This is a list of the most common surnames in Asia, in alphabetical order of the country.

Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

 

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

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

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

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

• Ahmed
• Ali
• Banerjee
• Barua
• Chakroborty
• Chatterjee
• Chowdhury
• Hasan
• Hussain/Hossain
• Islam
• Khan
• Mia
• Mujib/Mujeeb
• Mullah
• Roy
• Sen
• Sheikh
• Uddin

China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 

According to the survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China

Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China

The Ministry of Public Security , is the principal police and security authority of the mainland of the People's Republic of China and the government agency that exercises oversight over and is ultimately responsible for day-to-day law enforcement...

 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

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 are listed as follows:

#	Name	Romanization	Population（2007）	Frequency（2007）	Population（2006.11）
1	王	Wáng Wang (surname) Wang is a Chinese family name and one of the most common surnames in the world. It is ranked 8th in the Hundred Family Surnames, and first in the People's Republic of China's National Citizen ID Information System . Wang is ranked as the most common surname in mainland China, with 92.88 million...	92,881,000	7.25%	92,550,000
2	李	Lǐ Li (surname) Li is a common transliteration of several Chinese family names, including 李 , the most common Chinese family name, and the Korean family name Lee...	92,074,000	7.19%	91,020,000
3	张（張）	Zhāng Zhang (surname) Zhang is among the most common Chinese surnames. In the 1990 edition of Guinness Book of Records, it was listed as the world's most common surname, with over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. It was also ranked third in the People's Republic of China by the Chinese Academy of...	87,502,000	6.83%	86,690,000
4	刘（劉）	Liú Liu 劉 is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters:*劉 / 刘, pinyin: Liú...	--	--	65,280,000
5	陈 （陳）	Chén Chen (surname) Chén or Chan is one of the most common East Asian family names. It ranks as the 5th most common surname in China, as of 2007 and the most common surname in Singapore and Taiwan . Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hong Kong...	--	--	56,640,000
6	杨（楊）	Yáng Yang (surname) Yang is the transcription of the Chinese family name 楊 / 杨. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China.- Characters :Yang is most often the transliteration of the character 楊 . The same character can also mean a type of poplar...	--	--	41,680,000
7	黄	Huáng	--	--	29,410,000
8	赵（趙）	Zhào Zhao (surname) Zhao / Chao or Chiu is a common Chinese family name, ranking as the 7th most common surname in Mainland China. Zhao is the first surname in the famous Hundred Family Surnames – the traditional list of all Chinese surnames – because it was the royal surname of the Song Dynasty when the list was...	--	--	26,180,000
9	吴（吳）	Wú Wu (surname) Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 , 吴 , which is the tenth most common surname in Mainland China. Several other, less common Chinese surnames with different pronunciations are also transliterated into English as "Wu": 武, 伍, 仵, 烏, 鄔 and 巫...	--	--	25,020,000
10	周	Zhōu Zhou (surname) Zhōu is the Hanyu Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese family name 周, which now ranks as the 10th most common surname in Mainland China. It has been one of the ten most common surnames in China since the Yuan Dynasty....	>20,000,000	--	24,330,000
11	徐	Xú	--	--	18,550,000
12	孙（孫）	Sūn Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...	--	--	17,940,000
13	马（馬）	Mǎ MA -In academia:*Master of Arts , a degree at the English-speaking universities; someone admitted to this degree*Marin Academy , a high school in San Rafael, California*Minnehaha Academy , a private high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota...	--	--	16,890,000
14	朱	Zhū	--	--	16,460,000
15	胡	Hú Hu (surname) Hu 胡 is a Chinese surname or family name. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China.Some other less-common surnames pronounced Hu include 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, and 斛.-Words:...	--	--	14,970,000
16	郭	Guō Guo "Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds outside a city" in Chinese; it can also be spelled Cok, Guo, Quo, Quoc, Quach, Quock, Que, Quek, Kuo, Kok, Koc, Kwok, Kuok, Gock or Koay....	--	--	14,260,000
17	何	Hé He He is a third-person, singular personal pronoun in Modern English, as well as being a personal pronoun in Middle English.-Animals:...	--	--	13,340,000
18	高	Gāo Gao Gao is a town in eastern Mali on the River Niger lying ESE of Timbuktu. Situated on the left bank of the river at the junction with the Tilemsi valley, it is the capital of the Gao Region and had a population of 86,663 in 2009....	--	--	12,900,000
19	林	Lín Lin (surname) Lín Lin is the second most common surname in Taiwan at 9% of the population, second only to Chen. In mainland China , Lin is generally less common.-Name origin:...	--	--	12,500,000
20	罗（羅）	Luó Luo (surname) Luo or "Lo" refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames 羅 and 駱...	--	--	12,400,000

Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

	Name	In Georgian	Number of people
1	Beridze	ბერიძე	24,962
2	Mammadov Mammadov Mammadov may refer to:*Aghasi Mammadov , Azerbaijani bantamweight boxer*Alakbar Mammadov , Soviet and Azerbaijani footballer*Aqil Mammadov , Azerbaijani footballer, currently for FK Baku...	მამედოვი (Mamedovi)	23,675
3	Kapanadze	კაპანაძე	17,202
4	Gelashvili Gelashvili Gelashvili may refer to:*Georgi Gelashvili , a Russian ice hockey goalie*Jaba Gelashvili , an alpine skier from Georgia...	გელაშვილი	16,350
5	Aliyev	ალიევი (Alievi)	15,742
6	Maisuradze	მაისურაძე	14,824
7	Giorgadze Giorgadze Giorgadze is a Georgian surname and may refer to:* Akvsenti Giorgadze - Georgian rugby union player * Igor Giorgadze - Former Minister of State Security of Georgia. Charged with Eduard Shevardnadze’s assassination attempt...	გიორგაძე	12,954
8	Lomidze	ლომიძე	11,796
9	Tsiklauri	წიკლაური	11,571
10	Bolkvadze	ბოლქვაძე	10,916
11	Kvaratskhelia Kvaratskhelia Kvaratskhelia is a Georgian surname that may refer to:* Badri Kvaratskhelia , Georgian-born Azerbaijani footballer* Givi Kvaratskhelia , Georgian footballer...	კვარაცხელია	10,447
12	Nozadze	ნოზაძე	10,183
13	Khutsishvili	ხუციშვილი	10,075
14	Shengelia	შენგელია	9,928
15	Abuladze Abuladze Abuladze is a surname. People with this surname include:* Ilia Abuladze , Georgian philologist* Tengiz Abuladze , Georgian film director...	აბულაძე	9,663
16	Mikeladze Mikeladze Mikeladze was a Georgian noble family, known from at least the 14th century, and claiming descent from the Bagratids of Taron. The senior, and the princely, line of the Mikeladze flourished in Imereti , while a collateral branch was later established as the petite nobles Mikelashvili in Kartli...	მიქელაძე	9,220
17	Tabatadze	ტაბატაძე	8,654
18	Mchedlishvili Mchedlishvili Mchedlishvili is a Georgian surname, may refer to:*Davit Mchedlishvili*Leri Mchedlishvili...	მჭედლიშვილი	8,446
19	Bairamov Bairamov Bairamov or Bayramov is a surname associated with:*Vladimir Bairamov*Nazar Bayramov*Nurberdy Bairamov...	ბაირამოვი (Bairamovi)	8,373
20	Gogoladze	გოგოლაძე	8,362

Source: Georgian Civil Registry Agency website. Figures are as given in October 2010.

Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

• Abbasi
  Abbasi
  Abbasi is a prominent Islamic family name. - Origin :The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad...
  
  
• Akbari
• Alizadeh
  Alizadeh
  Alizadeh is a Persian surname. It may refer to:*Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist*Hossein Alizadeh, Iranian musician*Ghazaleh Alizadeh, Iranian writer*Ali Alizadeh, Iranian footballer*Safura Alizadeh, Azeri musician...
  
  
• Hosseini
• Jafari
• Kazemi
• Mohammadi
• Pahlavi
  Pahlavi (disambiguation)
  Pahlavi may refer to:* the Pahlavi scripts, or Pahlavi writing system, as adopted to render various Middle Iranian languages* Middle Persian, written in the Pahlavi script...
  
  
• Paria
  Paria (disambiguation)
  Paria can refer to:* parias, a form of tribute in medieval SpainGeography* Paria, Gujarat, village in Vapi, Valsad, Gujarat, India* Paros, Greek island* Gulf of Paria, gulf on west coast of Trinidad* Paria Peninsula, peninsula in Sucre, Venezuela...
  
  
• Shirazi
• Yadollahi
• saeedi
• hassani
• kia
  KIA
  -People:* Kia Abdullah , British-Asian author and journalist* Kia Asamiya , Japanese manga artist* Kia Byers , Canadian canoeist* Kia Corthron , American playwright, activist, and television writer...
  
  
• ahmadi

Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

• Al-Zuhairi
• Qara Ali
• Al-Ani
• Al-Jubbory
• Al-Rawi
• Qara Gholi
• Al-Saedi
• Al-Lami
• Zerjawi
• Al-Dahwi
• Al-Bayati
• Al-Fahdawi
• Al-Jashamy
• Al-Taie
• Al-Basri
• Al-Dujaili
• Jaffari
• Al-Shamari
• Al-Husseini
• Al-Tamimi
• Al-Saadi
• Al-Musawi
• Asadi
• Al-Alousi
• Al-Baldawi
• Al-Zahawi
• Al-Tikriti
• Al-kaabi
• Al-Askary
• Al-Malaki
• Lazim
• Al-Dulaimi
• Al-Janabi
• Al-Obaidi
• Al-qaisi
• Al-Rikabi
• Al-Hachami
• Al-Samaraei
• Chalabi
• Sadir
• Al-Majid
• Al-Nasiri
• Al-Nuaimi
• Al-Saffar
• Sarraf
• Hassani
• Al-Badri
• Al-Dori
• Al-Dabbagh
• Al-Bazzaz
• Jaff
• Baban
• Al-Saeed
• Al-Swedi
• Al-Sudani
• Al-Bethani
• Nakshabandi
• Jawahiri
• Alsayab
• Barzangi
• Rassam
• Shmarah
• Buniyah
• Makkiyah
• Tabra
• Akrawi
• Al-Zubaidy
• Al-Kubaisy
• Al-Agili
• Al-Assaf
• Al-Qathi
• Al-Rissafi
• Al-Zaydi
• Al-Rifae
• Al-Mashhadani
• Al-Khafaji
• Al-Hadithy
• Al-Hiti
• Al-Khazraji
• Al-Ali

India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

These are common Indian names that rank among the higher percentages in Indian population.

• Agarwal
• Banerjee
  Banerjee
  Banerjee or Bandyopadhyay is a prevalent brahmin surname in the Bengal region of India. The name is also spelt Bannerjee, Banerji, Bonnerjee and Bandopadhyaya by different families.-History:...
  
  
• Basu
  Basu
  Basu is a common Indian surname specifically for Bengali Hindu Kayasthas.The home state of the Basu family is West Bengal. A theory is the founder of the clan was Dasharath Basu who migrated from Kannauj to Bengal in the 10th century...
  
  
• Bhatnagar
  Bhatnagar
  Bhatnagar ' is a common surname used mostly in northern India among the Kayastha caste of Hindus. They came from the Second son of the first wife of Lord Chitragupta, the recordkeeper of the God of Death, Yama. Chitragupta . Shree Chitraksh :Disciple of sage Bhat. Wife was Bhadrakalini. Worshipped...
  
  
• Bhatt
  Bhatt
  Bhatt, meaning a priest or scribe in Sanskrit, is a surname common in most parts of India. A predominantly Hindu last name, it is found most commonly in the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Kumaon and Garhwal in Uttarakhand, Doti, Karnataka, Kerala,...
  
  
• Bhattacharya
• Bhosle
• Biswas
  Biswas
  Biswas is a surname common in West Bengal and Bangladesh:People*Abdur Rahman Biswas , a Bangladeshi politician*Anil Biswas , an Indian film music composer...
  
  
• Bose
  Bose
  Bose may refer to:* Amar Gopal Bose, the chairman and founder of Bose Corporation* Baise City, or Bose, a prefecture-level city in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China* Bose Corporation, an audio company* Bose , a lunar crater...
  
  
• Brar
• Chakraborty
  Chakraborty
  Chakraborty is a common surname of Bengali and Assamese Hindus in India and Bangladesh. People with the surname Chakraborty commonly belong to the Brahmin caste...
  
  
• Chandra
  Chandra
  In Hinduism, Chandra is a lunar deity and a Graha. Chandra is also identified with the Vedic Lunar deity Soma . The Soma name refers particularly to the juice of sap in the plants and thus makes the Moon the lord of plants and vegetation. He is described as young, beautiful, fair; two-armed and...
  
  
• Chatterjee
  Chatterjee
  Chatterjee is an Indian family name of a Bengali Brahmin caste; it is a variant of Chattopadhyay .Chattopadhyay is the Sanskritized form of the local Prakrit word "chaturjye", anglicized to Chatterjee...
  
  
• Chaturvedi
  Chaturvedi
  The Mathur Chaturvedi Brahmins, or sometimes just Chaturvedi are an endogamous Brahmin community found mainly in western Uttar Pradesh. A Brahmin family name indicating that the title bearer's forefathers were proficient in all of the four Vedas...
  
  
• Chaudhary
  Chaudhary
  Choudhury is a term in Indo-Aryan languages, literally meaning "holder of four". Traditionally, the term is used as a title indicating the ownership of ancestral land, but in contemporary usage it is often taken as a surname or title....
  
  
• Das
  Das
  Das or DAS may refer to:* Das , a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon* Das , an Emirati island in the Persian Gulf* Das , a common surname or title in the Indian Subcontinent...
  
  
• Desai
  Desai
  Desai is an administrative title and surname derived from the Vedic Sanskrit words "desh sai" meaning "lord of the land." 'Desai' is a surname attributed to Hindus who were feudal lords and revenue collectors...
  
  
• Deshmukh
• Dubey
• Dwivedi
  Dwivedi
  Dwivedi is a Hindu surname. Dwivedi's belong to the brahmin caste, and belong to the Pancha Gauda classification of brahmins...
  
  
• Fernandes
  Fernandes
  Fernandes is a Portuguese language surname. The name is a patronymic form of the Spanish and Portuguese personal name Fernando.People with the surname "Fernandes" include:*Aaron Fernandes, Canadian field hockey player...
  
  
• Ganguli
• Gupta
  Gupta
  Gupta is a common surname of Indian origin.According to some academicians, the name Gupta is derived from Sanskrit goptri, meaning military governor. A more direct translation of the Sanskrit word gupta is 'secret' or 'hidden'. According to prominent historian R. C...
  
  
• Inamdar
  Inamdar
  Inamdar is a surname and an obsolete feudal title:* Inamdar * Inamdar...
  
