About 7 billion people live on our planet. There are many names and
surnames that were 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? Unambiguously answer this question, alas, is impossible. Let's just say that there are quite a lot of them. The list below is based on the book “Russian Surnames” B. G. Unbegown, 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 presented at that time of that time. So, before you are the 100 most common Russian surnames.
| 1. Abramov | 26. Denisov | 51. Maximov | 76. Sergeev |
| 2. Alexandrov | 27. Dmitriev | 52. Markov | 77. Smirnov |
| 3. Alekseev | 28. Egorov | 53. Matveev | 78. Soloviev |
| 4. Andreev | 29. Efimov | 54. Martynov | 79. Sokolov |
| 5. Antonov | 30. Zhukov | 55. Miller | 80. Sorokin |
| 6. Afanasyev | 31. Zakharov | 56. Mironov | 81. Stepanov |
| 7. Sheep | 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. Bulls | 37. Kirillov | 62. Nikolaev | 87. Tikhomirov |
| 13. Vasiliev | 38. Kozlov | 63. Nikiforov | 88. Troitsky |
| 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. Vorobyov | 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. Poles | 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. Scherbakov |
| 25. Danilov | 50. Makarov | 75. Semenov | 100. Yakovlev |
Please note that the names are arranged in alphabetical order, and not in importance. If you looked at the list, you probably noticed the names of German origin in it - Schulz, 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 taken by the surname Lee (its owners around the world are about 100 million people, and the most famous of them is Bruce Lee). The second place is the surname Zhang, it also has about 100 million inhabitants. Third place is Van. It is used as a prefix to Belgian and Dutch surnames (for example, Jean-Claude Van Damme). The fourth place in the list of “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 the countries of South America, the Philippines and Spain. Sixth place - Gonzalez (10 million people). The homeland of this surname is Spain. Seventh place in the name of 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 ranking of "Most Common Surnames" - the German surname Mueller.