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This is a list of the most common surnames in Europe.

Contents

Albania

See also: Albanian name

Austria

The forty most common surnames in Austria as published in 2006 are shown below beside the approximate percentage of the Austrian population sharing each surname.1

Rank Name Approximate percentage
1 Gruber 0.3991
2 Huber 0.3873
3 Bauer 0.3373
4 Wagner 0.3100
5 Müller 0.3012
6 Pichler 0.2753
7 Steiner 0.2713
8 Moser 0.2674
9 Mayer 0.2653
10 Hofer 0.2479
11 Leitner 0.2429
12 Berger 0.2383
13 Fuchs 0.2250
14 Eder 0.2144
15 Fischer 0.2141
16 Schmid 0.2115
17 Winkler 0.2015
18 Weber 0.1995
19 Schwarz 0.1961
20 Maier 0.1946
21 Schneider 0.1915
22 Reiter 0.1790
23 Mayr 0.1751
24 Schmidt 0.1740
25 Wimmer 0.1628
26 Egger 0.1610
27 Brunner 0.1602
28 Lang 0.1599
29 Baumgartner 0.1586
30 Auer 0.1555
31 Binder 0.1458
32 Lechner 0.1435
33 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 0.1168

Belgium

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 histories are reflected in differing commonalities of surnames, as shown in the table below. (Data from January 1, 2008; total population: 10,666,866)23

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Most common Bosnian and Herzegovinan surnames for the Bosniak population.


Most common surnames for the Serbian population of Bosnia and Herzegovina:4

  1. Kovačević
  2. Savić
  3. Popović
  4. Jovanović
  5. Petrović
  6. Đurić
  7. Babić
  8. Lukić
  9. Knežević
  10. Marković
  11. Ilić
  12. Đukić
  13. Vuković
  14. Simić
  15. Radić
  16. Nikolić
  17. Marić
  18. Mitrović
  19. Tomić
  20. Božić
  21. Novaković
  22. Lazić
  23. Janković
  24. Vasić
  25. Blagojević
  26. Pavlović
  27. Stanković
  28. Todorović
  29. Stojanović
  30. Ristić
  31. Milanović
  32. Maksimović
  33. Petković
  34. Milošević
  35. Jović
  36. Mandić
  37. Marjanović
  38. Vidović
  39. Mijatović
  40. Lazarević
  41. Gavrić
  42. Milić
  43. Ostojić
  44. Panić
  45. Aleksić
  46. Stanić
  47. Vasiljević
  48. Sekulić
  49. Mićić
  50. Davidović

Bulgaria

See also: Bulgarian name
  • Dimitrov
  • Djorov
  • Petrov
  • Ivanov
  • Stoyanov
  • Stefanov
  • Boyanov
  • Trifonov
  • Sofiyanski
  • Tasev
  • Metodiev
  • Katzarov
  • Iliev
  • Gospodinov
  • Apostolov
  • Hristov
  • Hasanov
  • Nikolov
  • Bojidarov
  • Stoichkov
  • Lechkov
  • Yanev
  • Yankov
  • Stoev
  • Konstantinov
  • Grigorov
  • Gruev
  • Georgiev
  • Kremenliev
  • Mihaylov
  • Kanev
  • Bozhanov
  • Bozhinov
  • Kanchev
  • Uzunov
  • Penev
  • Slavkov
  • Krumov
  • Asparuhov
  • Todorov
  • Kostov
  • Borisov
  • Simeonov
  • Denev
  • Berbatov
  • Balakov
  • Borimirov
  • Tonev
  • Tzonev
  • Tzolov
  • Tzvetanov
  • Tzvetkov

Feminized names included (m. Dimitrov - f. Dimitrova).

