The popularity of names also depends on what part of the world you live in.

What's the most common first and last name in the world. You can find the most common names in the world over the last 100 years in the records of the Social Security Administration although that doesnt help to understand which top names have been the most consistently popular. And according to VividMaps here are the most common surnames around the world. Know more such common first names in this AptParenting article and check if your name also features in the list.

Here are the top 10 most common name combinations and the number of individuals with that combo according to last years study. Some names are more common than others. If you want to take a closer look you can take a look at these maps that break down the original map from NetCredit into different continents.

As of 2018 the most common last name in the world is Wang which means prince. Devi 69 million. Wang 76 million.

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. Surname for the first time. Wang is a patronymic ancestral name that means king in Mandarin and its shared by more than 92 million people in China making it the most popular last name in the world.

The most common first name is Maria a Latin name that translates to Mary in English and could have originated from. It includes lists of the common first names and last names the popularity of first names by state and for given years and statistics on ethnicity in the United States. The names origin is traced to England where it is also the most common surname and is derived from an Old English term smib which means one who works in metal.

In the United States Australia Great Britain and many other English-speaking countries the most popular last name is Smith. About 928 million people in China have this namewhich is roughly 15 percent of Chinas population. The 2000 census puts the number of people having Smith as their surname at 2376206.