How common/rare is your surname?

[bkaligu]

Mine is a rare one.

[Aviator]

Very common, but I actually have no genetic tie to it.

Edit: I should also mention, my first, middle, and last names are all technically surnames, but I was talking only about my last name.

[mikhail]

Not so common.

[bkaligu]

Very common, but I actually have no genetic tie to it.

Do you share your surname with black people? :p

[Bell Beaker]

Very common. Maybe the Second or third largest surname used by Portuguese people.

[Itarildë]

Very common, but I actually have no genetic tie to it.

This.

[Porpolita]

I know more cities with my surname than actual people

[Aviator]

Do you share your surname with black people? :p

With literally all kinds of people, it's America.

[Bell Beaker]

I know more cities with my surname than actual people

Do you havê a Portuguese surname?

[dude]

Very rare where I live, but not uncommon in the world.

[Tobi]

It's not rare, but isn't so common too.

[Iltirbas]

My first surname is not common, but not one of the rarest either. My second surname is pretty common.

[Ianus]

Not so common

[bkaligu]

With literally all kinds of people, it's America.

Why don't you change it to a uber Scandinavian one?

[D´Sanglard]

rare

[Porpolita]

Do you havê a Portuguese surname?

Yeah maybe. I have the same surname as my Portuguese family. It is more common in Spain, but there are still many Portuguese with that surname. It is Galician in origin.

[Aviator]

Why don't you change it to a uber Scandinavian one?

I think it's silly to change one's name for the sake of changing one's name.

That said, because I'm traditionalist in many ways, if I end up marrying a girl in Scandinavia, I may consider taking her last name to help completely integrate myself.

Which is ironic, seeing as that's also the opposite of what is traditional, and may even seem like the most feminist thing to do.

[Damião de Góis]

I have three. One is fairly common, the other two not so much.

[Graham]

Where my grandad's from is about 40 miles from here my surname has been for like a thousand years. So in that place it's common.

Where I am it's not common or uncommon.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/irnbru293/graham_zpsa7a0b9d0.jpghttp://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/irnbru293/little_zps97430083.jpg

[Trun]

Not common.

[Dictator]

If you ever find someone with the surname Caminha please tell me.

[Longbowman]

Those who have me on FB or 23andme will be able to tell you we number only in the dozens, worldwide. All bearers are related.

[Veneda]

Rare, because only 400+ men and 400+ women bear it (some Polish surnames differ by endings depending on who bears it, male or female)

[Leto]

Not common.

[Dombra]

My first surname is uncommon

My other is a bit more common: In France

[Peikko]

My first surname is uncommon

My other is a bit more common: In France

U have 2 surnames? Common in France :confused: ?

[Leo Iscariot]

It's not uncommon.

[Dombra]

U have 2 surnames? Common in France :confused: ?

My mother never changed her surname(a French name!) so I ended up with two of them :D

[Peikko]

My mother never changed her surname(a French name!) so I ended up with two of them :D
Oh yes, it's common to have two surnames now days. So was it your dad's side that was Finnish?

[Hubal]

Very common among poor proletarians

[Dombra]

Oh yes, it's common to have two surnames now days. So was it your dad's side that was Finnish?

No, my father is Swedish :)

[Not a Cop]

Rare, about 50 in Germany\Austia\Benelux, all Russians with mine are my relatieves.

[Kawaiine]

common but not in the top ranking

[Piccolo]

Most of the people with my surname live in the area of Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. It is not really found much outside of that area.

[barbatus]

Compared to what? Pretty common for Afrikaners, I guess. Not sure how common it is outside SA. Probably not very.

[Gustave H]

Extremely rare.

[barbatus]

Extremely rare.

You're Russian-American, right?

[John DoeGJ]

My surname is 'Jacks', it's of English origin, going back to the Norman conquest, from the French name 'Jacques' which was brought by them to England. I reckon it's pretty rare, at least rarer than the more common form of 'Jackson'. That said, my English part of the family is from Sussex, but I also have family from Germany (mainly Prussia which isn't German anymore) and Poland (again, mainly from Prussia).