Croatia

Croatia
20085 Surname5 Surname derivation6
Rank Frequency
1 &1000000000002222500000022,225 Horvat ethnic name for a Croat
2 &1000000000001583500000015,835 Kovačević patronymic, from kovač "blacksmith"
3 &1000000000001315000000013,150 Babić matronymic, or nickname, from baba "(old) woman", "grandmother"
4 &1000000000001117100000011,171 Marić patronymic, from Maro - short form of Mavro "Maurice" or Marko "Marcus"
5 &1000000000001139600000011,396 Novak 1. a newcomer, from novy "new"; 2. topographic name, for peasant who settled on newly cleared land
6 &1000000000001135600000011,356 Jurić patronymic, from Jure or Juro - regional variants of Juraj "George"
7 &1000000000001117100000011,171 Kovačić patronymic, from kovač "blacksmith"
8 &1000000000001058200000010,582 Vuković patronymic, from Vuk - ancient Slavic name meaning "wolf"
9 &1000000000001055400000010,554 Knežević from 'knez "prince" or "duke"
10 &1000000000001007400000010,074 Marković patronymic, from Marko "Marcus"
11 &100000000000099570000009,957 Petrović patronymic, from Petar and Peter
12 &100000000000099600000009,960 Matić patronymic, possibly from Matija or Matej "Matthew"; or possibly from Mate or Mato
13 &100000000000095380000009,538 Tomić patronymic, from Tomo or Toma (short forms of Tomislav)
14 &100000000000089970000008,997 Kovač occupational name, from kovač "blacksmith"
15 &100000000000087590000008,759 Pavlović patronymic, from Pavao, Pavle, and Pavel "Paul"
16 &100000000000082580000008,258 Božić patronymic, from Božo(from Bože meaning God)
17 &100000000000081520000008,152 Blažević patronymic, from Blaž lat. Blasius "Blaise"
18 &100000000000080100000008,010 Grgić patronymic, from Grga or Grgo - regional variants of Grgur "Gregory"
19 &100000000000075380000007,538 Pavić patronymic, from Pavo - short or regional variant of Pavao "Paul"
20 &100000000000074060000007,406 Radić patronymic, from Rade (meaning happy)
21 &100000000000073510000007,351 Perić patronymic, from Pero (Peter)
22 &100000000000073210000007,321 Filipović patronymic, from Filip
23 &100000000000071840000007,184 Šarić
24 &100000000000071310000007,131 Lovrić patronymic, from Lovro (Lawrence)
25 &100000000000069860000006,986 Vidović patronymic, from Vid (Vitus)
26 &100000000000069030000006,903 Perković patronymic, from Pero or Perko
27 &100000000000067970000006,797 Popović patronymic, from Pop (priest)
28 &100000000000067600000006,760 Bošnjak
29 &100000000000066530000006,653 Jukić
30 &100000000000064170000006,417 Barišić patronymic, from Bariša

Czech Republic

Feminized names included are included (m. Novák/f. Nováková). Figures are from 2009 and provided by Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Statistic of the Czech Republic surnames789
Rank Name Meaning Number of males Number of females
1 Novák/Nováková new man 34,168 35,558
2 Svoboda/Svobodová freedom 25,292 26,569
3 Novotný/Novotná new man 24,320 25,328
4 Dvořák/Dvořáková grange owner 22,299 23,445
5 Černý/Černá black 17,813 18,504
6 Procházka/Procházková walker 16,074 16,817
7 Kučera/Kučerová curly 15,187 15,689
8 Veselý/Veselá cheerful, merry 12,882 13,494
9 Horák/Horáková highlander 12,165 12,796
10 Němec/Němcová German 11,192 11,563

Denmark

Denmark10
2011 Surname
Rank #
1 271,607 Jensen
2 269,921 Nielsen
3 226,040 Hansen
4 170,061 Pedersen
5 163,554 Andersen
6 123,157 Christensen
7 120,451 Larsen
8 115,251 Sørensen
9 97,811 Rasmussen
10 91,521 Jørgensen
11 83,266 Petersen
12 66,150 Madsen
13 61,957 Kristensen
14 49,950 Olsen
15 39,662 Thomsen
16 37,974 Christiansen
17 32,797 Poulsen
18 31,897 Johansen
19 30,438 Møller
20 30,203 Knudsen

Estonia

Estonia11
2008 Surname
Rank # Meaning
1 6,789 Ivanov of Ivan (Russian)
2 5,241 Tamm oak/dam
3 4,352 Saar island/ash (tree)
4 3,624 Sepp smith
5 3,613 Mägi mountain/hill
6 3,402 Smirnov of the quiet man (Russian)
7 3,153 Vasiliev of Vasiliy (Russian)
8 2,937 Petrov of Pyotr (Russian)
9 2,847 Kask birch
10 2,728 Kukk rooster
11 2,339 Kuznetsov of the smith (Russian)
12 2,265 Rebane fox
13 2,165 Ilves lynx
14 1,968 Mihhailov of Mikhail (Russian)
15 1,933 Pärn lime (tree)
16 1,927 Pavlov of Pavel (Russian)
17 1,909 Semenov of Semyon (Russian)
18 1,882 Koppel paddock
19 1,845 Alekseev of Alexey (Russian)

