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Just for fun, here are firstly the top current 100 English + Welsh surnames, then Scottish ... anyone recognize their own name? Mine's Scottish, so doesn't appear in English/Welsh lists but makes top 70 north of border!
Any surprises in the lists? - Names not where you expected to find them, or some non-inclusion?
I've also included major European countries, as you'll surely recognize some sporting personality names, politicians etc.
Enjoy ...
TOP 100 COMMON ENGLISH (+ WELSH) SURNAMES
1. SMITH 51. MITCHELL
2. JONES 52. KELLY
3. WILLIAMS 53. COOK
4. TAYLOR 54. CARTER
5. BROWN 55. RICHARDSON
6. DAVIES 56. BAILEY
7. EVANS 57. COLLINS
8. WILSON 58. BELL
9. THOMAS 59. SHAW
10. JOHNSON 60. MURPHY
11. ROBERTS 61. MILLER
12. ROBINSON 62. COX
13. THOMPSON 63. RICHARDS
14. WRIGHT 64. KHAN
15. WALKER 65. MARSHALL
16. WHITE 66. ANDERSON
17. EDWARDS 67. SIMPSON
18. HUGHES 68. ELLIS
19. GREEN 69. ADAMS
20. HALL 70. SINGH
21. LEWIS 71. BEGUM
22. HARRIS 72. WILKINSON
23. CLARKE 73. FOSTER
24. PATEL 74. CHAPMAN
25. JACKSON 75. POWELL
26. WOOD 76. WEBB
27. TURNER 77. ROGERS
28. MARTIN 78. GRAY
29. COOPER 79. MASON
30. HILL 80. ALI
31. WARD 81. HUNT
32. MORRIS 82. HUSSAIN
33. MOORE 83. CAMPBELL
34. CLARK 84. MATTHEWS
35. LEE 85. OWEN
36. KING 86. PALMER
37. BAKER 87. HOLMES
38. HARRISON 88. MILLS
39. MORGAN 89. BARNES
40. ALLEN 90. KNIGHT
41. JAMES 91. LLOYD
42. SCOTT 92. BUTLER
43. PHILLIPS 93. RUSSELL
44. WATSON 94. BARKER
45. DAVIS 95. FISHER
46. PARKER 96. STEVENS
47. PRICE 97. JENKINS
48. BENNETT 98. MURRAY
49. YOUNG 99. DIXON
50. GRIFFITHS 100. HARVEY
TOP 100 COMMON SCOTTISH SURNAMES
1. SMITH 51. MARSHALL
2. BROWN 52. STEVENSON
3. WILSON 53. WOOD
4. THOMSON 54. SUTHERLAND
5. ROBERTSON 55. CRAIG
6. CAMPBELL 56. WRIGHT
7. STEWART 57. MCKENZIE
8. ANDERSON 58. KENNEDY
9. MACDONALD 59. JONES
10. SCOTT 60. BURNS
11. REID 61. WHITE
12. MURRAY 62. MUIR
13. TAYLOR 63. MURPHY
14. CLARK 64. JOHNSTONE
15. MITCHELL 65. HUGHES
16. ROSS 66. WATT
17. WALKER 67. MCMILLAN
18. PATERSON 68. MCINTOSH
19. YOUNG 69. MILNE
20. WATSON 70. MUNRO
21. MORRISON 71. RITCHIE
22. MILLER 72. DICKSON
23. FRASER 73. BRUCE
24. DAVIDSON 74. KING
25. GRAY 75. CRAWFORD
26. MCDONALD 76. DOCHERTY
27. HENDERSON 77. MILLAR
28. JOHNSTON 78. CUNNINGHAM
29. HAMILTON 79. SINCLAIR
30. GRAHAM 80. WILLIAMSON
31. KERR 81. HILL
32. SIMPSON 82. MCGREGOR
33. MARTIN 83. MCKAY
34. FERGUSON 84. BOYLE
35. CAMERON 85. SHAW
36. DUNCAN 86. FLEMING
37. HUNTER 87. MOORE
38. KELLY 88. CHRISTIE
39. BELL 89. DOUGLAS
40. GRANT 90. DONALDSON
