# Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries

This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of Asia, including Taiwan and six transcontinental countries. Countries are arranged in alphabetical order.

## Armenia

    Source: Armenia's Voter List
| Rank | Name | Armenian | Root name |
| 1 | Grigoryan | Գրիգորյան | Grigor (Gregory) |
| 2 | Harutyunyan | Հարությունյան | Harutyun ("resurrection") |
| 3 | Sargsyan | Սարգսյան | Sargis (Sergius) |
| 4 | Hovhannisyan | Հովհաննիսյան | Hovhannes (John) |
| 5 | Khachatryan | Խաչատրյան | Khachatur ("given by cross") |
| 6 | Hakobyan | Հակոբյան | Hakob (Jacob) |
| 7 | Petrosyan | Պետրոսյան | Petros (Peter) |
| 8 | Vardanyan | Վարդանյան | Vardan |
| 9 | Gevorgyan | Գեւորգյան | Gevorg (George) |
| 10 | Karapetyan | Կարապետյան | Karapet ("forerunner") |
| 11 | Mkrtchyan | Մկրտչյան | Mkrtich ("baptist") |
| 12 | Ghazaryan | Ղազարյան | Ghazar (Lazarus) |
| 13 | Manukyan | Մանուկյան | Manuk ("child") |
| 14 | Avetisyan | Ավետիսյան | Avetis/Avetik ("good news") |
| 15 | Poghosyan | Պողոսյան | Poghos (Paul) |
| 16 | Martirosyan | Մարտիրոսյան | Martiros ("martyr") |
| 17 | Sahakyan | Սահակյան | Sahak (Isaac) |
| 18 | Arakelyan | Առաքելյան | Arakel ("apostle") |
| 19 | Margaryan | Մարգարյան | Margar |
| 20 | Davtyan | Դավթյան | Davit (David) |

## Azerbaijan

| Rank | Name | Romanization | Meaning |
| 1 | Məmmədov | Mammadov | "Son of Mammad" |
| 2 | Əliyev | Aliyev | "Son of Ali" |
| 3 | Hüseynov | Huseynov | "Son of Hüseyn" |
| 4 | Həsənov | Hasanov | "Son of Hasan" |
| 5 | Quliyev | Guliyev | "Son of Qulu" |
| 6 | İsmayılov | Ismayilov | "Son of Ismayil" |
| 7 | Əhmədov | Ahmadov | "Son of Ahmad" |
| 8 | Abdullayev | Abdullayev | "Son of Abdulla" |
| 9 | Abbasov | Abbasov | "Son of Abbas" |
| 10 | Cəfərov | Jafarov | "Son of Jafar" |

## Bangladesh

| Rank | Name | Romanization | Meaning |
| 1 | আক্তার | Akter | Star |
| 2 | ইসলাম | Islam | Submission |
| 3 | খাতুন | Khatun | Noblewoman |
| 4 | হোসেন | Hossain | Handsome |
| 5 | রহমান | Rahman | Gracious |
| 6 | আহম্মেদ | Ahmed | |

