List of most common surnames in Europe - wikipedia List of most common surnames in Europe An automated process has detected links on this page on the local or global blacklist. If the links are appropriate you may request whitelisting by following these instructions ; otherwise consider removing or replacing them with more appropriate links. ( To hide this tag, set the `` invisible '' field to `` true '' ) List of blacklisted links : http://surname.sofeminine.co.uk/w/surnames/439-greater-london/most-common-surnames.html Triggered by \bsofeminine . co.uk \b on the local blacklist This is a list of the most common surnames in Europe, sorted by country. Notably absent from the list is Iceland, whose people use patronymics or matronymics but not surnames in the conventional sense. See Icelandic names. Contents 1 Albania 2 Armenia 3 Austria 4 Azerbaijan 5 Belarus 6 Belgium 7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.1 Bosniaks 7.2 Serbs 8 Bulgaria 9 Croatia 10 Czech Republic 11 Denmark 12 Estonia 13 Faroe Islands 14 Finland 14.1 Most common Swedish surnames in Finland 15 France 16 Georgia 17 Germany 18 Greece 19 Hungary 20 Republic of Ireland 21 Italy 22 Kosovo 23 Latvia 24 Lithuania 25 Luxembourg 26 Malta 27 Macedonia 28 Moldova 29 Netherlands 30 Norway 31 Poland 32 Portugal 33 Romania 34 Russia 35 Serbia 36 Slovakia 37 Slovenia 38 Spain 38.1 Canary Islands 39 Sweden 40 Switzerland 41 Turkey 42 Ukraine 43 United Kingdom 43.1 England 43.2 Northern Ireland 43.3 Scotland 43.4 Wales 44 See also 45 Notes 46 References Albania See also : Albanian name At the moment, listings for the most common names are unavailable for Albania. However the most common names include the following : Common names denoting profession. Of these, religious professional names have been particularly widespread, including Hoxha ( a Muslim priest, Sunni or Bektashi, with its variant Hoxhaj ), Prifti ( a Christian priest, Catholic or Orthodox ), Shehu ( a Bektashi priest ) and Dervishi ( Bektashi clergy ). Bektashi itself is also a common surname. Ironically, Hoxha was the surname of Enver Hoxha, the leader of Communist Albania who banned all religions. There are numerous other professional names which are not as common. Begu also denotes a former ruler and also the surname ( s ) Gjoni or Gjonaj Common names which originated as patrinomials. Common names of this sort include Leka or Lekaj ( Alex ), Gjoni or Gjonaj ( John ), Murati ( Murad ), Mehmeti ( Mehmed ), Hysi ( typically short for Hussein ), Gjika / Gjoka ( short for Jacob, cf Jake ), Marku ( Mark ), Kola / Kolla / Nikolla ( Nicholas ), Hasani ( Hassan ), Kristi / Kristo, Luka ( Lucas ), Brahimi ( Abraham, from Turkish ), Sinani, Thanasi ( Athanasius ), Halili ( Halil ), and Abazi ( Abbas ). Albanians of Muslim background often bear Christian last names ( denoting former Christian origin ), and those with Christian often bear Muslim last names ( which many in Northern regions adopted thinking it would lead to better treatment from the Ottoman authorities ), although the holders of Bektashi surnames are usually actually of Bektashi background Common names which originated as place names. May denote former residence, or, if the bearer has a Muslim patrilineal background, that their ancestors ruled the place. Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins : Gega / Gegaj ( for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku / Toskaj ( signifying Tosk origin ) and Chami ( for Cham origin ). Some common names are Northern Albanian clan names that double as place names such as Kelmendi and Shkreli. Other notable clan - origin names include Berisha, Krasniqi and Gashi. These sorts of names are very common in far Northern Albania and in Kosovo. Colors : of which Kuqi ( red ) and Bardhi ( white ) are the most commonly used as surnames. Armenia Rank Name Romanization Meaning Հովհաննիսյան Hovhannisyan Son of Hovhannes ( John ) Հարությունյան Harutyunyan Son of Harutyun ( `` resurrection '' ) Սարգսյան Sargsyan Son of Sargis Խաչատրյան Khachatryan Son of Khachatur ( `` given by cross '' ) 5 Գրիգորյան Grigoryan Son of Grigor ( Gregory ) Austria The forty - one most common surnames in Austria as published in 2006 are shown below beside the approximate percentage of the Austrian population sharing each surname. Rank Name Meaning Approximate percentage Gruber deprecated term for miner 0.3991 Huber deprecated term for land - owning farmer 0.3873 Bauer farmer 0.3373 Wagner wainwright 0.3100 5 Müller miller 0.3012 6 Pichler 0.2753 7 Steiner ' one who dwells by the stone ' 0.2713 8 Moser ' moss person ' 0.2674 9 Mayer deprecated term for a privileged farmer 0.2653 10 Hofer deprecated term ; probably for steward, property or horse maintenance, even blacksmith or related 0.2479 11 Leitner 0.2429 12 Berger deprecated term for mountaineer 0.2383 13 Fuchs fox 0.2250 14 Eder 0.2144 15 Fischer fisher 0.2141 16 Schmid deprecated term for blacksmith 0.2115 17 Winkler deprecated term for an owner of a small shop 0.2015 18 Weber weaver 0.1995 19 Schwarz black 0.1961 20 Maier deprecated term for farmer 0.1946 21 Schneider tailor 0.1915 22 Reiter rider ( only horses, no bikes ) 0.1790 23 Mayr deprecated term for farmer 0.1751 24 Schmidt deprecated term for blacksmith 0.1740 25 Wimmer 0.1628 26 Egger ploughman 0.1610 27 Brunner ' water well person ' 0.1602 28 Lang long 0.1599 29 Baumgartner ' tree gardener ' 0.1586 30 Auer 0.1555 31 Binder cooper 0.1458 32 Lechner 0.1435 33 Wolf wolf 0.1395 34 Wallner 0.1394 35 Aigner allodial title 0.1386 36 Ebner 0.1342 37 Koller 0.1301 38 Lehner a function in feudalism 0.1268 39 Haas 0.1261 40 Schuster shoemaker 0.1168 41 Heilig holy 0.1161 Azerbaijan Rank Name Romanization Meaning Məmmədov Mammadov `` Son of Mammad '' Əliyev Aliyev `` Son of Ali '' Həsənov Hasanov `` Son of Hasan '' Hüseynov Huseynov `` Son of Hüseyn '' 5 Quliyev Guliyev `` Son of Qulu '' 6 Hacıyev Hajiyev `` Son of Haji '' 7 Rəsulov Rasulov `` Son of Rasul '' 8 Süleymanov Suleymanov `` Son of Suleyman '' 9 Musayev Musayev `` Son of Musa '' 10 Abbasov Abbasov `` Son of Abbas '' 11 Babayev Babayev `` Son of Baba '' 12 Vəliyev Valiyev `` Son of Vali '' 13 Orucov Orujov `` Son of Oruc '' ; Oruc