List of most common surnames in Asia

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

Armenia

Rank	Name	Romanization	Meaning
1	Հովհաննիսյան	Hovhannisyan	Son of Hovhannes (John)
2	Հարությունյան	Harutyunyan	Son of Harutyun ("resurrection")
3	Սարգսյան	Sargsyan	Son of Sargis
4	Խաչատրյան	Khachatryan	Son of Khachatur ("given by cross")
5	Գրիգորյան	Grigoryan	Son of Grigor (Gregory)

Azerbaijan

Rank[1]	Name	Romanization	Meaning
1	Məmmədov	Mammadov	"Son of Mammad"
2	Əliyev	Aliyev	"Son of Ali"
3	Həsənov	Hasanov	"Son of Hasan"
4	Hüseynov	Huseynov	"Son of Hussein"
5	Quliyev	Guliyev	"Son of Qulu"
6	Hacıyev	Hajiev	"Son of Haji"
7	Rəsulov	Rasulov	"Son of Rasoul"
8	Süleymanov	Suleymanov	"Son of Suleyman"
9	Musayev	Musayev	"Son of Musa"
10	Abbasov	Abbasov	"Son of Abbas"
11	Babayev	Babayev	"Son of Baba"
12	Vəliyev	Valiyev	"Son of Vali"
13	Orucov	Orujov	"fasting"
14	İsmayılov	Ismayilov	"Son of Ismayil"
15	Ibrahimov	Ibrahimov	"Son of Ibrahim"

Bangladesh

Name (Bangla alphabet) Bangla Romanization আহমেদ Ahmed আলী Ali আক্তার Aktar / Akter বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (ব্যানার্জী) Bondyopadhyay (Banerjee) বনিক Bonik / Banik ব্যাপারী Byapari / Bapary বড়ুয়া Boruya / Barua বিশ্বাস Bishwas ভৌমিক Bhoumik / Bhowmik বসু Bosu চাকমা Chakma চক্রবর্তী Chokroborti / Chakraborty চট্টপাধ্যায় (চ্যাটার্জী) Chottopadhyay (Chatterjee) চৌধুরী Choudhuri / Chowdhury দাস Das দেবনাথ Debnath দেওয়ান Dewan দে De / Dey দত্ত Dotto / Datta / Dutta গাজী Gazi হক Hok / Haque হাসান Hasan হোসেন Hosen / Hossain / Hussain ইসলাম Islam

Name (Bangla alphabet) Bangla Romanization কাজী Kazi খান Khan মাহমুদ Mahmud মজুমদার Mojumdar / Majumder মারমা Marma মিঞা Mina / Miah মির্জা Mirza মিত্র Mitro / Mitra মোল্লা Molla / Mollah মোহাম্মদ Mohammod / Mohammud / Muhammad মুখোপাধ্যায় (মুখার্জী) Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee) মুন্সী Munsi / Munshi পাটোয়ারী Patoyari / Patwary পাল Pal / Paul রহমান Rohoman / Rohman / Rahman রায় Ray / Roy সাহা Saha সরকার Sorkar / Sarker / Sarkar সেন Sen শেখ Shekh / Sheikh ঠাকুর Thakur ত্রিপুরা Tripura উদ্দীন Uddin ওয়াজেদ Wazed

People's Republic of China

According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007,^[2][3][4] the top three surnames in China have a combined population larger than Indonesia,^[5] the world's fourth-most-populous country. The top 10 surnames each have a population greater than 20 million; the top 22 have populations of more than 10 million. The top 100 surnames cover 84.77% of China's population.

