Wu 28 million.

Most common names and surnames. Roughly 20 percent of South Koreas population and 25 percent of North Korea has this surname. It has held this distinction since 1850. Singh 37 million.

British in origin--and they mostly preserve the 15th16th-century tradition of occupational or patronymic names. Zhang 68 million. The most common surname in the world is Wanga patronymic Chinese name that means king in Mandarin.

On this page you will find lists of the most common surnames in various regions of the world. The Thai name of natures finest hunter refers to the leopard 91. 450 BRADY Possibly from the Gaelic surname Mac Bradaigh son of the thief or from the early English brad-eage meaning broad eye or someone with excellent eyesight.

The table below includes last names ranked 2001-5000 in America. And the most common surnames in the US are roughly as follows. The Most Common Surnames.

So as of 2020 Smith is still the most common surname name in the US. Kim is the most common last name in both North and South Korea as well as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. While Singh has more than 23000 and Williams with over 17000 make the top five most common surnames here Forebears said.

Most Common Last Names in the US rank 2001-5000 The following tables include all surnames with over 0001 frequency in the US population during the 1990 census. Surname for the first time two Hispanic namesGarcia and Rodriguezmade the top 10. 101 rows Data from the 2010 Census tells a different story.