  
• Iyengar
  Iyengar
  Iyengar or Ayyangar is a caste given to Hindu Brahmins of Tamil origin who follow the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Sri Ramanujacharya. They are found mostly in Tamil Nadu as they are generally native to the Tamil Nadu state of the Republic of India...
  
  
• Iyer
  Iyer
  Iyer is the title given to the caste of Hindu Brahmin communities of Tamil origin. Most Iyers are followers of the Advaita philosophy propounded by Adi Shankara...
  
  
• Jadhav
  Jadhav
  Jadhav is the name of a Maratha clan located largely in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, and other regions of north-western India.- Origin :...
  
  
• Jain
• Jha
  Jha
  Jha or JHA may refer to:* Jha , a surname of India & Nepal* Job Hazard Analysis, another term for Job Safety Analysis* Justice and Home Affairs, the former name for a pillar of the European Union; see Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Mattersjha is a surname which show the cast brahmin...
  
  
• Joshi
  Joshi
  Joshi is a family name common in India and Nepal. Whereas the Joshi's of India are of Brahmin origin, the Joshi's of Nepal are either Newars or Khas-Brahmin...
  
  
• Kamat
  Kamat
  Kamath or Kamat is a common surname amongst the Goud Saraswat Brahmins of the Konkan and Malabar coasts of India in the states of Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. They usually speak Konkani and is considered as their mother tongue. And most often Marathi or Kannada as their secondary language...
  
  
• Kashyap
  Kashyap
  Kashyapa was an ancient sage , who is one of the Saptarshis in the present Manvantara; with others being Atri, Vashishtha, Vishvamitra, Gautama, Jamadagni, Bharadwaja...
  
  
• Khan
  Khan
  Khan is an originally Altaic and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Turko-Mongol tribes living to the north of China. 'Khan' is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283 and 289...
  
  
• Kohli
  Kohli
  Kohli is a well-known Khatri surname originating from Punjab in north-western India.The Khukhrain are a group of eight specific clans of the Khatri sub-caste. The names of the eight clans are: Anand, Bhasin, Chadha, Kohli, Sabharwal, Sahni, Sethi and Suri,...
  
  
• Kothari
  Kothari
  Kothari may refer to:In religion:* Kothari , in the Swaminarayan Hindu Faith* a Jat clanAs a surname:* Brij Kothari - a social entrepreneur* Daulat Singh Kothari* Jehangir Kothari* Komal Kothari* Meghna Kothari* Nisha Kothari...
  
  
• Kulkarni
  Kulkarni
  Kulkarni Marathi- Kannada- is a common family name in the Maharashtra and Karnataka states of India.The name Kulkarni is believed to be a combination of two words . Kula means the root of the family, and Karanika means one who maintains records or accounts...
  
  
• Kumar
  Kumar
  Kumār OR Kunwar is a title, a given name or a family name native to India.In many Indian languages, Kumar literally means prince or a young/unmarried male....
  
  
• Lal
  Lal
  Lal is derived from the Indo-Iranian word meaning 'Red'. It is a middle name used by many Indo-Aryan clans. Lal is also used as a final element of a compound personal name, such as Amir lal , Dost Lal , Rani Lal and Padshah Lal Qamar...
  
  
• Meena
  Meenas
  Meenas, Meena, Meenoat or Mina is a caste and community mainly found in Rajasthan, India. The name Mina is derived from Meen,meaning 'fish' in Sanskrit, and the Minas claim descent from the Matsya Avatar, or fish incarnation, of Vishnu.Meenas celebrate Meenesh Jayanti in the name of Vishnu on 3...
  
  
• Mehta
  Mehta
  Mehta is a Khatri Punjabi surname, some Gujratis are also called Mehta.[1]It means 'chief' or 'great' from Sanskrit mahita, which comes from mah- 'to praise or magnify'. In Gujarati it has also come to mean ‘teacher’ and ‘accountant’, probably because teachers and accountants were respectfully so...
  
  
• Mitra
  Mitra
  *Mitra was an important Indo-Iranian divinity. Following the prehistoric cultural split of Indo-Aryan and Iranian cultures, names descended from *mitra were used for the following religious entities:...
  
  
• Naidu
  Naidu
  Naidu is a title used by various social groups of the Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states of India. It is also used in Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa and Chattisgarh...
  
  
• Nair
  Nair
  Nair , also known as Nayar , refers to "not a unitary group but a named category of castes", which historically embody several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom bore the Nair title. These people historically live in the present-day Indian state of Kerala...
  
  
• Nayak
  Nayak (title)
  Nayak, Nayaka, Nayakar, Nayakkar, Naik, Naiker, Naicker, Naickan, Naiken, Nayakkan, Naidu, Nayudu or Naidoo is a common title used by various caste and ethnic groups across India. They are all derivatives of the original Sanskrit Nayaka, meaning a leader...
  
  
• Pal
  Pal (Surname)
  Pal is a common surname found in India.Politicians:*Bipin Chandra Pal , militant for Indian independence*Jagdambika Pal, senior Indian National Congress leader*Kristo Das Pal , also journalist*Rupchand Pal...
  
  
• Pandey
  Pandey
  Pandey Sanskrit is a surname of the Hindu Brahmins communities of Northern and Central India .-Derivation:Pandey's : Well known for the the Superior Castes in Brahmin's...
  
  
• Pant
  Pant
  Pant may refer to:* Pants, an article of clothing* To breathe quickly, spasmodically, or in a labored manner** Panting is used by many furry animals as a means of thermoregulation* Pant , a North Indian and Nepalese surnamePlaces...
  
  
• Parab
• Parmar
• Patel
  Patel
  Patel is a surname of Indian origin, originally meaning "headman" or"village chief". Patels are socially, economically and politically the most dominant caste in Gujarat Patels are basically Kurmis or Kunbis and are found in various geographical locations. The Kunbi are an Indian subcaste...
  
  
• Patil
  Patil
  Patil is an Indian title or lastname. "Patil" is predominantly used by Inhabitants of Deccan Maratha people . The native language of most Patils is predominantly either Kannada or Marathi...
  
  
• Pillai
  Pillai
  Pillai, Pillay, Pulle , Pilli or Pillaimar is a popular title used by land owning caste of Tamil- and Malayalam-speaking people of India and others living in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa and Fiji, mostly from Vellalar and Nair communities.Though it started as a Hindu title, today...
  
  
• Pradhan
  Pradhan
  Pradhan is a high, generally ministerial, title of Sanskrit origin in cultures of Hindu tradition, mainly in and around the Indian subcontinent. Pradhan literally means "Prime"...
  
  
• Prasad
  Prasad
  Prasād is a mental condition of generosity, as well as a material substance that is first offered to a deity and then consumed...
  
  
• Purohit
  Purohit
  Purohit in Indian religious context means a family priest, from Sanskrit , translated as: one placed foremost, from Puras meaning front, and hita, placed. Rajpurohit is a term used to denote a priest for a royal family or a king who was the authorized person that carried out rituals for the...
  
  
• Rana
  Rana
  Rana may refer to:In education:* Rana Institute of Higher Education, AfghanistanIn entertainment and sports:* Rana , forthcoming Indian film* Moon , the moon Rána in Tolkien's Middle-earth...
  
  
• Rao
  Rao
  Rao or RAO may refer to:* Rao, an Indian princely title cognate with raja* Rao , a common royal surname , and male given name**Rao , Chinese family name...
  