The press release from the Ministry of Public Security only provided detailed numbers for the top three surnames. Information about the others from 2006 comes from a multi-year study by Yuan Yida of the Chinese Academy of Sciences's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, which purportedly used a sample size of 296 million spread across 1,110 counties and cities.^[6]

Rank	Name		Romanization	Total Number (2007)	Frequency (2007)	Estimated Number (2006)
	Simp.	Trad.
1	王		Wáng/Wong	92,881,000	7.25%	92,550,000
2	李		Lǐ/Lee	92,074,000	7.19%	91,020,000
3	张	張	Zhāng /Cheung	87,502,000	6.83%	86,690,000
4	刘	劉	Liú /Lau	>20,000,000	—	65,280,000
5	陈	陳	Chén /Chan	—	—	56,640,000
6	杨	楊	Yáng	—	—	41,680,000
7	黄	黃	Huáng/Wong	—	—	29,410,000
8	赵	趙	Zhào	—	—	26,180,000
9	吴	吳	Wú /Ng	—	—	25,020,000
10	周		Zhōu/Chow	—	—	24,330,000
11	徐		Xú	>10,000,000	—	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/Kwok	—	—	14,260,000
17	何		Hé/Ho	—	—	13,340,000
18	高		Gāo	—	—	12,900,000
19	林		Lín/Lam	—	—	12,500,000
20	罗	羅	Luó	—	—	12,400,000

Georgia

Rank	Name	Romanization	Total Number[7] (2010)
1	ბერიძე	Beridze	24,962
2	მამედოვი	Mammadov Mamedovi	23,675
3	კაპანაძე	Kapanadze	17,202
4	გელაშვილი	Gelashvili	16,350
5	ალიევი	Aliyev Alievi	15,742
6	მაისურაძე	Maisuradze	14,824
7	გიორგაძე	Giorgadze	12,954
8	ლომიძე	Lomidze	11,796
9	წიკლაური	Tsiklauri	11,571
10	ბოლქვაძე	Bolkvadze	10,916
11	კვარაცხელია	Kvaratskhelia	10,447
12	ნოზაძე	Nozadze	10,183
13	ხუციშვილი	Khutsishvili	10,075
14	შენგელია	Shengelia	9,928
15	აბულაძე	Abuladze	9,663
16	მიქელაძე	Mikeladze	9,220
17	ტაბატაძე	Tabatadze	8,654
18	მჭედლიშვილი	Mchedlishvili	8,446
19	ბაირამოვი	Bairamov Bairamovi	8,373
20	გოგოლაძე	Gogoladze	8,362

India

Indian surnames usually derive from occupational titles or caste distinctions and tend to vary among the wide variety of ethnic groups and cultural regions of India. For example, many common family names in the Dravidian states are rare, or nonexistent, in eastern or northern India, and vice versa. Indian family names also originate from the language spoken in the state or community and depend on the religious affiliation of the family. Hindu family names usually come from Pali, Sanskrit or Tamil and may contain the name or title of a family deity, whereas Muslim last names are usually derived from Arabic, Persian or Turkish. Family names may also indicate lower or upper caste origin of the family as many surnames are exclusive only to certain social groups.

Rank	Name	Total Number[8] (2014)
1	Devi	69,206,943
2	Singh	36,058,956
3	Kumar	31,014,317
4	Das	10,485,481
5	Kaur	10,382,053

Indonesia

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

Israel

Rank[9] Name Romanization Meaning Frequency 1 כהן Cohen "priest" 1.93% 2 לוי Levi Levy "Levite" 1.12% 3 מזרחי Mizrachi Mizrahi "easterner" 0.33% 4 פרץ Peretz from Perez from Pérez 0.32% 5 ביטון Biton from Chaim "life" 0.30% 6 דהן Dahan "oil merchant" 0.23% 7 אברהם Avraham from Abraham from Abramowicz & al. 0.22% 8 פרידמן Friedman from Solomon[10] 0.21% 9 מלכה Malka Malcah from Málaga "queen" 0.19% 10 אזולאי Azoulay "of a priestly dynasty" "blue eyed" 0.19% 11 כץ Katz "priest of righteousness"[11] "priest of Zadok"[12] 0.19% 12 יוסף Yosef from Joseph 0.18% 13 דוד David from David from Davidson & al. 0.17% 14 עמר Amar Omer "farmer" "sheaf" 0.17% 15 אוחיון Ohayon Ochion "son of Chaim" 0.16%