also means `` fasting '' 14 İsmayılov Ismayilov `` Son of Ismayil '' 15 Ibrahimov Ibrahimov `` Son of Ibrahim '' Belarus Statistics available for Belarusian capital Minsk only : Rank Surname in Russian Surname in Belarusian Romanization Population Иванов Іваноў Ivanoŭ 7,000 Козлов Казлоў Kazloŭ 4,700 Ковалёв Кавалёў Kavalioŭ 4,300 Козловский Казлоўскі Kazloŭski 3,900 5 Новик Новік Novik 3,300 Belgium Belgium is a European nation composed of three main regions : Flemish Region ( Flanders ), Walloon Region ( Wallonia ), and Brussels - Capital Region. The Flemish region has a Dutch language tradition, while the Walloon region has a French language tradition. These different linguistic backgrounds are reflected in differing frequencies of surnames, as shown in the table below. ( data from 1 January 2008 ; total population : 10,666,866 ) National Rank Name Number of people Rank ( Flanders ) Rank ( Wallonia ) Rank ( Brussels ) Peeters 32,657 67 Janssens 30,296 56 Maes 25,524 63 8 Jacobs 19,999 97 5 Mertens 18,518 6 72 5 6 Willems 18,498 5 68 17 7 Claes 16,553 7 43 8 Goossens 15,883 9 15 9 Wouters 15,732 8 35 10 De Smet 14,259 10 25 13 Dubois 12,975 17 Lambert 11,802 11 21 Dupont 10,369 12 31 Martin 9,008 10 37 Simon 7,774 5 13 Bosnia and herzegovina Bosniaks Hodžić ( ' Imam ' ) Hadžić ( ' Hajji ' ) Čengić ( Turkish for Genghis ) Delić Demirović ( ' son of Demir ' ) Kovačević ( ' Blacksmith ' ) Tahirović ( ' son of Tahir ' ) Ferhatović ( ' son of Ferhat ' ) Muratović ( ' son of Murat ' ) Ibrahimović ( ' son of Ibrahim ' ) Hasanović ( ' son of Hasan ' ) Mehmedović ( ' son of Mehmed ' ) Salihović ( ' son of Salih ' ) Terzić ( ' tailor ' ) Ademović ( ' son of Adem ' ) Adilović ( ' son of Adil ' ) Delemović Zukić Krličević Suljić ( ' son of Salomon / Suliman ' ) Ahmetović ( ' Son of Ahmad ' ) Serbs The following names are the most common names for Serbs from Bosnia. Kovačević ( ' son of the blacksmith ' ) Subotić ( ' Saturday ' ) Savić ( ' son of Sava ' ) Popović ( ' son of the priest ' ) Jovanović ( ' son of Jovan ' ) Petrović ( ' son of Petar ' ) Đurić ( ' son of Đura ' ) Babić ( ' grandmother ' / ' old woman ' ) Lukić ( ' son of Luka ' ) Knežević ( ' son of the prince ' ) Marković ( ' son of Marko ' ) Ilić ( ' son of Ilija ' ) Đukić ( ' son of Đuka ' ) Vuković ( ' son of Vuk ' ) Vujić ( ' son of Vujo ' ) Simić ( ' son of Simo ' ) Radić ( ' son of Rade ' ) Nikolić ( ' son of Nikola ' ) Marić ( ' son of Mara ' ) Mitrović ( ' son of Mitar ' ) Tomić ( ' son of Toma / Tomo ' ) Božić ( ' son of Božo ' ) Golubović ( ' dove ' / ' pigeon ' ) Bulgaria See also : Bulgarian name Feminized names included ( m. Dimitrov - f. Dimitrova ). Dimitrov ( ' Dimitar 's ' ) Dzhurov Petrov ( ' Petar 's ' ) Ivanov ( ' Ivan 's ' ) Stoyanov ( ' Stoyan 's ' ) Stefanov ( ' Stefan 's ' ) Boyanov ( ' Boyan 's ' ) Trifonov ( ' Trifon 's ' ) Sofiyanski Tasev Metodiev ( ' Metodiy 's ' ) Katzarov Iliev ( ' Iliya 's ' ) Gospodinov ( ' Gospodin 's ' ) Apostolov ( ' Apostol 's ' ) Hristov Hasanov ( ' Hasan 's ' ) Nikolov ( Nikola 's ' ) Bojidarov ( ' Bojidar 's ' ) Stoichkov Lechkov Yanev ( ' Yane 's ' ) Yankov ( ' Yanko 's ' ) Stoev Konstantinov ( ' Konstantin 's ' ) Grigorov ( ' Grigor 's ' ) Gruev Georgiev ( ' Georgi 's ' ) Kremenliev Mihaylov ( ' Mikhail 's ' ) Blagoev ( ' Blagoy 's ' ) Croatia Rank Frequency Surname Surname derivation 7004216180000000000 ♠ 21,618 Horvat ethnic name for a Croat 7004151600000000000 ♠ 15,160 Kovačević patronymic, from kovač `` blacksmith '' 7004128400000000000 ♠ 12,840 Babić matronymic, or nickname, from baba `` ( old ) woman '', `` grandmother '' 7004115550000000000 ♠ 11,555 Marić 1. matronymic, from Mara - short variant of Marija `` Mary '' ; 2. patronymic, from Maro - short variant of Marije `` Marius '' or Marijan `` Marianus '' 5 7004111630000000000 ♠ 11,163 Jurić patronymic, from Jure or Juro - regional variants of Juraj `` George '' 6 7004107940000000000 ♠ 10,794 Novak 1. a newcomer, from novy `` new '' ; 2. topographic name, for peasant who settled on newly cleared land 7 7004105460000000000 ♠ 10,546 Kovačić patronymic, from kovač `` blacksmith '' 8 7004103340000000000 ♠ 10,334 Knežević from knez `` prince '' or `` duke '' 9 7004101910000000000 ♠ 10,191 Vuković patronymic, from Vuk - ancient Slavic name meaning `` wolf '' 10 7003985400000000000 ♠ 9,854 Marković patronymic, from Marko `` Marcus '' 11 7003961400000000000 ♠ 9,614 Petrović patronymic, from Petar and Peter 12 7003996000000000000 ♠ 9,960 Matić patronymic, from Matija `` Matthias '' or Matej `` Matthew '' ; or possibly from their short variants Mate or Mato 13 7003946400000000000 ♠ 9,464 Tomić patronymic, from Tomo or Toma `` Thomas '' 14 7003860100000000000 ♠ 8,601 Pavlović patronymic, from Pavao, Pavle, and Pavel `` Paul '' 15 7003854200000000000 ♠ 8,542 Kovač occupational name, from kovač `` blacksmith '' 16 7003825800000000000 ♠ 8,258 Božić patronymic, from Božo ( from bozhy meaning of God ) 17 7003815200000000000 ♠ 8,152 Blažević patronymic, from Blaž lat. Blasius `` Blaise '' 18 7003801000000000000 ♠ 8,010 Grgić patronymic, from Grga or Grgo - short variants of Grgur `` Gregory '' 19 7003753800000000000 ♠ 7,538 Pavić patronymic, from Pavo - short or regional variant of Pavao `` Paul '' 20 7003740600000000000 ♠ 7,406 Radić patronymic, from Rade ( Slavic name meaning happy ) 21 7003735100000000000 ♠ 7,351 Perić patronymic, from Pero ( Peter ) 22 7003732100000000000 ♠ 7,321 Filipović patronymic, from Filip 23 7003718400000000000 ♠ 7,184 Šarić 24 7003713100000000000 ♠ 7,131 Lovrić patronymic, from Lovro ( Lawrence ) 25 7003698600000000000 ♠ 6,986 Vidović patronymic, from Vid ( Vitus ) 26 7003690300000000000 ♠ 6,903 Perković patronymic, from Perko ( Peter ) 27 7003679700000000000 ♠ 6,797 Popović patronymic, from Pop ( priest ) 28 7003676000000000000 ♠ 6,760 Bošnjak ethnic name for a Bosniak 29 7003665300000000000 ♠ 6,653 Jukić patronymic, from Juko or Juka - regional variants of Juraj `` George '' 30 7003641700000000000 ♠ 6,417 Barišić patronymic, from Bariša - short or regional variant of Bartol, Bartul, Bartolomej `` Bartholomew '' Czech Republic Feminized names are included ( m. Novák / f. Nováková ). Figures are from 2009 and provided by Czech