Most common surnames in Europe

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Silva - woodland
Santos - saints
Ferreira - blacksmith
Pereira - pear tree
Oliveira - olive tree
Costa - [from the] coast
Carvalho - oak tree
Machado - axe
Ribeiro - from the riverside
Rocha - rock

Some of our most common surnames.

[Ryujin]

By the regions (voivodeships) in Poland:

Lewandowski rocks

[Tobi]

The only surname in the list related to me is Nagy.

[Rudel]

Interesting. This applies to me as well; but it's combined with something else.

Iceland; you're so cool.

Somewhat erroneous, even if there's no suffix, Martin is fundamental patronimic, ie. it began transmitting as a father's name. Same for all French family names originating in given names (which is a very large part of it, more than people think, considering many given names disappeared and only survive in family names).

By the regions (voivodeships) in Poland:

Let me guess, modern Western Poland had a wave of freed peasants towards the beginning of the modern era ? (XVIth/XVIIth c.)

[Sandman]

Poland, Czech Republic and Slovenia full of Nowak.

[brennus dux gallorum]

Are Murphy sea warriors vikings?
Btw why do they include Turkey but not north Africa?

[brennus dux gallorum]

Btw is it my impression or the most common surname in Estonians really has Russian roots?

[Ryujin]

Are Murphy sea warriors vikings?
Btw why do they include Turkey but not north Africa?

Shut up you son of a priest

[Bezprym]

Let me guess, modern Western Poland had a wave of freed peasants towards the beginning of the modern era ? (XVIth/XVIIth c.)

I know nothing about "freed peasants" in Poland.

[Mens-Sarda]

Btw is it my impression or the most common surname in Estonians really has Russian roots?

15% of Estonian polulation is Russian, immigrated there after WWII