Internet users are flocking to a website that will help you discover where your surname is from, and what it means.
Forebears collates genealogical data from different sources and reveals the distribution of surnames around the world.
You can find out how common your last name is, who else in the world has the same name, and whether it originated from an occupation, male ancestor or a topographical feature.
Turns out “Smith” is the most common surname in Australia, UK and US – there are 4 299 506 people with the surname Smith in the world – but it still only ranks as the 117th most common surname in the world.
The most common surname in the world is Wang.
1. Wang (China)
2. Devi (India)
3. Zhang (China)
4. Li (China)
5. Liu (China)
6. Singh (India)
7.Yang (China)
8. Kumar (India)
9. Wu (China)
10. Xu (China)
Discover the origins of your surname here!
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