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Contents 1 Armenia 2 Azerbaijan 3 Bangladesh 4 Cambodia 5 China 6 Georgia 7 India 8 Indonesia 9 Israel 10 Japan 11 Korea 12 Nepal 13 Philippines 14 Taiwan 15 Thailand 16 Turkey 17 Vietnam 18 See also 19 Notes 20 References 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 ) Azerbaijan Rank Name Romanization Meaning Məmmədov Mammadov `` Son of Mammad '' Əliyev Aliyev `` Son of Ali '' Həsənov Hasanov `` Son of Hasan '' Hüseynov Huseynov `` Son of Hussein '' 5 Quliyev Guliyev `` Son of Qulu '' 6 Hacıyev Hajiev `` Son of Haji '' 7 Rəsulov Rasulov `` Son of Rasoul '' 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 `` fasting '' 14 İsmayılov Ismayilov `` Son of Ismayil '' 15 Ibrahimov Ibrahimov `` Son of Ibrahim '' Bangladesh Main article : Bangladeshi name Name ( Bangla alphabet ) Bangla Romanization আহমেদ Ahmed আলী Ali আক্তার Aktar / Akter বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় ( ব্যানার্জী ) Bondyopadhyay ( Banerjee ) বনিক Bonik / Banik ব্যাপারী Byapari / Bapary বড়ুয়া Boruya / Barua বিশ্বাস Bishwas ভৌমিক Bhoumik / Bhowmik বসু Bosu চাকমা Chakma চক্রবর্তী Chokroborti / Chakraborty চট্টপাধ্যায় ( চ্যাটার্জী ) Chottopadhyay ( Chatterjee ) চৌধুরী Choudhuri / Chowdhury দাস Das দেবনাথ Debnath দেওয়ান Dewan দে De / Dey দত্ত Dotto / Datta / Dutta গাজী Gazi হক Hok / Haque হাসান Hasan হোসেন Hosen / Hossain / Hussain ইসলাম Islam Name ( Bangla alphabet ) Bangla Romanization কাজী Kazi খান Khan মাহমুদ Mahmud মজুমদার Mojumdar / Majumder মারমা Marma মিঞা Mina / Miah মির্জা Mirza মিত্র Mitro / Mitra মোল্লা Molla / Mollah মোহাম্মদ Mohammod / Mohammud / Muhammad মুখোপাধ্যায় ( মুখার্জী ) Mukhopadhyay ( Mukherjee ) মুন্সী Munsi / Munshi পাটোয়ারী Patoyari / Patwary পাল Pal / Paul রহমান Rohoman / Rohman / Rahman রায় Ray / Roy সাহা Saha সরকার Sorkar / Sarker / Sarkar সেন Sen শেখ Shekh / Sheikh ঠাকুর Thakur ত্রিপুরা Tripura উদ্দীন Uddin ওয়াজেদ Wazed Cambodia Main article : Cambodian name Cambodian names are borrowed from Chinese, Sanskrit, Vietnamese words. China See also : Chinese surname and List of common Chinese surnames According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007, the top three surnames in China have a combined population larger than Indonesia, the world 's fourth-most - populous country. The top 10 surnames each have a population greater than 20 million ; the top 22 have populations of more than 10 million. The top 100 surnames cover 84.77 % of China 's population. The press release from the Ministry of Public Security only provided detailed numbers for the top three surnames. Information about the others from 2006 comes from a multi-year study by Yuan Yida of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, which purportedly used a sample size of 296 million spread across 1,110 counties and cities. Rank Name Romanization Total Number ( 2007 ) Frequency ( 2007 ) Estimated Number ( 2006 ) Simp. Trad. 