  
• Rawat
  Rawat
  Rawat may refer to:* Rawat, Murree, a town in Punjab, Pakistan* Rawat Fort, early 16th century fort built by the Gakhars in Punjab, PakistanCommunities* Rawat Rajputs, ethnic group of India* Van Rawats, a native minority group from Uttarakhand, India....
  
  
• Ray
  Ray (surname)
  Ray is a common surname in India, and in many English-speaking countries.In India, it is an anglicized version of Rai Chowdhary or Roy Chowdhary, also written as Roy...
  
  
• Reddy
  Reddy
  Reddy is a social group or caste of India, predominantly inhabiting Andhra Pradesh. They are enlisted as a forward caste by the government. Traditionally, they are a high-caste community of nobility, warriors and cultivators. According to academics, they were a warrior caste in the remote past and...
  
  
• Roy
  Roy
  -United States:*Roy, Louisiana*Roy, Montana*Roy, New Mexico*Roy, Utah**Roy , a transit station*Roy, Washington-Family name:*Annadashankar Roy, Bengali author and poet*Arundhati Roy, an Indian novelist and peace activist...
  
  
• Sarkar
  Sarkar
  Sarkar may refer to:*Government in Urdu/Persian/Hindi/Bengali*Sarkar *Sarkar, a title initially used in the Mughal period to denote persons of political authority-Sarkar film series:...
  
  
• Sen
  Sen
  Sen may refer to:-Currency:* Sen, a unit of currency that is the original subdivision of:** Cambodian riel** Malaysian ringgit** Japanese yen-People:* Sen , a Bengali name** Ballal Sen ** Lakshman Sen...
  
  
• Shah
  Shah (surname)
  Shah is a surname found among the people of South Asia and their diaspora. In the Gujarat and Rajasthan regions of India, Shah is common among the Hindu and Jain banias . The surname derives from the Gujarati sah...
  
  
• Shaikh
• Sharma
  Sharma
  Sharma Hindi शर्मा, Urdu شرمہ, ) is a name used in the Indian subcontinent mostly in Northern India as a surname or given name. As a noun in Sanskrit, Sharma has various positive connotations, such as "bliss", "happiness", "shelter", "laid back" and "protection."Sharma is a surname of brahmin...
  
  
• Shukla
  Shukla
  Shukla paksha refers to the bright lunar fortnight or waxing moon in the Hindu calendar. Shukla the dark phase; paksha refers to a fortnight in the Hindu calendar....
  
  
• Singh
  Singh
  Also see SinhaSingh is a common title, middle name, or surname in Northern India and South India used by sikhs warriors and kings. eg. Man Singh I, Maharana Pratap Singh. It is derived from the Sanskrit word Siṃha meaning "lion and used by Ahir kings of Nepal". It is also used in Sri Lanka by...
  
  
• Sinha
  Sinha
  Sinha is a Sanskrit term originates from South Asia, used as a common term mainly in India and Sri Lanka. It comes from the Sanskrit word "Siṃha" , which means lion....
  
  
• Subramaniam
  Subramaniam
  Subramaniam is a South Indian name. It may also be spelled Subramanian. The name is derived from the Sanskrit words su , meaning "good" or "dear," and bramanian, meaning brahmin; the name translates loosely as "dear to Brahmins."It may refer to the following:*L...
  
  
• Swamy
  Swamy
  Swamy It is a title added to one's name to emphasize learning and mastery of yoga, devotion to god, and devotion to the swami's spiritual master ....
  
  
• Syed
  Syed
  Syed is a masculine given name derived from the title Sayyid, it is not to be confused with the similar looking name Sayid...
  
  
• Thakur
  Thakur
  Thakur may refer to:*Thakur *Thakur *Thakar , an Adivasi people in Maharashtra, India*Thakar - a Rajput caste of India.*Thakor is also another name of Hindu deities.-See also:*List of Gurjar clans...
  
  
• Tomar
  Tomar
  Tomar Municipality has a total area of 351.0 km² and a total population of 43,007 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of 16 parishes, and is located in Santarém District...
  
  
• Trivedi
  Trivedi
  Trivedi is a Northern and Western Aryan family name from India and Asia Minor reflecting the mastery of a brahmin over three of the four vedas...
  
  
• Upadhyay
• Usman
  Usman
  -Places:*Usman, Russia, a town in Lipetsk Oblast, Russia*Usman River, a river in Russia; left tributary of the Voronezh River-See also:*Ottoman Empire, also known as Osmanli, Empire of Osman...
  
  
• Yadav
  Yadav
  Yādav refers to an umbrella group of traditionally non-elite pastoral communities, or castes, in India and Nepal which since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.The term 'Yadav' now...
  
  

Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

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

Indonesian names

Indonesian names and naming customs reflect the multicultural and the polyglot nature of a nation which is an archipelago of over 17,000 islands. It is the world's fourth most populous nation comprising about 365 tribal-ethnic groups, making it unrivaled in terms of ethnic, religious, and...

Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

This is a list of the most common Jewish surnames in Israel:

	Name	% of pop.
1	Cohen Cohen (surname) Cohen is a Jewish surname of biblical origins . It is a very common Jewish surname, comparable to 'Smith' in an English-language context....  (כהן)	2.52
2	Levi Levi Levi/Levy was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third son of Jacob and Leah, and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Levi ; however Peake's commentary suggests this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...  (לוי) (sometimes spelled Levy)	1.48
3	Mizrachi (מזרחי)	0.47
4	Peretz Peretz The Jewish name Peretz may refer to the following peopleas a given name:* Peretz Markish, , a Soviet Yiddish-language poet.* Peretz Hirshbein, , a Yiddish-language playwright* Peretz Smolenskin, , a Russian Jewish novelist...  (פרץ)	0.42
5	Biton (ביטון)	0.40
6	Dahan (דהן)
7	Avraham (אברהם)
8	Friedman Friedman Friedman, Friedmann, and Freedman are surnames of German origin, and from the 17th century were also adopted by Ashkenazi Jews.They may refer to:-Art:* Arnold Friedman , an American painter* Drew Friedman, cartoonist...  (פרידמן)
9	Azulai (אזולאי)
10	Malach (מלאך)
11	Katz Katz (name) Katz is a common German surname. It is also one of the oldest and most common Ashkenazi Jewish surnames.Germans with the last name Katz may originate in the Rhine River region of Germany, where the Katz Castle is located...  (כץ)
12	David (דוד)
13	Gabai Gabai Gabai is a surname and may refer to:*David Gabai, American mathematician*Eliyahu Gabai , Israeli politician*Richard Gabai, director*Sasson Gabai, Israeli actorIt may also refer to:*Gabai Falls...  (גבאי)
14	Amar (עמאר)
15	Ochion or Ohayon  (אוחיון)
16	Chadad (Hadad) Hadad (disambiguation) Hadad is a biblical name and a popular Israeli surname. It can refer to:*Hadad, an ancient Syrian storm god and his Akkadian counterpart, Adad.royalty:*Hadad ben Bedad, an early king of Edom...  (חדד)
17	Yosef (יוסף)
18	Ben-David Ben-David Ben-David is a Jewish patronymic surname. In Hebrew it means "son of David". It is one of the most common surnames in Israel...  (בן דוד)
19	Adrei (אדרי)
20	Levin Levin (surname) Levin is a Jewish surname. The surname Levin comes from the Jewish biblical tribe of Levi, whose descendants the Levites had distinctive duties in the Temple period...  (לוין)
21	Moshe (משה)
22	Ashkenazi (אשכנזי)
23	Tal (טל)
24	Segel Segel Segel may refer to:*Binjamin W. Segel, author*Harold Segel, professor*Jason Segel, actor*Jonathan Segel, composer*Joseph Segel, founder of over 20 American companies*Lee Segel, applied mathematician...  (סגל)
25	Chazan (חזן)
26	Shapira Shapira Shapira is a surname, and may refer to:* Anita Shapira* Avraham Shapira, rabbi* Benjamin Shapira, Israeli biochemist.* Berechiah Berak ben Isaac Eisik Shapira, 17th-century rabbi* David Shapira* Haim-Moshe Shapira, Israeli politician...  (שפירא)
27	Yitzchak (יצחק)
28	Klein Klein (surname) Klein is the Dutch and German word for "small", which came to be used as a family name, and thence passed into the names of places, concepts and discoveries associated with bearers of this surname.-Politics and government:...  (קליין)
29	Golan Golan Golan was a biblical city in Land of Israel. It was in the territory of Manasseh in the Bashan.Golan was the most northerly of the three cities of refuge east of the Jordan River . Manasseh gave this city to the Gershonite Levites .According to the Bible, the Israelites conquered Golan from the...  (גולן)
30	Chen Chen (surname) Chén or Chan is one of the most common East Asian family names. It ranks as the 5th most common surname in China, as of 2007 and the most common surname in Singapore and Taiwan . Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hong Kong...  (חן)

