Top 1000 in the United States.

Most common names and surnames in the world. This is the most common surname in Germany and Switzerland and its an occupational name for the wheat milling trade. Despite its Latin roots the country boasts of some names with no vowels such as Snp and Vlk. The English version Miller is one of the top 10 surnames in America.

In America Miller in its Anglicized form is one of the most common last names. The most common Japanese last names Sato and Suzuki are all the way down at numbers 195 and 202. In fact this list of the 5 most popular surnames in Asia is also a list of the five most common last names in the entire world.

A world ranking is only approximate because some countries do not provide a specific number of people who bear a certain surname. Around 76 million people in the world bear the name with the next most common being the Indian surname Devi which 69 million people share. Collectively Lee Li and Ly become one of the most common surnames across the globe.

Two other Asian surnames top the rank with Zhang and Wang having around 100 million people in the World with this surname. It should be noted that Wang is also the most common surname in the world. Top 100 in Argentina.

101 rows Since those are the countries from which many of Americas original settlers. Müller is the most common surname in Germany Switzerland and parts of France. Matronymic surnames are derived from the name of a female ancestor usually the mother and are uncommon in most parts of the world.

Top 100 in Belgium. The source is noted at the top of each list. The most common surname in the world is Wanga patronymic Chinese name that means king in Mandarin.