## Cambodia

| Khmer | IPA | Romanization | Origin |
| កូយ | | Kuy | |
| កឹម | | Kem | |
| កែប | | Kep | |
| កែវ | kaew | Keo | (2nd most popular surname in Cambodia) meaning glass or jewel or crystal |
| ខាត់ | kʰat | Khat | Chinese |
| ខាយ | kʰaːy | Khay | 凱/凯 (triumphant, victorious) |
| ខៀវ | kʰiəw | Khiev | 喬/乔 (Chinese "qiao", Vietnamese "kiều") |
| ខ្លូត | kʰlout | Khlot | generic name for melon-like fruit |
| គឹម | kɨm | Kim | 金 (Korean "Kim" / Mandarin Chinese "Jin", meaning gold) |
| គួច | | Kouch | |
| កាំង | | Kaing | |
| ឃាង | | Kheang | |
| ឃិន | | Khin | Chinese 欽/钦 (respect, admiration) |
| ឃីម | | Khim | |
| ចន្ទ | | Chan/Chhan/Jan | Sanskrit word Candra (चन्द्र) meaning moon |
| ចាន់ | | Chan | |
| ចាប | | Chap | Bird |
| ចេង | | Cheng | |
| ចេន | ceːn | Chen/Jen | 陳 (Given only to Cambodians of Chinese descent) |
| ឆន | cʰɑːn | Chhorn | 終/终; whole, complete, entire. |
| ឆាយ | |
| ជា | ciə | Chea | 谢 (Chinese Xie) |
| ជាម | ciəm | Cheam | bowl. From Persian جام (jam) meaning "cup". Or could be from Chinese 詹 (zhan) meaning "talk too much." |
| ជិន | cin | Chin/Jin | |
| ជឹម | cɨm | Chim/Choem | |
| ជ័យ | cɨj | Chey/Jey/Jay | Most popular surname in Cambodia, the Cambodian word "chey" meaning "victory" or "victorious", derived from Sanskrit jaya (जय) |
| ឈិត | cʰit | Chhet/Chhit | 奇 (odd, unusual) |
| ឈិន | | | 陳/陈 (old) |
| ឈឹម | cʰəm | Chhim/Chhem | 欽 (respect, admiration) |
| ញឹក | ɲɨk | Nhek | abbreviation of 涅槃 (Nirvana) |
| ដួង | duəŋ | Duong | beloved, dear, darling |
| ឌិត | dɨt | Dith | ḍita from Sanskrit Paṇḍita (पण्डित) meaning wise man or scholar; or Chinese 狄 ("Di") |
| ឌិន | dɨn | Din | from ḍina (डिन) in Pali meaning flight |
| ឌី | | Dy | |
| ឌុល | dul | Dul | from ḍula (डुल) in Pali meaning earring or tremble |
| ឌួង | duəŋ | Duong | Chinese 東/东 (east) |
| តក់ | | Tok | Droplets of water |
| តាង | taːŋ | Tang | 唐 |
| តាត | taːt | Tat | 達/达 (attain) |
| តូច | touc ~ tuːc | Toch/Touch | small |
| តាំង | taŋ | Taing | Possibly from Chinese 凳 meaning "bench" or "chair". |
| ថន | | Than | |
| ទាវ | | Teav | |
| ទី | tiː | Ty | |
| ទុំ | | Tum | |
| ទ្រី | | Try | |
| ទេព | teːp | Tep | from Deva (देव), Sanskrit for god or divine |
| ធី | tʰiː | Thy | |
| នី | | Ny | |
| ប្រាក់ | | Prak | Khmer for silver |
| ប៉ាង | paːŋ | Pang | 龐/庞 (vast) |
| ប៉ុក | pok | Pok | 波 (Bo) |
| ប៊ុន | bun | Bun | 本 (the four winds, from Vietnamese bốn) |
| ប៉ែន | paen | Pen/Ben | 賓/宾 (guest/visitor) |
| ផាន | pʰaːn | Phan | 潘 (to overflow; be abundant) |
| ពិជ | | Pech | |
| ពេជ្រ | | Pich | means Diamonds in Cambodia |
| ភី | pʰiː | Phy | guardian, one of great importance |
| មា | maː | Ma | ม้า (Thai version of Chinese "Ma") |
| មាន | miən | Mean | rich or wealthy; or 緬/缅 (nostalgic, distant) |
| មាស | miəh | Meas | Khmer for gold |
| មួយ | muəy | Muy/Muoy | the number 1 |
| មូល | muːl | Mul | round |
| មេង | meːŋ | Meng | 孟 (Chinese "Meng") |
| ម៉ៅ | maʋ | Mao | 毛 (Chinese "Mao"), locals argue that it came from a spoken form of the Khmer word black or kmav (ខ្មៅ). However this word is reconstructed from Proto-Austro-Asiatic as *kVm and thus is unlikely to be so. |
| យស់ | yuəh | Yos/Yous | |
| យុន | yun | Yun | 尹 (Chinese "Yun") |
| យូ | yuː | Yu | 尤 (Chinese "Yu") |
| រស់ | rʊəh | Ros/Rous | to live |
| រួយ | | Rouy | |
| លិម | lim | Lim | 林 (Chinese "Lin", meaning forest) |
| លី | | Ly | |
| លីវ | | Liv | |
| លឹម | | Lim | |
| វ៉ាង | ʋaaŋ | Vang | |
| វង្ស | ʋʊəŋ | Vong | Circle, line of descent. Derived from the Sanskrit word vaṃśa (वंश) meaning lineage. |
| ស | sɑː | Sor/Sar | White |
| សង | sɑːŋ | Sang | Payback |
| សម | sɑːm | Sam | |
| សរ | sɑː | Sor/Sar | |
| សាង | saːŋ | Sang | 常 (Variation of Chinese "Chang") |
| សាត | saːt | Sat | |
| សាន | saːn | San | |
| សាយ | saːj | Say | |
| សិន | sɨn | Sin | 森; (Forest) |
| សឺន | səɨn | Son | |
| សុខ | sok | Sok | from Sanskrit Sukha (सुख) meaning joy or happiness |
| សុង | soŋ | Song | |
| សុន | son | Son | |
| ស៊ុយ | suy | Suy | 隋 (Sui Dynasty) |
| សូ | soː | So | 蘇/苏 (Chinese "Sū") |
| ស៊ូ | suː | Su | 蘇/苏 (Chinese "Sū") |
| សួន | suən | Soun | Garden |
| សឿង | | Seoung | |
| សៀង | sieŋ | Sieng/Seang | Soy or Shang (From Shang Hai City) |
| សេង | seiŋ | Seng | 常 (Variation of Chinese "Chang"). Or from Chinese 乘 (seng) meaning "to multiply" |
| សេន | sein | Sen | Cent |
| សោម | saom | Som | from Sanskrit soma (सोम) meaning moon or sky |
| សៅ | | Sao | |
| ហាក៉ | | Hak | |
| ហុង | hoŋ | Hong | from Chinese 洪 "Hong" meaning water or flood listed 184th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames |
| ហ៊ុន | hun | Hun | money investment, share (of stocks). Thai or Chinese etymology. Possibly related to 份 ("Hun" in Hokkien) meaning "share, portion." |
| ហូ | hou | Ho/Hu | 胡 (Chinese "Hu") |
| ឡាយ | | Lay | 來/来 (Chinese "Lai", meaning Come) |
| ឡុង | loŋ | Long | 龍/龙 (Chinese "Long", meaning dragon) |
| អាង | aːŋ | Ang/Aang | 吳/吴 (Cantonese variation of surname "Wu") |
| អិម | ʔim | Im/Yim | 任 (Hakka Chinese 'jim5') |
| អុង | ʔoŋ | Ong | 王 (Chinese "Wang" (pronounced Ong in Hokkien dialect), meaning king) |
| អ៊ុច | ʔuc | Uch/Ouch | To Light |
| អ៊ុយ | ʔuj | Uy | |
| អៀម | ʔiəm | Eam/Iem/Iam | |
| អៀវ | ʔieʋ | Iv/Eav/Eaw | 楊/杨 (Chinese "Yang") |
| អ៊ុំ | ʔum | Um | Aunt (A parent's older brother or sister) |
| ឯក | ʔaek | Ek/Aek | Self, Single; from Sanskrit eka (एक) |
| ឱក | ʔaok | Ok/Aok | 玉 (Jade) |
| ឱម | ʔaom | Om | 嚴/严 (Chinese "Yan") |

