Most usual surname/family name of your country. (tenant, farm)

[Catbelle]

Here they are:

1. Garcia
2. Lopez
3. Perez
4. Gonzalez
5. Sanchez
6. Martinez
7. Rodriguez
8. Fernandez
9. Gomez
10. Martin

I don't have any of them in any of the two positions lol, I forgot to ask something else: How many surnames do people have where you live?

[Mac15]

It's really hard because in different areas it changes.

In my area:

1. Smith
2. Campbell.
3. Black
4. Wilson
5. Mullan

Northern Ireland:

1. Wilson
2. Campbell
3. Kelly
4. Johnston
5. Moore
6. Thompson
7. Smith
8. Brown
9. O'niel
10. Dotherty
11. Stewart
12. Quinn
13. Robinson
14. Murphy
15. Graham
16. Martin
17. Mclaughlin
18. Hamilton
19. Murray
20. Hughes

And yes woman mostly take husbands name however it is common enough that they don't.

[Rozenn]

People have only one surname. Though sometimes children have the name of both parents. Say Mr Dupont and Ms Durand named their daughter Noémie Durand-Dupont. Most of the time, it'll be Noémie Dupont though.

Most of the non-French sounding surnames in the top 200 are from Iberia and Alsace-Moselle. Only Nguyen is from overseas. Thought there would be one or two Italian or Polish surnames, but no.

15 Garcia 68720
30 Martinez 49762
37 Muller 46841
47 Lopez 42396
52 Sanchez 40680
54 Nguyen 40100
65 Meyer 36108
69 Perez 35270
78 Schmitt 33432
81 Fernandez 32418
102 Rodriguez 28759
103 Da Silva 28341
114 Gonzalez 25258
145 Schneider 21303
162 Pereira 19991
170 Ferreira 19585
173 Klein 19541
175 Weber 19366
176 Gomez 19088
185 Gonçalves 18179
188 Dos Santos 17952
189 Rodrigues 17475

Originally Posted by slowlane3

In America, the upper-class society traditionally have had Debutante - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia balls.

Higher-class African-American families have this organization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_and_Jill_(organization)

Rallyes seem to start earlier than debutante balls. Wiki article says from 10 to 14. Sounds young, but I'm not an expert on the subject lol.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Catbelle

I don't have any of them in any of the two positions lol, I forgot to ask something else: How many surnames do people have where you live?

99% of people in my generation (35-45) and older will have only one surname. Almost always the father's.

Younger generations are more likely to have surnames composed of the father and mother's, but in spite of the café talk that a majority of kids have these names these days, it's no more than 20-25% I'd say.

Which is still higher than English Canada, where probably 95%+ of kids have only one surname (the father's usually).

[victus]

Originally Posted by Hermosaa

In the Philippines, the bride always takes the groom's last name.

Is it because of American tradition? I have always thought that Filipinas had kept the Spanish system.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by Rozenn

People have only one surname. Though sometimes children have the name of both parents. Say Mr Dupont and Ms Durand named their daughter Noémie Durand-Dupont. Most of the time, it'll be Noémie Dupont though.

Does having several surnames being considered special these days? Do names like Leclerc de Hauteclocque, d'Astier de la Vigerie, d'Estienne d'Orves or Lattre de Tassigny have any special leverage or interest these days? Or are they considered just the same common double names as the Durand-Duponts?

[Fabio SBA]

In Brazil:

1. Silva
2. Souza
3. Costa
4. Santos
5. Oliveira
6. Pereira
7. Rodrigues
8. Almeida
9. Nascimento
10. Lima
11. Araújo (my last name)
12. Fernandes
13. Carvalho
14. Gomes
15. Martins
16. Rocha
17. Ribeiro
18. Alves
19. Monteiro
20. Mendes

[Hermosaa]

Originally Posted by victus

Is it because of American tradition? I have always thought that Filipinas had kept the Spanish system.

I think so because it was different before the Americans came. When it was still a Spanish colony, the grooms last name was in the middle followed by a " y " and the bride's last name. But in formal writings like the school yearbooks, we still follow the Spanish system. The Spanish way sounds more formal.

[Rozenn]

Originally Posted by Ariete

Does having several surnames being considered special these days? Do names like Leclerc de Hauteclocque, d'Astier de la Vigerie, d'Estienne d'Orves or Lattre de Tassigny have any special leverage or interest these days? Or are they considered just the same common double names as the Durand-Duponts?

They're not considered the same, as they don't have the same origin. Former are nobles, the latter just plain commoners. Long names such as those you mentioned are unusual and would raise some eyebrows at first hearing, apart from the fact that they're famous. But, well, apart from that, they're normal people.

[danielsa1775]

Originally Posted by The Postman

List of most common surnames in Oceania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not surprisingly names from the British Isles dominate.

Yes it's still the norm for women to take on their husband's name but not all do.

No I'm not aware of richer people having different names.

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You can start to see the changes happening in the Sydney and Melbourne,

Sydney
Smith, Lee, Nguyen, Chen and Kim

Melbourne
Smith, Nguyen, Singh, Williams and Wilson

Chen, Kim, Singh are the new big names