[Hithaeglir]

Rare.

[Linebacker]

I am Vassilev,which is a surname you come across but not that often.

Somewhere in the middle I put it.

[Petalpusher]

Rare in my country (less than 8 occurence in France). Way more common in Germanic countries, which is a hint of german ancestry where there shouldn't be :picard2:

[Gustave H]

You're Russian-American, right?

Born and bred American.

[barbatus]

Born and bred American.

For some reason I had the impression you were of a Russian background

[Gustave H]

For some reason I had the impression you were of a Russian background

American is not an ethnicity. I am of mostly Russian blood, with a bit of German and English as well. Lived in Russia for a while a few years back.

[Brzęczyszczykiewiczówna]

12454 people in Poland have as same surname as you.
http://i58.tinypic.com/1535vnd.jpg

[StormBringer]

Well, according to this article about Serbs in BiH, I'm just reading: it's in the top 50 surnames, among 6000 different surnames, most common in Eastern Bosnia.

[Arthur Scharrenhans]

My surname is a rare variant of a much more common one, so it gets regularly misspelt.

[Balmung]

http://i.imgur.com/EeavOQ4.png

[Petalpusher]

Cool maps by number of families : http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/

http://s16.postimg.org/bstvjxwc5/snmap.png

Top 5 Country distribution

U.S : 231
Germany : 134
Argentina : 60
Sweden : 36
England : 32

(France : 2)

[Longbowman]

Cool maps by number of families : http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/

http://s16.postimg.org/bstvjxwc5/snmap.png

Top 5 Country distribution

U.S : 231
Germany : 134
Argentina : 60
Sweden : 36
England : 32

(France : 2)

Nice!

My surname is 40,322 most common in the world with 196 people, not families. Meaning unknown, most prevalent and densest in the US.

126 in the US, 64 in Brazil, 4 in Canada, 2 in England (it's 6 now, that data must be from the 90s).

[Graham]

From that list, took out the small areas.
Surname Frequencies , My Surname
Scotland 0.06%
Northern Ireland 0.05%
New Zealand 0.05%
Australia 0.04%
United States 0.04%
England 0.03%
Canada 0.03%
Wales 0.02%


Mums Side
Northern Ireland 0.09%
Scotland 0.04%
Ireland 0.03%
New Zealand 0.02%
Australia 0.02%
England 0.01%
Canada 0.01%
Wales 0.01%

[Kalimtari]

mine is a boring, Muslim last name. Very common among Balkan Muslims

[Leo Iscariot]

By that link on the last page:

7,616th most common surname in the world
Approximately 71,118 people bear this surname
Most prevelant in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Chile: 25,245
Argentina: 11,452
Spain: 8,058
Mexico: 7,877
Peru: 3,406

[CordedWhelp]

Quite common among those of German origin.

[Ryujin]

My surname is probably unique and one of a kind as my parents claim. I won't reveal it, and I don't even use it fully unless I need to because it's a bit long and sounds kinda weird as it consists of two different words. Normally, the former one could be a middle name, but I'm forced to specify that it's included in my surname while talking to an operator and such. Though I'm proud it's Turkic, not Arabic, Armenian or Persian-influenced.

[Brighton]

Mine is Galician.. veeeery common surname in some countries.

According to forebears.co.uk, it appears to be more common in Portugal (Top 50), Brazil and Cuba/Puerto Rico, followed by Argentina/Chile/Uruguay (not in the Top 100 in any of the countries from the Southern Cone though).

It doesn't even make it to the Top 200 in Mexico, Peru, Spain, Central American countries, etc.

Weirdly enough it is more common in Switzerland than in Spain haha.

[Brighton]

By that link on the last page:

7,616th most common surname in the world
Approximately 71,118 people bear this surname
Most prevelant in:
Chile
Highest density in:
Chile

Chile: 25,245
Argentina: 11,452
Spain: 8,058
Mexico: 7,877
Peru: 3,406
Hahaha woah... I'm curious now!!

