This is a list of the most common surnames in Asia, in alphabetical order of the country.
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| Rank | Name | In Armenian | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hovhannisyan | Հովհաննիսյան | Son of Hovhannes (John) |
| 2 | Harutyunyan | Հարությունյան | Son of Harutyun (meaning "resurrection") |
| 3 | Sargsyan | Սարգսյան | Son of Sargis |
| 4 | Khachatryan | Խաչատրյան | Son of Khachatur |
| 5 | Grigoryan | Գրիգորյան | Son of Grigor (Gregory) |
| 6 | Vartanian |
| Rank | Name | In Azerbaijani | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mammadov | Məmmədov | Son of Mammad |
| 2 | Aliyev | Əliyev | Son of Ali |
| 3 | Hasanov | Həsənov | Son of Hasan |
| 4 | Huseynov | Hüseynov | Son of Hussein |
| 5 | Guliyev | Quliyev | Son of Qulu |
| 6 | Hajiev | Hacıyev | Son of Haji |
| 7 | Rasulov | Rəsulov | Son of Rasoul |
| 8 | Suleymanov | Süleymanov | man of peace |
| 9 | Musayev | Musayev | Son of Musa |
| 10 | Abbasov | Abbasov | Son of Abbas |
| 11 | Babayev | Babayev | grandfather, father |
| 12 | Valiyev | Vəliyev | Son of Vali |
| 13 | Orujov | Orucov | fasting |
| 14 | Ismayilov | İsmayılov | Son of Ismayil |
| 15 | Ibrahimov | Ibrahimov | Son of Ibrahim |
According to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China in April 2007, the top 100 surnames covers 84.77% of Chinese population,the top 10 surnames each have a population of more than 20 million,the top 22 surnames each have a population of more than 10 million, the top 20 surnames in China are listed as follows:[1]
| # | Name | Romanization | Population（2007） | Frequency（2007） | Population（2006.11）[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 王 | Wáng | 92,881,000 | 7.25% | 92,550,000 |
| 2 | 李 | Lǐ | 92,074,000 | 7.19% | 91,020,000 |
| 3 | 张（張） | Zhāng | 87,502,000 | 6.83% | 86,690,000 |
| 4 | 刘（劉） | Liú | -- | -- | 65,280,000 |
| 5 | 陈 （陳） | Chén | -- | -- | 56,640,000 |
| 6 | 杨（楊） | Yáng | -- | -- | 41,680,000 |
| 7 | 黄 | Huáng | -- | -- | 29,410,000 |
| 8 | 赵（趙） | Zhào | -- | -- | 26,180,000 |
| 9 | 吴（吳） | Wú | -- | -- | 25,020,000 |
| 10 | 周 | Zhōu | >20,000,000 | -- | 24,330,000 |
| 11 | 徐 | Xú | -- | -- | 18,550,000 |
| 12 | 孙（孫） | Sūn | -- | -- | 17,940,000 |
| 13 | 马（馬） | Mǎ | -- | -- | 16,890,000 |
| 14 | 朱 | Zhū | -- | -- | 16,460,000 |
| 15 | 胡 | Hú | -- | -- | 14,970,000 |
| 16 | 郭 | Guō | -- | -- | 14,260,000 |
| 17 | 何 | Hé | -- | -- | 13,340,000 |
| 18 | 高 | Gāo | -- | -- | 12,900,000 |
| 19 | 林 | Lín | -- | -- | 12,500,000 |
| 20 | 罗（羅） | Luó | -- | -- | 12,400,000 |
| Name | In Georgian | Number of people | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beridze | ბერიძე | 24,962 |
| 2 | Mammadov | მამედოვი (Mamedovi) | 23,675 |
| 3 | Kapanadze | კაპანაძე | 17,202 |
| 4 | Gelashvili | გელაშვილი | 16,350 |
| 5 | Aliyev | ალიევი (Alievi) | 15,742 |
| 6 | Maisuradze | მაისურაძე | 14,824 |
| 7 | Giorgadze | გიორგაძე | 12,954 |
| 8 | Lomidze | ლომიძე | 11,796 |
| 9 | Tsiklauri | წიკლაური | 11,571 |
| 10 | Bolkvadze | ბოლქვაძე | 10,916 |
| 11 | Kvaratskhelia | კვარაცხელია | 10,447 |
| 12 | Nozadze | ნოზაძე | 10,183 |
| 13 | Khutsishvili | ხუციშვილი | 10,075 |
| 14 | Shengelia | შენგელია | 9,928 |
| 15 | Abuladze | აბულაძე | 9,663 |
| 16 | Mikeladze | მიქელაძე | 9,220 |
| 17 | Tabatadze | ტაბატაძე | 8,654 |
| 18 | Mchedlishvili | მჭედლიშვილი | 8,446 |
| 19 | Bairamov | ბაირამოვი (Bairamovi) | 8,373 |
| 20 | Gogoladze | გოგოლაძე | 8,362 |
Source: Georgian Civil Registry Agency website.[3] Figures are as given in October 2010.