Source: http://www.britam.org/jerusalem/jerusalem271to300.html, quoting from Yediot Achronot, February 23, 2004.

Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 

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

Romanization

In linguistics, romanization or latinization is the representation of a written word or spoken speech with the Roman script, or a system for doing so, where the original word or language uses a different writing system . Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written...

 the same but written with different Kanji

Kanji

Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...

, 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%.

This ranking is based on the average number of the entries in all Japanese Yellow Pages for the past three years.

#	Name	Romanization	No. of entries
1	佐藤	Satō	456,430
2	鈴木	Suzuki Suzuki (disambiguation) Suzuki is a Japanese motorcycle and automobile brandSuzuki, Lateolabrax japonicus, is a fish of Lateolabracidae family...	403,506
3	高橋	Takahashi	335,288
4	田中	Tanaka	314,770
5	渡辺 (渡邊)	Watanabe Watanabe Watanabe is the fifth most common Japanese surname.The first to be named Watanabe were kuge , direct descendants of the Emperor Saga ....	263,817
6	伊藤	Itō	255,876
7	山本	Yamamoto	254,662
8	中村	Nakamura Nakamura (surname) Nakamura is the eighth most common Japanese surname.-People:*Nakamura - slayer of Akechi Mitsuhide*Akimasa Nakamura - astronomer*Aoi Nakamura - actor*Chise Nakamura - actress/gravure model*Daiki Nakamura - voice actor...	249,509
9	小林	Kobayashi Kobayashi Kobayashi is the 9th most common Japanese surname. It may refer to:-Arts and entertainment:*Ai Kobayashi , voice actress*Aimi Kobayashi , pianist...	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 Inoue Inoue is the 17th most common Japanese surname. It can also be romanized as Inouye.- People :In politics or business:...	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 Abe (surname) Abe is one of several Japanese surnames and can refer to:* The Abe clan, one of the oldest Japanese clans, which was particularly prominent in the Heian period* Asami Abe , Japanese J-pop singer...	108,369
24	池田	Ikeda	108,369
25	橋本	Hashimoto	105,778
26	山下	Yamashita Yamashita Yamashita is a Japanese family name.The name may refer to the following people:*Bruce Yamashita, U.S. military lawyer*Gentaro Yamashita , Japanese admiral*Haruhiro Yamashita , Japanese gymnast*Iris Yamashita, U.S...	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 Fujita Fujita is a common family name in Japan. It may also refer to the following.*Atsushi Fujita , a Japanese long-distance runner*Emi Fujita , a Japanese singer*Fujita zaibatsu, a Japanese Osaka-based zaibatsu...	91,298
31	小川	Ogawa	91,298
32	岡田	Okada	89,856
33	後藤	Gotō Goto goto is a statement found in many computer programming languages. It is a combination of the English words go and to. It performs a one-way transfer of control to another line of code; in contrast a function call normally returns control...	89,818
34	長谷川	Hasegawa	87,815
35	村上	Murakami Murakami Murakami is a Japanese surname, 35th by frequency in Japan. It can refer to:-People:*Emperor Murakami, 10th century emperor of Japan*Shingo Murakami , member of the popular Japanese boyband Kanjani8....	86,992
36	近藤	Kondō	86,695
37	石井	Ishii Ishii Ishii is a Japanese surname.-People:*David Ishii , Japanese-American golfer*Hiroshi Ishii, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology*Hiroshi Ishii , Japanese golfer...	86,234
38	坂本	Sakamoto	78,849
39	遠藤	Endō Endo (surname) Endō or Endo is a Japanese surname. Persons with this surname include:* Akifumi Endō, Japanese voice actor* Akira Endo , a Japanese biochemist* Akira Endo , a Japanese-American music conductor...	78,178
40	青木	Aoki Aoki (name) is a Japanese surname. People with the name include:*Devon Aoki , model and actress*Fumihide Aoki, video game developer, *Guy Aoki, head and co-founder of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans...	76,233
41	藤井	Fujii	75,826
42	西村	Nishimura Nishimura Nishimura is a Japanese surname. It may refer to:*Akihiro Nishimura , a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party*Akihiro Nishimura , a former Japanese football player...	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 Matsuda is a Japanese family name.-People with the family name:*Iwao Matsuda, a member of the Japanese Diet*Jeff Matsuda, animator for Jackie Chan Adventures and The Batman*Jujiro Matsuda, founder of Mazda*Mari Matsuda, American law school professor...	71,102
49	中川	Nakagawa Nakagawa (surname) Nakagawa is a Japanese surname, and may refer to:People named Nakagawa:* Akiko Nakagawa , seiyū* Eric Nakagawa of I Can Has Cheezburger?* Hidenao Nakagawa , Japanese politician...
50	中野	Nakano	70,082
51	原田	Harada

Jordan

Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

• Abbadi
• Momani
• Azizi
• Hussaini/ Hossaini
• Ali
• Obeidat
• Nueimat
• Momani
• Refai
• Natsheh
• Al-Zarqawi

Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

Korean surnames have a variety of ways of being romanized

Korean romanization

Korean romanization is a system for representing the Korean language using the Roman alphabet. In Korea, the Korean language is written using hangul, and sometimes hanja....

.

1. 김 (金; Kim
   Kim (Korean name)
   Kim, sometimes spelled Gim, is the most common family name in Korea. The name is common in both modern-day North Korea and South Korea. The hanja used for the name means "gold," and although the character is usually pronounced 금 geum, it is pronounced 김 gim when used for the family name and...
   
   , Gim, Ghim)
2. 이 (李; Lee
   Lee (Korean name)
   Lee is the common English spelling of 이 , a common Korean family name. The proper pronunciation in South Korea is like the English letter "E", although in North Korea the name is still written as "리" and pronounced "Lee". Many times South Koreans will knowingly introduce themselves as "Lee" to...
   
   , Yi, I, Rhee)
3. 박 (朴; Park
   Park (Korean name)
   Park is a common and time-honoured Korean surname, founded by King Hyeokgeose. All Parks are descendants of him in principle except naturalized people...
   
