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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I goggled "most common surnames in England," and Wikipedia came up with the following ten most common English last names: 1) Smith (1.15%) 2) Jones (0.94%) 3) Williams (0.66%) 4) Taylor (0.53%) 5) Brown (0.51%) 6) Davies (0.48%) 7) Evans (0.39%) 8) Wilson (0.35%) 9) Thomas (0.35%) 10) Johnson (0.34%) Of course, Smith (my last name) appears first on the Scottish list as well--1) Smith, 2) Brown, 3) Wilson, 4) Campbell, 5) Stewart, 6) Thomson, 7) Robertson, 8) Anderson, 9) McDonald, 10) Scott--not to mention the American list: 1) Smith, 2) Johnson, 3) Williams, 4) Jones, 5) Brown, 6) Davis, 7) Miller, 8) Wilson, 9) Moore, 10) Taylor. Incidentally, my mother married a Smith, her sister married a Jones, and my brother married a Williams! I also have a maternal great grandmother whose maiden name was Johnson and a paternal great grandmother whose maiden name was McDonald. |