[B01AB20]

my first surname is quite common, highest number in mexico, then spain and ... the USA! :p

my maternal surname is not that common, highest number in spain, second in filipinas ;), third in argentina and fourth in france.

[Leo Iscariot]

Got curious about my maternal last name:

2,363rd most common surname in the world
Approximately 235,839 people bear this surname
Most prevelant in:
Cuba
Highest density in:
Cuba

Cuba: 46,717
Colombia: 44,040
Philippines: 38,732
Argentina: 15,528
Spain: 15,391

Nice. :lol:


Hahaha woah... I'm curious now!!

I'd rather not reveal it on here. :D

[Brighton]

Got curious about my maternal last name:

2,363rd most common surname in the world
Approximately 235,839 people bear this surname
Most prevelant in:
Cuba
Highest density in:
Cuba

Cuba: 46,717
Colombia: 44,040
Philippines: 38,732
Argentina: 15,528
Spain: 15,391

Nice. :lol:



I'd rather not reveal it on here. :D
Haha yah fair enough

Was going to send you an inbox but I can't haha

[blogen]

40,399th most common surname in the world
Approximately 129 people bear this surname

All of them live in the USA, except me.

[Longbowman]

Anyone who has me on Facebook and/or 23andme can confirm how unusual but heroic my surname is.

[Leo Iscariot]

Haha yah fair enough

Was going to send you an inbox but I can't haha

I'll just say that it's a Christian saint name (Like San Juan, San Jose, etc.), so I guess it makes sense that it would be highest in South America.

[Dictator]

Country Incidence Frequency Rank in Nation
Brazil 9,715 0.004785573% 1,207
Angola 800 0.004170231% 279
Portugal 148 0.001412510% 651
USA 43 0.000013403% 10,917
England 16 0.000029630% 2,110
Canada 11 0.000031049% 2,946
Australia 6 0.000025460% 2,266
Spain 5 0.000010751% 3,695
Sweden 2 0.000020631% 662
Norway 1 0.000019515% 468

[Veneda]

My surname is rare, because only less than 900 people in Poland bear it nowadays (both females and males, because we, in Poland, have different endings of surnames depending on gender, eg. -ski or -ska ending).

On the other hand my surname is very popular in Poland, because it is connected with history of my country and every Pole knows it.

[Brighton]

I'll just say that it's a Christian saint name (Like San Juan, San Jose, etc.), so I guess it makes sense that it would be highest in South America.

Yahhh but the proportion in Chile and Argentina is a lot higher than in any other Latin American country.. also Chile is the least religious country in Latin America after Uruguay haha.

[Borna]

Very rare not found outside of region.

[Leo Iscariot]

Yahhh but the proportion in Chile and Argentina is a lot higher than in any other Latin American country.. also Chile is the least religious country in Latin America after Uruguay haha.

I was referring to the amount of Conversos that moved to the New World and the natives that were both probably baptized with that as a last name.

[Kazimiera]

My mom and I are the only ones in the country. And probably the only ones on the continent. There is one family in Germany with the surname (my great-uncle) and a few others in Poland. It seems to be found a lot in America (via Poland) with alternative spellings.

[Proctor]

Not that common.


There are 23,737 people in the U.S. with the last name *******.
Statistically the 1635th most popular last name.

[Dani Cutie]

The first is famous but rare, the second is so common

[StormBringer]

According to that http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/ site, it's in top 50 (22k instances) in Serbia, top 15 in Bosnia (10k instances).I don't suggest y'all to share the real numbers because it's real easy to track down your last name then xD

[Zivernach]

My name is Germano. Very rare, my family is Italian and few Italians have this name, I know that i derives from the Latin Germanus, which means brother.

About my surname: Ochner, it derives from Ochsner. It's a Bavarian surname that came to the region of Trentino Alto-Adige

[Gooding]

Neither one of my family names are that rare. My mother's surname is probably carried by most of the populace of western Scotland and my father's surname and its variants are probably dotted all over southern England. Gooding, Goodine, Goodwin, Goodin, Goodwine, Godwin, Godwine, Goodinge, etc.. for my father.. McDonald, McDaniel, McDonnell, MacDonald, MacDaniel, MacDonnell, etc., for my mother.

