The most common surnames in Russia and in the world

About 7 billion people live on our planet. There are many names and

surnames that were formed by our centuriesancestors. Have you ever wondered which are the most common last names? In this article we will present a selection of the most popular surnames around the world and in Russia.

Often found Russian surnames

Surely you would be interested to know whichthe most common Russian surname? Unambiguously it is impossible to answer this question. Let's just say - quite a lot of them. The list below is based on the book “Russian Surnames” by B.G. Unbegauna, published in 1972. The author of the book, before compiling this list, studied the Petersburg address book of 1910 and analyzed all the names contained in it at that time. So, before you the 100 most common Russian surnames.

1. Abramov	26. Denisov	51. Maximov	76. Sergeev
2. Alexandrov	27. Dmitriev	52. Markov	77. Smirnov
3. Alekseev	28. Yegorov	53. Matveyev	78. Solovyov
4. Andreev	29. Efimov	54. Martynov	79. Sokolov
5. Antonov	30. Zhukov	55. Miller	80. Sorokin
6. Afanasyev	31. Zakharov	56. Mironov	81. Stepanov
7. Rams	32. Zaitsev	57. Mikhailov	82. Saveliev
8. Belov	33. Ivanov	58. Morozov	83. Sidorov
9. Belyaev	34. Ignatiev	59. Nazarov	84. Sobolev
10. Bogdanov	35. Ilyin	60. Naumov	85. Timofeev
11. Borisov	36. Karpov	61. Nikitin	86. Titov
12. Bulls	37. Kirillov	62. Nikolaev	87. Tikhomirov
13. Vasiliev	38. Kozlov	63. Nikiforov	88. Troitsky
14. Vinogradov	39. Komarov	64. Novikov	89. Trofimov
15. Vlasov	40. Konstantinov	65. Orlov	90. Ushakov
16. Volkov	41. Kuznetsov	66. Osipov	91. Fedorov
17. Sparrows	42. Kuzmin	67. Pavlov	92. Fedotov
18. Voronin	43. Kiselev	68. Petrov	93. Filippov
19. Gavrilov	44. Kondratyev	69. Pokrovsky	94. Fomin
20. Gerasimov	45. Krylov	70. Polyakov	95. Frolov
21. Grigoriev	46. ​​Kudryavtsev	71. Ponomarev	96. Chistyakov
22. Golubev	47. Lebedev	72. Popov	97. Schmidt
23. Gusev	48. Leontiev	73. Prokofiev	98. Schulz
24. Davydov	49. Lviv	74. Romanov	99. Shcherbakov
25. Danilov	50. Makarov	75. Semenov	100. Yakovlev

Please note that the names are placed inalphabetical order, and not in importance. If you read the list, you probably noticed in it the surnames of German origin - Schultz, Schmidd, Miller. By their presence can be judged on the ethnic composition of the time.

World names
Now let's look at the most commonlast names in the world. The first place is occupied by the surname Lee (its owners around the world are about 100 million people, and the most famous of them is Bruce Lee). The second place is the surname Zhang, it also has about 100 million inhabitants. Third place - Van. It is used as a prefix to the Belgian and Dutch surnames (for example, Jean-Claude Van Damme). Fourth place in the list of "The most common surnames" belongs to the names of Nguyen (about 36 million people). Fifth place - Garcia (it is carried by about 10 million people).

It is most common in the SouthAmerica, the Philippines and Spain. Sixth place - Gonzalez (10 million people). Homeland of this name - Spain. Hernandez is the seventh-largest (8 million people) with Spanish-Portuguese roots. Eighth place is Smith (4 million people). The ninth place is occupied by the Russian surname Smirnov. Closes the top ten rating "The most common surnames" - the German surname Muller.