Faroe Islands

The forty 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.12

Rank Name Number of individuals
1 Joensen 2,512
2 Hansen 2,339
3 Jacobsen 2,169
4 Olsen 1,784
5 Poulsen 1,400
6 Petersen 1,312
7 Johannesen 1,091
8 Thomsen 722
9 Nielsen 682
10 Johansen 584
11 Rasmussen 565
12 Simonsen 543
13 Djurhuus 528
14 Jensen 523
15 Danielsen 518
16 Mortensen 488
17 Mikkelsen 457
18 Dam 433
19 Højgaard 429
20 Andreasen 420

Finland

Rank Surname Population Percentage13
1 Korhonen 23,531 0.436
2 Virtanen 23,387 0.433
3 Nieminen 21,281 0.394
4 Mäkinen 21,274 0.394
5 Mäkelä 19,584 0.362
6 Hämäläinen 19,263 0.357
7 Laine 18,899 0.350
8 Koskinen 17,937 0.332
9 Heikkinen 17,922 0.332
10 Järvinen 17,053 0.316
11 Lehtonen 16,817 0.311
12 Lehtinen 15,795 0.292
13 Saarinen 15,486 0.287
14 Salminen 15,294 0.283
15 Heinonen 15,091 0.279
16 Niemi 15,008 0.278
17 Heikkilä 14,580 0.270
18 Salonen 14,425 0.267
19 Kinnunen 14,328 0.265
20 Turunen 13,906 0.257
21 Salo 13,540 0.251
22 Laitinen 13,165 0.244
23 Tuominen 12,983 0.240
24 Rantanen 12,961 0.240
25 Karjalainen 12,859 0.238

Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a time before which many Finns had no surname in today's sense. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features — virta "river", koski "rapids", mäki "hill", järvi "lake" — 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. Heikki is a Finnish form of the man's name Henry.

France

France14
Unknown year Surname
Rank #
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
31 TBA Legrant
32 TBA Garnier
33 TBA Faure
34 TBA Rousseau
35 TBA Blanc

Almost half of those names are also male given names; this might originate from the use to give found children a first name as last name, but most of all to the tradition of naming, to desambiguate many peoples, with a reference to their father's given name ("François Martin" being François, son of Martin). Other names come either from a physical trait ("Petit" (small) "Leroux" (the red-haired one), a local indications (Dubois (from the wood), Dupont (from the bridge)), or an occupation (Lefebvre (Smith), Fournier (Baker) Mercier).

Georgia

See List of most common surnames in Asia

Germany

Rank Surname Meaning Percentage15
1 Müller occupational name: miller 0.9516
2 Schmidt occupational name: blacksmith 0.6917
3 Schneider occupational name: tailor 0.40
4 Fischer occupational name: fisher 0.35
5 Meyer occupational name: approximately farmer 0.3318
6 Weber occupational name: weaver 0.30
7 Schulz occupational name: approximately constable 0.27
8 Wagner occupational name: wainwright 0.27
9 Becker occupational name: baker 0.27
10 Hoffmann occupational name: approximately man of the court 0.26

Greece

See also: Greek name

Hungary

Hungary19
2011 Surname Meaning
Rank #
1 235,400 (2.4%) Nagy Large/Grand (=tall / well-built)
2 217,359 (2.2%) Kovács Smith
3 212,987 (2.1%) Tóth Slovak/Slavic
4 209,549 (2.1%) Szabó Tailor
5 199,573 (2%) Horváth Croat
6 137,847 (1.4%) Varga Leatherworker
7 131,435 (1.3%) Kiss Little/Small
8 106,942 (1.1%) Molnár Miller
9 91,878 (0.9%) Németh German
10 83,188 (0.8%) Farkas Wolf
11 80,575 (0.8%) Balogh Left-handed
12 52,766 (0.5%) Papp Priest
13 52,131 (0.5%) Takács Weaver
14 51,224 (0.5%) Juhász Shepherd
15 47,151 (0.5%) Lakatos Locksmith
16 40,079 (0.4%) Mészáros Butcher
17 38,330 (0.4%) Oláh Vlach/Romanic
18 37,960 (0.4%) Simon Simon (also a given name)
19 35,008 (0.4%) Rácz Serb/South Slavic
20 34,496 (0.3%) Fekete Black(-haired)
  • Top 20 total: 2,095,788 (21%)

Republic of Ireland

See also: Irish name

The prevalence of some of these names is the result of distinct Irish names as Gaeilge (i.e. in the Irish language) being anglised the same