Rank Name Romanization Meaning Frequency 16 חדד Hadad Chadad "smith" 0.16% 17 גבאי Gabai synagogue warden; sexton 0.16% 18 בן דוד Ben-David "son of David" 0.14% 19 אדרי Adrei Edry/Edri Adary from Draa valley in Morocco 0.14% 20 לוין Levin "Levite" 0.14% 21 טל Tal "dew" 0.13% 22 קליין Klein "small" 0.13% 23 חן Chen Khen "loveliness" "grace" 0.13% 24 שפירא Shapira "Speyerer" 0.13% 25 חזן Chazan Hazan "cantor" 0.13% 26 משה Moshe from Moses 0.13% 27 אשכנזי Ashkenazi "German" 0.12% 28 אוחנה Ohana "Son of Hannah" 0.12% 29 סגל Segal Segel "assistant to the Levites" (S'gan Levi) 0.12% 30 גולן Golan 0.12%

Japan

Officially, there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames,^[13] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are spelled and romanized similarly. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 cover slightly more than 33%.^[14]

This ranking is a result of "The National Same Family Name Investigation" by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.^[14] This investigation intended for approximately 6,118,000 people who joined life insurance of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.

Rank Name Romanization Estimated Number (2008) Occupation Rate (%) 1 佐藤 Satō 1,990,000 1.57 2 鈴木 Suzuki 1,900,000 1.50 3 高橋 Takahashi 1,470,000 1.16 4 田中 Tanaka 1,340,000 1.06 5 渡辺 Watanabe 1,200,000 0.95 6 伊藤 Itō 1,150,000 0.91 7 中村 Nakamura 1,080,000 0.85 8 小林 Kobayashi 1,060,000 0.84 9 山本 Yamamoto 1,020,000 0.81 10 加藤 Katō 920,000 0.73 11 吉田 Yoshida 850,000 — 12 山田 Yamada 820,000 — 13 佐々木 Sasaki 710,000 — 14 山口 Yamaguchi 640,000 — 15 松本 Matsumoto 630,000 — 16 井上 Inoue 600,000 — 17 木村 Kimura 580,000 — 18 清水 Shimizu 560,000 — 19 林 Hayashi 550,000 — 20 斉藤 Saitō 530,000 — 21 斎藤 Saitō 520,000 — 22 山崎 Yamazaki Yamasaki 490,000 — 23 中島 Nakajima Nakashima 480,000 — 24 森 Mori 470,000 — 25 阿部 Abe 470,000 — 26 池田 Ikeda 450,000 — 27 橋本 Hashimoto 450,000 — 28 石川 Ishikawa 440,000 — 29 山下 Yamashita 410,000 — 30 小川 Ogawa 410,000 — 31 石井 Ishii 400,000 — 32 長谷川 Hasegawa 390,000 — 33 後藤 Gotō 390,000 — 34 岡田 Okada 380,000 — 35 近藤 Kondō 370,000 — 36 前田 Maeda 370,000 — 37 藤田 Fujita 370,000 — 38 遠藤 Endō 360,000 — 39 青木 Aoki 350,000 — 40 坂本 Sakamoto 350,000 — 41 村上 Murakami 340,000 — 42 太田 Ōta 320,000 — 43 金子 Kaneko 310,000 — 44 藤井 Fujii 310,000 — 45 福田 Fukuda 300,000 — 46 西村 Nishimura 300,000 — 47 三浦 Miura 300,000 — 48 竹内 Takeuchi 290,000 — 49 中川 Nakagawa 290,000 — 50 岡本 Okamoto 290,000 — 51 松田 Matsuda 290,000 — 52 原田 Harada 290,000 — 53 中野 Nakano 290,000 —