Ministry of the Interior. Statistic of the Czech Republic surnames Rank Name Meaning Number of males Number of females Novák / Nováková new man / woman 34,168 35,558 Svoboda / Svobodová freeholder 25,292 26,569 Novotný / Novotná newman 24,320 25,328 Dvořák / Dvořáková grange owner 22,299 23,445 5 Černý / Černá black man / woman 17,813 18,504 6 Procházka / Procházková walker 16,074 16,817 7 Kučera / Kučerová curly man / woman 15,187 15,689 8 Veselý / Veselá cheerful, merry man / woman 12,882 13,494 9 Horák / Horáková highlander 12,165 12,796 10 Němec / Němcová German 11,192 11,563 Denmark Nineteen of the twenty most common Danish surnames as of 1 January 2016 are patronymic, the only exception being Møller ( Miller ). Nielsen -- 255,138 Jensen -- 254,675 Hansen -- 213,339 Pedersen -- 161,074 Andersen -- 157,753 Christensen -- 118,117 Larsen -- 114,711 Sørensen -- 109,746 Rasmussen -- 93,723 Jørgensen -- 87,466 Petersen -- 78,329 Madsen -- 63,723 Kristensen -- 60,116 Olsen -- 47,579 Thomsen -- 39,117 Christiansen -- 36,656 Poulsen -- 31,874 Johansen -- 31,001 Møller -- 30,059 Mortensen -- 29,258 Estonia Data from 2008. Names of Estonian origin : Rank # Surname Meaning 5,241 Tamm oak 4,352 Saar island / ash ( tree ) 3,624 Sepp smith 3,613 Mägi hill, mountain 5 2,847 Kask birch 6 2,728 Kukk rooster 7 2,265 Rebane fox 8 2,165 Ilves lynx 9 1,933 Pärn linden tree 10 1,882 Koppel paddock Names of Russian origin : Rank # Surname 6,789 Ivanov 3,402 Smirnov 3,153 Vassiljev 2,932 Petrov 5 2,339 Kuznetsov 6 1,968 Mihhailov 7 1,927 Pavlov 8 1,909 Semjonov 9 1,862 Andrejev 10 1,845 Aleksejev Faroe Islands The 20 most common surnames in the Faroe Islands as published in 2009 are shown below beside the number of people of the Faroese population sharing each surname. Rank Name Number of individuals Joensen 2,512 Hansen 2,339 Jacobsen 2,169 Olsen 1,784 5 Poulsen 1,400 6 Petersen 1,312 7 Johannesen 1,091 8 Thomsen 722 9 Nielsen 682 10 Johansen 584 Rank Name Number of individuals 11 Rasmussen 565 12 Simonsen 543 13 Djurhuus 528 14 Jensen 523 15 Danielsen 518 16 Mortensen 488 17 Mikkelsen 457 18 Dam 433 19 Højgaard 429 20 Andreasen 420 Finland Rank Surname Meaning Population Percentage Korhonen Uncertain meaning ; see article 23,312 0.425 Virtanen virta = stream 23,020 0.420 Mäkinen mäki = hill 21,014 0.383 Nieminen niemi = cape 20,969 0.382 5 Mäkelä hill place 19,538 0.356 6 Hämäläinen Tavastian, comes from Tavastia 19,129 0.349 7 Laine wave 18,752 0.342 8 Heikkinen first name Heikki, `` Henry '', `` Henrik '' 17,926 0.327 9 Koskinen koski = rapids 17,737 0.324 10 Järvinen järvi = lake 16,802 0.306 11 Lehtonen lehto = grove 16,649 0.304 12 Lehtinen lehti = leaf 15,602 0.285 13 Saarinen saari = island 15,295 0.279 14 Salminen salmi = strait 15,087 0.275 15 Heinonen heinä = hay 14,957 0.273 16 Niemi cape 14,951 0.273 17 Heikkilä first name Heikki, `` Henry '', `` Henrik '' 14,558 0.266 18 Kinnunen from Swedish word skinnare = skinner 14,319 0.261 19 Salonen salo = backwoods 14,270 0.260 20 Turunen turku = market, selling place, nowadays only the name of a city 13,802 0.252 21 Salo backwoods 13,487 0.246 22 Laitinen laita = side, margin 13,085 0.239 23 Tuominen tuomi = bird cherry 12,852 0.234 24 Rantanen ranta = shore, beach 12,834 0.234 25 Karjalainen Karelian, comes from Karelia 12,830 0.234 26 Jokinen joki = river 12,514 0.228 27 Mattila first name Matti, `` Matt '', `` Mathew '', - la = place 12,330 0.225 28 Savolainen Savonian, comes from Savonia 11,592 0.211 29 Lahtinen lahti = bay 11,470 0.209 30 Ahonen aho = meadow 11,238 0.205 Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features : virta `` river '', koski `` rapids '', mäki `` hill '', järvi `` lake '', saari `` island '' -- often with the suffix - nen added after the model of older, mainly eastern Finnish surnames such as Korhonen and Heikkinen. `` Hämäläinen '' literally means an inhabitant of Häme. The suffix - nen is an adjective ending. Most common Swedish surnames in Finland Rank Surname Population Percentage Johansson 8,679 0.158 Nyman 7,552 0.138 Lindholm 7,382 0.135 Karlsson 7,096 0.129 5 Andersson 6,403 0.117 France Rank # Surname 235,846 Martin 105,132 Bernard 95,998 Dubois 95,387 Thomas 5 91,393 Robert 6 90,689 Richard 7 88,318 Petit 8 84,252 Durand 9 78,868 Leroy 10 78,177 Moreau 11 76,655 Simon 12 75,307 Laurent 13 74,564 Lefebvre 14 74,318 Michel 15 68,720 Garcia 16 61,762 David 17 59,817 Bertrand 18 59,440 Roux 19 57,351 Vincent 20 57,047 Fournier 21 56,760 Morel 22 55,642 Girard 23 55,228 André 24 53,670 Lefèvre 25 53,622 Mercier 26 53,405 Dupont 27 51,543 Lambert 28 50,999 Bonnet 29 50,612 François 30 49,762 Martinez Georgia Main article : List of Georgian surnames Rank Name Romanization Total Number ( 2013 ) ბერიძე Beridze 28,289 მამედოვი Mamedovi 27,662 კაპანაძე Kapanadze 18,966 ალიევი Alievi 18,687 5 გელაშვილი Gelashvili 18,128 6 მაისურაძე Maisuradze 16,175 7 გიორგაძე Giorgadze 13,994 8 ლომიძე Lomidze 12,995 9 წიკლაური Tsiklauri 12,869 10 ბოლქვაძე Bolkvadze 12,306 Germany Main article : List of the most common surnames in Germany Rank Surname Meaning Percentage Müller miller 0.95 Schmidt deprecated term for blacksmith ( lit. `` smith '' ) 0.69 Schneider tailor 0.40 Fischer fisher 0.35 5 Meyer deprecated term for farmer, originally estate administrator ( lit. `` mayor '' ) 0.33 6 Weber weaver 0.30 7 Schulz deprecated term for constable or mayor 0.27 8 Wagner wainwright, worn - down form of ' wagoner ', one who makes wagons / wheels 0.27 9 Becker deprecated term for baker 0.27 10 Hoffmann deprecated term for ' man of the court ' 0.26 Greece See also : Greek name The majority of Greek names are patronymic. There are also several names derived from professions ( Samaras, Σαμαράς = saddle maker, Papoutsis, Παπουτσής = shoe maker ), area of ( former ) residence ( Kritikos, Κρητικός = from Crete, Aivaliotis, Αϊβαλιώτης = from Ayvalik ), nicknames relating to physical or other characteristics ( Kontos, Κοντός = short, Mytaras, Μυταράς = large - nosed, Koufos, Κουφός = deaf ) and more. The patronymic suffix varies between dialects ; thus Giannidis, Giannakos, Giannatos, Giannopoulos, Giannelis, Giannioglou all mean `` son of Giannis. '' Hungary