5 Most Common Last Names In Each Country And How To Say Them Correctly

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The Most Common Last Names In Your Country And How To Say Them Correctly

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It’s no surprise that ‘Smith‘ is the most common last name in the English-speaking world such as the US, UK, and Australia. But did you also know the most popular last names in Brazil, China, India, and other corners of the world?

No worries. You’ll find out in this blog!

We have asked people from 40+ different countries to intensively research for their country’s top 5 most common last names.

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In order to make this possible, we created a challenge to also collect their audios on how they pronounce those last names correctly.

CHALLENGE OF THE DAY

Can you do some research on the most common last names in your country? It would also be interesting to hear how they are normally pronounced.

To do this task:

1. After your research, share to the group the top 5 most common last names in your country. Roman alphabets only.
2. Record an audio pronouncing those 5 last names. Make sure to pause a second in between last names just to emphasize each of them.
3. End your audio by saying something like “Those are the 5 most common last names in my country. I’m (your name) from (your country.)”

Good luck everyone!

With 40+ nationalities participating in this challenge, here are the audios shared by each participant while saying the top 5 most common last names in their country. So get your earphones ready!

Let us know in the comment section below if we missed your country!

The 5 Most Common Last Names in Different Countries

🇦🇴 Most Common Surnames in Angola

    1. Silva
    2. Santos
    3. Fernandes
    4. Costa
    5. Domingos
Audio from Angola

🇦🇺 Most Common Surnames in Australia

    1. Smith
    2. Jones
    3. Williams
    4. Brown
    5. Wilson
Audio from Australia

🇦🇹 Most Common Surnames in Austria

    1. Wagner
    2. Gruber
    3. Winkler
    4. Weber
    5. Huber
Audio from Austria

🇧🇷 Most Common Surnames in Brazil

    1. Silva
    2. Santos
    3. Souza
    4. Oliveira
    5. Pereira
Audio from Brazil

🇨🇱 Most Common Surnames in Chile

    1. González
    2. Muñoz
    3. Rojas
    4. Díaz
    5. Perez
Audio from Chile

🇨🇳 Most Common Surnames in China

    1. Wang
    2. Li
    3. Zhang
    4. Liu
    5. Chen
Audio from China

🇨🇴 Most Common Surnames in Colombia

    1. Rodríguez
    2. Gómez
    3. López
    4. González
    5. García
Audio from Colombia

🇨🇷 Most Common Surnames in Costa Rica

    1. Vargas
    2. Jimenez
    3. Mora
    4. Rojas
    5. González
Audio from Costa Rica

🇨🇿 Most Common Surnames in Czech Republic

    1. Novák
    2. Svoboda
    3. Novotný
    4. Dvořák
    5. Černý
Audio from Czech Rep

🇩🇴 Most Common Surnames in Dominican Republic

    1. Rodríguez
    2. Pérez
    3. Martínez
    4. García
    5. Reyes
Audio from Dominican Rep

🇪🇬 Most Common Surnames in Egypt

    1. Ahmed
    2. Mohammed
    3. Mahmoud
    4. Islam
    5. Ali
Audio from Egypt

🇫🇷 Most Common Surnames in France

    1. Martin
    2. Bernard
    3. Thomas
    4. Petit
    5. Robert
Audio from France

🇩🇪 Most Common Surnames in Germany

    1. Müller
    2. Schmidt
    3. Schneider
    4. Fischer
    5. Weber
Audio from Germany

🇬🇷 Most Common Surnames in Greece

    1. Papadopoulos
    2. Pappas
    3. Karayiannis
    4. Vlachos
    5. Ioannidis
Audio from Greece