# 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/Ua Súilleabháin Descendant of Súilleabhán ("dark-eyed one", "one-eyed" or "hawk-eyed")
4 Walsh Breathnach Breatnach "Breton", "Welshman"
5 Smithe Mac Gabhann Son of a smith
6 O'Brien Ó Briain Ua Briain/ Ó Briain Descendant of Brian (possibly meaning "high"/"noble")
7 (O')Byrne Ó Broin Descendant of Bran
8 (O')Ryan Ó Riain Ó Riaghain
Ó Maoilriain
Ó Ruaidhín		 Descendant of Rian (possibly meaning "king")
Descendant of Maoilriaghan ("bald king")
Descendant of Ruaidhín ("little red-haired one")
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 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 Doherty Ó Dochartaigh Ua 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.Source: The Top 500 Irish & British Surnames, The Observer, 15 April 2007.20

Italy

Italy21
Unknown year Surname
Rank
1 Rossi Red-haired (Central and Northern Italy)
2 Russo Red-haired (Southern Italy)
3 Ferrari blacksmith, variant of ferro (iron)
4 Esposito "Exposed (on the street)" (because abandoned by parents)
5 Bianchi White-haired, pale-skinned
6 Romano Roman, from Rome
7 Colombo Pigeon. Surname massively given to abandoned orphans
8 Ricci Curly-headed (Northern variant)
9 Marino Marine, coming from the seaside
10 Greco Greek
11 Bruno Brown, dark-skinned
12 Gallo Rooster, Gallic
13 Conti Count
14 De Luca Son of Luke (Luca)
15 Costa Coast
16 Giordano Jordan
17 Mancini Left-handed
18 Rizzo Curly (Southern variant)
19 Lombardi Lombard, who come from north Italy
20 Barbieri Barber
21 Moretti black/dark-haired or dark-skinned
22 Fontana Fountain
23 Santoro Sanctorum Omnium (All Saints)
24 Caruso Little boy, Southern surname
25 Marinari Sailors

Regional

Surnames appearing in the top-ten in only one region are shown in bold. Source: World Family Names

Rank Abruzzo Aosta Valley Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Friuli-VG Lazio Liguria
1 D'Angelo Favre Greco Russo Russo Esposito Rossi Rossi Rossi Rossi
2 Di Marco Cerise Russo Grieco Greco Russo Ferrari Furlan Mancini Parodi
3 Rossi Bionaz Rizzo Bruno Romeo Romano Fabbri Moro De Angelis Ferrari
4 Di Paolo Vuillermoz Santoro Ferrara Bruno Coppola Montanari Visintin De Santis Costa
5 Mancini Blanc Bruno Pace Gallo De Rosa Barbieri Fabbro Ricci Pastorino
6 Di Pietro Rosset Leone Romano Ferraro Giordano Magnani Trevisan Proietti Bruzzone
7 Di Carlo Pession Longo Colangelo Marino De Luca Ricci Mauro Bianchi Canepa
8 Ricci Grange Caputo Giordano De Luca Ferrara Bianchi Zuliani Conti Bianchi
9 De Luca Peaquin Romano Santoro Perri Marino Venturi Fabris Mariani Traverso
10 Di Francesco Vierin Perrone Carlucci Caruso Sorrentino Monti Basso Russo Zunino
Rank Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Sardinia Sicily Trentino-Südtirol Tuscany Umbria Veneto
1 Colombo Rossi Mancini Ferrero Sanna Russo Ferrari Rossi Rossi Rossi
2 Ferrari Mancini Di Iorio Rossi Piras Messina Mair Bianchi Proietti Trevisan
3 Rossi Ricci Rossi Gallo Serra Lombardo Pichler Innocenti Ricci Sartori
4 Bianchi Marinelli Lombardi Bruno Pinna Caruso Rossi Gori Moretti Pavan
5 Sala Moretti Ricci Rosso Melis Marino Hofer Ricci Fiorucci Carraro
6 Villa Marini Testa Ferrari Carta Rizzo Kofler Martini Mancini Ferrari
7 Cattaneo Vitali Martino Giordano Manca Romano Sartori Giusti Rosati Vianello
8 Brambilla Conti D'Amico Bianco Meloni Greco Tomasi Baldi Ceccarelli Zanella
9 Riva Sabbatini D'Angelo Barbero Mura Di Stefano Moser Conti Mariani Basso
10 Fumagalli Mariani Salvatore Ferraris Lai Grasso Pedrotti Lombardi Benedetti Visentin