## China

According to a report released by the Ministry of Public Security in January 2019, there are 6,150 different surnames in China with the top 100 surnames used by 85% of the population in 2018.
| Rank | Name | Name | Romanization | Total number in China (2018) |
| Rank | Simp. | Trad. | Romanization | Total number in China (2018) |
| 1 | 王 | 王 | Wáng/Wong | 101,500,000 |
| 2 | 李 | 李 | Lǐ/Lee | 100,900,000 |
| 3 | 张 | 張 | Zhāng/Cheung | 95,400,000 |
| 4 | 刘 | 劉 | Liú/Lau | 72,100,000 |
| 5 | 陈 | 陳 | Chén/ Chan | 63,000,000 |
| 6 | 杨 | 楊 | Yáng /Yeung | 46,200,000 |
| 7 | 黄 | 黃 | Huáng/Wong | 33,700,000 |
| 8 | 赵 | 趙 | Zhào/Chiu | 28,600,000 |
| 9 | 吴 | 吳 | Wú/Ng | 27,800,000 |
| 10 | 周 | 周 | Zhōu/Chow | 26,800,000 |
| 11 | 徐 | 徐 | Xú /Tsui | 20,200,000 |
| 12 | 孙 | 孫 | Sūn/Suen | 19,400,000 |
| 13 | 马 | 馬 | Mǎ/Ma | 19,100,000 |
| 14 | 朱 | 朱 | Zhū/Chu | 18,100,000 |
| 15 | 胡 | 胡 | Hú/Wu | 16,500,000 |
| 16 | 郭 | 郭 | Guō/Kwok | 15,800,000 |
| 17 | 何 | 何 | Hé/Ho | 14,800,000 |
| 18 | 林 | 林 | Lín/Lam | 14,200,000 |
| 19 | 高 | 高 | Gāo/Ko | 14,100,000 |
| 20 | 罗 | 羅 | Luó/Law | 14,000,000 |