王 Wáng / Wong 92,881,000 7.25 % 92,550,000 李 Lǐ / Lee 92,074,000 7.19 % 91,020,000 张 張 Zhāng / Cheung 87,502,000 6.83 % 86,690,000 刘 劉 Liú / Lau > 20,000,000 -- 65,280,000 5 陈 陳 Chén / Chan -- -- 56,640,000 6 杨 楊 Yáng / Yeung -- -- 41,680,000 7 黄 黃 Huáng / Wong -- -- 29,410,000 8 赵 趙 Zhào / Chiu -- -- 26,180,000 9 吴 吳 Wú / Ng -- -- 25,020,000 10 周 Zhōu / Chow -- -- 24,330,000 11 徐 Xú / Tsui > 10,000,000 -- 18,550,000 12 孙 孫 Sūn / Suen -- -- 17,940,000 13 马 馬 Mǎ / Ma -- -- 16,890,000 14 朱 Zhū / Chu -- -- 16,460,000 15 胡 Hú / Woo -- -- 14,970,000 16 郭 Guō / Kwok -- -- 14,260,000 17 何 Hé / Ho -- -- 13,340,000 18 高 Gāo / Ko -- -- 12,900,000 19 林 Lín / Lam -- -- 12,500,000 20 罗 羅 Luó / Law -- -- 12,400,000 Georgia Main article : List of Georgian surnames Rank Name Romanization Total Number ( 2010 ) ბერიძე Beridze 24,962 მამედოვი Mammadov Mamedovi 23,675 კაპანაძე Kapanadze 17,202 გელაშვილი Gelashvili 16,350 5 ალიევი Aliyev Alievi 15,742 6 მაისურაძე Maisuradze 14,824 7 გიორგაძე Giorgadze 12,954 8 ლომიძე Lomidze 11,796 9 წიკლაური Tsiklauri 11,571 10 ბოლქვაძე Bolkvadze 10,916 11 კვარაცხელია Kvaratskhelia 10,447 12 ნოზაძე Nozadze 10,183 13 ხუციშვილი Khutsishvili 10,075 14 შენგელია Shengelia 9,928 15 აბულაძე Abuladze 9,663 16 მიქელაძე Mikeladze 9,220 17 ტაბატაძე Tabatadze 8,654 18 მჭედლიშვილი Mchedlishvili 8,446 19 ბაირამოვი Bairamov Bairamovi 8,373 20 გოგოლაძე Gogoladze 8,362 India Main article : Indian name This section needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( September 2017 ) Indian surnames usually derive from occupational titles or caste distinctions and tend to vary among the wide variety of ethnic groups and cultural regions of India. For example, many common family names in the Dravidian states are rare, or nonexistent, in eastern or northern India, and vice versa. Indian family names also originate from the language spoken in the state or community and depend on the religious affiliation of the family. Hindu family names usually come from Pali, Sanskrit, or Tamil and may contain the name or title of a family deity, whereas Muslim last names are usually derived from Arabic, Persian or Turkish. Family names may also indicate lower or upper caste origin of the family as many surnames are exclusive only to certain social groups. Rank Name Meaning Total Number ( 2014 ) Region Singh Lion 36,058,956 North India Kumar Prince 31,014,317 North India, South India Das Devotee 10,485,481 Punjab, East India Kaur Princess 10,382,053 Punjab 5 Mandal group 8,451,262 East India 6 Ram Rama ( God ) 7,412,410 South India 7 Yadav Prince / Princess 7,061,034 Hindi Belt 8 Kumari girl, princess 6,280,211 North India 9 Ali high, elevated 5,796,792 Muslims throughout 10 Lal darling, precious, beloved 5,751,667 Hindi belt, Bengal 11 Bibi Lady 5,669,410 Muslim women throughout 12 Khatun queen regnant 5,510,718 Muslim women throughout 13 Bai lady 5,401,652 Maharashtra 14 Sharma happiness 4,887,182 East India, North India 15 Sah gentleman 4,887,182 Central India, North India 16 Khan king 4,442,333 Muslims throughout 17 Patel one who holds land 3,957,109 Gujarat 18 Patil chief of the village 3,776,738 Maharashtra 19 Rajput King 3,771,896 North India Indonesia See also : Indonesian names Most Indonesians do not use family last name. There is only a small number of ethnic groups which maintain family names. Israel Main articles : Hebrew surname and Jewish surname Rank Name Romanization Meaning Frequency כהן Cohen `` priest '' 1.93 % לוי Levi Levy `` Levite '' 1.12 % מזרחי Mizrachi Mizrahi `` easterner '' 0.33 % פרץ Peretz from Perez from Pérez 0.32 % 5 ביטון Biton from Chaim `` life '' 0.30 % 6 דהן Dahan `` oil merchant '' 0.23 % 7 אברהם Avraham from Abraham from Abramowicz & al. 0.22 % 8 פרידמן Friedman from Solomon 0.21 % 9 מלכה Malka Malcah from Málaga `` queen '' 0.19 % 10 אזולאי Azoulay `` of a priestly dynasty '' `` blue eyed '' 0.19 % 11 כץ Katz `` priest of righteousness '' `` priest of Zadok '' 0.19 % 12 יוסף Yosef from Joseph 0.18 % 13 דוד David from David from Davidson & al. 0.17 % 14 עמר Amar Omer `` farmer '' `` sheaf '' 0.17 % 15 אוחיון Ohayon Ochion `` son of Chaim '' 0.16 % Rank Name Romanization Meaning Frequency 16 חדד Hadad Chadad `` smith '' 0.16 % 17 גבאי Gabai synagogue warden ; sexton 0.16 % 18 בן דוד Ben - David `` son of David '' 0.14 % 19 אדרי Adrei Edry / Edri Adary from Draa valley in Morocco 0.14 % 20 לוין Levin `` Levite '' 0.14 % 21 טל Tal `` dew '' 0.13 % 22 קליין Klein `` small '' 0.13 % 23 חן Chen Khen `` loveliness '' `` grace '' 0.13 % 24 שפירא Shapira `` Speyerer '' 0.13 % 25 חזן Chazan Hazan `` cantor '' 0.13 % 26 משה Moshe from Moses 0.13 % 27 אשכנזי Ashkenazi `` German '' 0.12 % 28 אוחנה Ohana `` Son of Hannah '' 0.12 % 29 סגל Segal Segel `` assistant to the Levites '' ( S'gan Levi ) 0.12 % 30 גולן Golan 0.12 % Japan Main article : Japanese name Officially, there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames, as determined by their kanji, although many of these are spelled and romanized similarly. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10 % of the population, while the top 100 cover slightly more than 33 %. This ranking is a result of `` The National Same Family Name Investigation '' by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. This investigation included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda 's insurance and annuities, as of August 2008. Rank Name Romanization Estimated Number ( 2008 ) Occupation Rate ( % ) 佐藤 Satō 1,990,000 1.57 鈴木 Suzuki 1,900,000 1.50 高橋 Takahashi 1,470,000 1.16 田中 Tanaka 1,340,000 1.06 5 渡辺 Watanabe 1,200,000 0.95 6 伊藤 Itō 1,150,000 0.91 7 中村 Nakamura 1,080,000 0.85 8 小林 Kobayashi 1,060,000 0.84 9 山本 Yamamoto 1,020,000 0.81 10 加藤 Katō 920,000 0.73 11 吉田 Yoshida 850,000 -- 12 山田 Yamada 820,000 -- 13 佐々木 Sasaki 710,000 -- 14 山口 Yamaguchi 640,000 -- 15 松本 Matsumoto 630,000 -- 16 井上 Inoue 600,000 -- 17 木村 Kimura 580,000 -- 18 清水 Shimizu 560,000 -- 19 林 Hayashi 550,000 -- 20 斉藤 Saitō 530,000 -- 21 斎藤 Saitō 520,000 -- 22 山崎 Yamazaki Yamasaki 490,000 -- 23 中島 Nakajima Nakashima 480,000 -- 24 森 Mori 470,000 -- 25 阿部 Abe 470,000 -- 26 池田 Ikeda 450,000 -- 27 橋本 Hashimoto 450,000 -- 28 石川 Ishikawa 440,000 -- 29 山下 Yamashita 410,000 -- 30 小川 Ogawa 410,000 -- 31 石井 Ishii 400,000 -- 32 長谷川 Hasegawa 390,000 -- 33 後藤 Gotō 390,000 -- 34 岡田 Okada 380,000 -- 35 近藤 Kondō 370,000 -- 36 前田 Maeda 370,000 -- 37 藤田 Fujita 370,000 -- 38 遠藤 Endō 360,000 -- 39 青木 Aoki 350,000 -- 40 坂本 Sakamoto 350,000 -- 41 村上 Murakami 340,000 -- 42 太田 Ōta 320,000 -- 43 金子 Kaneko 310,000 -- 44 藤井 Fujii 310,000 -- 45 福田 Fukuda 300,000 -- 46 西村 Nishimura 300,000 -- 47 三浦 Miura 300,000 -- 48 竹内 Takeuchi 290,000 -- 49 中川 Nakagawa 290,000 -- 50 岡本 Okamoto 290,000 -- 51 松田 Matsuda 290,000 -- 52 原田 Harada 290,000 -- 53 中野 Nakano 290,000 -- Rank Name Romanization Estimated Number ( 2008 ) 54 小野 Ono 280,000 55 田村 Tamura 280,000 56 藤原 Fujiwara Fujihara 270,000 57 中山 Nakayama 270,000 58 石田 Ishida 270,000 59 小島 Kojima 260,000 60 和田 Wada 260,000 61 森田 Morita 250,000 62 内田 Uchida 250,000 63 柴田 Shibata 250,000 64 酒井 Sakai 240,000 65 原 Hara 240,000 66 高木 Takagi Takaki 240,000 67 横山 Yokoyama 240,000 68 安藤 Andō 240,000 69 宮崎 Miyazaki Miyasaki 240,000 70 上田 Ueda Ueta 240,000 71 島田 Shimada 230,000 72 工藤 Kudō 230,000 73 大野 Ōno 220,000 74 宮本 Miyamoto 220,000 75 杉山 Sugiyama 220,000 76 今井 Imai 220,000 77 丸山 Maruyama 210,000 78 増田 Masuda 210,000 79 高田 Takada Takata 210,000 80 村田 Murata 210,000 81 平野 Hirano 210,000 82 大塚 Ōtsuka 210,000 83 菅原 Sugawara Sugahara 210,000 84 武田 Takeda Taketa 200,000 85 新井 Arai 200,000 86 小山 Koyama Oyama 200,000 87 野口 Noguchi 200,000 88 桜井 Sakurai 200,000 89 千葉 Chiba 200,000 90 岩崎 Iwasaki 200,000 91 佐野 Sano 200,000 92 谷口 Taniguchi 200,000 93 上野 Ueno 200,000 94 松井 Matsui 190,000 95 河野 Kōno Kawano 190,000 96 市川 Ichikawa 190,000 97 渡部 Watanabe Watabe 190,000 98 野村 Nomura 180,000 99 菊地 Kikuchi 180,000 100 木下 Kinoshita 180,000 Korea Main article : List of Korean family names Rank ( 2000 ) Hangul Hanja Romanizations 김 金 Kim, Gim, Ghim 리 / 이 李 Lee, Yi 박 朴 Park, Pak, Bak 최 崔 Choi, Choe, Choy, Joy 5 정 鄭 Jeong, Chung, Cheong, Jung, Young 6 강 姜 Kang, Gang, Ghang 7 조 趙 Cho, Jo, Joe 8 윤 尹 Yoon, Yun, Youn 9 장 張 Jang, Chang 10 림 / 임 林 Lim, Rim, Im, Rhim 11 한 韓 Han 12 오 吳 O, Oh 13 신 申 Shin, Sin 14 서 徐 Seo, Suh, Seoh 15 권 權 Kwon, Gwon, Kuen 16 황 黃 Hwang, Huang 17 안 安 Ahn, An 18 송 宋 Song 19 류 / 유 柳 Yoo, Yu, Ryu, Ryoo 20 홍 洪 Hong 21 전 全 Jeon, Jun, Chun, Cheon 22 고 高 Ko, Koh, Go, Goh 23 문 文 Mun, Moon, Mon, Munn 24 손 孫 Son, Sohn, Sonn 25 량 / 양 梁 Yang, Ryang Rank ( 2000 ) Hangul Hanja Romanizations 26 배 裵 Bae, Bai, Pai, Pae 27 백 白 Baek, Paik, Pak, Bak, Bhak, Phak 28 조 曺 Jo, Cho 29 허 許 Hur, Heo, Her, Hui 30 남 南 Nam, Nan, Nham 31 심 沈 Sim, Shim, Shen 32 류 / 유 劉 Yu, Yoo, Liu, Lau, Yau 33 로 / 노 盧 No, Noh, Roh 34 하 河 Ha, Hah 35 전 田 Jeon, Jun 36 정 丁 Jeong, Jung 37 곽 郭 Gwak, Kwak, Koak 38 성 成 Seong, Sung, Shong, Shung 39 차 車 Cha 40 유 兪 Yu, Yoo 41 구 具 Gu, Koo, Goo 42 우 禹 U, Woo 43 주 朱 Ju, Joo, Chu, Zhu, Zuu, Juu, Choo 44 임 任 Im, Yim 45 라 / 나 羅 Na, Ra, La 46 신 辛 Sin, Shin 47 민 閔 Min 48 진 陳 Jin, Jean, Chen, Jen 49 지 池 Ji, Jee 50 엄 嚴 Eom, Uhm, Um Nepal Further information : List of popular surnames in Nepal Surnames in Nepal are divided into three origins ; Indo - Aryan languages, Tibeto - Burman languages and indigenous origins. Indo - Aryan surnames dominates over other language origin surnames. Rank ( 2014 ) Name Character in Devanagari / native script IAST Meaning Incidence ( 2014 ) Frequency ( 2014 ) Ethnic Group Shrestha Śrēṣṭha Excellent 2,195,182 1 : 12 Newar Thapa थापा Thāpā Warrior 803,119 1 : 33 Chhetri, Magar Adhikari अधिकारी Adhikārī Officer 569,179 1 : 47 Bahun, Chhetri Maharjan 564,392 1 : 47 Newar 5 Gurung 500,309 1 : 53 Gurung 6 Karki कार्की Kārkī Revenue Officer 413,836 1 : 64 Chhetri 7 Ghimire घिमिरे Residents of Ghamirau village 354,077 1 : 75 Bahun, Chhetri 8 Rai Rāī King 347,746 1 : 76 Kirant Rai 9 