Renards and Ferrier - they are not. "

and I've been thinking, I'm probably right, klopk ..and says it, it seems to menot only and not so much, as Gavagai believes, that the French are less well-known, but about something else .. perhaps, and about the strong ethno-cultural autonomy of the French provinces..

however, there is still a clear, unconditional leader .. the most common surname in France is martin (Martin), and it leads by a wide margin - 235,846 people .. it is most common in the south (Provence, Alps, Rhone Valley) .. although the open-hearths are leaders in Paris ..

behind the open-hearths is quite dense:
2. bernard (Bernard, mainly in the south, Gironde, Rhone Valley) - 105 132
3. dubois (dubois, or groves in our opinion, is most common, as you might guess, in the north and in central France) - 95,998
4thomas - 95 387
5. robert - 91 393
6. richard (richard, "bogachev", most common in eastern France) - 90,689
7. petit (petit, apparently the equivalent of Maltsev?) 88 318
8. durand (durand, in second place in Paris, I find it difficult to find an equivalent) - 84 252
9. leroy (Leroy, "queens", common in the northern departments) - 78,868
10. moreau (Moreau, West France, Brittany, Charente, Loire Valley, I think they are "relatives" of Spanish morales) - 78,177

I’m curious, however, why are the Kuznetsovs in France, that is, Lefevres and Forges, far from the most common surnames .. Lefebvre, however, in 13th place (74,564 people) ..

it is clear that surnames derived from the names of professions are probably less common everywhere than those formed from names, but the Kuznetsov-Smiths seem to be clear leaders among Europeans .. in Russia, however, there are a lot of surnames formed from the names of animals, all sorts of falcons, orolovs, lebedevs, wolves, hares, mosquitoes ..
in France, the most common surname derived from the name of animals is renard, "lisitsyn" .. distant 83rd place, 31,646 people .. and unexpectedly few "rooster" - lecocq (9788 people), cocq (less than a thousand), le cocq ( several hundred), cocteau (these are 126 people at all) ..

of the surnames formed from the names of professions, fournier (Fournier, Pechkin and Pechnikov) are unexpectedly leading in France - 20th place, 57,047 people .. I thought that the Marchans, merchants, and they are in 60th place, 35,001 people ..
in 25th place - mercier, haberdasher .. we don’t have such, we somehow traded more and more bread and butter ..
"Melnikovs" - meunier - in 46th place, 35,741 people ..
"carpenters" - charpentier - in 134th place - 22,708 people ..

and now, it's funny: in the twentieth century, the surname absinthe (absinthe) finally disappeared in France ..
alas, on the verge of extinction are such wonderful surnames as Trintignan, Lancelotti and Dazu.
because the disappearance of surnames in France is largely due to the fact that girls, by law, cannot keep their maiden name when they marry, and children must take their father's surname ..

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French surnames

French surnames

List of famous french surnames.

The first French surnames appeared among representatives of high French society. Later, in 1539, a royal decree was issued, according to which, for each inhabitant of France, his family name, that is, his surname, was assigned.

As surnames, the French, like other peoples, used personal names, nicknames and derivatives of names and nicknames.

According to the royal decree, surnames were to be inherited and recorded in parish books. This royal decree of 1539 is considered the official beginning of the emergence of French surnames. Aristocrats used the preposition de before the surname.

At first, under French law, a child could only bear the father's surname, and the mother's surname could only be given to a child if the father was unknown. Now French law allows parents to decide for themselves whose surname the child will have - the surname of the father or the surname of the mother. Also used double french surnames, which are written with a hyphen.

At the moment, the following titles are placed before the use of French names and surnames:

Mademoiselle (mademoiselle) - an appeal to an unmarried woman, a girl.

Madame (madame) - an appeal to a married, divorced or widowed woman. The plural is Mesdames ("honey").

Monsieur (monsieur) - an appeal to a man.

Like all words in French, surnames have fixed stress at the end of a word.

French surnames (list)

adan

Alain

Azule

Alkan

Amalric

Anglade

Anen

Arbogast

Arias

Arno

Harcourt

Attal

Bazin

Baio

Bastien

Bayle

Benard

Benoit

Bertlein

Blanchard

Bonnard

Bonnier

Bosset

Beauchamp

Brossard

boisselier

Boulanger

Bugeaud

Valois

Vaillant

Weber

Venua

viardot

Vilar

Villaret

Vidal

Villeret

Vienne

Gaben

Gallon

Galliano

Garrel

Guerin

Gobert

Godard

Gauthier

Grosso

Not at all

Debussy

deco

delage

Delaunay

Delmas

Demarais

Deneuve

Depardieu

Defosse

Dieudonné

dubois

Ducret

Dumage

Dupre

Duplessis

Jacquard

Jamet

jarre

jonsiere

Julien

Iber

Cavelier

Camber

Campo

katel

Catuaur

Keratri

Clement

Collo

Korro

Crespin

Kuapel

Curie

Laboulet

Lavello

Lavoine

Lacombe

Lambert

Lafar

Levasseur

Legrand

Ledoux

Lemaitre

Lepage

Lefebvre

Loconte

Lurie

Lully

Manodu

Martin

Morel

Mare

Maren

Marmontel

Marceau

Martini

Marouani

marshal

Marchand

Matia

Merlin

Mero

Meriel

Message

Messiaen

Millau

monsigny

Monty

Moriah

moss

Muke

Murai

Monsoon

Navarre

Necessary

Naseri

Niva

Noiret

noir

Newburger

Aubin

Ober

Ob

Omon

Parisot

Pascal

Pesson

Perrin

petit

Picard

planel

Prezhan

Ravel

Ramo

Rebel

ribs

Reverdy

Revial

Reason

Richard

Rouge

Rousse

Roussel

Savar

Seigner

Cerro

Sigal

Simon

Sokal

Sorel

Surkuf

Typher

Taffanel

Tom

Tomasi

Tortellier

Trintignant

Trial

Truffaut

Tournier

Tiersen

Ouvrard

Farsi

Philip

Francois

Frey

Fresson

Freel

Foucault

Chabrol

Sharby

Chaplain

Charlemagne

Chatillon

Shero

Ersan

Erran

Etex

The most common French surnames

Andre (Andre)

Bernard (Bernard)

Bertrand (Bertrand)

Bonnet

Vincent (Vincent)

Dubois (Dubois)

DuPont

Durand (Duran)

Girard (Girard)

Lambert (Lambert)

Leroy

Laurent (Laurent)

Lefebvre (Lefevre)

Martin (Martin)

Martinez (Martinez)

Mercier (Mercier)

Michel (Michelle)

Morel (Morel)

Moreau (Moro)

Petit (Petit)

Robert)

Richard (Richard)

Roux (Ru)

Simon (Simon)

Thomas)

Francois (Francois)

Fournier (Fournier)

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