Kosovo

  • Hoxha
  • Krasniqi
  • Gashi
  • Berisha
  • Shala
  • Muhaxheri
  • Kelmendi
  • Thaçi
  • Maloku
  • Rrahmani
  • Leka
  • Ibrahimi
  • Nallbani
  • Gjakova
  • Morina
  • Çoçaj
  • Morina
  • Vllasaliu
  • Dervisholli
  • Tolaj
  • Gjelaj
  • Mujaj

Latvia

Latvia2223
2005 Surname Meaning
Rank
1 Bērziņš birch
2 Kalniņš hill
3 Ozoliņš oak
4 Jansons son of Jānis
5 Ozols oak
6 Liepiņš linden
7 Krūmiņš bush
8 Balodis pigeon/dove
9 Eglītis fir
10 Zariņš branch
11 Pētersons son of Pēteris
12 Vītols willow
13 Kļaviņš maple
14 Kārkliņš willows, from kārklis, syn. for "willow" (see Vītols)
15 Vanags hawk

Lithuania

Lithuania24
2009
Rank Men Womennote 1
1 Kazlauskas
2 Petrauskas
3 Jankauskas
4 Stankevičius
5 Vasiliauskas
6 Žukauskas
7 Butkus Butkiene
8 Paulauskas
9 Urbonas
10 Kavaliauskas

Malta

Malta25
2005 Surname
Rank % #
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

Netherlands

See also: Dutch name and List of Dutch family names

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 Meaning
1 De Jong 86,534 0.53% 55,256 Junior
2 Jansen 75,699 0.46% 49,213 John's son
3 De Vries 73,157 0.45% 49,298 The Frisian
4 vd Berg * 60,130 0.37% 37,678 From the hill
5 Van Dijk, Van Dyk 57,944 0.35% 36,578 From the dike
6 Bakker 56,864 0.35% 37,483 Baker
7 Janssen 55,394 0.34% 32,824 John's son
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
14 Bos 36,478 0.22% 23,790 Forest
15 Vos 31,154 0.19% 19,461 Fox
16 Peters 30,864 0.19% 18,583 Peter's son
17 Hendriks 30,199 0.18% 18,538 Henry's son
18 Van Leeuwen 28,774 0.18% 17,754 From Leeuwen/Leuven; Levi
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 (=the blond)
22 Dijkstra 24,175 0.15% 15,647 From the dike
23 Smits 23,816 0.15% 15,151 Smith
24 De Graaf 21,699 0.13% 13,718 The count/earl
25 Van der Meer 21,354 0.13% 13,011 From the lake

When combining closely related names the top 15 is:

Name Number of people
1 Jansen, Janssen, Janse 135,003
2 de Jong, de Jonge, de Jongh, Jong 108,240
3 de Vries, Vries, de Vriese 74,058
4 Smit, Smits, Smid, de Smit, Smet ** 72,757
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, de Meijer Lun 47,761
15 de Groot, Groot, de Groote 47,511
* "vd" stands for "van de", "van den", or "van der"
** Including "Smith" the number would be 76,604

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

Norway26
2010 Surname
Rank #
1 55,260 Hansen
2 51,763 Johansen
3 51,495 Olsen
4 38,864 Larsen
5 38,027 Andersen
6 36,046 Pedersen
7 35,864 Nilsen
8 24,116 Kristiansen
9 23,604 Jensen
10 21,933 Karlsen
11 21,063 Johnsen
12 20,659 Pettersen
13 19,487 Eriksen
14 18,306 Berg
15 14,557 Haugen
16 14,265 Hagen
17 13,673 Johannessen
18 12,313 Andreassen
19 12,085 Jacobsen
20 11,762 Halvorsen

Poland

Rank Surname Meaning Population27
1 Nowak from nowy "newman" 203,506
2 Kowalski from kowal "smith" 139,719
3 Wiśniewski from wiśnia "cherry" 109,855
4 Wójcik from popular name Wojciech; from word "wojak" (warrior), from wójt, a noun describing chief officer of a municipality (gmina) 99,509
5 Kowalczyk from kowal "smith", literally "smith's son" 97,796
6 Kamiński from kamień "stone" 94,499
7 Lewandowski from lewantyna "Levantine" 92,449
8 Zieliński from zielony "green"; from zioło, ziele "herb" 91,043
9 Szymański from Szymon, equivalent to Simon 89,091
10 Woźniak from wóz, "cart" 88,039
11 Dąbrowski from dąbrowa "oak grove" 86,132
12 Kozłowski from kozioł "male goat" 75,962
13 Jankowski from Janek, equivalent to John 68,514
14 Mazur An old name for an inhabitant of Mazowsze region. 66,773
15 Wojciechowski from the name Wojciech 66,361
16 Kwiatkowski from kwiat "flower" 66,017
17 Krawczyk from krawiec "tailor", "taylor's son" 64,048
18 Kaczmarek from karczma "inn" 61,816
19 Piotrowski from Piotr, equivalent to Peter 61,380
20 Bagiński from baginiak "master"citation needed 60,492

It is important to remember that Polish names which end with -ski or -cki have a male and a female form - Kamiński / Kamińska, Wielicki / Wielicka, etc. This needs to be considered when taking a count based on, for instance, scanning a telephone book.

