Surnames, find yours here!

[daib0]

Just for fun, here are firstly the top current 100 English + Welsh surnames, then Scottish ... anyone recognize their own name? Mine's Scottish, so doesn't appear in English/Welsh lists but makes top 70 north of border!

Any surprises in the lists? - Names not where you expected to find them, or some non-inclusion?

I've also included major European countries, as you'll surely recognize some sporting personality names, politicians etc.

Enjoy ...

TOP 100 COMMON ENGLISH (+ WELSH) SURNAMES

1. SMITH 51. MITCHELL

2. JONES 52. KELLY

3. WILLIAMS 53. COOK

4. TAYLOR 54. CARTER

5. BROWN 55. RICHARDSON

6. DAVIES 56. BAILEY

7. EVANS 57. COLLINS

8. WILSON 58. BELL

9. THOMAS 59. SHAW

10. JOHNSON 60. MURPHY

11. ROBERTS 61. MILLER

12. ROBINSON 62. COX

13. THOMPSON 63. RICHARDS

14. WRIGHT 64. KHAN

15. WALKER 65. MARSHALL

16. WHITE 66. ANDERSON

17. EDWARDS 67. SIMPSON

18. HUGHES 68. ELLIS

19. GREEN 69. ADAMS

20. HALL 70. SINGH

21. LEWIS 71. BEGUM

22. HARRIS 72. WILKINSON

23. CLARKE 73. FOSTER

24. PATEL 74. CHAPMAN

25. JACKSON 75. POWELL

26. WOOD 76. WEBB

27. TURNER 77. ROGERS

28. MARTIN 78. GRAY

29. COOPER 79. MASON

30. HILL 80. ALI

31. WARD 81. HUNT

32. MORRIS 82. HUSSAIN

33. MOORE 83. CAMPBELL

34. CLARK 84. MATTHEWS

35. LEE 85. OWEN

36. KING 86. PALMER

37. BAKER 87. HOLMES

38. HARRISON 88. MILLS

39. MORGAN 89. BARNES

40. ALLEN 90. KNIGHT

41. JAMES 91. LLOYD

42. SCOTT 92. BUTLER

43. PHILLIPS 93. RUSSELL

44. WATSON 94. BARKER

45. DAVIS 95. FISHER

46. PARKER 96. STEVENS

47. PRICE 97. JENKINS

48. BENNETT 98. MURRAY

49. YOUNG 99. DIXON

50. GRIFFITHS 100. HARVEY

TOP 100 COMMON SCOTTISH SURNAMES

1. SMITH 51. MARSHALL

2. BROWN 52. STEVENSON

3. WILSON 53. WOOD

4. THOMSON 54. SUTHERLAND

5. ROBERTSON 55. CRAIG

6. CAMPBELL 56. WRIGHT

7. STEWART 57. MCKENZIE

8. ANDERSON 58. KENNEDY

9. MACDONALD 59. JONES

10. SCOTT 60. BURNS

11. REID 61. WHITE

12. MURRAY 62. MUIR

13. TAYLOR 63. MURPHY

14. CLARK 64. JOHNSTONE

15. MITCHELL 65. HUGHES

16. ROSS 66. WATT

17. WALKER 67. MCMILLAN

18. PATERSON 68. MCINTOSH

19. YOUNG 69. MILNE

20. WATSON 70. MUNRO

21. MORRISON 71. RITCHIE

22. MILLER 72. DICKSON

23. FRASER 73. BRUCE

24. DAVIDSON 74. KING

25. GRAY 75. CRAWFORD

26. MCDONALD 76. DOCHERTY

27. HENDERSON 77. MILLAR

28. JOHNSTON 78. CUNNINGHAM

29. HAMILTON 79. SINCLAIR

30. GRAHAM 80. WILLIAMSON

31. KERR 81. HILL

32. SIMPSON 82. MCGREGOR

33. MARTIN 83. MCKAY

34. FERGUSON 84. BOYLE

35. CAMERON 85. SHAW

36. DUNCAN 86. FLEMING

37. HUNTER 87. MOORE

38. KELLY 88. CHRISTIE

39. BELL 89. DOUGLAS

40. GRANT 90. DONALDSON

41. MACKENZIE 91. ANDERSON

42. MACKAY 92. MACLEAN

43. ALLAN 93. FORBES

44. BLACK 94. MCINTYRE

45. MACLEOD 95. FINDLAY

46. MCLEAN 96. JAMIESON

47. RUSSELL 97. AITKEN

48. GIBSON 98. REILLY

49. WALLACE 99. THOMPSON

50. GORDON 100. HAY

FRANCE - TOP 25

1. MARTIN

2. BERNARD

3. THOMAS

4. PETIT

5. DURAND

6. RICHARD

7. MOREAU

8. DUBOIS

9. ROBERT

10. LAURENT

11. SIMON

12. MICHEL

13. LEROY

14. GARCIA

15. LEFÈBVRE

16. ROUX

17. DAVID

18. BERTRAND

19. FOURNIER

20. GIRARD

21. BONNET

22. MOREL

23. ROUSSEAU

24. LAMBERT

25. BLANC

GERMANY - TOP 50

1. MÜLLER 26. LANGE

2. SCHMIDT 27. SCHMITT

3. SCHNEIDER 28. WERNER

4. FISCHER 29. KRAUSE