Rank # Surname Meaning 235,400 ( 2.4 % ) Nagy Big 228,210 ( 2.3 % ) Horváth Croat 217,359 ( 2.2 % ) Kovács Smith ( occupational name ) 209,549 ( 2.1 % ) Szabó Tailor ( occupational name ) 5 206,954 ( 2.1 % ) Tóth Slavic ( non-Orthodox ) 6 137,847 ( 1.4 % ) Varga Leatherworker ( occupational name ) 7 131,435 ( 1.3 % ) Kiss Small 8 106,942 ( 1.1 % ) Molnár Miller ( occupational name ) 9 91,878 ( 0.9 % ) Németh German / Germanic 10 83,188 ( 0.8 % ) Farkas Wolf 11 80,575 ( 0.8 % ) Balogh Left - handed 12 52,766 ( 0.5 % ) Papp Priest ( occupational name ) 13 52,131 ( 0.5 % ) Takács Weaver ( occupational name ) 14 51,224 ( 0.5 % ) Juhász Shepherd ( occupational name ) 15 47,151 ( 0.5 % ) Lakatos Locksmith ( occupational name ) 16 40,079 ( 0.4 % ) Mészáros Butcher ( occupational name ) 17 38,330 ( 0.4 % ) Oláh Vlach / Romanian 18 37,960 ( 0.4 % ) Simon Simon 19 35,008 ( 0.4 % ) Rácz Serb, South Slavic 20 34,496 ( 0.3 % ) Fekete Black ( - haired ) 2,095,788 individuals ( 21 % of the population ) bear the most common 20 names, and 3,347,493 individuals ( 33.5 % ) bearing the top 100 names. Republic of ireland See also : Irish name The prevalence of some of these names is the result of more than one distinct Irish language names being represented by the same anglicised version. # Surname Modern Irish Original Irish Meaning Murphy Ó Murchú Ó Murchadha Mac Murchaidh Descendant of Murchadh ( a personal name meaning `` Sea hound / warrior '' ) ( O ' ) Kelly Ó Ceallaigh Descendant of Ceallach ( `` strife '' ) ( O ' ) Sullivan Ó Súilleabháin Descendant of Súilleabhán ( `` dark - eyed one '', `` one - eyed '' or `` hawk - eyed '' ) Walsh Breathnach Breatnach `` Breton '', `` Welshman '' 5 Smith Mac Gabhann Son of a smith 6 O'Brien Ó Briain Descendant of Brian 7 ( O ' ) Byrne Ó Broin Descendant of Bran 8 ( O ' ) Ryan Ó Riain Ó Riain Ó Maoilriain Ó Ruaidhín Descendant of Rian ( possibly meaning `` king '' ) Descendant of Maoilriaghan ( `` bald king '' ) Descendant of Ruaidhín ( `` little red - haired one '' ) 9 O'Connor Ó Conchobhair Descendant of Conchobhar ( `` hound / chief assistance '' ) 10 O'Neill Ó Néill Descendant of Niall ( possibly meaning `` cloud '', `` passionate '' or `` champion '' ) 11 ( O ' ) Reilly Ó Raghallaigh Descendant of Raghallach 12 Doyle Ó Dubhghaill Descendant of Dubhghall ( `` dark - haired foreigner '' ) 13 McCarthy Mac Cárthaigh Son of Cárthach ( `` loving '' ) 14 ( O ' ) Gallagher Ó Gallchóir Ó Gallchobhair Descendant of Gallchobhar ( `` foreign assistance '' ) 15 ( O ' ) Doherty Ó Dochartaigh Descendant of Dochartach ( `` hurtful '' ) 16 Kennedy Ó Cinnéide Ó Ceannéidigh Descendant of Cinnéide ( `` ugly head '' ) 17 Lynch Ó Loingsigh Descendant of Loingseach ( `` longboat '' ) 18 Murray Ó Muireadhaigh Mac Muireadhaigh Mac Giolla Mhuire Descendant of Muireadhach ( `` chieftain '' ) Descendant of a servant of Mary 19 ( O ' ) Quinn Ó Cuinn / Coinne Descendant of Conn ( `` hound / chief '' ) 20 ( O ' ) Moore Ó Mórdha Descendant of Mórdha ( `` majestic '' ) Names starting with O ' and Mac / Mc were originally patronymic. Of the names above, with the exception of Smith and Walsh, all originally began with O ' or Mac / Mc but many have lost this prefix over time. Mac / Mc, meaning Son, and Ó, meaning From, are used by sons born into the family. In the case of a daughter being born into the family she would use Ní / Nic, for example Ó Muireadhaigh becomes Ní Mhuireadhaigh. A woman who marries into the family and takes her husband 's name uses Uí / Mic - e.g. Uí Mhuireadhaigh. Italy See also : Italian name From Mappa dei Cognomi website. Rank Name Frequency Region of Origin Rossi 60.487 Lazio Russo 42.877 Campania Ferrari 33.707 Emilia Romagna Esposito 31.980 Campania 5 Bianchi 25.121 Lombardy 6 Romano 24.062 Lazio 7 Colombo 23.484 Lombardy 8 Bruno 20.509 Piedmont 9 Ricci 19.879 Tuscany 10 Greco 18.225 Apulia 11 Marino 17.939 Sicily 12 Gallo 17.622 Campania 13 De Luca 17.438 Campania 14 Conti 17.173 Tuscany 15 Costa 16.875 Sicily 16 Mancini 16.784 Lazio 17 Giordano 16.636 Campania 18 Rizzo 16.394 Campania 19 Lombardi 15.220 Lombardy 20 Barbieri 14.304 Emilia Romagna 21 Moretti 14.255 Lombardy 22 Fontana 14.214 Lombardy 23 Caruso 13.756 Sicily 24 Mariani 13.652 Lombardy 25 Ferrara 13.236 Campania 26 Santoro 13.141 Campania 27 Rinaldi 12.861 Lombardy 28 Leone 12.661 Campania 29 D'Angelo 12.620 Abruzzo 30 Longo 12.273 Apulia 31 Galli 12.240 Lombardy 32 Martini 12.090 Lazio 33 Martinelli 11.819 Lombardy 34 Serra 11.484 Sardinia 35 Conte 11.347 Campania 36 Vitale 11.266 Campania 37 De Santis 11.208 Abruzzo 38 Marchetti 11.115 Lazio 39 Messina 11.113 Sicily 40 Gentile 11.019 Apulia 41 Villa 11.011 Lombardy 42 Marini 10.875 Lazio 43 Lombardo 10.803 Sicily 44 Coppola 10.783 Campania 45 Ferri 10.679 Emilia Romagna 46 Parisi 10.675 Lombardy 47 De Angelis 10.509 Abruzzo 48 Bianco 10.467 Piedmont 49 Amato 10.449 Campania 50 Fabbri 10.330 Emilia Romagna 51 Gatti 10.303 Lombardy 52 Sala 10.283 Lombardy 53 Morelli 10.181 Tuscany 54 Grasso 10.076 Sicily 55 Pellegrini 10.027 Veneto 56 Ferraro 10.020 Campania 57 Monti 10.007 Lombardy 58 Palumbo 9.775 Campania 59 Grassi 9.749 Lombardy 60 Testa 9.728 Campania 61 Valentini 9.435 Umbria 62 Carbone 9.293 Campania 63 Benedetti 9.258 Lazio 64 Silvestri 9.250 Lazio 65 Farina 9.168 Campania 66 D'Amico 9.125 Abruzzo 67 Martino 8.877 Calabria 68 Bernardi 8.849 Veneto 69 Caputo 8.826 Apulia 70 Mazza 8.756 Calabria 71 Sanna 8.740 Sardinia 72 Fiore 8.734 Apulia 73 De Rosa 8.727 Campania 74 Pellegrino 8.678 Sicily 75 Giuliani 8.647 Lazio 76 Rizzi 8.594 Lombardy 77 Di Stefano 8.521 Abruzzo 78 Cattaneo 8.479 Piedmont 79 Rossetti 8.454 Lombardy 80 Orlando 8.423 Sicily 81 Basile 8.368 Sicily 82 Neri 8.358 Emilia Romagna 83 Barone 8.344 Sicily 84 Palmieri 8.297 Campania 85 Riva 8.203 Lombardy 86 Romeo 8.074 Calabria 87 Franco 8.047 Calabria 88 Sorrentino 8.017 Campania 89 Pagano 8.007 Campania 90 D'Agostino 7.904 Abruzzo 91 Piras 7.889 Sardinia 92 Ruggiero 7.812 Campania 93 Montanari 7.795 Emilia Romagna 94 Battaglia 7.713 Sicily 95 Bellini 7.690 Lombardy 96 Castelli 7.671 Lombardy 97 Guerra 7.572 Veneto 98 Poli 7.538 Lombardy 99 Valente 7.493 Campania 100 Ferretti 7.489 Lazio