See also: Polish name

Portugal

Romania

Romania28
# Surname Number of people Meaning
1 Popa 191,938 Priest
2 Popescu 147,784 Priest
3 Ionescu From Ion = John
4 Barbu Beard

Russia

See also: Russian name
See also: Список общерусских фамилий (in Russian Wikipedia)

The 20 most common Russian surnames from the European part of Russia, as calculated by Balanovska et al., 2006:

Rank Surname Meaning Percentage29
1 Smirnov humble one's 1.61
2 Ivanov Ivan's 1.30
3 Kuznetsov Smith's 0.90
4 Popov priest's 0.79
5 Sokolov falcon's 0.73
6 Lebedev swan's 0.65
7 Kozlov he-goat's 0.58
8 Novikov "novik's" (novik - a teenager on military service who comes from a noble, boyar, or cossack family in Russia of 16th-18th centuries) 0.54
9 Morozov frost's 0.53
10 Petrov Peter's 0.44
11 Volkov wolf's 0.44
12 Solovyov nightingale's 0.44
13 Vasilyev Vasiliy's 0.42
14 Zaytsev hare's 0.41
15 Pavlov Pavel's 0.39
16 Semyonov Simeon's 0.35
17 Golubev pigeon's 0.32
18 Vinogradov grape's 0.32
19 Bogdanov "Bogdan's" (Bogdan - a Slavic given name) 0.31
20 Vorobyov sparrow's 0.30

Russian surnames may originally denote "son of" or "serf of". For surnames ending with "ov" or "in", there is an "-a" feminine ending. Thus, for example, "Ivanova" means "belonging to Ivan" or "Ivan's daughter".

The Russian equivalent of "Smith, Jones, and Brown" (that is, the generic most popular surnames) is Иванов, Петров, Сидоров, or "Johnson, Peterson, and Sidorson". The last of these, Sidorov - "of Sidor" is actually not a very common surname at all, while Sidor as a given name is virtually unknown.citation needed

Serbia

  • Jovanović
  • Petrović
  • Milošević
  • Marković
  • Pavlović
  • Knežević
  • Todorović
  • Milutinović
  • Nikolić
  • Stanković
  • Vuković
  • Savić
  • Marić

Slovenia

Slovenia30
2008 Surname
Rank #
1 11,314 Novak
2 9,934 Horvat
3 5,681 Krajnc
4 5,665 Kovačič
5 5,044 Zupančič
6 4,822 Kovač
7 4,759 Potočnik
8 4,002 Mlakar
9 3,938 Vidmar
10 3,905 Kos
11 3,881 Golob
12 3,536 Turk
13 3,484 Božič
14 3,423 Kralj
15 3,330 Zupan
16 3,310 Korošec
17 3,255 Bizjak
18 3,144 Hribar
19 3,076 Kotnik
20 3,003 Rozman
21 2,969 Kavčič
22 2.899 Petek
23 2.875 Kastelic
24 2,848 Kolar
25 2,833 Žagar
26 2,820 Hočevar
27 2,812 Oblak
28 2,724 Košir
29 2,664 Koren
30 2,417 Klemenčič