## Georgia

| Rank | Name | Romanization | Total Number (2010) |
| 1 | ბერიძე | Beridze | 24,962 |
| 2 | მამედოვი | Mamedov Mamedovi | 23,675 |
| 3 | კაპანაძე | Kapanadze | 17,202 |
| 4 | 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

| Rank | Name | Romanization | Meaning | Detail |
| 1 | देवी | Devi | Goddess | Common surname of Hindu women |
| 2 | कुमार | Kumar | Prince | Common surname of Hindu men |
| 3 | सिंह | Singh | Lion | Common surname of Hindu Kshatriyas and Sikhs |
| 4 | शर्मा | Sharma | Joyfulness, comfort, happiness | Common surname of Hindu Brahmins |
| 5 | अली | Ali | Name of a companion of Muhammad | Common surname of Muslims |
| 6 | यादव | Yadav | Name of a caste | Common surname of Hindus |

## Indonesia

Most Indonesians, particularly from the western parts, do not use family names. Only some ethnic groups maintain family names, such as Bataks, Nias, Mentawai, some Dayaks, and most ethnic groups in eastern Indonesia (except in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, and some groups in Sulawesi, such as the Butonese).

## Israel

| Rank | Name | Romanization | Meaning | Frequency |
| 1 | כהן | Cohen | "priest" | 1.93% |
| 2 | לוי | Levi Levy | "Levite" | 1.12% |
| 3 | מזרחי | Mizrachi Mizrahi | "easterner" | 0.33% |
| 4 | פרץ | Peretz | Perez also from Pérez | 0.32% |
| 5 | ביטון | Biton | from Chaim "life" | 0.30% |
| 6 | דהן | Dahan | "oil merchant" | 0.23% |
| 7 | אברהם | Avraham | Abraham | 0.22% |
| 8 | פרידמן | Friedman | "Man of peace" | 0.21% |
| 9 | מלכה | Malka Malcah | "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 | Joseph | 0.18% |
| 13 | דוד | David | 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 | 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

| Rank | Name | Name | 2008 estimates | 2008 estimates |
| Rank | Kanji | Romaji | Numbers | % |
| 1 | 佐藤 | Satō | 1,990,000 | 1.57 |
| 2 | 鈴木 | Suzuki | 1,900,000 | 1.50 |
| 3 | 高橋 | Takahashi | 1,470,000 | 1.16 |
| 4 | 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 | — |
| 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 | — |

## Kazakhstan

Provided here is a list of the 33 most common surnames in Kazakhstan according to the Ministry of Justice of Kazakhstan as of 2014.
* List of the most popular surnames of Kazakhs of Kazakhstan
| Rank | Cyrillic script | Latin script | Language (and meaning) | Occurrence |
| 1 | Ахметов | Ahmetov | Kazakh, "son of Ahmet" | 73,627 |
| 2 | Омаров | Omarov | Kazakh, "son of Omar" | 45,123 |
| 3 | Ким | Kim | Korean | 42,274 |
| 4 | Оспанов | Ospanov | Kazakh | 41,068 |
| 5 | Иванов | Ivanov | Russian, "son of Ivan" | 39,296 |
| 6 | Алиев | Aliev | Kazakh, "son of Ali" | 36,084 |
| 7 | Сулейменов | Suleimenov | Kazakh, "son of Suleimen" | 33,940 |
| 8 | Искаков | Iskakov | Kazakh | 31,988 |
| 9 | Абдрахманов | Abdrahmanov | Kazakh, "son of Abdrahman" | 29,091 |
| 10 | Ибрагимов | Ibragimov | Kazakh, "son of Ibragim" | 28,755 |
| 11 | Калиев | Kaliev | Kazakh, "son of Kali" | 28,219 |
| 12 | Садыков | Sadykov | Kazakh, "son of Sadyk" | 27,810 |
| 13 | Ибраев | Ibraev | Kazakh | 26,531 |
| 14 | Кузнецов | Kuznetsov | Russian, "son of a blacksmith" | 25,990 |
| 15 | Попов | Popov | Russian, "son of a priest" | 24,956 |
| 16 | Смагулов | Smagulov | Kazakh | 24,005 |
| 17 | Абдуллаев | Abdullaev | Kazakh, "son of Abdulla" | 23,729 |
| 18 | Исаев | Isaev | Kazakh, "son of Isa" | 22,910 |
| 19 | Султанов | Sultanov | Kazakh, "son of Sultan" | 22,808 |
| 22 | Юсупов | Iusupov | Uzbek, "son of Yusup" | 22,763 |
| 21 | Исмаилов | Ismailov | Kazakh, "son of Ismail" | 21,392 |
| 22 | Нургалиев | Nurgaliev | Kazakh, "son of Nurgali" | 21,133 |
| 23 | Каримов | Karimov | Kazakh, "son of Karim" | 20,575 |
| 24 | Серік/Серик | Serik | Kazakh | 19 550 |
| 25 | Ли | Li | Korean | 17,049 |
| 26 | Цой | Tsoi | Korean | 12,088 |
| 27 | Амангельды | Amangeldy | Kazakh | 15,125 |
| 28 | Болат | Bolat | Kazakh | 11,234 |
| 29 | Бондаренко | Bondarenko | Ukrainian | 10,648 |
| 30 | Марат | Marat | Kazakh, "Murad" | 10,417 |
| 31 | Серікбай/Серикбай | Serıkbay/Serikbay | Kazakh | 10,193 |
| 32 | Мурат | Murat | Kazakh, "Murad" | 10,106 |
| 33 | Кусаинов | Kusainov | Kazakh, "son of Kusain" | 10,103 |