5. MEYER 30. MEIER

6. WEBER 31. SCHMID

7. WAGNER 32. LEHMANN

8. BECKER 33. SCHULZE

9. SCHULZE 34. MAIER

10. HOFFMANN 35. KÖHLER

11. SCHÄFER 36. HERRMANN

12. KOCH 37. WALTER

13. BAUER 38. KÖRTIG

14. RICHTER 39. MAYER

15. KLEIN 40. HUBER

16. SCHRÖDER 41. KAISER

17. WOLF 42. FUCHS

18. NEUMANN 43. PETERS

19. SCHWARZ 44. MÖLLER

20. ZIMMERMANN 45. SCHOLZ

21. KRÜGER 46. LANG

22. BRAUN 47. WEIß

23. HOFMANN 48. JUNG

24. SCHMITZ 49. HAHN

25. HARTMANN 50. VOGEL

ITALY - TOP 20

1.Rossi

2.Russo

3.Ferrari

4.Esposito

5.Bianchi

6.Romano

7.Colombo

8.Ricci

9.Marino

10.Greco

11.Bruno

12.Gallo

13.Conti

14.De Luca

15.Costa

16.Giordano

17.Mancini

18.Rizzo

19.Lombardi

20.Moretti

SPAIN – TOP 40

García – 1.378.000 personas (3,48%)

Fernández – 851.000 (2,15%)

González – 839.000 (2,12%)

Rodríguez – 804.000 (2,03%)

López – 796.000 (2,01%)

Martínez – 788.000 (1,97%)

Sánchez – 725.000 (1,83%)

Pérez – 709.000 (1,79%)

Martín – 459.000 (1,16%)

Gómez – 440.000 (1,11%)

Ruiz – 321.000 (0,81%)

Hernández – 305.000 (0,77%)

Jiménez – 293.000 (0,74%)

Díez – 293.000 (0,74%)

Álvarez – 273.000 (0,69%)

Moreno – 261.000 (0,66%)

Muñoz – 241.000 (0,61%)

Alonso – 206.000 (0,52%)

Gutiérrez – 170.000 (0,43%)

Romero – 170.000 (0,43%)

Navarro – 158.400 (0,40%)

Torres – 134.600 (0,34%)

Domínguez – 134.600 (0,34%)

Gil – 134.600 (0,34%)

Vázquez – 130.000 (0,33%)

Serrano – 122.700 (0,31%)

Ramos – 118.000 (0,30%)

Blanco – 118.000 (0,30%)

Sanz – 106.900 (0,27%)

Castro – 102.900 (0,26%)

Suárez – 102.900 (0,26%)

Ortega – 99.000 (0,25%)

Valero – 99.000 (0,25%)

Molina – 99.000 (0,25%)

Delgado – 95.000 (0,24%)

Ramírez – 95.000 (0,24%)

Morales – 95.000 (0,24%)

Ortiz – 87.120 (0,22%)

Marín – 83.160 (0,21%)

Iglesias – 83.160 (0,21%)

SOURCES:

http://genealogy.abo...g/a/english.htm

http://www.sineljefe...munes-en-espana

[sphericalfox]

My surname is in the English dept there but I'm Irish. Hardly taking immigration into account. It probably should say 'most common surnames in England/Scotland/etc

[Zingari]

I've never heard of anyone called BEGUM . Is it a Yorkshire name ?

[Jimothy]

Surprised not to see my name on the English/Welsh list, thought it was fairly common, common enough to make the to 100 anyway.

[Jimothy]

I've never heard of anyone called BEGUM . Is it a Yorkshire name ?

Off the site linked by the OP.

Last Name Meaning & Genealogy Links for the Surname BEGUM

Meaning & Origin:

Begum is a Muslim honorific title for or means of addressing a respectable lady. It did not originally develop as a surname, but over time has been adopted as a last name by many unmarried women, especially in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Quickly becoming a fairly common surname in America and England.

Surname Origin:

Muslim

Alternate Surname Spellings:

BAIGUM

[sphericalfox]

Off the site linked by the OP.

Last Name Meaning & Genealogy Links for the Surname BEGUM

Meaning & Origin:

Begum is a Muslim honorific title for or means of addressing a respectable lady. It did not originally develop as a surname, but over time has been adopted as a last name by many unmarried women, especially in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Quickly becoming a fairly common surname in America and England.

