There are about 7 billion people on our planet. There are many names and
surnames that have been formed over the centuries by our ancestors. Have you ever wondered what are the most common surnames? In this article, we will provide a selection of the most popular surnames around the world and in Russia.
Common Russian surnames
Surely you would be interested to know what is the most common Russian surname? Unfortunately, this question cannot be answered unambiguously. Let's just say there are quite a few of them. The list below is based on the book "Russian Surnames" by B. G. Unbegaun, published in 1972. Before compiling this list, the author of the book studied the St. Petersburg address book of 1910 and analyzed all the names of that time presented in it. So, here are the 100 most common Russian surnames.
| 1. Abramov | 26. Denisov | 51. Maksimov | 76. Sergeev |
| 2. Aleksandrov | 27. Dmitriev | 52. Markov | 77. Smirnov |
| 3. Alekseev | 28. Egorov | 53. Matveev | 78. Solovyov |
| 4. Andreev | 29. Efimov | 54. Martynov | 79. Sokolov |
| 5. Antonov | 30. Zhukov | 55. Miller | 80. Sorokin |
| 6. Afanasiev | 31. Zakharov | 56. Mironov | 81. Stepanov |
| 7. Baranov | 32. Zaitsev | 57. Mikhailov | 82. Saveliev |
| 8. Belov | 33. Ivanov | 58. Morozov | 83. Sidorov |
| 9. Belyaev | 34. Ignatiev | 59. Nazarov | 84. Sobolev |
| 10. Bogdanov |
35. Ilyin |
60. Naumov | 85. Timofeev |
| 11. Borisov | 36. Karpov | 61. Nikitin | 86. Titov |
| 12. Bykov | 37. Kirillov | 62. Nikolaev | 87. Tikhomirov |
| 13. Vasiliev | 38. Kozlov | 63. Nikiforov | 88. Trinity |
| 14. Vinogradov | 39. Mosquitoes | 64. Novikov | 89. Trofimov |
| 15. Vlasov | 40. Konstantinov | 65. Orlov | 90. Ushakov |
| 16. Volkov | 41. Kuznetsov | 66. Osipov | 91. Fedorov |
| 17. Sparrows | 42. Kuzmin | 67. Pavlov | 92. Fedotov |
| 18. Voronin | 43. Kiselev | 68. Petrov | 93. Filippov |
| 19. Gavrilov | 44. Kondratiev | 69. Pokrovsky | 94. Fomin |
| 20. Gerasimov | 45. Krylov | 70. Polyakov | 95. Frolov |
| 21. Grigoriev | 46. Kudryavtsev | 71. Ponomarev | 96. Chistyakov |
| 22. Golubev | 47. Lebedev | 72. Popov | 97. Schmidt |
| 23. Gusev | 48. Leontiev | 73. Prokofiev | 98. Schultz |
| 24. Davydov | 49. Lviv | 74. Romanov | 99. Shcherbakov |
| 25. Danilov | 50. Makarov | 75. Semenov | 100. Yakovlev |
Please note that the names are in alphabetical order, not in order of importance. If you read the list, you probably noticed in it the names of German origin - Schultz, Schmitt, Miller. By their presence, one can judge the ethnic composition of that time.
World Surnames
Now let's look at the most common surnames in the world. The first place is occupied by the name Lee (about 100 million people worldwide, and the most famous of them is Bruce Lee). The second place is the surname Zhang, which also has about 100 million inhabitants. Third place - Wang. It is used as a prefix to Belgian and Dutch surnames (eg Jean Claude Van Damme). The fourth place in the list "The most common surnames" belongs to the surname Nguyen (about 36 million people). Fifth place - Garcia (it is worn by about 10 million people).
It is most common in South America, the Philippines and Spain. Sixth place - Gonzalez (10 million people). This surname is from Spain. Seventh place belongs to the surname Hernandez (8 million people), which has Spanish-Portuguese roots. Eighth place - Smith (4 million people). The ninth place is occupied by the Russian surname Smirnov. Closes the top ten rating "The most common surnames" - the German surname Müller.
