Most popular family names

Family names can be unique or come in large numbers.
In different countries some names are the most popular.
Here is the listing :

• China
  • Wang (#1)
  • Chen
  • Li
  • Zhang

• France
  • Noir
  • Blanc

• Germany
  • Müller
  • Schwarz

• Great Britain
  • Smith
  • Black

• Ireland (top ten[1])

1. Murphy (#1)
2. Kelly
3. O'Sullivan
4. Walsh
5. Smith
6. O'Brien
7. Byrne
8. Ryan
9. O'Connor
10. O'Neill

• Italy
  • ???
  • ???

• Poland
  • Kowalski
  • Nowak

• Russia
  • Tscherkasov
  • Dougorookiy

• Sweden
  • Johanson

• United States - see [Census data] (Numbers in parenthesis are percentage of population with that name.)

1. Smith (1.006%, #1)
2. Johnson (0.810%)
3. Williams (0.699%)
4. Jones (0.621%)
5. Brown (0.621%)
6. Davis (0.480%)
7. Miller (0.424%)
8. Wilson (0.339%)
9. Moore (0.312%)
10. Taylor (0.311%)

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