41. MACKENZIE 91. ANDERSON
42. MACKAY 92. MACLEAN
43. ALLAN 93. FORBES
44. BLACK 94. MCINTYRE
45. MACLEOD 95. FINDLAY
46. MCLEAN 96. JAMIESON
47. RUSSELL 97. AITKEN
48. GIBSON 98. REILLY
49. WALLACE 99. THOMPSON
50. GORDON 100. HAY
FRANCE - TOP 25
1. MARTIN
2. BERNARD
3. THOMAS
4. PETIT
5. DURAND
6. RICHARD
7. MOREAU
8. DUBOIS
9. ROBERT
10. LAURENT
11. SIMON
12. MICHEL
13. LEROY
14. GARCIA
15. LEFÈBVRE
16. ROUX
17. DAVID
18. BERTRAND
19. FOURNIER
20. GIRARD
21. BONNET
22. MOREL
23. ROUSSEAU
24. LAMBERT
25. BLANC
GERMANY - TOP 50
1. MÜLLER 26. LANGE
2. SCHMIDT 27. SCHMITT
3. SCHNEIDER 28. WERNER
4. FISCHER 29. KRAUSE
5. MEYER 30. MEIER
6. WEBER 31. SCHMID
7. WAGNER 32. LEHMANN
8. BECKER 33. SCHULZE
9. SCHULZE 34. MAIER
10. HOFFMANN 35. KÖHLER
11. SCHÄFER 36. HERRMANN
12. KOCH 37. WALTER
13. BAUER 38. KÖRTIG
14. RICHTER 39. MAYER
15. KLEIN 40. HUBER
16. SCHRÖDER 41. KAISER
17. WOLF 42. FUCHS
18. NEUMANN 43. PETERS
19. SCHWARZ 44. MÖLLER
20. ZIMMERMANN 45. SCHOLZ
21. KRÜGER 46. LANG
22. BRAUN 47. WEIß
23. HOFMANN 48. JUNG
24. SCHMITZ 49. HAHN
25. HARTMANN 50. VOGEL
ITALY - TOP 20
1.Rossi
2.Russo
3.Ferrari
4.Esposito
5.Bianchi
6.Romano
7.Colombo
8.Ricci
9.Marino
10.Greco
11.Bruno
12.Gallo
13.Conti
14.De Luca
15.Costa
16.Giordano
17.Mancini
18.Rizzo
19.Lombardi
20.Moretti
SPAIN – TOP 40
García – 1.378.000 personas (3,48%)
Fernández – 851.000 (2,15%)
González – 839.000 (2,12%)
Rodríguez – 804.000 (2,03%)
López – 796.000 (2,01%)
Martínez – 788.000 (1,97%)
Sánchez – 725.000 (1,83%)
Pérez – 709.000 (1,79%)
Martín – 459.000 (1,16%)
Gómez – 440.000 (1,11%)
Ruiz – 321.000 (0,81%)
Hernández – 305.000 (0,77%)
Jiménez – 293.000 (0,74%)
Díez – 293.000 (0,74%)
Álvarez – 273.000 (0,69%)
Moreno – 261.000 (0,66%)
Muñoz – 241.000 (0,61%)
Alonso – 206.000 (0,52%)
Gutiérrez – 170.000 (0,43%)
Romero – 170.000 (0,43%)
Navarro – 158.400 (0,40%)
Torres – 134.600 (0,34%)
Domínguez – 134.600 (0,34%)
Gil – 134.600 (0,34%)
Vázquez – 130.000 (0,33%)
Serrano – 122.700 (0,31%)
Ramos – 118.000 (0,30%)
Blanco – 118.000 (0,30%)
Sanz – 106.900 (0,27%)
Castro – 102.900 (0,26%)
Suárez – 102.900 (0,26%)
Ortega – 99.000 (0,25%)
Valero – 99.000 (0,25%)
Molina – 99.000 (0,25%)
Delgado – 95.000 (0,24%)
Ramírez – 95.000 (0,24%)
Morales – 95.000 (0,24%)
Ortiz – 87.120 (0,22%)
Marín – 83.160 (0,21%)
Iglesias – 83.160 (0,21%)
Sources:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/a/english.htm
http://www.sineljefe.com/apellidos-mas-comunes-en-espana
Any surprises in the lists? - Names not where you expected to find them, or some non-inclusion?