[Bellona]

Rare enough. Seems also ancient considering that the first time it appeared was about 1190. In any case in my region there are few people with this surname.

[SupaThug]

Both are VERY COMMON!

[Argentano]

rare...i guess.....just know an italian american who has it

[Kamal900]

Mine is mostly common among the levantine christians but a bit rare in other peoples of the levant.

[Ades]

In Brazil, very rare. In Germany and Austria, average.

[Dr. Robotnik the Subbotnik]

Mine is common in Ireland

[DRUM]

very very rare, I must have lots of male descendants if I want to keep it alive since the only young males carrying the surname going down my great-grandfathers line are me and my cousin.

[sioned]

I have a very common surname actually...

[Archduke]

Very, very few Bulgarian families have it. And most of them have roots from certain town on the Black sea.

[Trogdor]

I'd say my surname is very rare. I have never met anyone outside my family that has my surname, although I have heard a few variants of it.

[Pahli]

Very rare

[aimar]

The last name is common in a 50 km radius (around top 5/10, and it's even present in the toponymy of several places), somewhat rare in the rest of Portugal (48th most common, 0.6% of the population has it), quite rare in the colonies.
The other surname it's rare everywhere(not part of the top 100 most common)

[Tacitus]

Very, very rare. Only found in a few isolated parts of southern Italy.

[Kazimiera]

Anyone who has me on Facebook and/or 23andme can confirm how unusual but heroic my surname is.

Not as heroic as mine! I win in the tongue-twister category. :D

[Ctwentysevenj]

Not quite sure how common or uncommon is my surname.

[Marusya]

From my research, only a handful of people have my surname in Ukraine and one is a Mafia hit man. :(

[swagcore]

it's a norman name so it is probably somewhat rare
a lot of canadians have it

[Ballist]

Fairly common.

[Rædwald]

Canada in very low numbers and France.

[Ballist]

it better be george bruh

Gjergj? :lol: I'm not Catholic tho. And that's a first name.

[Ballist]

oh since when was an Albanian surname common :zip-lip:

LOL Shit, I thought it meant like in your country. I'm fucking retarded. :lol:

[swagcore]

Fairly common.

apologize for calling me a borreby so we can be best friends again

[Rædwald]

http://oi58.tinypic.com/2w353xe.jpg

Paternal and Maternal surnames respectively.

[Sikeliot]

Not sure about common but it's not rare either on the far eastern corner of Sicily (Messina) or the far western corner (Trapani). Very weird.

[Ballist]

apologize for calling me a borreby so we can be best friends again

If you apologize for calling me a donkey fucker.

[swagcore]

http://oi58.tinypic.com/2w353xe.jpg

Paternal and Maternal surnames respectively.

you should have linked the website you used for that

[Tacitus]

Edited.


Very, very rare. Only found in a few isolated parts of southern Italy where there were Greek settlements.

[Rædwald]

you should have linked the website you used for that

http://forebears.co.uk/surnames

There you go :thumb001:

[swagcore]

http://forebears.co.uk/surnames

There you go :thumb001:

thanketh!

[swagcore]

paternal
54872
maternal
54873

[swagcore]

my names are popular in non american countries

[Tommie]

My surname is one of the most common ones.

[Annie999]

My last name is not common, but not that rare either. At least in Uruguay.

There are shops with my last name (owned by distant relatives) that contributed for its popularity.

[The Blade]

Among the rarest in my state. At least 1/3 of the people in my country who have the same surname are confirmed relatives of mine.

[Henbane]

My father's surname:

669,447th most common
surname in the world

Approximately 304
people bear this surname

61923

[Camilo]

both my surnames are pretty common. Both paternal and maternal are most prevalent in Mexico but also have the highest density in Puerto Rico.

