Here is the history and meaning behind some of the most common last names in the world.

Most common first and last name in the world. James Smith is the most common full name in the country with more than 38000 people bearing the moniker while Maria Garcia occurs most frequently among women. The most common first name is Maria a Latin name that translates to Mary in English and could have originated from the Egyptian word Meriam meaning beloved. 103 rows Name Number Name Number.

The name was popularized by the emperors of the Tang dynasty that used it. Wang 76 million. After the Qin Dynasty fell in 206 BCE many families adopted the last name Wang.

And the most common surnames in the US are roughly as follows. The most popular boys names in 1850 were. The name derives from the Chinese word for plum tree.

Names like Jennifer John or Linda are so common that if you just randomly happen to holler out any one of these you will be met with at least a dozen expectant stares. According to this ranking the name James Smith occurs most often and is most. John and Mary are the most popular first names with Smith and Jones the most common surnames a new study has revealed.

This statistic shows the most frequent combinations of first name and last name in the United States as of 2013. Surnames often hold the secret to a familys past. Li and Lee are the surnames of over 100 million people of Chinese Korean and Vietnamese heritage.

Xu 26 million. Singh 37 million. But census information is available for the most popular family names and most popular given names from the early days of the Republic.