Lama བླ ་ མ Lāmā High Priest 338,017 1 : 78 Tamang, Sherpa 10 Acharya आचार्य Ācārya Teacher 333,076 1 : 80 Bahun 11 Shakya Śākya One who is capable 326,127 1 : 81 Newar 12 Khadka खड्का Sword bearer 322,421 1 : 82 Chhetri 13 Bhattarai भट्टराई Bhaṭṭarāī 306,980 1 : 86 Bahun, Chhetri 14 Bhandari भण्डारी Bhaṇḍārī Treasurer 303,428 1 ; 87 Chhetri, Bahun 15 Subedi सुवेदी Bahun, Chhetri Philippines See also : Filipino name The majority of Filipinos use Spanish surnames that were given to them by their Spanish rulers ( See Catálogo alfabético de apellidos ). Chinese surnames, especially Hokkien surnames, either monosyllabic ( e.g. Tan, Lim ) or multisyllabic ( e.g. Dizon ), are also prevalent. Many Filipinos also bear surnames from Philippine languages, usually Tagalog, Kapampangan, Ilocano, and Cebuano. Rank ( 2014 ) Name Total Number ( 2014 ) Language of origin and meaning Tan 532,577 Chinese ( Hokkien / Teochew ), `` Chen '' dela Cruz 518,206 Spanish, `` of the ( Holy ) Cross '' Bautista 425,791 Spanish, `` ( John ) the Baptist '' Lim 415,802 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` Lin '' 5 Villanueva 356,834 Spanish 6 Chua 296,642 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` Cai '' 7 Aquino 271,122 Spanish or Italian, after St. Thomas Aquinas or the city of Aquino 8 de Leon 232,841 Spanish, `` of Kingdom of León / Province of León '' 9 Ong 213,894 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` Wang '' 10 Delos 205,903 Spanish 11 Francisco 204,679 Spanish, given name as ( patronymic ) surname 12 Tolentino 200,168 Spanish, after St. Nicholas of Tolentino, or, Italian 13 Mercado 198,814 Spanish, `` market '' 14 Soriano 188,954 Spanish, demonym for an inhabitant of Soria 15 Dizon 182,703 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` second grandson '' 16 Sy 176,967 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` Shi '' 17 Domingo 170,523 Spanish, either meaning `` Dominic '' or `` Sunday '' 18 del Rosario 164,787 Spanish, `` of the Rosary '' 19 Javier 152,156 Spanish 20 Ocampo 151,705 Galician 21 Manalo 142,167 Tagalog 22 Enriquez 142,038 Spanish, patronymic surname, `` son of Enrique ( Heinrich / Henry ) '' 23 Miranda 141,651 Spanish 24 Yap 141,701 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` Ye '' 25 Sarmiento 135,078 Spanish, `` vine shoots '' 26 Yu 134,369 Chinese 27 Pineda 133,242 Spanish, 28 Angeles 130,824 Spanish, `` angels '' 29 Evangelista 127,666 Spanish, `` Evangelist '' 30 Cortez 123,864 Spanish, variant of Cortés 31 Ang 121,093 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` Hong '' 32 Salvador 118,773 Spanish 33 Salazar 118,709 Basque, `` old hall '' 34 de Jesus 116,517 Spanish, `` of Jesus '' 35 Alcantara 111,620 Spanish, of Arabic origin 36 Medina 110,717 Spanish, of Andalusian origin 37 Espiritu 110,652 Spanish, `` ( Holy ) Spirit '' 38 Sison 109,299 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` fourth grandson '' 39 Antonio 108,333 Spanish, given name as ( patronymic ) surname, `` Anthony '' 40 Rosales 105,819 Spanish, `` roses '' 41 Valencia 105,619 Spanish, `` Valencia '' 42 Padilla 104,466 Spanish 43 Corpuz 102,919 44 Concepcion 100,342 Spanish, `` ( Immaculate ) Conception '' 45 Fajardo 100,342 Spanish 46 Manuel 99,375 Spanish given name as ( patronymic ) surname, `` Emmanuel '' 47 Mariano 98,730 Spanish given name as ( patronymic ) surname, or a religious surname, in honor to the Virgin Mary 48 Legaspi 97,828 Basque, variant of Legázpi 49 Samson 95,573 Chinese ( Hokkien ), `` third grandson '' 50 Vergara 95,186 Spanish, `` Bergara '' ( town in Gipuzkoa ) Taiwan Main article : list of common Taiwanese surnames See also : Naming customs of Taiwanese aborigines According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior 's Department of Population in 2016, Taiwan has only 1,503 surnames. The top ten surnames in Taiwan accounted for 52.77 % of the general population, and the top 100 accounted for 96.56 %. Rank Character Romanizations % of total pop. 2016 Mainland ( 2007 ) Mandarin Cantonese Minnan Other Trad. Simp. Pinyin Wade Jyutping HK Other POJ Other 5 陳 陈 Chén Ch'en Can Chan Chun Tân Ting 11.14 % 19 林 Lín Lin Lam Lam Lum Lîm Lim, Liem 8.31 % 7 黃 黄 Huáng Huang Wong Wong Wang Vang Ng Eng, Ung Wee, Oei Ooi, Uy Bong 6.05 % 張 张 Zhāng Chang Zoeng Cheung Chong Cheong Tiu Teo, Teoh Tio, Thio Tiew Tiong 5.27 % 5 李 Lǐ Li Lei Lee Li Le Lei Lí Lee Lie Dee 5.13 % 6 王 Wáng Wang Wong Wong Vong Ông Heng 4.11 % 7 9 吳 吴 Wú Wu Ng Ng Ung, Eng Gô Ngô Goh, Gouw Woo 4.04 % 8 劉 刘 Liú Liu Lau Lau Lao Lou Lâu Low Lao, Lauw 3.16 % 9 40 蔡 Cài Ts'ai Coi Choi Choy Tsoi Toy Chhoà Chua, Choa Tjoa Tsay Chai 2.91 % 10 6 楊 杨 Yáng Yang Joeng Yeung Yeong Ieong Iû Eaw Yeo, Yeoh Yong Joe, Yo Young 2.66 % Thailand See also : Thai name There are no common Thai surnames. Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act. The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname : any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81 % of family names were unique. Turkey Rank Name Meaning Yılmaz intrepid / dauntless Kaya rock Demir iron Şahin falcon / hawk 5 Çelik steel 6 Yıldız star 7 Yıldırım thunderbolt 8 Öztürk pure Turk 9 Aydın cultured / enlightened 10 Özdemir pure iron 11 Arslan lion 12 Doğan falcon 13 Kılıç sword 14 Aslan lion 15 Çetin stiff / tough 16 Kara black 17 Koç ram 18 Kurt wolf 19 Özkan pure blood 20 Şimşek lightning Vietnam See also : Vietnamese name Rank Name % of total pop. Vietnamese Chữ Hán Nguyễn 阮 38 % Trần 陳 11 % Lê 黎 9.5 % Phạm 范 7.1 % 5 Huỳnh / Hoàng 黃 5.1 % 6 Phan 潘 4.5 % 7 Vũ / Võ 武 3.9 % 8 Đặng 鄧 2.1 % 9 Bùi 裴 2 % 10 Đỗ 杜 1.4 % 11 Hồ 胡 1.3 % 12 Ngô 吳 1.3 % 13 Dương 楊 1 % 14 Lý 李 0.5 % See also Lists of East Asian surnames Lists of most common surnames, for other continents Notes Jump up ^ Most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 4th most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 3rd most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 5th most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 7th most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 9th most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 10th most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 6th most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ 8th most common surname in the world. Jump up ^ This surname actually encompasses many surnames with delos ( originally de los ) such as delos Reyes, delos Santos, and others References Jump up ^ Какие самые распространенные фамилии в Азербайджане ?. 