   , Pak, Bak, Bac, Bhak)
4. 최 (崔; Choi, Choe)
5. 정 (鄭; Jeong, Chung, Jung)
6. 강 (姜; Kang
   Kang (Korean name)
   Kang or Gang is a common Korean family name. Altogether, the holders of this name number more than 1.1 million in South Korea, according to the 2000 census. The name "Kang" can actually represent any of 5 different hanja, or Chinese characters...
   
   , Gang, Ghang)
7. 조 (趙; Cho
   Cho (Korean name)
   Cho or Jo is a Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea of a total population of 45,985,289: more than 2% of the total population...
   
   , Jo, Joe)
8. 윤 (尹; Yoon, Yun, Youn)
9. 장 (張; Jang
   Jang (Korean name)
   Jang or Chang is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were more than 940,000 people in South Korea by this surname, more than 2% of the population...
   
   , Chang)
10. 임 (林; Lim
    Im (Korean name)
    Im is a common Korean family name derived from the Chinese surname Lin. There are two clan branches of "Im/Lim".-History:The first clan branch is the Supul Lim and its Hanja character is 林. The Supul Lim branch consists of two large clan houses; the first is Naju and the second, which is the elder...
    
    , Rim, Im)
11. 한 (韓; Han
    Han (Korean name)
    Han is the common English spelling of 한, a common Korean family name. According to the 2000 census, 한 is the 7th most common surname in the Republic of Korea...
    
    )
12. 오 (吳; O, Oh, Au)
13. 신 (申; Shin
    Shin (Korean name)
    Shin is a Korean family name. According to the 2000 census in South Korea, there were 911,556 people carrying the Shin surname.-Clans:There are three Chinese characters for the Shin surname. Between these three characters, there are five different clans. Each Shin clan descends from a different...
    
    , Sin)
14. 서 (徐; Seo
    Seo (Korean name)
    Seo, sometimes romanized Suh or So, is a royal Korean family name. The Seo Clan in Silla was founded by Kim Alcheon. The descendants of this royal bloodline are part of a lineage that was once renowned for its imperial success during the early 9th century...
    
    ,Suh)
15. 권 (權; Kwon, Gwon, Kuen)
16. 황 (黃; Hwang
    Hwang (Korean name)
    Hwang is a common Korean family name. Hwang is the equivalent of the Chinese surname Huang. Hwangs make up roughly 1.5% of the Korean population; the 2000 South Korean census found 644,294 in that country. The Chinese character for Hwang used most commonly literally means "yellow","golden","brown;...
    
    , Whang, Hoang)
17. 안 (安; Ahn
    Ahn (Korean name)
    Ahn, also romanized An, is a Korean family name. It literally means "tranquility." In 2000, there were 637,786 people bearing this surname in South Korea , making it the 20th most common family name in the country, with roughly 2% of the country's population...
    
    , An)
18. 송 (宋; Song
    Song (Korean name)
    -origin:Song*Song Ju Eun of Yangju Song clan*Song Wui is indigenous people of Haeju, Yonan in Hwanghaedo*Song Song Rye of Iksan Song clan*Song Shin Kyung of Mungyeong Song clan...
    
    )
19. 유 (柳; Yoo
    Yoo (Korean name)
    Yoo , is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there were about 1.04 million people by this name living in South Korea, making up roughly 2% of that country's population....
    
    , Yu)
20. 홍 (洪; Hong
    Hong (Korean name)
    Hong is the common English spelling of 홍, is Korean and Chinese means "wide" or "big".-Clans:As with all Korean family names, the holders of the Hong surname are divided into different patrilineal clans, or lineages, based on their ancestral seat. Most such clans trace their lineage back to a...
    
    )
21. 전 (全; Jeon
    Jeon (Korean name)
    Jeon is a rare Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 687,867 people by this name in South Korea. english mark use to Jeon, Jun, Cheon, Chun, etc.-全 : Quan, Chyun:*from Zhou Dynasty public office name...
    
    , Jun, Chun)
22. 고 (高; Ko
    Ko (Korean name)
    Ko, also variously romanized Go, Koh, or Goh, is a common Korean family name. As of the 2000 South Korean census, there were 435,000 Kohs in South Korea, accounting for just under 1% of the population.-origin:...
    
    , Koh, Go)
23. 문 (文; Mun, Moon)
24. 손 (孫; Son
    Son (Korean name)
    Son or Sohn or Shon is a common Korean family name. As of 2000, there are 415,182 people by this surname in South Korea.-origin:*Gui clan of Qi from Shun...
    
    , Sohn)
25. 양 (梁; Yang, Ryang)
26. 배 (裵; Bae, Bai)
27. 백 (白; Baek, Paik, Back)
28. 조 (曺; Jo, Cho)
29. 허 (許; Heo, Her)
30. 남 (南; Nam)
31. 심 (沈; Sim
    Sim (Korean name)
    Sim or Shim is a Korean surname. There are six Shim clans in Korea based on six different regions. such as Cheongsong, Pungsan, Samcheok, Buyu, Uiryeong, and Jeonju. The biggest Sim clan is Cheongsong; they comprise about 85% of the all those with the surname Shim. Fourteen percent of all Korean...
    
    , Shim)
32. 유 (劉; Yu, Yoo, Liu)
33. 노 (盧; No, Noh, Roh)
34. 하 (河; Ha)
35. 전 (田; Jeon
    Jeon (Korean name)
    Jeon is a rare Korean family name. As of 2000, there were 687,867 people by this name in South Korea. english mark use to Jeon, Jun, Cheon, Chun, etc.-全 : Quan, Chyun:*from Zhou Dynasty public office name...
    
    , Jun)
36. 정 (丁; Jeong, Jung)
37. 곽 (郭; Gwak, Kwak, Koak)
38. 성 (成; Seong, Sung)
39. 차 (車; Cha
    Cha (Korean name)
    Cha is an uncommon family name in Korea. The Yeonan Cha clan is the only clan. The founding ancestor was Cha Hyo-jeon, son of Yu Cha-dal . Most of the clan’s members live in Gyeongsang province, Hwanghae province, or P'yŏngan province...
    
    )
40. 유 (兪; Yu, Yoo)
41. 구 (具; Gu, Koo)
42. 우 (禹; U, Woo)
43. 주 (朱; Ju, Joo)
44. 임 (任; Im
    Im (Korean name)
    Im is a common Korean family name derived from the Chinese surname Lin. There are two clan branches of "Im/Lim".-History:The first clan branch is the Supul Lim and its Hanja character is 林. The Supul Lim branch consists of two large clan houses; the first is Naju and the second, which is the elder...
    
    , Yim)
45. 나 (羅; Na, Ra, La)
46. 신 (辛; Sin, Shin)
47. 민 (閔; Min)
48. 진 (陳; Jin
    Jin (Korean name)
    -陳:Jin, surname of korea, origin has Chen, Liu, Bai, etc clan, they are majority in jin clan of modern korea, known peope are;*Jin Soo from Song Dynasty, AD 1200.*Jin Woo Ryang from Ming Dynasty, AD 1300....
    
    , Jean)
49. 지 (池; Ji, Jee)
50. 엄 (嚴; Eom, Uhm)

Source: 2000 Census, National Statistical Office, Republic of Korea.

Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

Haddad

Haddad

Haddad or Hadad is a common family name and personal name. Hadad was also a Semitic storm-god.The original Haddad name means Blacksmith in ancient Semitic. The Haddad name dates back to the Phoenician era of the Eastern Mediterranean...

 is the most common surname in Lebanon, with about 2.42% or 96,800 people having the surname in Lebanon alone.
Other common surnames:

• Hamieh / Hamiye / Hamie
• Hariri / Harriri
• Hassan / Hassen / Hasson / Hassin / Hessen / Hossen
• Hamade
• Harb
• Hayek
• Nader /Nadar
• Khoury / Khouri / Kurri
• Mourtada
• Rahal
• Murr
• Najjar / Najer / Nagger
• Hajjar
• Yassin
• Abuzaid / Abouzaid / Abozaid
• Abdul / Abdalla / Abdullah
• Abaid
• Abood / Abud
• Zain / Zein
• Kanaan
• Touma
• Wehbe / Wehby
• Batlouni
• Ajram
• Nassar / Nasser
• Mousawi
• Melik / Malek / Melick
• Saba / Sabba
• Subban / Sabban
• Sabra
• Shalhoub
• Shadie
• Wahim
• Trad
• Zaher
• Yared / Yarad
• Yazbeck / Yazbek
• Rizk / Rezek
• Abourizk / Aburizk
• Shallala / Shalala
• Saleeba / Saliba
• Shahadi
• Saab
• Nehme
• Nahra
• Raidi / Raidy
• Daher / Dager
• Nadiff / Nadif
• Lahud / LaHood / Lahood / Lahoud /Lahout
• Maalouf / Malouf / Maloof
• Hyat / Hyatt/ Khyat / Hayatt
• Kayrooz
• Kahla
• Jabour / Jabbour / Jabur
• Khalil / Khallil / Halil
• Karam
• Hannah / Hanna / Khanna
• Habaka / Habbaka
• Solh
• Hussein / Houssain / Hossein
• Dallah
• Deeb
• Chedidi
• Bettar / Bittar
• Bishara / Besharra
• Berry / Berri
• Atia / Atias
• Assaf / Assif
• Ataya
• Abdoo / Abdu
• Azzi
• Abousamra
• Ayoub / Ayub

Mongolia

Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...

• Temuujin
• Ariunbold
• Chinbat
• Tsogt
• Zaya
• Lkhagvasuren
• Mandukhai
• Batsaikhan
• Munkhbold
• Bilguun
• Bayarsaikhan
• Ankhbayar
• Gantumur
• Bayarmaa
• Byambadorj

Pakistani

• Abbasi
  Abbasi
  Abbasi is a prominent Islamic family name. - Origin :The Abbasid caliphate was founded by the descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad's youngest uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, in Harran in 750 CE and shifted its capital in 762 to Baghdad...
  
  
• Khwaja
• Muhammad
• Syed
• Khan
  Khan (name)
  Khan is a surname and title of Central Asian origin, primarily found in Afghanistan, Baluchistan, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan.- Origin :...
  
  
• Khanzada
  Khanzada
  The Khanzada, or Khanzadah, is a subdivision of Rajputs, now found mainly in the Rajasthan, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh of India; and Sindh, Punjab provinces of Pakistan. Khanzadahs, the royal family of Muslim Jadon Rajputs, accepted Islam on their association with the Sufi Saints...
  
  
• Khanzada Rajput
  Khanzada Rajput
  The Khanzada or Khanzadah Rajputs, is a subdivision of Muslim Rajputs, now found mainly in the Rajasthan, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh of India; and Sindh, Punjab provinces of Pakistan. Khanzadahs, the royal family of Muslim Jadon Rajputs, accepted Islam on their association with the Sufi...
  
  
• Khanzada
• Mughal
• Malhi
• Shah
• Rana
• Malik
• Raja
• Chodary
• Ahmadi
• Azizi
• Hussaini/ Hossaini
• Mohamed/ Mohamadi
• Jaffri
• Reza
• Khurshid
• Baloch
• Qureshi
• Siddiqui
• Butt
• Hussain
• Chouhan
• Qazi
• Bhatti
• Chandyo
• Chaudhri
• Arain
• Tiwana
• Jinnah
• Jilani
• Shamsi
• Sabzwari
• Orakzai
• Yosufzai
• Afridi
• Chughtai
• Rehman/Rahman
• Sheikh

Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

Common surnames

1. Cruz
   Cruz
   Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin, first found in Castile , Spain. It means “cross,” either the figure or a cross of lines or ways in Spanish and Portuguese. In The Philippines the word is rendered to “krus”, but the Spanish form is used for surnames...
   
   
2. Santos
3. Reyes
4. del Rosario
   Del Rosario (surname)
   Del Rosario, in Spanish and Italian languages, and do Rosário in Portuguese language is a surname that has as its etymology, the Latin preposition, "de" meaning "of the" and the Latin noun "rosarium", meaning "rosegarden" or "garland of roses" but in this case, takes the meaning of "rosary", the...
   
   
5. Gonzales
   Gonzalez (surname)
   González is a family name that originated in Spain. In Spain, it is the second most common surname with 2.08% of the population bearing the surname.. It's also very popular in Latin America, being the most common one in countries like Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay, and thus making it...
   
   
6. Bautista
7. García
   García (surname)
   García is a surname common throughout the Americas, the Philippines and Spain. There are several theories about its origin and history, but it is probably of Basque origin...
   
   
8. Mendoza
9. Pascual
10. Castillo
    Castillo (surname)
    Castillo is a surname, from a Spanish word that means castle, and may refer to:-Persons:*Abelardo Castillo , Argentine writer and editor*Albert J...
    
    
11. Villanueva
12. Ramos
    Ramos
    This is a list of people named Ramos:* Alejandra Ramos, Chilean middle distance runner* Ariel Ramos, Cuban sport wrestler* Bartolomeo Ramos, Renaissance music theorist* Edwin Ramos, gang member* Eliana Ramos, Uruguayan model* Fidel V...
    
    
13. Diaz
    Diaz
    Díaz is a common Spanish surname meaning "son of Diago" variant of Diego. The name accounts for ~0.74% of the Spanish population, ranking 14th most frequently found surname in both 1999 and 2004...
    
    
14. Rivera
    Rivera (disambiguation)
    Rivera is a surname of Spanish and Italian origin which was the old spelling of ribera, the Spanish word of “riverbank”.The name Rivera is a Northern Italian variation of the Southern Ribera name...
    
    
15. Aquino
    Aquino (disambiguation)
    Aquino, also d'Aquino, is a toponym and surname of Italian origin. It is very frequent within the former Kingdom of Naples, once allied with Spain.- Persons :* Thomas of Aquino, Italian philosopher and theologian...
    
    
16. Navarro
17. Mercado
18. Guevarra
19. Morales
20. Fernández
    Fernández
    Fernández is a common Spanish surname meaning "son of Fernando."It is the 8 most popular name in Spain.It is the 138 most popular name in France.It is the 223 most popular name in the USA.It is the fourth most popular name in Argentina....
    
    
21. de Leon
    De León (surname)
    De León or de León or De Leon is a Spanish surname, indicating an ultimate family origin in the Kingdom of León or the later Province of Leon. The name refers to:-Persons:*Alonso De León , Spanish explorer and governor...
    
    

Prefix 'DE (Spanish for "of the" or "from")

1. delos Reyes
2. del Rosario
   Del Rosario (surname)
   Del Rosario, in Spanish and Italian languages, and do Rosário in Portuguese language is a surname that has as its etymology, the Latin preposition, "de" meaning "of the" and the Latin noun "rosarium", meaning "rosegarden" or "garland of roses" but in this case, takes the meaning of "rosary", the...
   
   
3. de los Santos
   De Los Santos
   De Los Santos is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning of the saints.*Epifanio de los Santos , Filipino historian*Gonzalo de los Santos , Uruguayan football player*Jaime de los Santos , Filipino general...
   
