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  2. Lists of most common surnames in North American countries

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    British surnames such as Williams, Jackson, Robinson, Harris, Davis, Brown and Jones are also common among people of non-British descent, such as African Americans due to slavery. [citation needed] Garcia and Martinez represent the rapid growth of several Hispanic communities in the United States. According to the table below, from the 2000 U.S ...

  3. Lists of most common surnames - Wikipedia

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    Lists of most common surnames. Lists of the most common surnames by continent : List of most common surnames in Asia. 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.

  4. Lists of most common surnames in South American countries

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    10. Sepúlveda. 1.6. Top 10. 24.2. Note: The source (Civil Registry and Identification Service) does not mention the reference year (it was published in 2008) or whether the count includes only the first surname or both surnames (Chile uses two surnames, but the second one is rarely mentioned).

  5. Wikipedia:Unusual place names - Wikipedia

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    A town in New Jersey, United States. Goodenough Island: The most mediocre island in the world. Goodnews Bay: A little city in Alaska. Goodnight: I guess you will have to travel on US-287 for 11.6 miles to reach your hotel destination. Goodnight–Loving Trail: A trail used in cattle drives, named after two cattlemen with unlikely last names ...

  6. Surname - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, 1,712 surnames cover 50% of the population, and about 1% of the population has the surname Smith, the most common American name. [ 86] According to some estimates, 85% of China's population shares just 100 surnames. The names Wang (王), Zhang (张), and Li (李) are the most frequent.

  7. List of most popular given names - Wikipedia

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    The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally. Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends , or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population .

  8. List of common Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

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    [5] [14] By way of comparison, the 2000 census found the most common surname in the United States – Smith – had fewer than 2.4 million occurrences and made up only 0.84% of the general population. The top 100 surnames accounted for only 16.4% of the US population, [3] and reaching 89.8% of the US population required more than 150,000 ...

  9. Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries - Wikipedia

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    Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of 'Smith', 'Jones', and 'Brown' (that is, the generic most often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov , or 'Johns', 'Peters', and ' Isidores ', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.