Spain

  1. García - 1,378,000 people (3.48%) (Of Pre-Roman origin, either Iberian or Basque. Garcia was a very common first name in early medieval Spain. It is a surname of patronymic origin, like most of the -ez ending Spanish surnames.)
  2. Fernández - 851,000 (2.15%) (Son of Fernando, from Germanic Fredenand or Fridnand. Most of the common Spanish surnames originating from Germanic first names were introduced in Spain during centuries V-VII by the Visigoths, so almost all of them are from the Visigoth tradition)
  3. González - 839,000 (2.12%) (Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus, of Germanic origin)
  4. Rodríguez - 804,000 (2.03%) (Son of Rodrigo, Spain; later Germanic use taken to be Roderic)
  5. López - 796,000 (2.01%) (Son of Lope, from Latin Lupus, meaning wolf)
  6. Martínez - 788,000 (1.97%) (Son of Martin, also from Latin, derived from Martis, genitive form of Mars)
  7. Sánchez - 725,000 (1.83%) (Son of Sancho, from Latin Sanctius)
  8. Pérez - 709,000 (1.79%) (Son of Pedro, from Latin Petrus)
  9. Martín - 459,000 (1.16%) (Martin)
  10. Gómez - 440,000 (1.11%) (Son of Gomes, Gomo or Gomaro, of Germanic origin)
  11. Ruiz - 321,000 (0.81%) (Son of Rui, variation or short for Rodrigo)
  12. Hernández - 305,000 (0.77%) (Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando)
  13. Jiménez - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Jimeno, from Xemeno or Ximeno, of Basque origin)
  14. Díaz - 293,000 (0.74%) (Son of Diago or Diego)
  15. Álvarez - 273,000 (0.69%) (Son of Alvaro, from Alvar, also of Germanic origin)
  16. Moreno - 261,000 (0.66%) (Brown-haired, tanned, brunet)
  17. Muñoz - 241,000 (0.61%) (Son of Munio, of Pre-Roman origin)
  18. Alonso - 206,000 (0.52%) (Son of Alonso, variation of Alfonso, Germanic origin)
  19. Gutiérrez - 170,000 (0.43%) (Son of Gutier, Gutierre, or Gualtierre, of Germanic)
  20. Romero - 170,000 (0.43%) (pilgrim)
  21. Navarro - 158,400 (0.40%) (Navarrese, from Navarra; of toponymic origin)
  22. Torres - 134,600 (0.34%) (Towers; also toponymic)
  23. Domínguez - 134,600 (0.34%) (Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, ultimately from Dominus, meaning lord, master)
  24. Gil - 134,600 (0.34%) (From older form Egidio; also patronymic)
  25. Vázquez - 130,000 (0.33%) (Son of Vasco or Velasco, of Pre-Roman origin, either Iberian or Basque)
  26. Serrano - 122,700 (0.31%) (Highlander)
  27. Ramos - 118,000 (0.30%) (Branches; of patronymic origin, meaning 'born in or near the Christian festivity of Branch Sunday, or Palm Sunday')
  28. Blanco - 118,000 (0.30%) (White)
  29. Sanz - 106,900 (0.27%)
  30. Castro - 102,900 (0.26%) (Hamlet, castro)
  31. Suárez - 102,900 (0.26%) (Son of Suero or Suaro, of unknown origin)
  32. Ortega - 99,000 (0.25%) (From Ortiga, a type of common plant from the nettle family, of toponymic origin; also pre-dates Roman influence, deriving from Ortún or Artun (Basque) as in Artunduaga "holy oak" (root for Asun, Basque for nettle), ultimately from Latin Fortuniuseca, meaning lucky or fortunate one, either Iberian or Basque)
  33. Rubio - 99,000 (0.25%) (Blond, fair-haired; ultimately from Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish)
  34. Molina - 99,000 (0.25%) (Mill, place with mills; toponymic)
  35. Delgado - 95,000 (0.24%) (Thin man)
  36. Ramírez - 95,000 (0.24%) (Son of Ramiro, from Germanic Radamir or Radmir)
  37. Morales - 95,000 (0.24%) (Blackberry groves; of toponymic origin)
  38. Ortiz - 87,120 (0.22%) (Son of Ortún; ultimately from Latin Fortunius, meaning fortunate one, similar to Ortega)
  39. Marín - 83,160 (0.21%) (From Latin Marinus, meaning seaman, sailor)
  40. Iglesias - 83,160 (0.21%) (Churches; toponymic origin)

Source:31 - Data from December 1999. (2004 data confirmation of top 25)

Map of Spain showing the percentage of population born in each province corresponding to the 10 most common surnames for that province. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain) 2006

The top 10 surnames cover about 20% of population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially from 1950 on. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country.

It is common for people having one of the most common surnames to be known by their second surname (usually their mother's maiden name, but sometimes the second surname carries across generations) instead of by the first one, so that their name stands out (e.g. José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Benito Pérez Galdós).