Surname Origin:

Muslim

Alternate Surname Spellings:

BAIGUM

Whoooshhh!

[Jimothy]

Whoooshhh!

Haha I just got it!!!!! I've had a mare there!

[I am Rod Hull]

My surname is fake.

In 1921, my great gran became pregnant out of wedlock. After being locked outside in the rain by her father for being late home one evening, she caught pneumonia and died giving birth to granddad Jack.

A few days after he was born, a Rolls Royce with a couple of posh folk (1 very tall young bloke and his father) pulled up at the house wanting to take him away and raise him, Jacks gran said no and raised him herself.

Or so the story goes .

I`m probably some kind of minor royal or something, I quite like the sound of Carl Sax-Coburg-Gotha.

[daib0]

Try checking your surname here for seeing how many families with the same name live in each county of England & Wales:

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=McDermott

the search facility is pretty good ...

By the way, at the top of the map where it says Emgland-Wales, you can easily cue in Scotland to see how the name does there as well.

(By the way, I'm a Johnstone, and proud of it! - McDermott shows on the link 'cos I was checking out the Reading manager's name!)

[Parafox]

Strictly speaking this lis is incorrectly titled. There are several non-English names on there, Patel, Begum etc. It's really a list of the most commonly occuring names in England, not English surnames

[sphericalfox]

Strictly speaking this lis is incorrectly titled. There are several non-English names on there, Patel, Begum etc. It's really a list of the most commonly occuring names in England, not English surnames

I've eluded to this, however it does then drag up the question of Scottishness, Englishness etc. Surely someone with the name Patel who is born here, is as English as someone named Smith for example? The defined origin of the surname probably isn't the same as whether you yourself or the name you are checking are English/Scottish/Welsh though.

[Zingari]

My surname is fake.

In 1921, my great gran became pregnant out of wedlock. After being locked outside in the rain by her father for being late home one evening, she caught pneumonia and died giving birth to granddad Jack.

A few days after he was born, a Rolls Royce with a couple of posh folk (1 very tall young bloke and his father) pulled up at the house wanting to take him away and raise him, Jacks gran said no and raised him herself.

Or so the story goes .

I`m probably some kind of minor royal or something, I quite like the sound of Carl Sax-Coburg-Gotha.

Hello Mr. Fake

[Parafox]

Strictly speaking this lis is incorrectly titled. There are several non-English names on there, Patel, Begum etc. It's really a list of the most commonly occuring names in England, not English surnames

I've eluded to this, however it does then drag up the question of Scottishness, Englishness etc. Surely someone with the name Patel who is born here, is as English as someone named Smith for example? The defined origin of the surname probably isn't the same as whether you yourself or the name you are checking are English/Scottish/Welsh though.

I agree with that but we just don't know how many names of a different ethnic origin, born elswhere, are on this list

[sphericalfox]

I agree with that but we just don't know how many names of a different ethnic origin, born elswhere, are on this list

Well it would make the statistics of all of these inaccurate in any case if it doesn't differentiate between someone born in the country and someone with the name but an immigrant.

[Smudge]

My surname is fake.

In 1921, my great gran became pregnant out of wedlock. After being locked outside in the rain by her father for being late home one evening, she caught pneumonia and died giving birth to granddad Jack.

A few days after he was born, a Rolls Royce with a couple of posh folk (1 very tall young bloke and his father) pulled up at the house wanting to take him away and raise him, Jacks gran said no and raised him herself.

Or so the story goes .

I`m probably some kind of minor royal or something, I quite like the sound of Carl Sax-Coburg-Gotha.

It certainly has a more refined ring than 'What The F**k Barbeque'

[Leicester_Loyal]

Ferrari third most common name in Italy

[Fox92]

No, my surname isn't included on any of those lists, but I knew it wouldn't be anyway. It is rare and most people I meet, don't know how to spell it anyway.

[Saxondale]

My surname isn't in any of the top lists, which surprises me as it's not uncommon. It can't be far outside the top 100.

I share it with at least one other person on this forum, I believe!

[HEGGSY]

I know Heggs is very common in Leicester, not sure about anywhere else though.

[DJMadness29]

Number 2 FTW!

[Parafox]

No, my surname isn't included on any of those lists, but I knew it wouldn't be anyway. It is rare and most people I meet, don't know how to spell it anyway.

Same here... It's spelt as it sounds in my case, but the number of mis-spellings is mystifying.