These are common Indian names that rank among the higher percentages in Indian population.
Most Indonesians do not use family last name. There is only a small number of ethnic groups which maintain family names. For more information, see Indonesian Names
This is a list of the most common Jewish surnames in Israel:
| Name | % of pop. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cohen (כהן) | 2.52 |
| 2 | Levi (לוי) (sometimes spelled Levy) | 1.48 |
| 3 | Mizrachi (מזרחי) | 0.47 |
| 4 | Peretz (פרץ) | 0.42 |
| 5 | Biton (ביטון) | 0.40 |
| 6 | Dahan (דהן) | |
| 7 | Avraham (אברהם) | |
| 8 | Friedman (פרידמן) | |
| 9 | Azulai (אזולאי) | |
| 10 | Malach (מלאך) | |
| 11 | Katz (כץ) | |
| 12 | David (דוד) | |
| 13 | Gabai (גבאי) | |
| 14 | Amar (עמאר) | |
| 15 | Ochion or Ohayon (אוחיון) | |
| 16 | Chadad (Hadad) (חדד) | |
| 17 | Yosef (יוסף) | |
| 18 | Ben-David (בן דוד) | |
| 19 | Adrei (אדרי) | |
| 20 | Levin (לוין) | |
| 21 | Moshe (משה) | |
| 22 | Ashkenazi (אשכנזי) | |
| 23 | Tal (טל) | |
| 24 | Segel (סגל) | |
| 25 | Chazan (חזן) | |
| 26 | Shapira (שפירא) | |
| 27 | Yitzchak (יצחק) | |
| 28 | Klein (קליין) | |
| 29 | Golan (גולן) | |
| 30 | Chen (חן) |
Source: http://www.britam.org/jerusalem/jerusalem271to300.html, quoting from Yediot Achronot, February 23, 2004.