Sweden

Source: World Family Names

Sweden32
2008 Surname
Rank #
1 265,308 Johansson
2 263,518 Andersson
3 201,681 Karlsson
4 178,845 Nilsson
5 142,959 Eriksson
6 129,275 Larsson
7 113,927 Olsson
8 111,629 Persson
9 106,886 Svensson
10 74,432 Gustafsson
11 67,519 Pettersson
12 59,307 Jonsson
13 51,346 Jansson
14 45,009 Hansson
15 35,241 Bengtsson
16 34,018 Jönsson
17 31,332 Petersson
18 29,967 Carlsson
19 27,344 Lindberg
20 27,152 Magnusson

Switzerland

Rank Ticino
1 Bianchi
2 Bernasconi
3 Fontana
4 Crivelli
5 Galli
6 Cereghetti
7 Colombo
8 Rossi
9 Ferrari
10 Cavadini

Turkey

Rank Name Meaning
1 Öztürk pure Turk
2 Yılmaz unbeatable/dauntless
3 Kaya rock
4 Demir iron
5 Şahin peregrine falcon
6 Çelik steel
7 Yıldırım thunderbolt
8 Erdoğan born as a soldier
9 Yazıcı clerk
10 Karadağ black mountain

Source: Turkish Directorate-General of Population and Citizenships3334

United Kingdom

England

Rank Surname Percentage35
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 Davis 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.36

  1. Brown
  2. Smith
  3. Patel
  4. Jones
  5. Williams
  6. Johnson
  7. Taylor
  8. Thomas
  9. Roberts
  10. Khan
  11. Lewis
  12. Jackson
  13. Clarke
  14. James
  15. Phillips
  16. Wilson
  17. Ali
  18. Mason
  19. Mitchell
  20. Rose
  21. Davis
  22. Davies
  23. Rodríguez
  24. Cox
  25. Alexander

Northern Ireland

University College London, Paediatric-Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper

  1. Wilson (0.75)
  2. Campbell (0.75)
  3. Kelly (0.74)
  4. Johnston (0.69)
  5. Moore (0.62)
  6. Thompson (0.61)
  7. Smyth (0.60)
  8. Brown (0.59)
  9. O’Neill (0.57)
  10. Doherty (0.54)
  11. Stewart (0.54)
  12. Quinn (0.51)
  13. Robinson (0.50)
  14. Murphy (0.49)
  15. Graham (0.48)
  16. Martin (0.45)
  17. McLaughlin (0.45)
  18. Hamilton (0.44)
  19. Murray (0.43)
  20. Hughes (0.41)

Numbers in brackets indicate percentages.

Scotland

University College London, Paediatric-Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper

  1. Smith (1.28)
  2. Brown (0.94)
  3. Wilson (0.89)
  4. Robertson (0.78)
  5. Thomson (0.78)
  6. Campbell (0.77)
  7. Stewart (0.73)
  8. Anderson (0.70)
  9. Scott (0.55)
  10. Murray (0.53)
  11. MacDonald (0.52)
  12. Reid (0.52)
  13. Taylor (0.49)
  14. Clark (0.47)
  15. Ross (0.43)
  16. Young (0.42)
  17. Mitchell (0.41)
  18. Watson (0.41)
  19. Paterson (0.40)
  20. Morrison (0.40)
  21. Sanders (0.40)

Numbers in brackets indicate percentages.

Wales

University College London, Paediatric-Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper

  1. Jones (5.75)
  2. Williams (3.72)
  3. Davies (3.72)
  4. Evans (2.47)
  5. Thomas (2.43)
  6. Roberts (1.53)
  7. Lewis (1.53)
  8. Hughes (1.23)
  9. Morgan (1.16)
  10. Griffiths (0.96)
  11. Edwards (0.93)
  12. Smith (0.85)
  13. James (0.82)
  14. Rees (0.81)
  15. Jenkins (0.69)
  16. Owen (0.67)
  17. Price (0.67)
  18. Phillips (0.65)
  19. Moss (0.63)
  20. Richards (0.55)

Numbers in brackets indicate percentages.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Lithuanian language has different endings for surnames for men and women. The ending of a woman's surname indicates whether she is married or not. Last names of married women end in -ienė while those of unmarried girls end in -ytė, -iūtė, -utė, -aitė.citation needed

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  2. ^ Statistics Belgium, Demographic Statistics, most common surnames. [1]
  3. ^ Statistics Belgium, Demographic Statistics, total population. [2]
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  17. ^ Heterograph: Schmitt. In southernmost Germany, the alternative form 'Schmid' is the most common. All forms taken collectively would be #1 surname
  18. ^ Heterographs: Meier, which is common to the north, like Meyer, and Mayer, which is commoner to the south. All forms taken collectively would be #2 surname
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  36. ^ Most common surnames in Greater London, UK
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