## Korea

| Rank (2015) | Hangul | Hanja | Romanizations |
| 1 | 김 | 金 | Kim, Gim, Ghim |
| 2 | 리 / 이 | 李 | Lee, Yi, Rhee |
| 3 | 박 | 朴 | Park, Pak, Bak |
| 4 | 최 | 崔 | Choi, Choe, Choy, Joy |
| 5 | 정 | 鄭 | Jung, Jeong, Chung, Cheong, 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 | Oh, O |
| 13 | 서 | 徐 | Seo, Suh, Seoh |
| 14 | 신 | 申 | Shin, Sin |
| 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 | 전 | 全 | Jeon, Jun, Chun, Cheon |
| 21 | 홍 | 洪 | Hong |
| 22 | 고 | 高 | Ko, Koh, Go, Goh |
| 23 | 문 | 文 | Moon, Mun, Mon, Munn |
| 24 | 량 / 양 | 梁 | Yang, Ryang |
| 25 | 손 | 孫 | Son, Sohn, Sonn |
| Rank (2000) | Hangul | Hanja | Romanizations |
| 26 | 배 | 裵 | Bae, Bai, Pai, Pae |
| 27 | 조 | 曺 | Cho, Jo |
| 28 | 백 | 白 | Baek, Paik, Pak, Bak, Bhak, Phak |
| 29 | 허 | 許 | Hur, Heo, Her, Hui |
| 30 | 류 / 유 | 劉 | Yoo, Yu |
| 31 | 남 | 南 | Nam, Nan, Nham |
| 32 | 심 | 沈 | Sim, Shim, Shen |
| 33 | 로 / 노 | 盧 | No, Noh, Roh |
| 34 | 정 | 丁 | Jung, Jeong |
| 35 | 하 | 河 | Ha, Hah |
| 36 | 곽 | 郭 | Kwak, Gwak, Koak |
| 37 | 성 | 成 | Seong, Sung, Shong, Shung |
| 38 | 차 | 車 | Cha |
| 39 | 주 | 朱 | Ju, Joo, Chu, Zhu, Zuu, Juu, Choo |
| 40 | 우 | 禹 | Woo, U |
| 41 | 구 | 具 | Gu, Koo, Goo |
| 42 | 신 | 辛 | Shin, Sheen, Sin |
| 43 | 임 | 任 | Im, Yim |
| 44 | 라 / 나 | 羅 | Na, Ra, La |
| 45 | 전 | 田 | Jeon, Jun |
| 46 | 민 | 閔 | Min |
| 47 | 유 | 兪 | Yoo, Yu |
| 48 | 진 | 陳 | Jin, Jean, Chen, Jen |
| 49 | 지 | 池 | Ji, Jee |
| 50 | 엄 | 嚴 | Eom, Uhm, Um |

## Malaysia

Most Malaysians do not use a family last name. There is only a small number of ethnic groups which maintain family names, such as the Malaysian Chinese, Eurasian and some Malaysian Indian and East Malaysian natives.