[Camilo]

Hmm I didn't realize how uncommon Irizarry is outside of Puerto Rico, only 24 incidences in Spain. 29,952 occurrences in the world and PR makes up more than half of that.

EDIT: Though spelled Irisarri it does yield more results, but still rare

[Bezprym]

http://images.tinypic.pl/i/00819/puj2o1rv8p3u.jpg

[Rugevit]

Fairly common in Belarus. It would not make into top 20 surnames. It also exists in Poland. I am not sure how common in Poland. It's in top 5 surnames in Lithuania with a Lithuanian suffix -vičius.

[Bezprym]

Fairly common in Belarus. It would not make into top 20 surnames. It also exists in Poland. I am not sure how common in Poland. It's in top 5 surnames in Lithuania with a Lithuanian suffix -vičius.

With that additional vowel more common than mine in Poland and Ukraine together.

[Rugevit]

With that additional vowel more common than mine in Poland and Ukraine together.

You can tell me your surname privately if you don't mine. I will tell if it's common in Ukraine and Belarus.

[firemonkey]

According to forebears - Gatty 1016 and variants Gattey 122 and Gattie 345. I guess fairly rare.

[Kazimiera]

http://i1162.photobucket.com/albums/q526/katzentatzen79/aerbnern_zpsfsw1ftxv.png (http://s1162.photobucket.com/user/katzentatzen79/media/aerbnern_zpsfsw1ftxv.png.html)

[Norka]

7532nd most common surname in the world
Approximately 71,916 people bear this surname

Most Prevalent in Russia
Highest Density in Uzbekistan

[frankhammer]

209*th in the world. 150,000+ have this surname.

[alnortedelsur]

Mine is not very common, but is not extremely uncommon either. I have met, however, good numbers of people on the Internet, with my same surname in Italy, in Venezuela (many of them known relatives of mine), in US, in Brazil, and in Argentina.

However, I would say there are more people with my surname in Brazil and Argentina than in my own native country :eek3:

My second (maternal) surname, from my Mallorcan mom, is very very uncommon.

[Magnolia]

My paternal surname:
http://i66.tinypic.com/1r3cj9.jpg
http://i67.tinypic.com/xbke34.jpg

My maternal surname:
http://i63.tinypic.com/qxuzo1.jpg
:lol:What I know for sure they came here from Italy in the 18th century.
http://i66.tinypic.com/xmkhw8.jpg

[Mikula]

My paternal surname:
http://i66.tinypic.com/1r3cj9.jpg
http://i67.tinypic.com/xbke34.jpg

My maternal surname:
http://i63.tinypic.com/qxuzo1.jpg
:lol:What I know for sure they came here from Italy in the 18th century.
http://i66.tinypic.com/xmkhw8.jpg

Cambodia? Send my best regards to the Prince Sihanuk! ;)


Anyway - here you can check your lastnames for Czech areas (http://www.kdejsme.cz/)

[Ülev]

lol, I have polonised french surname, originally:
https://s14.postimg.org/hclpakgld/image.png

https://s10.postimg.org/5iopcqfkp/gu2.png
http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/

[Ilma]

Hello there, there is a bible for family names and etymology (french website sorry) : http://www.lexilogos.com/noms_famille.htm
Enter your name and check "etymologie"

I guess it's possible to check for other countries and in english, feel free to try :)

[Magnolia]

Cambodia? Send my best regards to the Prince Sihanuk! ;)
Anyway - here you can check your lastnames for Czech areas (http://www.kdejsme.cz/)

Thanks!
P.S.:
http://i63.tinypic.com/2cnvbfd.jpg
M.S.:
http://i68.tinypic.com/w6ts3o.jpg


Btw. I'm proud to be a Mongoloid :lol::nod:

[Mikula]

Thanks!

Btw. I'm proud to be a Mongoloid :lol::nod:

You are welcome!