[daib0]

Now got hold of the Irish lists too:

Rank / Name / Gaelic Equivalent / Meaning

1 Murphy ó Murchadha sea-battler

2 Kelly ó Ceallaigh bright-headed

3 O'Sullivan ó Súilleabháin dark-eyed

4 Walsh Breathnach Welshman

5 Smith Mac Gabhann son of the smith

6 O'Brien ó Briain high, noble

7 Byrne ó Broin a raven

8 Ryan ó Maoilriain king

9 O'Connor ó Conchobhair patron of warriors

10 O'Neill ó Néill from Niall of the Nine Hostages

11 O'Reilly ó Raghallaigh

12 Doyle ó Dubhghaill dark foreigner

13 McCarthy Mac Carthaigh loving person

14 Gallagher ó Gallchobhair lover of foreigners

15 O'Doherty ó Dochartaigh hurtful

16 Kennedy ó Cinnéide helmet headed

17 Lynch ó Loinsigh seafarer, exile

18 Murray ó Muireadhaigh lord, master

19 Quinn ó Cuinn wisdom, chief

20 Moore ó Mordha majestic

21 McLoughlin Mac Lochlainn viking

22 O'Carroll ó Cearbhaill valorous in battle

23 Connolly ó Conghaile fierce as a hound

24 Daly ó Dálaigh assembles frequently

25 O'Connell ó Conaill strong as a wolf

26 Wilson Mac Liam son of William

27 Dunne ó Duinn brown Click Here

28 Brennan ó Braonáin sorrow

29 Burke de Búrca from Richard de Burgh

30 Collins ó Coileáin young warrior

31 Campbell crooked mouth

32 Clarke óCléirigh clergyman

33 Johnston Mac Seáin son of John (English or.) John's farm (gaelic or.)

34 Hughes ó hAodha fire

35 O'Farrell ó Fearghail man of valour

36 Fitzgerald Mac Gearailt spear rule

37 Brown Mac an Bhreithiún son of the brehon (judge)

38 Martin Mac Giolla Mháirtín devotee of Saint Martin

39 Maguire Mag Uidhir dun-coloured

40 Nolan ó Nualláin famous

41 Flynn ó Floinn bright red

42 Thompson Mac Tomáis son of Thom

43 O'Callaghan ó Ceallacháin bright headed

44 O'Donnell ó Domhnaill world-mighty

45 Duffy ó Dufaigh dark, black

46 O'Mahony ó Mathúna bear-calf

47 Boyle ó Baoill vain pledge

48 Healy ó hÉalaighthe artistic, scientific

49 O'Shea ó Séaghdha fine, stately

50 White Mac Giolla Bháin of fair complexion

51 Sweeney Mac Suibhne pleasant

52 Hayes ó hAodha fire

53 Kavanagh Caomhánach comely, mild

54 Power de Paor the poor man

55 McGrath Mac Craith son of grace

56 Moran ó Móráin great

57 Brady Mac Brádaigh spirited

58 Stewart Stiobhard one who superintends

59 Casey ó Cathasaigh vigilant in war, watchful

60 Foley ó Foghladh a plunderer

61 Fitzpatrick Mac Giolla Phádraig devotee of Saint Patrick

62 O'Leary ó Laoghaire calf-herd

63 McDonnell Mac Domhnaill world-mighty

64 MacMahon Mac Mathúna bear-calf

65 Donnelly ó Donnghaile brown valour

66 Regan ó Riagáin little king

67 Donovan ó Donnabháin brown, black

68 Burns from Scottish Burness

69 Flanagan ó Flannagáin red, ruddy

70 Mullan ó Maoláin bald

71 Barry de Barra Cambro-Norman name

72 Kane ó Catháin battler

73 Robinson son of Robert

74 Cunningham Scottish name

75 Griffin ó Gríofa Welsh: Gruffudd

76 Kenny ó Cionaoith fire sprung

77 Sheehan O'Siodhachain peaceful

78 Ward Mac an Bhaird son of the bard

79 Whelan ó Faoláin wolf

80 Lyons ó Laighin grey

81 Reid red haired, ruddy complexion

82 Graham grey home

83 Higgins ó hUiginn

84 Cullen ó Cuilinn holly

85 Keane Mac Catháin

86 King ó Cionga

87 Maher Meagher fine, majestic

88 MacKenna Mac Cionaoith fire-sprung

89 Bell Mac Giolla Mhaoil

90 Scott a Scottish gael

91 Hogan ó hÓgáin young

92 O'Keeffe ó Caoimh gentle

93 Magee Mag Aoidh fire

94 MacNamara Mac Conmara hound of the sea

95 MacDonald Mac Dónaill world-mighty

96 MacDermott Mac Diarmada free from jealousy

97 Molony ó Maolomhnaigh servant of the Church

98 O'Rourke ó Ruairc

99 Buckley ó Buachalla cow herd

100 O'Dwyer ó Dubhuir black

[Parafox]

Ahhh.. loads of pikey names in that lot!

[FoxyPV]

Neither my bachelor name nor my surname is on any of those lists.

[stez]

Bloody foreigners coming over here stealing my family's rightful place in the top 100