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1 Australia. 2 Fiji. 3 New Zealand. 4 See also. 5 References. ... This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of Oceania.
Lists of the most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in African countries; Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries; Lists of most common surnames in European countries; Lists of most common surnames in North American countries; Lists of most common surnames in Oceanian countries
A third tradition of surnames was introduced in south Finland by the Swedish-speaking upper and middle classes, which used typical German and Swedish surnames. By custom, all Finnish-speaking persons who were able to get a position of some status in urban or learned society, discarded their Finnish name, adopting a Swedish, German or (in the ...
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Brown is an English-language surname in origin chiefly descriptive of a person with brown hair, complexion or clothing. It is one of the most common surnames in English-speaking countries. [ 2 ] It is the most common surname in Jamaica, the second most common in Canada and the United Kingdom, [ 3 ] and the fourth most common in Australia and ...
Walker is an English and Scottish surname. With over 150,000 bearers in England in 2014, Walker was the 14th most common surname in that country. [1] As of the 2000 U.S. Census, 501,307 people had the surname Walker, making it the 28th most common surname in America. [2] It is the 14th most common surname in Australia, with 26,688 people as of ...
-sson (Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Scottish) "son (of)" (in Iceland technically the first s is a separate "suffix" of the father's name according to Icelandic language rules, one of the most common modifications) [citation needed]-(s)son (French), diminutive [citation needed]-stad (Norwegian) "town" [citation needed]
The name Jones, common in Wales, although the name first arrived from England in the middle ages, is one of the most common surnames in Australia, accounting for over 1% of Australians, which suggests a higher rate of Welsh ancestry than indicated by self-identification. [citation needed]