I've also included major European countries, as you'll surely recognize some sporting personality names, politicians etc.
Enjoy ...
TOP 100 COMMON ENGLISH (+ WELSH) SURNAMES
1. SMITH 51. MITCHELL
2. JONES 52. KELLY
3. WILLIAMS 53. COOK
4. TAYLOR 54. CARTER
5. BROWN 55. RICHARDSON
6. DAVIES 56. BAILEY
7. EVANS 57. COLLINS
8. WILSON 58. BELL
9. THOMAS 59. SHAW
10. JOHNSON 60. MURPHY
11. ROBERTS 61. MILLER
12. ROBINSON 62. COX
13. THOMPSON 63. RICHARDS
14. WRIGHT 64. KHAN
15. WALKER 65. MARSHALL
16. WHITE 66. ANDERSON
17. EDWARDS 67. SIMPSON
18. HUGHES 68. ELLIS
19. GREEN 69. ADAMS
20. HALL 70. SINGH
21. LEWIS 71. BEGUM
22. HARRIS 72. WILKINSON
23. CLARKE 73. FOSTER
24. PATEL 74. CHAPMAN
25. JACKSON 75. POWELL
26. WOOD 76. WEBB
27. TURNER 77. ROGERS
28. MARTIN 78. GRAY
29. COOPER 79. MASON
30. HILL 80. ALI
31. WARD 81. HUNT
32. MORRIS 82. HUSSAIN
33. MOORE 83. CAMPBELL
34. CLARK 84. MATTHEWS
35. LEE 85. OWEN
36. KING 86. PALMER
37. BAKER 87. HOLMES
38. HARRISON 88. MILLS
39. MORGAN 89. BARNES
40. ALLEN 90. KNIGHT
41. JAMES 91. LLOYD
42. SCOTT 92. BUTLER
43. PHILLIPS 93. RUSSELL
44. WATSON 94. BARKER
45. DAVIS 95. FISHER
46. PARKER 96. STEVENS
47. PRICE 97. JENKINS
48. BENNETT 98. MURRAY
49. YOUNG 99. DIXON
50. GRIFFITHS 100. HARVEY
TOP 100 COMMON SCOTTISH SURNAMES
1. SMITH 51. MARSHALL
2. BROWN 52. STEVENSON
3. WILSON 53. WOOD
4. THOMSON 54. SUTHERLAND
5. ROBERTSON 55. CRAIG
6. CAMPBELL 56. WRIGHT
7. STEWART 57. MCKENZIE
8. ANDERSON 58. KENNEDY
9. MACDONALD 59. JONES
10. SCOTT 60. BURNS
11. REID 61. WHITE
12. MURRAY 62. MUIR
13. TAYLOR 63. MURPHY
14. CLARK 64. JOHNSTONE
15. MITCHELL 65. HUGHES
16. ROSS 66. WATT
17. WALKER 67. MCMILLAN
18. PATERSON 68. MCINTOSH
19. YOUNG 69. MILNE
20. WATSON 70. MUNRO
21. MORRISON 71. RITCHIE
22. MILLER 72. DICKSON
23. FRASER 73. BRUCE
24. DAVIDSON 74. KING
25. GRAY 75. CRAWFORD
26. MCDONALD 76. DOCHERTY
27. HENDERSON 77. MILLAR
28. JOHNSTON 78. CUNNINGHAM
29. HAMILTON 79. SINCLAIR
30. GRAHAM 80. WILLIAMSON
31. KERR 81. HILL
32. SIMPSON 82. MCGREGOR
33. MARTIN 83. MCKAY
34. FERGUSON 84. BOYLE
35. CAMERON 85. SHAW
36. DUNCAN 86. FLEMING
37. HUNTER 87. MOORE
38. KELLY 88. CHRISTIE
39. BELL 89. DOUGLAS
40. GRANT 90. DONALDSON
41. MACKENZIE 91. ANDERSON
42. MACKAY 92. MACLEAN
43. ALLAN 93. FORBES
44. BLACK 94. MCINTYRE
45. MACLEOD 95. FINDLAY