Kosovo Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received formal recognition as an independent state from 112 out of 193 United Nations member states. See also : § Albania Surname Zogaj Gashi Krasniqi Morina Kelmendi Beqiri Jakupi Kastrati Avdiu Shala Ademi Sejdiu Hoxha Latvia Rank Surname Meaning Bērziņš birch ( diminutive ) Kalniņš hill ( diminutive ) Ozoliņš oak ( diminutive ) Jansons son of Jānis ( Germanized ) 5 Ozols oak 6 Liepiņš linden ( diminutive ) 7 Krūmiņš bush ( diminutive ) 8 Balodis pigeon 9 Eglītis fir ( diminutive ) 10 Zariņš branch ( diminutive ) 11 Pētersons son of Pēteris ( Germanized ) 12 Vītols willow 13 Kļaviņš maple ( diminutive ) 14 Kārkliņš willow ( diminutive form of Kārkls ) 15 Vanags hawk Lithuania Lithuania 2015 Rank Men Women Kazlauskas Kazlauskienė Jankauskas Jankauskienė Petrauskas Petrauskienė Stankevičius Stankevičienė 5 Vasiliauskas Vasiliauskienė 6 Butkus Butkienė 7 Žukauskas Žukauskienė 8 Paulauskas Paulauskienė 9 Urbonas Urbonienė 10 Kavaliauskas Kavaliauskienė Luxembourg Out of 236,000 entries in the EDITUS phone book : Rank # Surname 1929 Schmit 1473 Muller 1380 Weber 1335 Hoffmann 5 1300 Wagner 6 1027 Thill 7 939 Schmitz 8 793 Schroeder 9 712 Reuter 10 706 Klein 11 674 Becker 12 660 Kieffer 13 650 Kremer 14 610 Faber 15 556 Meyer 16 550 Schneider 17 543 Weiss 18 538 Schiltz 19 537 Simon 20 533 Welter 21 504 Hansen 22 496 Majerus 23 467 Ries 24 459 Meyers 25 451 Kayser 26 441 Steffen 27 438 Krier 28 421 Braun 29 411 Wagener 30 405 Diederich Malta Rank % # Surname 3.3 13,610 Borg 3.1 13,090 Camilleri 2.9 12,192 Vella 2.9 11,953 Farrugia 5 2.3 9,769 Zammit 6 2.1 8,767 Galea 7 2.1 8,677 Micallef 8 2.0 8,178 Grech 9 1.8 7,680 Attard 10 1.8 7,316 Spiteri Macedonia This section does not cite any sources. 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( April 2016 ) Andov -- son of Ande Angelov -- son of Angel Bogdanov -- son of Bogdan Bozinov -- son of Bozhin Brankov -- son of Branko Damcevski Davidov -- son of David Dimitrov -- son of Dimitar Donev -- son of Doncho Filipov -- son of Filip Georgiev -- son of Georgi Ivanov -- son of Ivan Ivanovski -- son of Ivan Janev -- son of Jane Kitanovski Kostovski -- son of Kosta Kostov Manasievski -- son of Manas Markov -- son of Marko Matovski -- son of Mato Mladenovski -- son of Mladen Nikolovski -- son of Nikola Pavlovski Penov -- son of Peni Petkov -- son of Petko Petrevski -- son of Petar Petrovski Popoff -- Priest Popovski Ristevski -- son of Risto Stojanov -- son of Stojan Trajanovski -- son of Trajan Trajcevski Trajkovski Moldova Rank Surname Meaning Total number of families Rusu from Rus 23,028 Ceban shepherd 20,929 Ciobanu shepherd 17,167 Țurcan ( archaic ) farmer 16,984 5 Cebotari shoemaker 15,464 6 Sîrbu Serb 14,171 7 Lungu long 14,090 8 Munteanu from the mountain 13,904 9 Rotari from roată = wheel 13,511 10 Popa priest 12,923 11 Ursu bear 11,456 12 Guțu dove 11,433 13 Roșca red - haired, ginger 11,194 14 Melnic miller 10,632 15 Cojocari coat crafter 10,526 Netherlands See also : Dutch name and List of Dutch family names The most recent complete count of surnames in the Netherlands is based on the September 2007 county registrations. Rank Name Number in 2007 Percent Number in 1947 English equivalent or ( when lacking ) meaning De Jong 86,534 0.53 % 55,256 Young Jansen 75,699 0.46 % 49,213 Johnson De Vries 73,157 0.45 % 49,298 the Frisian Van den Berg * 60,130 0.37 % 37,678 of / from the mountain 5 Van Dijk, Van Dyk 57,944 0.35 % 36,578 of / from the dike 6 Bakker 56,864 0.35 % 37,483 Baker 7 Janssen 55,394 0.34 % 32,824 Johnson 8 Visser 50,929 0.31 % 34,721 Fisher 9 Smit 43,493 0.27 % 29,783 Smith 10 Meijer, Meyer 41,497 0.25 % 28,256 Bailiff or steward 11 De Boer 39,576 0.24 % 25,662 Farmer 12 Mulder 37,250 0.23 % 24,665 Miller 13 De Groot 37,221 0.23 % 24,724 The big / great / large 14 Bos 36,478 0.22 % 23,790 Bush or Woods 15 Vos 31,154 0.19 % 19,461 Fox 16 Peters 30,864 0.19 % 18,583 Peters 17 Hendriks 30,199 0.18 % 18,538 Henderson 18 Van Leeuwen 28,774 0.18 % 17,754 From Leeuwen / Leuven ; Levi ( leeuwen is the plural of lion ) 19 Dekker 28,682 0.17 % 18,782 Thatcher 20 Brouwer 26,224 0.16 % 17,468 Brewer 21 De Wit 24,904 0.15 % 15,156 White 22 Dijkstra 24,175 0.15 % 15,647 ( Frisian ) of / from the dike 23 Smits 23,816 0.15 % 15,151 Smith 24 De Graaf 21,699 0.13 % 13,718 The count / earl / administrator 25 Van der Meer 21,354 0.13 % 13,011 of / from the lake If closely related names are combined, the top 15 become : Name Number of people Jansen, Janssen, Janse 135,003 de Jong, de Jonge, de Jongh, Jong 108,240 Smit, Smits, Smid, de Smit, Smet, Smith 76,604 de Vries, Vries, de Vriese 74,058 5 vd Berg, vd Bergh, vd Berge, vd Bergen * 69,080 6 Visser, Visscher, Vissers, de Visser 68,952 7 van Dijk, van Dyk, Dijk, van Dijck 64,070 8 Bakker, Bekker, de Bakker, Backer 62,183 9 de Boer, Boer, den Boer, van de Boer 57,072 10 Mulder, Muller, Müller, Mulders, de Mulder 52,394 11 Peters, Peeters, Pieters, Peterse, Peter 52,389 12 vd Veen, vd Ven, van Veen, van ' t Veen * 49,935 13 Bos, Bosch, de Bos 47,995 14 Meijer, Meyer, Meijers 47,761 15 de Groot, Groot, de Groote 47,511 * `` vd '' stands for `` van de '', `` van den '', or `` van der '' Source : Nederlands Repertorium van Familienamen, Meertens - Instituut, 1963 - 2009. Data can be viewed in the Corpus of Family Names in the Netherlands See specifically De top 100 van de familienamen in Nederland ( Dutch ) Names ending in - stra or - ma are usually of Frisian origin. For example, Terpstra, Bijlsma, Halsema. Names ending in - ink or - ing are usually of Low Saxon origin. For example, Hiddink, Meyerink, Mentink. Norway Rank # Surname Meaning 53,011 Hansen patronymic ; son of Hans 50,088 Johansen patronymic ; son of Johan or Johannes 49,303 Olsen patronymic ; son of Olav, Ole, Olaf or Ola 37.869 Larsen patronymic ; son of Lars, Lauritz ot Laurits 5 37,206 Andersen patronymic ; son of Anders ( or Andres ) 6 35,402 Pedersen patronymic ; son of Peder, ( Petter, Peter or Per ) 7 34,941 Nilsen patronymic ; son of Nils ( or Niels ) 8 23,595 Kristiansen patronymic ; son of Kristian ( or Christian ) 9 23,079 Jensen patronymic ; son of Jens 10 21,330 Karlsen patronymic ; son of