Rank Name Romanization Estimated Number (2008) 54 小野 Ono 280,000 55 田村 Tamura 280,000 56 藤原 Fujiwara Fujihara 270,000 57 中山 Nakayama 270,000 58 石田 Ishida 270,000 59 小島 Kojima 260,000 60 和田 Wada 260,000 61 森田 Morita 250,000 62 内田 Uchida 250,000 63 柴田 Shibata 250,000 64 酒井 Sakai 240,000 65 原 Hara 240,000 66 高木 Takagi Takaki 240,000 67 横山 Yokoyama 240,000 68 安藤 Andō 240,000 69 宮崎 Miyazaki Miyasaki 240,000 70 上田 Ueda Ueta 240,000 71 島田 Shimada 230,000 72 工藤 Kudō 230,000 73 大野 Ōno 220,000 74 宮本 Miyamoto 220,000 75 杉山 Sugiyama 220,000 76 今井 Imai 220,000 77 丸山 Maruyama 210,000 78 増田 Masuda 210,000 79 高田 Takada Takata 210,000 80 村田 Murata 210,000 81 平野 Hirano 210,000 82 大塚 Ōtsuka 210,000 83 菅原 Sugawara Sugahara 210,000 84 武田 Takeda Taketa 200,000 85 新井 Arai 200,000 86 小山 Koyama Oyama 200,000 87 野口 Noguchi 200,000 88 桜井 Sakurai 200,000 89 千葉 Chiba 200,000 90 岩崎 Iwasaki 200,000 91 佐野 Sano 200,000 92 谷口 Taniguchi 200,000 93 上野 Ueno 200,000 94 松井 Matsui 190,000 95 河野 Kōno Kawano 190,000 96 市川 Ichikawa 190,000 97 渡部 Watanabe Watabe 190,000 98 野村 Nomura 180,000 99 菊地 Kikuchi 180,000 100 木下 Kinoshita 180,000

Korea

Rank[15] (2000) Hangul Hanja Romanizations 1 김 金 Kim, Gim, Ghim 2 리 / 이 李 Lee, Yi 3 박 朴 Park, Pak, Bak 4 최 崔 Choi, Choe 5 정 鄭 Jeong, Chung, Cheong, Jung 6 강 姜 Kang, Gang, Ghang 7 조 趙 Cho, Jo, Joe 8 윤 尹 Yoon, Yun, Youn 9 장 張 Jang, Chang 10 림 / 임 林 Lim, Rim, Im, Rhim 11 한 韓 Han 12 오 吳 O, Oh 13 신 申 Shin, Sin 14 서 徐 Seo, Suh, Seoh 15 권 權 Kwon, Gwon, Kuen 16 황 黃 Hwang, Huang 17 안 安 Ahn, An 18 송 宋 Song 19 류 / 유 柳 Yoo, Yu, Ryu, Ryoo 20 홍 洪 Hong 21 전 全 Jeon, Jun, Chun, Cheon 22 고 高 Ko, Koh, Go, Goh 23 문 文 Mun, Moon, Mon, Munn 24 손 孫 Son, Sohn, Sonn 25 량 / 양 梁 Yang, Ryang

Rank (2000) Hangul Hanja Romanizations 26 배 裵 Bae, Bai, Pai, Pae 27 백 白 Baek, Paik, Pak, Bak, Bhak, Phak 28 조 曺 Jo, Cho 29 허 許 Hur, Heo, Her, Hui 30 남 南 Nam, Nan, Nham 31 심 沈 Sim, Shim, Shen 32 류 / 유 劉 Yu, Yoo, Liu, Lau, Yau 33 로 / 노 盧 No, Noh, Roh 34 하 河 Ha, Hah 35 전 田 Jeon, Jun 36 정 丁 Jeong, Jung 37 곽 郭 Gwak, Kwak, Koak 38 성 成 Seong, Sung, Shong, Shung 39 차 車 Cha 40 유 兪 Yu, Yoo 41 구 具 Gu, Koo, Goo 42 우 禹 U, Woo 43 주 朱 Ju, Joo, Chu, Zhu, Zuu, Juu, Choo 44 임 任 Im, Yim 45 라 / 나 羅 Na, Ra, La 46 신 辛 Sin, Shin 47 민 閔 Min 48 진 陳 Jin, Jean, Chen, Jen 49 지 池 Ji, Jee 50 엄 嚴 Eom, Uhm

Philippines

^[16]

1. Santos
2. Reyes
3. Cruz
4. Bautista
5. Del Rosario
6. Gonzales
7. Aquino
8. Ramos
9. Garcia
10. Lopez
11. Dela Cruz
12. Mendoza
13. Pascual
14. Castillo
15. Villanueva
16. Diaz
17. Rivera
18. Navarro
19. Mercado
20. Morales
21. Fernández
22. Marquez
23. Rodriguez
24. Sanchez
25. De León

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.