46. MCLEAN 96. JAMIESON
47. RUSSELL 97. AITKEN
48. GIBSON 98. REILLY
49. WALLACE 99. THOMPSON
50. GORDON 100. HAY
FRANCE - TOP 25
1. MARTIN
2. BERNARD
3. THOMAS
4. PETIT
5. DURAND
6. RICHARD
7. MOREAU
8. DUBOIS
9. ROBERT
10. LAURENT
11. SIMON
12. MICHEL
13. LEROY
14. GARCIA
15. LEFÈBVRE
16. ROUX
17. DAVID
18. BERTRAND
19. FOURNIER
20. GIRARD
21. BONNET
22. MOREL
23. ROUSSEAU
24. LAMBERT
25. BLANC
GERMANY - TOP 50
1. MÜLLER 26. LANGE
2. SCHMIDT 27. SCHMITT
3. SCHNEIDER 28. WERNER
4. FISCHER 29. KRAUSE
5. MEYER 30. MEIER
6. WEBER 31. SCHMID
7. WAGNER 32. LEHMANN
8. BECKER 33. SCHULZE
9. SCHULZE 34. MAIER
10. HOFFMANN 35. KÖHLER
11. SCHÄFER 36. HERRMANN
12. KOCH 37. WALTER
13. BAUER 38. KÖRTIG
14. RICHTER 39. MAYER
15. KLEIN 40. HUBER
16. SCHRÖDER 41. KAISER
17. WOLF 42. FUCHS
18. NEUMANN 43. PETERS
19. SCHWARZ 44. MÖLLER
20. ZIMMERMANN 45. SCHOLZ
21. KRÜGER 46. LANG
22. BRAUN 47. WEIß
23. HOFMANN 48. JUNG
24. SCHMITZ 49. HAHN
25. HARTMANN 50. VOGEL
ITALY - TOP 20
1.Rossi
2.Russo
3.Ferrari
4.Esposito
5.Bianchi
6.Romano
7.Colombo
8.Ricci
9.Marino
10.Greco
11.Bruno
12.Gallo
13.Conti
14.De Luca
15.Costa
16.Giordano
17.Mancini
18.Rizzo
19.Lombardi
20.Moretti
SPAIN – TOP 40
García – 1.378.000 personas (3,48%)
Fernández – 851.000 (2,15%)
González – 839.000 (2,12%)
Rodríguez – 804.000 (2,03%)
López – 796.000 (2,01%)
Martínez – 788.000 (1,97%)
Sánchez – 725.000 (1,83%)
Pérez – 709.000 (1,79%)
Martín – 459.000 (1,16%)
Gómez – 440.000 (1,11%)
Ruiz – 321.000 (0,81%)
Hernández – 305.000 (0,77%)
Jiménez – 293.000 (0,74%)
Díez – 293.000 (0,74%)
Álvarez – 273.000 (0,69%)
Moreno – 261.000 (0,66%)
Muñoz – 241.000 (0,61%)
Alonso – 206.000 (0,52%)
Gutiérrez – 170.000 (0,43%)
Romero – 170.000 (0,43%)
Navarro – 158.400 (0,40%)
Torres – 134.600 (0,34%)
Domínguez – 134.600 (0,34%)
Gil – 134.600 (0,34%)
Vázquez – 130.000 (0,33%)
Serrano – 122.700 (0,31%)
Ramos – 118.000 (0,30%)
Blanco – 118.000 (0,30%)
Sanz – 106.900 (0,27%)
Castro – 102.900 (0,26%)
Suárez – 102.900 (0,26%)
Ortega – 99.000 (0,25%)
Valero – 99.000 (0,25%)
Molina – 99.000 (0,25%)
Delgado – 95.000 (0,24%)
Ramírez – 95.000 (0,24%)
Morales – 95.000 (0,24%)
Ortiz – 87.120 (0,22%)
Marín – 83.160 (0,21%)
Iglesias – 83.160 (0,21%)
Sources:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/a/english.htm
http://www.sineljefe.com/apellidos-mas-comunes-en-espana