Karl ( or Carl ) 11 20,755 Johnsen patronymic ; son of John ( or Jon ) 12 20,226 Pettersen patronymic ; son of Petter, ( Peter, Peder or Per ) 13 19,241 Eriksen patronymic ; son of Erik, ( Eirik or Erich ) 14 18,133 Berg toponymic ; a hill 15 14,392 Haugen toponymic ; the mound 16 14,126 Hagen toponymic ; the garden 17 13,387 Johannessen patronymic ; son of Johannes ( or Johan ) 18 12,139 Andreassen patronymic ; son of Andreas 19 11,925 Jacobsen patronymic ; son of Jacob ( or Jakob ) 20 11,540 Dahl toponymic ; a valley 21 11,481 Jørgensen patronymic ; son of Jørgen 22 11,477 Halvorsen patronymic ; son of Halvor ( or Hallvard ) 23 11,364 Henriksen patronymic ; son of Henrik ( or Henrich ) 24 11,282 Lund toponymic ; a grove Poland Rank Surname Meaning Population Nowak `` newman '' 207,348 Kowalski from kowal `` smith '' 140,471 Wiśniewski from wiśnia `` cherry '' 111,174 Wójcik from wójt, a noun describing chief officer of a municipality ( gmina ), from a popular name Wojciech ; from the word `` wojak '' ( warrior ) 100,064 5 Kowalczyk from kowal `` smith '', literally `` smith 's son '' 98,739 6 Kamiński from kamień `` stone '' 95,816 7 Lewandowski from lawenda `` lavender '' 93,404 8 Zieliński from zielony `` green '' ; from zioło, ziele `` herb '' 91,522 9 Szymański from Szymon, equivalent to Simon 89,698 10 Woźniak from woźny, `` usher '' 89,015 11 Dąbrowski from dąbrowa `` oak grove '' 87,304 12 Kozłowski from kozioł `` buck '' 76,657 13 Jankowski from Janek, a diminutive of John 69,280 14 Mazur Formerly, ' a man from Mazovia ' 68,090 15 Kwiatkowski from kwiatek `` flower ( dim. ) '' 66,917 16 Wojciechowski from the name Wojciech ; from the word `` wojak '' ( warrior ) 66,879 17 Krawczyk from krawiec `` tailor '', `` tailor 's son '' 64,543 18 Kaczmarek from karczmarz `` innkeeper '' 62,399 19 Piotrowski from Piotr ( Peter ) 61,844 20 Piecyk from piec `` bake '' 60,001 Polish names which end with - ski or - cki have both male and female forms - Kamiński / Kamińska, Wielicki / Wielicka, etc. This needs to be considered when taking a count by, for instance, scanning a telephone book. Historically, - ski, cognate with English - ish and French - esque, was a particle of nobility, like German von. See also : Polish name Portugal The 50 most frequent surnames in Portugal are : Order Surname Meaning Frequency % Frequency ( in 1000 ) Silva woodland 9.44 % 995 Santos saints 5.96 % 628 Ferreira blacksmith 5.25 % 553 Pereira pear tree 4.88 % 514 5 Oliveira olive tree 3.71 % 391 6 Costa ( from the ) coast 3.68 % 387 7 Rodrigues son of Rodrigo 3.57 % 376 8 Martins son of Martim 3.23 % 340 9 Jesus Jesus 2.99 % 315 10 Sousa ( from ) Sousa ( toponym ) 2.95 % 311 11 Fernandes son of Fernando 2.82 % 297 12 Gonçalves son of Gonçalo 2.76 % 291 13 Gomes son of Gome / Gomo 2.57 % 271 14 Lopes son of Lopo 2.52 % 265 15 Marques son of Marcos 2.51 % 265 16 Alves abbreviated form of Álvares, son of Álvaro 2.37 % 250 17 Almeida toponymic 2.27 % 239 18 Ribeiro from the riverside 2.27 % 239 19 Pinto 2.09 % 220 20 Carvalho oak tree 1.97 % 208 21 Teixeira toponymic, yew tree related 1.69 % 178 22 Moreira mulberry 1.54 % 162 23 Correia 1.53 % 161 24 Mendes son of Mendo 1.39 % 146 25 Nunes son of Nuno 1.32 % 139 26 Soares son of Soeiro 1.28 % 135 27 Vieira scallop 1.2 % 127 28 Monteiro 1.11 % 117 29 Cardoso spiny, having to do with teazels 1.07 % 113 30 Rocha rock 1.04 % 110 31 Neves snows ( devotion to Our Lady of the Snows ) 0.98 % 103 32 Coelho rabbit 0.97 % 102 33 Cruz cross ( of Jesus ) 0.94 % 99 34 Cunha wedge 0.93 % 98 35 Pires son of Pero ( Peter ) 0.92 % 97 36 Ramos tree branches or related to Passover Friday 0.86 % 91 37 Reis devotion to the Three Kings ( `` Reis '' ) 0.85 % 90 38 Simões son of Simão ( Simon ) 0.85 % 90 39 Antunes son of António 0.82 % 86 40 Matos bush 0.82 % 86 41 Fonseca 0.81 % 86 42 Machado axe 0.76 % 80 43 Araújo toponymic 0.69 % 73 44 Barbosa toponymic 0.69 % 72 45 Tavares toponymic 0.67 % 71 46 Lourenço Laurent, related to laurels 0.65 % 68 47 Castro castrum 0.62 % 66 48 Figueiredo 0.62 % 65 49 Azevedo 0.60 % 64 50 Freitas 0.60 % 63 Romania Rank Surname Pronunciation Meaning Popa ( ˈpopa ) Priest Popescu ( poˈpesku ) from Popa ( Priest ) Pop ( pop ) short form of Popa Radu ( ˈradu ) 5 Dumitru ( duˈmitru ) 6 Stan ( stan ) shortened form of Stanislav 7 Stoica ( ˈstojka ) 8 Gheorghe ( ˈɡe̯orɡe ) form of George 9 Matei ( maˈtej ) Romanian form of Matthew 10 Ciobanu ( t͡ʃjoˈbanu ) Shepherd 11 Ionescu ( ioˈnesku ) from Ion ( Romanian form of John ) 12 Rusu ( rusu ) Russian Russia See also : Russian name See also : Список общерусских фамилий ( in Russian Wikipedia ) The 20 most common widespread Russian surnames ( for males ) from the European part of Russia, as calculated by Balanovskaya et al. ( 2005 ) : Rank Surname Transliteration Meaning Percentage Смирно́в Smirnov quiet one 's 1.61 Ивано́в Ivanov son of Ivan 1.30 Кузнецо́в Kuznetsov smith 's 0.90 Попо́в Popov priest 's son 0.79 5 Соколо́в Sokolov falcon 's 0.73 6 Ле́бедев Lebedev swan 's 0.65 7 Козло́в Kozlov he - goat 's ; metaphorically : bearded one 0.58 8 Но́виков Novikov newman 's ; see novik for historical details 0.54 9 Моро́зов Morozov frost 's 0.53 10 Петро́в Petrov son of Pyotr 0.44 11 Во́лков Volkov wolf 's 0.44 12 Соловьёв Solovyov nightingale 's 0.44 13 Васи́льев Vasilyev son of Vasily 0.42 14 За́йцев Zaytsev hare 's 0.41 15 Па́влов Pavlov son of Pavel 0.39 16 Семёнов Semyonov son of Semyon 0.35 17 Го́лубев Golubev pigeon 's 0.32 18 Виногра́дов Vinogradov grape 's 0.32 19 Богда́нов Bogdanov son of Bogdan 0.31 20 Воробьёв Vorobyov sparrow 's 0.30 Those Russian surnames that end with - ov / - ev or - in / - yn are originally patronymic or metronymic possessive adjectivals with the meaning `` son of '' or `` daughter / wife of '' ( the feminine is formed with the - a ending - Smirnova, Ivanova, etc. ). In older documents such surnames were written with the word syn `` son '', for example, Ivánov syn `` John 's son '' or Il'yín syn `` Elijah 's son '' ; the last word was later dropped. Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of `` Smith, Jones, and Brown '' ( that is, the generic most popular surnames ) is Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov, or `` Jones, Peters, and Isidores '', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th. Serbia Rank Surname Cyrillic script Meaning Jovanović Јовановић Son of Jovan ( John ) Petrović Петровић Son of Petar ( Peter ) Nikolić Николић Son of Nikola ( Nicholas ) Marković Марковић Son of Marko ( Mark ) 5 Đorđević Ђорђевић Son of Đorđe ( George ) 6 Stojanović Стојановић Son of Stojan ( Stoyan ) 7 Ilić Илић Son of Ilija ( Elijah ) 8 Stanković Станковић Son of Stanko ( Stan ) 9 Pavlović Павловић Son of Pavle ( Paul ) 10 Milošević Милошевић Son of Miloš ( Milosh ) Slovakia Rank # Surname Meaning Origins 30,813 Horváth `` Croat '' Croatian through Hungarian 29,079 Kováč `` Blacksmith '' Slavic, Indo - European 21,650 Varga `` Leatherworker, cobbler '' Hungarian 21,604 Tóth `` Slovak ( Slav ) '' Germanic through Hungarian 5 19,341 Nagy `` Large / Tall '' Hungarian 6 14,114 Baláž `` Blessed '' Hungarian via Latin Blasius and Old Church Slavonic `` blessed '', from Indo - European 7 13,998 Szabó `` Tailor '' Hungarian 8 12,632 Molnár `` Miller '' Croatian through Hungarian 9 10,872 Balog `` Left - handed '' Hungarian, or from Slavic `` marsh '', or both 10 9,718 Lukáč `` Luke '' Latin Lucas, Greek Note : The most common surnames in Slovakia are a mixture of Indo - European and the Ugric roots reflecting the 900 - year - long coexistence of the Indo - European Slovaks and speakers of other Indo - European languages with Ugric Hungarians and the Croatians, under Hungarian assimilation pressure throughout the 19th century ( see Magyarization, see History of Slovakia ). In 1910 Hungarians made up one - third of the population of present - territory of Slovakia. Hungarians are currently an 8 % minority in Slovakia due to population exchanges and Slovakization. ( see Demographics of Slovakia ). While ethnic Hungarians are relatively few in Slovakia, their large presence on the list of most common names reflects the intra-lingual frequency of the frequent names in Hungary. Slovenia Rank # Surname Meaning 11,196 Novak new man ; from a newly established farm 9,762 Horvat Croat 5,640 Kovačič son of blacksmith 5,585 Krajnc from Carniola 5 5,019 Zupančič son of farmer or the village elder 6 4,729 Potočnik near stream 7 4,729 Kovač blacksmith 8 3,957 Mlakar near puddle 9 3,905 Kos blackbird 10 3,885 Vidmar farmer belonging to the ruler 's estate 11 3,855 Golob pigeon 12 3,506 Turk Turk 13 3,421 Božič Christmas 14 3,418 Kralj King 15 3,285 Korošec from Carinthia 16 3,256 Zupan mayor ( originally, village elder ) 17 3,209 Bizjak archaic term for refugee ; usually applied to Slavic Christian families that had fled from the Ottoman Empire 18 3,136 Hribar from the hill 19 3,069 Kotnik from a remote area ( literally, from a corner ) 20 3,003 Kavčič 21 2,992 Rozman 22 2,873 Kastelic from a castle 23 2,841 Oblak cloud 24 2,828 Žagar sawer 25 2,821 Petek Friday 26 2,808 Hočevar from Kočevje or from Gottschee County 27 2,807 Kolar 28 2,738 Košir 29 2,598 Koren 30 2,399 Klemenčič son of Klemen Spain Main article : Spanish naming customs The top ten surnames cover about 20 % of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over the country. Most of the common Spanish surnames originating from Germanic first names were introduced in Spain during the fifth to seventh centuries by the Visigoths, so almost all are from the Visigoth tradition. García - 1,378,000 people ( 3.48 % ) Pre-Roman, Basque. Fernández - 851,000 ( 2.15 % ) Son of Fernando, Fredenand, or Fridnand ; Germanic González - 839,000 ( 2.12 % ) Son of Gonzalo, from the Latinised form Gundisalvus ; Germanic Rodríguez - 804,000 ( 2.03 % ) Son of Rodrigo, Roderic ; Germanic López - 796,000 ( 2.01 % ) Son of Lope, Latin Lupus, meaning wolf Martínez - 788,000 ( 1.97 % ) Son of Martin, Latin Martis, genitive form of Mars Sánchez - 725,000 ( 1.83 % ) Son of Sancho, Latin Sanctius Pérez - 709,000 ( 1.79 % ) Son of Pedro, Latin Petrus Martín - 459,000 ( 1.16 % ) Gómez - 440,000 ( 1.11 % ) Son of Gomes, Gomo, or Gomaro ; Germanic Ruiz - 321,000 ( 0.81 % ) Son of Rui, variation or short for Rodrigo Hernández - 305,000 ( 0.77 % ) Son of Hernando, variation of Fernando Jiménez - 293,000 ( 0.74 % ) son of Jimeno, Xemeno, or Ximeno Díaz - 293,000 ( 0.74 % ) Son of Diego Álvarez - 273,000 ( 0.69 % ) Son of Alvaro, from Alvar ; Germanic Moreno - 261,000 ( 0.66 % ) Brown - haired, tanned, brunet Muñoz - 241,000 ( 0.61 % ) Son of Munio ; Pre-Roman Alonso - 206,000 ( 0.52 % ) Variation of Alfonso ; Germanic Gutiérrez - 170,000 ( 0.43 % ) Son of Gutier, Gutierre, or Gualtierre ; Germanic Romero - 170,000 ( 0.43 % ) ( pilgrim ) Navarro - 158,400 ( 0.40 % ) Navarrese, `` from Navarre '' ; toponym Torres - 134,600 ( 0.34 % ) Towers ; toponym Domínguez - 134,600 ( 0.34 % ) Son of Domingo, from Latin Domenicus, Dominus, `` master '' Gil - 134,600 ( 0.34 % ) From older form Egidio ; patronymic Vázquez - 130,000 ( 0.33 % ) Son of Vasco or Velasco Serrano - 122,700 ( 0.31 % ) `` Highlander '' Ramos - 118,000 ( 0.30 % ) Branches ; meaning born during Christian festivity Palm Sunday Blanco - 118,000 ( 0.30 % ) `` White '' Sanz - 106,900 ( 0.27 % ) Castro - 102,900 ( 0.26 % ) `` village ''. See castro and castrum Suárez - 102,900 ( 0.26 % ) Son of Suero or Suaro ; unknown origin Ortega - 99,000 ( 0.25 % ) From Ortiga, nettle plant Rubio - 99,000 ( 0.25 % ) Blond, fair - haired ; Latin Rubeus, meaning ruddy, reddish Molina - 99,000 ( 0.25 % ) ( Mill, place with mills ) Delgado - 95,000 ( 0.24 % ) `` Thin man '' Ramírez - 95,000 ( 0.24 % ) Son of Ramiro, Radamir, or Radmir ; Germanic Morales - 95,000 ( 0.24 % ) Blackberry groves Ortiz - 87,120 ( 0.22 % ) Son of Ortún ; Latin Fortunius, meaning fortunate one Marín - 83,160 ( 0.21 % ) Latin Marinus, meaning sailor Iglesias - 83,160 ( 0.21 % ) `` Churches '' Source : - Data from December 1999. ( 2004 data confirmation of top 25 ) Canary Islands This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2016 ) Rank Name Approximate percentage González 4.79 Rodríguez 4.64 Hernández 4.01 Pérez 3.35 5 García 3.25 6 Martín 2.21 7 Santana 2.18 8 Díaz 1.86 9 Suárez 1.38 10 Sánchez 1.29 11 López 1.21 12 Cabrera 1.18 13 Ramos 0.88 14 Medina 