In English-speaking countries including US Canada Australia and the UK the most common surname is Smith a name that was first used for people who were blacksmiths.

Most popular names per country. Smith 30 million. On this page you will find lists of the most popular given. Philippine Names Retrieved June 16 2006.

Rank 1 is assigned to the name with the highest number of occurrences rank 2 to the name with the next highest. 40 41 Brunner René. In the United Kingdom the most common last name is Smith.

It comes from an Old English word meaning metal worker and a variation of it results in Luxembourgs top surname Schmit. - Most popular boys names. Singh 37 million.

Popular name trends differ from country to country but when you look at names from around the world you see how popular some names are. Romeo Santos Puerto Rico. 30 31 Statistics New Zealand.

Most of the countries were assigned last names that seemed to make sense based on a countrys principal language while others were a little more surprising. Most Popular Names. And the most common surnames in the US are roughly as follows.

Arthur Noah Adam Louis Liam - More at this link. List of Vietnamese surnames. Nicknamed the capital of Europe Belgium exhibits its multiculturalism by claiming three official languages.