Taiwan

According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior's Department of Population in February, 2005,^[17] Taiwan has only 1,989 surnames. The top ten surnames in Taiwan accounted for 52.62% of the general population, and the top 100 accounted for 96.11%.^[17]

Rank		Character		Romanizations								% of total pop.
2005	Mainland (2007)			Mandarin		Cantonese			Minnan		Other
		Trad.	Simp.	Pinyin	Wade	Jyutping	HK	Other	POJ	Other
1	5	陳	陈	Chén	Ch'en^2	Can^4	Chan	Chun	Tân	Ting		11.06%
2	19	林		Lín	Lin^2	Lam^4	Lam	Lum	Lîm	Lim, Liem		8.28%
3	7	黃	黄	Huáng	Huang^2	Wong^4	Wong	Wang Vang	Ng	Eng, Ung Wee, Oei Ooi, Uy Bong		6.01%
4	3	張	张	Zhāng	Chang^1	Zoeng^1	Cheung	Chong^5 Cheong^4	Tiu	Teo, Teoh Tio, Thio Tiew	Tiong	5.26%
5	2	李		Lǐ	Li^3	Lei^5	Lee Li	Le Lei^4	Lí	Lee Lie Dee		5.11%
6	1	王		Wáng	Wang^2	Wong^4	Wong	Vong	Ông	Heng		4.12%
7	9	吳	吴	Wú	Wu^2	Ng^4	Ng	Ung^4, Eng	Gô• Ngô•	Goh, Gouw	Woo	4.04%
8	4 45	劉	刘	Liú	Liu^2	Lau^4	Lau	Lao^4 Lou	Lâu	Low Lao, Lauw		3.17%
9	40	蔡		Cài	Ts'ai^4	Coi^3	Choi	Choy Tsoi Toy	Chhoà	Chua, Choa Tjoa	Tsay Chai	2.91%
10	6	楊	杨	Yáng	Yang^2	Joeng^4	Yeung	Yeong Ieong^4	Iû	Eaw Yeo, Yeoh Yong Joe, Yo	Young	2.66%

Thailand

There are no common Thai surnames. Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act.^[18] The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames.^[19] 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.^[20]

Turkey

Rank[21]	Name	Meaning
1	Yılmaz	intrepid/dauntless
2	Kaya	rock
3	Demir	iron
4	Şahin	falcon/hawk
5	Çelik	steel
6	Yıldız	star
7	Yıldırım	thunderbolt
8	Öztürk	pure Turk
9	Aydın	cultured/enlightened
10	Özdemir	pure iron
11	Arslan	lion
12	Doğan	falcon
13	Kılıç	sword
14	Aslan	lion
15	Çetin	stiff/tough
16	Kara	black
17	Koç	ram
18	Kurt	wolf
19	Özkan	pure blood
20	Şimşek	lightning

Vietnam

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

1. Nguyễn 阮 (38%)
2. Trần 陳 (11%)
3. Lê 黎 (9.5%)
4. Phạm 范 (7.1%)
5. Huỳnh/Hoàng 黃 (5.1%)
6. Phan 潘 (4.5%)
7. Vũ/Võ 武 (3.9%)
8. Đặng 鄧(2.1%)
9. Bùi 裴 (2%)
10. Đỗ 杜 (1.4%)
11. Hồ 胡 (1.3%)
12. Ngô 吳 (1.3%)
13. Dương 楊 (1%)
14. Lý 李 (0.5%)

Source: Lê Trung Hoa, Họ Và Tên Người Việt Nam (Vietnamese Family and Personal Names), Social Sciences Publishing House (2005)^[22]

See also

• Lists of East Asian surnames
• Lists of most common surnames, for other continents

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16. National Statistics Office
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External links

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