0.87 15 Fernández 0.75 16 Morales 0.73 17 Delgado 0.70 18 Marrero 0.70 19 León 0.69 20 Alonso 0.61 21 Herrera 0.59 22 Cruz 0.58 23 Domínguez 0.55 24 Gutiérrez 0.52 25 Reyes 0.50 26 Torres 0.48 27 Alvarez 0.66 28 Rivero 0.44 29 Armas 0.42 30 Trujillo 0.40 Sweden Source : World Family Names Rank # Surname Meaning 251,621 Andersson son of Anders 251,495 Johansson son of Johan 223,151 Karlsson son of Karl 171,360 Nilsson son of Nils 5 147,514 Eriksson son of Erik 6 124,686 Larsson son of Lars 7 114,280 Olsson son of Olof, Olov, Ola, Ole or Olle ( usually a nickname ) 8 107,911 Persson son of Per 9 101,834 Svensson son of Sven 10 97,536 Gustafsson son of Gustaf 11 96,011 Pettersson son of Petter 12 73,869 Jonsson son of Jon 13 50,170 Jansson son of Jan 14 43,926 Hansson son of Hans 15 34,302 Bengtsson son of Bengt 16 32,249 Jönsson son of Jöns 17 27,533 Lindberg contraction of lind ( the tree tilia cordata ) and berg ( mountain ) 18 26,793 Jakobsson son of Jakob 19 26,562 Magnusson son of Magnus 20 26,424 Olofsson son of Olof List of the 10 most common names among the Sami people ( compiled from one third of the Sametinget voting list 2005 ) : Rank Surname Meaning Andersson son of Anders Johansson son of Johan Nilsson son of Nils Larsson son of Lars 5 Persson son of Per 6 Blind ? of Sami descent 7 Jonsson son of Jon 8 Eriksson son of Erik 9 Nutti ? of Sami descent 10 Labba ? of Sami descent Switzerland Surnames of the Italian - speaking canton of Ticino Rank Name Bianchi Bernasconi Fontana Crivelli 5 Galli 6 Cereghetti 7 Colombo 8 Rossi 9 Ferrari 10 Cavadini 11 Sante 12 Ravelli 13 Giovanni 14 Piero German - speaking cantons ( 1998 ) : Source : Rank # Surname Meaning 31,000 Müller miller 19,150 Meier tenant of a large farm 16,900 Schmid blacksmith 13,000 Keller winemaker 5 11,850 Weber weaver 6 10,550 Huber tenant of a small large farm 7 10,350 Meyer tenant of a large farm 8 10,300 Schneider tailor 9 8,950 Steiner ' stone person ' 10 8,200 Fischer fisherman 11 8,100 Brunner ' water well person ' 12 8,000 Baumann ' constructionman ' 13 7,950 Gerber tanner 14 7,750 Frei free ( in terms of freedom ) 15 7,500 Moser ' bog person ' Turkey Main article : Turkish name Rank Name Meaning Yılmaz unbeatable / dauntless Kaya rock Demir iron Şahin falcon 5 Çelik steel 6 Yıldız star 7 Yıldırım thunderbolt 8 Öztürk pure Turk 9 Aydın enlightened 10 Özdemir pure iron Source : Turkish General Directorate of Population and Citizenships Ukraine Main articles : List of surnames in Ukraine, Ukrainian surnames, and Ukrainian names Many of the surnames use the same root but different suffixes, or even different roots of the same meaning, depending on the part of Ukraine the person hails from. Rank Surname Meaning Melnyk miller Shevchenko shoemaker 's Boyko the Boyko ( a member of a group of Ukrainian highlanders ) Kovalenko smith 's 5 Bondarenko cooper 's 6 Tkachenko weaver 's 7 Kovalchuk smith 's 8 Kravchenko tailor 's 9 Oliynyk oil maker 10 Shevchuk shoemaker 's 11 Koval smith 12 Polishchuk the Polesian, a man from Polesia 13 Bondar cooper 14 Tkachuk weaver 's 15 Moroz frost 16 Marchenko Mark 's 17 Lysenko fox 's ( from Lys ) or baldhead 's ( from Lysyi ) 18 Rudenko redhead 's 19 Savchenko Savka 's ( Savka is a form of Sava or Savva ) 20 Petrenko Petro 's United kingdom England Rank Surname Percentage Smith 1.26 Jones 0.75 Taylor 0.59 Brown 0.56 5 Williams 0.39 6 Wilson 0.39 7 Johnson 0.37 8 Davies 0.34 9 Robinson 0.32 10 Wright 0.32 11 Thompson 0.31 12 Evans 0.30 13 Walker 0.30 14 White 0.30 15 Roberts 0.28 16 Green 0.28 17 Hall 0.28 18 Wood 0.27 19 Jackson 0.27 20 Clarke 0.26 Greater London The following list is for Greater London. Brown Smith Patel ( India ) Jones Williams Johnson Taylor Thomas Roberts Khan ( Pakistan ) Lewis Jackson Clarke James Phillips Wilson Ali ( Arabic / Turkey ) Mason Mitchell Rose Davis Davies Rodríguez ( Spain / Latin America ) Cox Alexander Northern ireland Data from University College London, Paediatric - Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper. Numbers in brackets indicate percentages. Wilson ( England ) ( 0.75 ) Campbell ( Scotland ) ( 0.75 ) Kelly ( 0.74 ) Johnston ( Scotland ) ( 0.69 ) Moore ( 0.62 ) Thompson ( 0.61 ) Smyth ( 0.60 ) Brown ( 0.59 ) O'Neill ( 0.57 ) Doherty ( 0.54 ) Stewart ( Scotland ) ( 0.54 ) Quinn ( 0.51 ) Robinson ( England ) ( 0.50 ) Murphy ( 0.49 ) Graham ( England ) ( 0.48 ) Martin ( 0.45 ) McLaughlin ( 0.45 ) Hamilton ( Scotland ) ( 0.44 ) Murray ( 0.43 ) Hughes ( 0.41 ) Scotland Data from University College London, Paediatric - Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper. Numbers in brackets indicate percentages. Smith ( 1.28 ) Brown ( 0.94 ) Wilson ( England ) ( 0.89 ) Robertson ( 0.78 ) Thomson ( 0.78 ) Campbell ( 0.77 ) Stewart ( 0.73 ) Anderson ( 0.70 ) Scott ( 0.55 ) Murray ( 0.53 ) MacDonald ( 0.52 ) Reid ( 0.52 ) Taylor ( England ) ( 0.49 ) Clark ( England ) ( 0.47 ) Ross ( 0.43 ) Young ( 0.42 ) Mitchell ( 0.41 ) Watson ( 0.41 ) Paterson ( 0.40 ) Morrison ( 0.40 ) Sanders ( England ) ( 0.40 ) Wales Data from University College London, Paediatric - Epidemiology Significance Surnames Paper. Numbers in brackets indicate percentages. Jones ( 5.75 ) Williams ( 3.72 ) Davies ( 3.72 ) Evans ( 2.47 ) Thomas ( 2.43 ) Roberts ( 1.53 ) Lewis ( 1.53 ) Hughes ( 1.23 ) Morgan ( 1.16 ) Griffiths ( 0.96 ) Edwards ( 0.93 ) Smith ( 0.85 ) James ( 0.82 ) Rees ( 0.81 ) Jenkins ( 0.69 ) Owen ( 0.67 ) Price ( 0.67 ) Phillips ( 0.65 ) Moss ( 0.63 ) Driscoll ( 0.53 ) ( Ireland ) See also Lists of most common surnames, for other continents Notes Jump up ^ The Lithuanian language has different endings for surnames for men and women. The ending of a woman 's surname indicates whether she is married or not. Last names of married women end in - ienė while those of unmarried girls end in - ytė, - iūtė, - utė, - aitė. References Jump up ^ WienerSprachblätter, 2006, issue 4, p. 4. `` Alles Gruber in Östereich und nicht Müller wie in Deutschland '' ( in German ). Retrieved 2007 - 10 - 20. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Какие самые распространенные фамилии в Азербайджане ?. 1news.az ( in Russian ). 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