## Nepal

Surnames in Nepal are divided into three origins; Indo-Aryan languages, Tibeto-Burman languages and indigenous origins. Indo-Aryan surnames are more prevalent than Tibeto-Burman Languages and Indigenous Origins surnames.
1. Rai - Common Surnames of Nepalese/Himalayan Indigenous Nations/Natives. 2. Rai Clans/Septs (Confederation) - Bantawa, Chamling, Kulung, Mewahang, Bahing, Lohorung, Puma, Dumi, Dungmali, Nachhiring, Lingkhim/Lungkhim, Chhiling/Chhulung, Mugali/Lambichong, Athpahariya, Thulung, Khaling, Mewahang, Bayung, Yamphu, Tilung, Sampang, Wambule, Dewas, Jerung/Jero, Waling and Phangduwali. 3. Chamling La-Chamling Language-Rodung as Rai 5. Meaning of Rai - King

## Philippines

Due to the 333 years of Spanish colonization of the Philippines, most Filipinos bear surnames of Spanish or other Iberian origin.
The Catálogo alfabético de apellidos (English: Alphabetical Catalogue of Surnames; Filipino: Alpabetikong Katalogo ng mga apelyido) is a book of surnames in the Philippines and other islands of Spanish East Indies published in the mid-19th century. That was in response to a Spanish colonial decree establishing the distribution of Spanish family names and local surnames among colonial subjects who did not have a prior surname. It is also the reason for Filipinos sharing some of the same surnames as many Spaniards and other Hispanic countries.
The book was created after Spanish governor-general Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa issued a decree on November 21, 1849, to address the lack of a standard naming convention. Newly-Christianised Filipinos often chose the now-ubiquitous surnames of de los Santos, de la Cruz, del Rosario, and Bautista for religious reasons; others preferred names of well-known local rulers such as Lacandola. To complicate matters further, discrepancies like family members holding different surnames would hinder some of the colonial government's activities such as taking a census and tax collection.
* Dela Cruz
* Santos
* Reyes
* Cruz
* Bautista
* Del Rosario
* Gonzales
* Ramos
* Aquino
* Garcia
* Lopez
* Delos Santos
* Fernandez
* Diaz
* Perez
* Flores
* Hernandez
* De Leon
* Morales
* Pascual

## Russia

    See also: Список общерусских фамилий (in Russian Wikipedia)
The most common surnames in Russia, as calculated by Yumaguzin and Vinnik (2019):
| Rank | Surname | Transliteration | Meaning | Percentage |
| 1 | Ивано́в/Ивано́ва | Ivanov/Ivanova | descendant of Ivan (John) | 0.64275 |
| 2 | Кузнецо́в/Кузнецо́ва | Kuznetsov/Kuznetsova | smith's | 0.35634 |
| 3 | Смирно́в/Смирно́ва | Smirnov/Smirnova | descendant of Smirnoy (meek one) | 0.31630 |
| 4 | Попо́в/Попо́ва | Popov/Popova | priest's descendant | 0.31260 |
| 5 | Петро́в/Петро́ва | Petrov/Petrova | descendant of Pyotr (Peter) | 0.30807 |
| 6 | Васи́льев/Васи́льева | Vasilyev/Vasilyeva | descendant of Vasily (Basil) | 0.26549 |
| 7 | Магоме́дов/Магоме́дова | Magomedov/Magomedova | descendant of Magomed (Muhammad) | 0.23628 |
| 8 | Али́ев/Али́ева | Aliyev/Aliyeva | descendant of Ali | 0.22763 |
| 9 | Кари́мов/Кари́мова | Karimov/Karimova | descendant of Karim | 0.19051 |
| 10 | Во́лков/Во́лкова | Volkov/Volkova | wolf's | 0.18828 |
| 11 | Семёнов/Семёнова | Semyonov/Semyonova | descendant of Semyon (Simon) | 0.18682 |
| 12 | Миха́йлов/Миха́йлова | Mikhaylov/Mikhaylova | descendant of Mikhail (Michael) | 0.18355 |
| 13 | Па́влов/Па́влова | Pavlov/Pavlova | descendant of Pavel (Paul) | 0.18256 |
| 14 | Козло́в/Козло́ва | Kozlov/Kozlova | he-goat's; metaphorically: bearded one | 0.18177 |
| 15 | Фёдоров/Фёдорова | Fyodorov/Fyodorova | descendant of Fyodor (Theodore) | 0.17727 |
| 16 | Но́виков/Но́викова | Novikov/Novikova | new man's/woman's; see novik for historical details | 0.17388 |
| 17 | Ибраги́мов/Ибраги́мова | Ibragimov/Ibragimova | descendant of Ibrahim | 0.17150 |
| 18 | Соколо́в/Соколо́ва | Sokolov/Sokolova | falcon's | 0.17071 |
| 19 | Моро́зов/Моро́зова | Morozov/Morozova | frost's | 0.16877 |
| 20 | За́йцев/За́йцева | Zaytsev/Zaytseva | hare's | 0.16217 |
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 often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov, or 'Johns', 'Peters', and 'Isidores', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.