Based on the Japanese surname Dictionary (日本苗字大辞典) issued in July 1996, there are 291,129 different surnames in Japan. If surnames are pronounced or romanized the same but written with different Kanji, they are counted as different surnames. There are believed to be approximately 300,000 surnames in Japan. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population while the top 7,000 cover slightly more than 96%.[4]
This ranking is based on the average number of the entries in all Japanese Yellow Pages for the past three years.[5]
| # | Name | Romanization | No. of entries |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 佐藤 | Satō | 456,430 |
| 2 | 鈴木 | Suzuki | 403,506 |
| 3 | 高橋 | Takahashi | 335,288 |
| 4 | 田中 | Tanaka | 314,770 |
| 5 | 渡辺 (渡邊) | Watanabe | 263,817 |
| 6 | 伊藤 | Itō | 255,876 |
| 7 | 山本 | Yamamoto | 254,662 |
| 8 | 中村 | Nakamura | 249,509 |
| 9 | 小林 | Kobayashi | 241,651 |
| 10 | 斎藤 (斉藤) | Saitō | 225,404 |
| 11 | 加藤 | Katō | 203,101 |
| 12 | 吉田 | Yoshida | 197,460 |
| 13 | 山田 | Yamada | 197,460 |
| 14 | 佐々木 | Sasaki | 169,617 |
| 15 | 山口 | Yamaguchi | 152,065 |
| 16 | 松本 | Matsumoto | 149,006 |
| 17 | 井上 | Inoue | 143,552 |
| 18 | 木村 | Kimura | 137,160 |
| 19 | 林 | Hayashi | 129,673 |
| 20 | 清水 | Shimizu | 123,953 |
| 21 | 山崎 | Yamazaki / Yamasaki | 114,802 |
| 22 | 森 | Mori | 110,430 |
| 23 | 阿部 / 安倍 | Abe | 108,369 |
| 24 | 池田 | Ikeda | 108,369 |
| 25 | 橋本 | Hashimoto | 105,778 |
| 26 | 山下 | Yamashita | 102,647 |
| 27 | 石川 | Ishikawa | 97,704 |
| 28 | 中島 | Nakajima / Nakashima | 95,699 |
| 29 | 前田 | Maeda | 93,207 |
| 30 | 藤田 | Fujita | 91,298 |
| 31 | 小川 | Ogawa | 91,298 |
| 32 | 岡田 | Okada | 89,856 |
| 33 | 後藤 | Gotō | 89,818 |
| 34 | 長谷川 | Hasegawa | 87,815 |
| 35 | 村上 | Murakami | 86,992 |
| 36 | 近藤 | Kondō | 86,695 |
| 37 | 石井 | Ishii | 86,234 |
| 38 | 坂本 | Sakamoto | 78,849 |
| 39 | 遠藤 | Endō | 78,178 |
| 40 | 青木 | Aoki | 76,233 |
| 41 | 藤井 | Fujii | 75,826 |
| 42 | 西村 | Nishimura | 75,264 |
| 43 | 福田 | Fukuda | 74,510 |
| 44 | 太田 | Ōta | 74,352 |
| 45 | 三浦 | Miura | 72,640 |
| 46 | 藤原 | Fujiwara | 72,569 |
| 47 | 岡本 | Okamoto | 71,443 |
| 48 | 松田 | Matsuda | 71,102 |
| 49 | 中川 | Nakagawa | |
| 50 | 中野 | Nakano | 70,082 |
| 51 | 原田 | Harada |
Korean surnames have a variety of ways of being romanized.
Source: 2000 Census, National Statistical Office, Republic of Korea.
Haddad is the most common surname in Lebanon, with about 2.42% or 96,800 people having the surname in Lebanon alone. Other common surnames:
The majority of Filipinos use Spanish surnames that were given to them by their Spanish rulers (See Alphabetical Catalog of Surnames). However, many Filipinos still use their native surnames such as Kalaw, Macaraeg, Gatdula and many others. Filipino Chinese often use their Chinese family names. Some other Filipino mestizos (mixed-ancestry) bear the foreign names of their bloodline.
Source: National Statistics Office.
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Popular Taiwanese surnames - based on Ministry of the Interior also see Common Chinese Names[6]
| Rank | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Öztürk | pure Turk |
| 2 | Yılmaz | unbeatable/dauntless |
| 3 | Kaya | rock |
| 4 | Demir | iron |
| 5 | Şahin | peregrine falcon |
| 6 | Çelik | steel |
| 7 | Yıldırım | thunderbolt |
| 8 | Erdoğan | born as a soldier |
| 9 | Yazıcı | clerk |
| 10 | Karadağ | black mountain |
Source: Turkish Directorate-General of Population and Citizenships[7][8]
The top 10 surnames cover more than 80% of the population.
Source: Họ Và Tên Người Việt Nam ("Vietnamese Family and Personal Names"), compiled by Professor Le Trung Hoa, Social Sciences Publishing House (2005).[9]