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Some very common Swedish names were so similar that only a minor change of spelling was necessary, such as Andersson and Jonsson, which is why these names are much more common in the U.S. than in the United Kingdom. British surnames such as Williams, Jackson, Robinson, Harris, Davis, Brown and Jones are also common among people of non-British ...
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin) and Chami (for Cham origin ).
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly.
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.
Because many Vietnamese sought asylum in West Germany or guest work in East Germany during and after the Vietnam War, and because approximately 40% of the Vietnamese population carry one particular name, the surname Nguyen is notably common in Germany. 815. Nguyen; See also. German name; Literature
List of surnames in Ukraine; References. Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian Surnames. Oxford University Press. (in Russian) Словарь русских фамилий (in Russian) Ономастикон Веселовского; Yumaguzin V.V., Vinnik M.V. (2019) Surnames in modern Russia. Annals of Human Biology, 46:6, 475-490
These are the lists of the most common Spanish surnames in Spain, Mexico, Hispanophone Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic), and other Latin American countries.
Lists of most common surnames. Lists of the most common surnames by continent : List of most common surnames in Asia. List of most common surnames in Europe. List of most common surnames in North America. List of most common surnames in Oceania. List of most common surnames in South America.