## Sri Lanka

Many of the low country Sinhalese have Portuguese surnames as a result of Portuguese colonial rule in that area during the 16th and 17th centuries. Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities.
Many Sinhalese surnames end with Singhe (Sinhala: සිංහ, lit. 'lion'), such as Jayasinghe, Ranasinghe, Samarasinghe.
| Rank (2014) | Name | Total Number (2014) | Language of origin and meaning |
| 1 | Perera | 862,080 | Portuguese |
| 2 | Fernando | 520,965 | Portuguese |
| 3 | de Silva | 299,772 | Portuguese |
| 4 | Bandara | 227,388 | Sinhalese |
| 5 | Kumara | 201,695 | Sinhalese |
| 6 | Dissanayake | 172,612 | Sinhalese |
| 7 | Mohamed | 154,874 | Arabic, of Sri Lankan Moor |
| 8 | Gamage | 149,527 | Sinhalese |
| 9 | Liyanage | 143,854 | Sinhalese |
| 10 | Jayasinghe | 142,224 | Sinhalese |
| 11 | Ranasinghe | 139,680 | Sinhalese |
| 12 | Herath | 123,182 | Sinhalese |
| 13 | Weerasinghe | 122,008 | Sinhalese |
| 14 | Peiris | 115,944 | Portuguese |
| 15 | Rathnayake | 102,902 | Sinhalese |
| 16 | Wickramasinghe | 96,968 | Sinhalese |
| 17 | Wijesinghe | 94,816 | Sinhalese |
| 18 | Hettiarachchi | 87,512 | Sinhalese |
| 19 | Nanayakkara | 78,057 | Sinhalese |
| 20 | Ahamed | 74,601 | Arabic, of Sri Lankan Moor |
| 21 | Rajapaksha | 71,144 | Sinhalese |
| 22 | Mendis | 70,623 | Portuguese |
| 23 | Pathirana | 70,297 | Sinhalese |
| 24 | Ekanayake | 69,840 | Sinhalese |
| 25 | Gunasekara | 69,384 | Sinhalese |
| 26 | Dias | 67,623 | Portuguese |
| 27 | Sampath | 67,232 | Sinhalese |
| 28 | Amarasinghe | 64,949 | Sinhalese |
| 29 | Ratnayake | 59,863 | Sinhalese |
| 30 | Chathuranga | 58,754 | Sinhalese |
| 31 | Senanayake | 55,037 | Sinhalese |
| 32 | Samarasinghe | 54,320 | Sinhalese |
| 33 | Lakmal | 53,733 | Sinhalese |
| 34 | Munasinghe | 52,755 | Sinhalese |
| 35 | Rodrigo | 51,777 | Portuguese |
| 36 | Seneviratne | 51,581 | Sinhalese |
| 37 | Rathnayaka | 49,886 | Sinhalese |
| 38 | Edirisinghe | 48,516 | Sinhalese |
| 39 | Jayawardena | 48,386 | Sinhalese |
| 40 | Fonseka | 47,995 | Portuguese |
| 41 | Sanjeewa | 47,147 | Sinhalese |
| 42 | Gunawardana | 46,625 | Sinhalese |
| 43 | Gunawardena | 45,386 | Sinhalese |
| 44 | Karunaratne | 44,930 | Sinhalese |
| 45 | Jayaweera | 43,495 | Sinhalese |
| 46 | Jayasekara | 43,365 | Sinhalese |
| 47 | Ranaweera | 42,387 | Sinhalese |
| 48 | Jayawardana | 40,822 | Sinhalese |
| 49 | Jayasuriya | 40,561 | Sinhalese |
| 50 | Madusanka | 40,300 | Sinhalese |

