A map of the most common last name in every country. Click to enlarge. | NetCredit // CC by SA 4.0 You can take a look at the full map of the world above, and see the full survey and analysis—as ...

A FASCINATING new map has plotted out the most common surnames in every country in the world. The map also highlights the origins of different names, providing incredible insights into the ...

and statistics to create maps that show the most popular last names in every country around the world. Surnames were apparently first used in China in 2852 BC to aid the collection of census ...

Other popular names that made it onto the map include ... three most common last names in Hawaii - Lee, Wong and Kim - do not appear in the top three for any other states in the country.

As a companion to “Six Decades of the Most Popular Names for Girls,” the map above shows the most ... very nearly the most popular name in the country, just 0.15% behind Michael.

(By contrast, 90 percent of the United States population encompasses over 150,000 different last ... common Chinese names have a geographic “base” within the country. These fascinating maps ...