   
4. de Guzman
5. de Leon
   De León (surname)
   De León or de León or De Leon is a Spanish surname, indicating an ultimate family origin in the Kingdom of León or the later Province of Leon. The name refers to:-Persons:*Alonso De León , Spanish explorer and governor...
   
   

Suffix 'EZ

1. López
   López
   López is a common surname in the Spanish language . It was originally a patronymic, meaning Son of Lope, Lope itself being a Spanish given name deriving from Latin lupus, meaning wolf...
   
   
2. Hernández
   Hernández
   Hernández is a Spanish and Portuguese surname that came into common use around the 15th century. Originally a patronymic, it means son of Hernán or sometimes son of the traveler-Television and film personalities:...
   
   
3. Pérez
   Pérez
   Pérez is a surname with at least two distinct origins. One is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Pero, Pedro, or Peter." In Castilian Spanish, the name is pronounced ; in Latin America, . In American English, it is often the hyperforeign ....
   
   
4. Fernández
   Fernández
   Fernández is a common Spanish surname meaning "son of Fernando."It is the 8 most popular name in Spain.It is the 138 most popular name in France.It is the 223 most popular name in the USA.It is the fourth most popular name in Argentina....
   
   
5. Álvarez
   Alvarez (surname)
   Álvarez is a Spanish patronymic surname meaning "son of Álvar".It may refer to several people:* Al Alvarez, a British author* any of several members of a prominent Spanish-American family:*Luis F. Alvarez, U.S. physician...
   
   
6. Sánchez
   Sánchez
   Sánchez is a popular Spanish surname. It may also refer to:*Sánchez, Dominican Republic, a municipality in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic*Sanchez , a reggae singer...
   
   

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

Kalaw

For the bird locally known as Kalaw see Rufous HornbillKalaw is a hill town in the Shan State of Burma. It is located in Kalaw Township in Taunggyi District. The town was popular with the British during colonial rule. Kalaw is the main place of the novel by Jan Philipp Sendker, "Das...

, 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.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

• Perera
• De Silva
• Rajapakse
• surnames ending with suffix -singhe (often pronounced as "sinha") (to mean lion) For example: weerasinghe (brave-lion), ranasinghe (fighter-lion), rupasinghe (beautiful/picturesque-lion).
• surnames ending with suffix -raj (often pronounced as "rahjj") (to mean king) For example: kottairaj (leader-king), Soupieraj (elder-king), Paratheysiraj (mighty-king)

Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

• Assad/Assadi
• Ali
• Hussain/ Hussaini
• Ahmadi
• Algafari
• Nasser/ Alnasseri
• Homsi
• afras

Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

Popular Taiwanese surnames - based on Ministry of the Interior
also see Common Chinese Names

1. Chen 陳 (11.06%)
2. Lin 林 (8.28%)
3. Huang, Hwang 黃 (6.01%)
4. Chang, Zhang 張 (5.26%)
5. Lee, Li 李 (5.11%)
6. Wang 王 (4.12%)
7. Wu 吳 (4.04%)
8. Liu, Liou, Lu, Lew 劉 (3.17%)
9. Tsai, Chai, Tsay, Sai 蔡 (2.91%)
10. Yang 楊 (2.66%)

Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 

Rank	Name	Meaning
1	Öztürk	pure Turk
2	Yılmaz Yilmaz Yılmaz is a Turkish word that translates to unshirking, unbeatable or brave, and is a common male given name and surname.-Given name:* Yilmaz Arslan , Kurdish film director, screenwriter and producer...	unbeatable/dauntless
3	Kaya Kaya (surname) Kaya is a common last name in Turkic countries and means rock in Turkish.*Ahmet Kaya, Turkish singer*Nihan Kaya, Turkish writer*Onur Kaya, Belgian footballer*Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer*Şükrü Kaya, Turkish politician...	rock
4	Demir	iron
5	Şahin	peregrine falcon
6	Çelik Çelik -Surname:* Faruk Çelik, Turkish politician* Gülderen Çelik, Turkish female karateka* Hüseyin Çelik, Turkish politician* Metin Çelik, Turkish-Dutch politician* Pelin Çelik, Turkish volleyball player* Sanem Çelik, Turkish actress...	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

Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

The top 10 surnames cover more than 80% of the population.

1. Nguyễn (38.4%)
2. Trần
   Tran
   Tran or TRAN may refer to:* Tran, Bulgaria, a small town in Pernik Province, western Bulgaria* Trần , a Vietnamese surname spelled as Chan in Cantonese or Chen in Mandarin. This is one of the most populated surname in both Vietnam and China. As the descendent of Han Chinese, many immigrated to...
   
    (11%)
3. Lê
   Lê
   Lê is a common Vietnamese family name. In Vietnamese names, the family name comes first. It was ranked the 368th most common surname in the United States.The Hán Tự formerly used for this name is 黎, and the name is equivalent to the Chinese surname Lí...
   
    (9.5%)
4. Phạm (7.1%)
5. Huỳnh/Hoàng (5.1%)
6. Phan
   Phan (surname)
   Phan is a common Vietnamese surname.The name is transliterated as Pan and Fàn in Chinese and Ban in Korean.-Famous people:*Aimee Phan, Writer/novelist*Charles Phan, Celebrity chef, Iron Chef America contestant...
   
    (4.5%)
7. Vũ/Võ
   Võ
   Vũ or Võ is a common Vietnamese surname.-Academia:*Võ Đình Tuấn - Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, and Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics of Duke University. Vo-Dinh has been ranked No...
   
    (3.9%)
8. Đặng
   Deng (surname)
   Deng is an East Asian surname. It is a transcription of 邓 or 鄧 . It is transliteted as Dèng in pinyin and Teng in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is Dahng in Yale and Dang6 in Jyutping. In Minnan or Taiwanese, it is Tēng in Pe̍h-ōe-jī...
   
    (2.1%)
9. Bùi
   Bùi
   Bùi is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Pei in Chinese and Bae in Korean.Bui is also an Italian surname.Bùi may refer to:* Bùi Bích Phương, Miss Vietnam in 1988* Bùi Diễm, Ambassador...
   
    (2%)
10. Đỗ
    Đỗ
    Đỗ is a Vietnamese family name. According to Lê Trung Hoa, a Vietnamese scholar, approximately 1.4 percent of Vietnamese people have this surname...
    
     (1.4%)
11. Hồ
    Hu (surname)
    Hu 胡 is a Chinese surname or family name. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China.Some other less-common surnames pronounced Hu include 瓠, 護, 戶, 扈, 虎, 呼, 忽, and 斛.-Words:...
    
     (1.3%)
12. Ngô
    Wu (surname)
    Wu is the Pinyin transliteration of the Chinese surname 吳 , 吴 , which is the tenth most common surname in Mainland China. Several other, less common Chinese surnames with different pronunciations are also transliterated into English as "Wu": 武, 伍, 仵, 烏, 鄔 and 巫...
    
     (1.3%)
13. Dương
    Dương
    Dương is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Yang in Chinese and in Korean.Duong is the anglicized variation of the surname Dương...
    
     (1%)
14. Lý
    Li (surname)
    Li is a common transliteration of several Chinese family names, including 李 , the most common Chinese family name, and the Korean family name Lee...
    
     (0.5%)
15. Quách (0.1%)

Source: Họ Và Tên Người Việt Nam ("Vietnamese Family and Personal Names"), compiled by Professor Le Trung Hoa, Social Sciences Publishing House (2005).

See also

• Lists of most common surnames
• List of most common surnames in Central America
• 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
• List of surname repositories