And I am proud to be unique :)
Just 10 persons, me my mother, my wife, our children, my brother, his wife, their children:
http://www.kdejsme.cz/map/p/658/d752b1f70a648ff412c563bfc6d6a.png

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Well that was unexpected...

https://scontent-arn2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14322304_10153758584097797_3510530476179188200_n.j pg?oh=8620fadd7491966b25ae74ddf87c045b&oe=5843DBDB

[barkoo]

Father

http://i66.tinypic.com/2gyce3l.jpg

Mother

http://i66.tinypic.com/2chqg41.jpg

[decordoba]

My surname is very common in Austria. The Austrian authorities changed the family-name of my family, when the district had been added to Austrian Empire more than 200 years ago.

The Bavarian name of my family had been "Adlmanninger" - very rare in Austria - according to baptist register.

The complete name had been: "Georgen-Bauer zu Adlmanning" The Austrians decided that "Bauer" is good enough.

[Enflamme]

Hello there, there is a bible for family names and etymology (french website sorry) : http://www.lexilogos.com/noms_famille.htm
Enter your name and check "etymologie"

I guess it's possible to check for other countries and in english, feel free to try :)

For me:

Distribution:
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/832x615q90/921/qf0Tjt.png

Etymology:
"Level
Surtout porté dans le Pas-de-Calais, semble un sobriquet lié au veau (voir Leveau), le mot s'étant prononcé et écrit "vel, veel" en ancien français."

English:
"Level
Focused in the Pas-de-Calais, seems a nickname related to calf (see Leveau), the word being pronounced and written "vel, veel" in Old French. "

Paternal grandmother (North of France origin):

Distribution:
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1037x565q90/922/3GmBoZ.png

Etymology:
"Étymologie

Tourtois
"Apparemment originaire du Pas-de-Calais, le nom est très présent à Billy-Montigny dès le XVIe siècle. Sens incertain. Le dictionnaire de M.-T. Morlet propose une sorte de gâteau (dérivé de "tourte"), mais on ne trouve aucune attestation d'un tel mot. Je pencherais plutôt pour une variante du mot "tordoir", également écrit "tortoir", qui a désigné un pressoir, et qui est à l'origine du nom de famille Tordois, porté dans le Nord."

English:
"Apparently original of Pas-de-Calais, the name is very much in Billy-Montigny in the sixteenth century. meaning uncertain. The dictionary M.-T. Morlet offers a kind of cake (derived from "pie"), but we find no proof of such a word. I would rather for variations of the word "twister" also wrote "tortoir ', which designated a press, and that is the origin of the family name Tordois, carried in the North.")

My maternal grandmother (Spanish and Flemish origin):

Distribution:
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/884x570q90/922/e2YviS.png

Etymology:
"Venderotte
Porté dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais, devrait être une variante graphique de Vanderotte (rare et porté autrefois en Belgique), l'un des nombreux noms néerlandais commençant par "van de". Difficile d'en dire plus, il faudrait avoir d'autres variantes pour se prononcer sur la signification du dernier élément."

English:
"Venderotte
Worn in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, should be a graphic variant Vanderotte (rare and previously worn in Belgium), one of many Dutch names starting with "van". Difficult to say more, there should be other alternatives to decide on the meaning of the last part. "

[Freeroostah]

Its rare, you can find my surname in one village of Epirus(my village) and in a town of Western Peloponnese.Athens doesn't count.

[GhoulHunter]

http://s21.postimg.org/3octl9vav/SXN.png

[LP0956]

http://i.imgur.com/mH6JUnz.jpg

[AphroditeWorshiper]

for who have Spanish Surname, this is a good website

http://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/nombyapel/nombyapel.htm

[Porn Master]

http://images.vfl.ru/ii/1474802691/eaba3c59/14250927.png

[jackrussell]

My surname belongs to my family ; no one else has it.

[A-ha]

4,516,948thmost commonsurname in the worldApproximately 4people bear this surname

[Ryujin]

My surname is unique, only our family uses it

[cosmoo]

Extremely rare. And it has (a kind of) interesting story behind it:
http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?195037-Any-interesting-family-histories&p=4061990#post4061990

[Kriptc06]

Very common

[Coolguy1]

Very unique, only found in Lakonia and in Kefalonia, where a branch of my family migrated during the 18th century.

