The most common surnames in Russia and in the world

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

names that were formed over the centuries by ourancestors. Have you ever wondered what the most common surnames are? In this article, we present a selection of the most popular names throughout the world and in Russia.

Common Russian surnames

Surely you would be interested to know whichis the most common Russian surname? Unequivocally answer this question, alas, it is impossible. Let's just say - there are a lot of them. The list given below is based on the book "Russian Surnames" by B.G. Unbebauna, published in 1972. The author of the book before compiling this list studied the St. Petersburg address book of 1910 and analyzed all the names of the time represented in it. So, before you are the 100 most common Russian names.

1. Abramov	26. Denisov	51. Maximov	76. Sergeev
2. Alexandrov	27. Dmitriev	52. Markov	77. Smirnov
3. Alekseev	28. Egorov	53. Matveyev	78. Soloviev
4. Andreev	29. Efimov	54. Martynov	79. Sokolov
5. Antonov	30. Zhukov	55. Miller	80. Sorokin
6. Afanasyev	31. Zakharov	56. Mironov	81. Stepanov
7. Baranov	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. Bykov	37. Kirillov	62. Mykolaiv	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. Vorobiev	42. Kuzmin	67. Pavlov	92. Fedotov
18. Voronin	43. Kiselev	68. Petrov	93. Filippov
19. Gavrilov	44. Kondratiev	69. Pokrovsky	94. Fomin
20. Gerasimov	45. Krylov	70. Polyakov	95. Frolov
21. Grigoryev	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 by importance. If you got acquainted with the schedule, you probably noticed in it the names of the non-German origin - Schultz, Schmidt, Miller. By their presence, one can judge the ethnic composition of that time.

World surnames
Now let's look at the most commonsurnames in the world. The first place is occupied by the name of Lee (its owners around the world are about 100 million people, and the most famous of them is Bruce Lee). The second place is Zhang's surname, it also has about 100 million inhabitants. The third place is Van. It is used as a prefix to the Belgian and Dutch surnames (for example, Jean Claude Van Damme). The fourth place in the "Most Common Surnames" list belongs to the Nguyen family (about 36 million people). The fifth place - Garcia (it is worn by about 10 million people).

It is most common in the countries of SouthAmerica, the Philippines and Spain. The sixth place - Gonzalez (10 million people). The motherland of this family name is Spain. Seventh place belongs to the name of Hernandez (8 million people), who has Hispanic-Portuguese roots. The eighth place is Smith (4 million people). The ninth place is taken by the Russian surname Smirnov. Closes the top ten ranking "Most Common Surnames" - the German surname Müller.