## Taiwan

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 | Rank | Character | Character | Romanizations | Romanizations | Romanizations | Romanizations | Romanizations | Romanizations | Romanizations | Romanizations | % of total pop. |
| 2016 | Mainland (2007) | Character | Character | Mandarin | Mandarin | Cantonese | Cantonese | Cantonese | Minnan | Minnan | Other | % of total pop. |
| 2016 | Mainland (2007) | Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | Wade | Jyutping | HK | Other | POJ | Other | Other | % of total pop. |
| 1 | 5 | 陳 | 陈 | Chén | Ch'en$^2$ | Can$^4$ | Chan | Chun | Tân | Ting | | 11.14% |
| 2 | 19 | 林 | 林 | Lín | Lin$^2$ | Lam$^4$ | Lam | Lum | Lîm | Lim, Liem | | 8.31% |
| 3 | 7 | 黃 | 黄 | Huáng | Huang$^2$ | Wong$^4$ | Wong | Wang Vang Wung Vung | Ng | Eng, Ung Wee, Oei Ooi, Uy Bong | | 6.05% |
| 4 | 3 | 張 | 张 | Zhāng | Chang$^1$ | Zoeng$^1$ | Cheung | Chong$^5$ Chung Cheong$^4$ | Tiu | Teo, Teoh Tio, Thio Tiew | Tiong | 5.27% |
| 5 | 2 | 李 | 李 | Lǐ | Li$^3$ | Lei$^5$ | Lee Li | Le Lei$^4$ | Lí | Lee Lie Dee | | 5.13% |
| 6 | 1 | 王 | 王 | Wáng | Wang$^2$ | Wong$^4$ | Wong | Vong | Ông | Heng | Wung | 4.11% |
| 7 | 9 | 吳 | 吴 | Wú | Wu$^2$ | Ng$^4$ | Ng | Ung$^4$, Eng | Gô͘ Ngô͘ | Goh, Gouw | Woo | 4.04% |
| 8 | 4 | 劉 | 刘 | Liú | Liu$^2$ | Lau$^4$ | Lau | Lao$^4$ Lou | Lâu | Low Lao, Lauw | | 3.16% |
| 9 | 40 | 蔡 | 蔡 | Cài | Ts'ai$^4$ | Coi$^3$ | Choi | Choy Tsoi Toy | Chhoà | Chua, Choa Tjoa | Tsay Chai | 2.91% |
| 10 | 6 | 楊 | 杨 | Yáng | Yang$^2$ | Joeng$^4$ | Yeung | Yeong Ieong$^4$ | Iû | Eaw Yeo, Yeoh Yong Joe, Yo | Young | 2.66% |

## Thailand

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 |
| 1 | Yılmaz | intrepid/dauntless |
| 2 | Kaya | rock |
| 3 | Demir | iron |
| 4 | 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/dark |
| 17 | Koç | ram |
| 18 | Kurt | wolf |
| 19 | Özkan | pure blood |
| 20 | Şimşek | lightning |

## Vietnam

| Rank | Name | Name | % of total pop. |
| Rank | Vietnamese | Chữ Hán | % of total pop. |
| 1 | Nguyễn | 阮 | 38% |
| 2 | Trần | 陳 | 11% |
| 3 | Lê | 黎 | 9.5% |
| 4 | 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% |
| 15 | Phí | 費 | |
| 16 | Đào | 陶 | |
| 17 | Đoàn | 段 | |
| 18 | Vương | 王 | |
| 19 | Trịnh | 鄭 | |
| 20 | Trương | 張 | |
| 21 | Lâm | 林 | |
| 22 | Phùng | 馮 | |
| 23 | Mai | 梅 | |
| 24 | Tô | 蘇 | |
| 25 | Hà | 何 | |
| 26 | Tạ | 謝 | |
| 27 | Thân | 申 | |
| 28 | Trác | 卓 | |
| 29 | Tống | 宋 | |
| 30 | Hoa | 華 | |
| 31 | Khúc | 曲 | |
| 32 | Từ | 徐 | |
| 33 | Thường | 常 | |
| 34 | Tiêu | 蕭 | |
| 35 | Ngọ | 午 | |
| 36 | Kim | 金 | |
| 37 | Quách | 郭 | |
| 38 | Đàm | 譚 | |
| 39 | Triệu | 趙 | |
| 40 | Mạc | 莫 | |
| 41 | Thái | 蔡 | |
| 42 | Lưu | 劉 | |
| 43 | Thạch | 石 | |
| 44 | Lương | 梁 | |
Due to historical contact with Chinese dynasties, Vietnamese has adopted names originating from Middle Chinese. Vietnam is in the East Asian cultural sphere.