[Maintenance]

Common

[Ziveth]

Mine is a rare one.

Also my surname is rare in my country.

[alnortedelsur]

Mine is not very common, but is not rare either.

Interestingly, my first surname is Italian but its highest prevalence is in Brazil (though is not common in there either), and has its highest density in Venezuela (not common in there either).

My maternal surname is very rare.

[Mädel Edelweiß]

Quite common in America, for a german surname.

Very common in Germany.

[Gizem]

Common in Turkey.

[LiberacionAnimal]

Rare, 1200~ in the world, 98% in Peru. Some in Chile, some in the US.

[Mens-Sarda]

Typical Sardinian surname ending with U, not very common in Sardinia, it can be found only in specific areas of Sardinia

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[Myanthropologies]

It's quite rare.

[Roy]

Not common but not exactly what one could consider ''rare''. Circa 1000 people in Poland share it.

[Sp_loa]

Not very common. I think you can find it only among Moroccan Sephardim although this surname is originally from Mayorca in spain (Sephardim of Mallorca mostly went to Morocco and Algeria) although I heard about one Turkish Sephardic family with the same surname.

[Bobby Martnen]

Exceedingly rare

[joanna_38]

Quite Common. My Surname is Dimou by the way.
But is common in places like Arta (where the surname comes from)

[magyar_lány]

It's quite rare here, ppl don't understand when I say my name or they misspell it. But a woman thought I'm from Transylvania, she said it's common there.

[Dick]

It's quite rare here, ppl don't understand when I say my name or they misspell it. But a woman thought I'm from Transylvania, she said it's common there.

Is your last name Dracula?

[Crimean]

Very popular, it's among the 30 most popular in Russia.

[magyar_lány]

Is your last name Dracula?

Of course. :wink

[Dick]

Of course. :wink

Bite me please :vampire:

[MysteriousWays]

Quite uncommon.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Very common in my village, uncommon in other Portuguese regions.

Usually when I meet someone with the same surname as I do in Lisbon, he\she has ancestry or relatives from my village.

[Dick]

Mine is not common. It was Slavicized.

[Bobby Martnen]

Mine is not common. It was Slavicized.

What language was it originally from before it was Slavicized?

[Kouros]

Mine is not common. It was Slavicized.

Gothovic

[Dick]

What language was it originally from before it was Slavicized?

Transylvanian.

[CommonSense]

Quite. It's one of the most common Serbian surnames.

[Bobby Martnen]

Transylvanian.

:vampire

[HoboJim]

It's pretty much exclusive to Devon England.

[Kriptc06]

Very common Iberian surname, you can find it even in the Philippines.

[Gründig]

Seems to be common in a small town in southwestern Germany. Not sure if its common throughout the whole country though.

[Papastratosels26]

its rare.

[rein]

Uncommon.

[Chaos One]

Very uncommon even in Italy the first one (only in Lombardia, specially Milano, Cremona and Pavia). The second one is...somewhat uncommon in Brazil, but it seems more common at other countries (but not that much).

[dperucca]

My maiden name is relatively uncommon. Very famous though. My married name is super common and much easier for most Americans to pronounce so I chose it instead lol

[Richmondbread]

My name is Haufe, and it is slightly less common in Germany.

[Nazarene]

In Iraq it's quite rare, I believe we were the only Christian familes with our surname in our city

[Bandesha]

my surname is very rare, many bandesha now call themself chatta and dhaliwal due to mixing with other tribes/castes and many non bandesha chatta and dhaliwal call them self bandseha still only maximum 15000 with bandesha surname in 1.7 billion south asian people left

[catgeorge]

Uncommon only appears in Greece. Non existent in New World.

[Marinus]

It's extremely rare, it's a double barrelled family name made up of one classic yet uncommon surname, and another which by itself is already very rare. Whilst both of the paternal lines that compose that name can be traced back centuries, only my close family members have it double barrelled, and for these reasons I'm fiercely protective of our name.