Last names or surnames offer information on ancestry, occupation, geography and even the social standing. In several ...

Indeed, U.S. Census data found that 162,253 surnames were reported at least 100 times—and only 11 were reported more than one ...

This tradition can be confusing for Americans or Canadians living in countries that use only one surname. Administrative ...

According to research by World Population Review, these are the most popular surnames in Africa. Millions of people living on the African continent share surnames, just like in other continents in ...

Meet the Kowalskis, Nowaks, Mickiewiczs and Lewandowskis – and find out out how these names came to be the most popular, symbolic, typical and also the strangest Polish surnames. Every name – and ...

Two of the top three most popular surnames registered in Australian cricket are of Indian origin. Will diverse grassroots participation be reflected at the top level? Two of the top three most ...

Jones? Davies? Williams? Well, they are the three most popular surnames in Wales, with the remaining names in the top 10 being Evans, Thomas, Roberts, Lewis, Hughes, Morgan and Griffiths.

According to the World of Statistics, some of the most common last names in the world's different nations include their origins and the representation they carry in the culture they come from.