🇭🇺 Most Common Surnames in Hungary

    1. László
    2. István
    3. József
    4. János
    5. Zoltán
Audio from Hungary

🇮🇳 Most Common Surnames in India

    1. Kumar
    2. Lal
    3. Sharma
    4. Shan
    5. Jai
Audio from India

🇮🇩 Most Common Surnames in Indonesia

    1. Tambunan
    2. Naingolan
    3. Sitompul
    4. Hutapea
    5. Panjaitan
Audio from Indonesia

🇮🇷 Most Common Surnames in Iran

    1. Mohammadi
    2. Hosseini
    3. Ahmadi
    4. Rezaei
    5. Karimi
Audio from Iran

🇮🇶 Most Common Surnames in Iraq

    1. Rabiah
    2. Zobaid
    3. Alazza
    4. Aljbur
    5. Anaza / Aldulaim
Audio from Iraq

🇮🇱 Most Common Surnames in Israel

    1. Cohen
    2. Levi
    3. Mizrakhi
    4. Peretz
    5. Biton
Audio from Israel

🇮🇹 Most Common Surnames in Italy

    1. Rossi
    2. Ferrari
    3. Russo
    4. Bianchi
    5. Romano
Audio from Italy

🇲🇽 Most Common Surnames in Mexico

    1. Hernández
    2. García
    3. Martínez
    4. López
    5. González
Audio from Mexico

🇳🇴 Most Common Surnames in Norway

    1. Hansen
    2. Johansen
    3. Olsen
    4. Larsen
    5. Andersen
Audio from Norway

🇵🇰 Most Common Surnames in Pakistan

    1. Rajput
    2. Butt
    3. Bhatti
    4. Malik
    5. Chaudhary
Audio from Pakistan

🇵🇪 Most Common Surnames in Peru

    1. Quispe
    2. Flores
    3. Sánchez
    4. García
    5. Rodriguez
Audio from Peru

🇵🇭 Most Common Surnames in the Philippines

    1. Santos
    2. Reyes
    3. Cruz
    4. Bautista
    5. Del Rosario
Audio from the Philippines

🇵🇱 Most Common Surnames in Poland

    1. Nowak
    2. Kowalski/Kowalska
    3. Wiśniewski/Wiśniewska
    4. Wójcik
    5. Kowalczyk
Audio from Poland

🇷🇺 Most Common Surnames in Russia

    1. Smirnov
    2. Ivanov
    3. Kuznetsov
    4. Popov
    5. Sokolov
Audio from Russia

🇿🇦 Most Common Surnames in South Africa

    1. Dlamini
    2. Nkosi
    3. Ndlovu
    4. Molefe
    5. Van Wyk
Audio from South Africa

🇰🇷 Most Common Surnames in South Korea

    1. Kim (Gim)
    2. Lee (I or Yi)
    3. Park (Bak)
    4. Jung (Jeong)
    5. Choi (Choe)
Audio from South Korea

🇪🇸 Most Common Surnames in Spain

    1. García
    2. Martínez
    3. González
    4. Fernández
    5. López
Audio from Spain

🇹🇼 Most Common Surnames in Taiwan

    1. Li
    2. Wáng
    3. Jhang
    4. Lioú
    5. Chén
Audio from Taiwan

🇹🇿 Most Common Surnames in Tanzania

    1. Haji
    2. Lema
    3. Mangi
    4. Pallangyo
    5. Rweyemamu
Audio from Tanzania

🇹🇷 Most Common Surnames in Turkey

    1. Yılmaz
    2. Kaya
    3. Demir
    4. Çelik
    5. Yıldırım
Audio from Turkey

🇺🇦 Most Common Surnames in Ukraine

    1. Melnik
    2. Shevchenko
    3. Boiko
    4. Kovalenko
    5. Bondarenko
Audio from Ukraine

🇬🇧 Most Common Surnames in the United Kingdom

    1. Smith
    2. Jones
    3. Williams
    4. Taylor
    5. Davies
Audio from United Kingdom

🇺🇸 Most Common Surnames in the United States

    1. Smith
    2. Johnson
    3. Williams
    4. Brown
    5. Jones
Audio from United States

🇻🇳 Most Common Surnames in Vietnam

    1. Nguyễn
    2. Trần
    3. Lê
    4. Phạm
    5. Hoàng
Audio from Vietnam

So there you have it! That’s how you say the most common last names in different countries.

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  1. Marmalade 23 Apr 2020

    that’s fun =) Problems come when the same name is written in different ways or the name you know is written in a very weird way. So do not be afraid to ask people to spell their names.

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