1news.az ( in Russian ). 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Jump up ^ כהן, לוי וכל השאר : דירוג 500 השמות הנפוצים ( Cohen, Levi and the rest : the 500 most common names ) ( in Hebrew ). Ynet. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015. Jump up ^ Kaganoff, B.C. A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Schocken Books ( New York ), 1977. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. `` Surnames of Interest : Origins and / or Meanings ''. 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012. Jump up ^ Beider, Alexander & al. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu ( New York ), 1993. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. `` Surnames of Interest : Origins and / or Meanings ''. 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012. Jump up ^ Gotthard Deutsch. Jewish Encyclopedia. `` Katz ''. 1906. Accessed 1 Feb 2012. Jump up ^ 日本 苗字 大 辞典 ( Japanese Surname Dictionary ). 芳文 館 ( Houbunkan ). 1996. ISBN 4990058402. ^ Jump up to : `` 明治 安田 生命 全国 同姓 調査 ( Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation ) '' ( PDF ) ( Press release ). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008 - 09 - 24. Retrieved 2012 - 05 - 30. Jump up ^ South Korean National Statistical Office. 2000 Census Archived 29 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine... Jump up ^ http://www.sanskritdictionary.com/?iencoding=deva&q= श्रेष्ठ&lang = sans&action = Search Jump up ^ Adhikary, Surya Mani ( 1997 ). The Khasa Kingdom : A trans - Himalayan empire of the middle age. Nirala Publications. p. 210. ISBN 8185693501. Jump up ^ http://www.hindi2dictionary.com/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80-meaning-english.html Jump up ^ Adhikary, Surya Mani ( 1997 ). The Khasa Kingdom : A trans - Himalayan empire of the middle age. Nirala Publications. p. 210. ISBN 8185693501. Jump up ^ `` Online Etymology Dictionary ''. Etymonline.com. Retrieved 2013 - 07 - 17. Jump up ^ Platts, John T. ( 1884 ). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London : W.H. Allen & Co. Jump up ^ Chandra Das, Sarat ( 1997 ). A Tibetan - English Dictionary : With Sanskrit Synonyms. New Delhi : Asian Educational Services. p. 582. ISBN 81 - 206 - 0455 - 5. Jump up ^ http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=bhandari Jump up ^ 全國 姓名 統計 分析. Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. ( Taiwan ). 2016. ISBN 9789860503043. Jump up ^ `` What 's in a name ? The number nine, if you want ''. Asian Times. Jump up ^ ร ศ. ดร. นิต ยา กา ญ จ นะ วรรณ. เรื่อง ของ นามสกุล ( ๒ ) ( in Thai ). Royal Institute of Thailand. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 2014 - 12 - 28. Jump up ^ 45,665 Thai names : Examining passlist. 96 Archived 26 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine., by Doug Cooper Jump up ^ Turkish Directorate - General of Population and Citizenships Archived 26 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Lê Trung Hoa. Họ và Tên người Việt Nam. Social Sciences Publishing House. 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