List of most common surnames in Asia
This is a list of the most common surnames in Asia, in alphabetical order of the country.
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
| Name | Bangla Romanization |
| আহমেদ | Ahmed |
| ভূঁইয়া | Bhuiyan |
| আলী | Ali |
| আক্তার | Akhtar |
| বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় | Bandyopadhyay |
| বনিক | Bonik / Banik |
| বড়ুয়া | Boruya / Barua |
| বিশ্বাস | Bishwas |
| ভৌমিক | Bhoumik / Bhowmik |
| বসু | Bosu |
| চাকমা | Chakma |
| চক্রবর্তী | Chakraborty |
| চট্টপাধ্যায় | Chatterjee |
| চৌধুরী | Chowdhury |
| দাস | Das |
| দেবনাথ | Debnath |
| দেওয়ান | Dewan |
| দে | De / Dey |
| দত্ত | Dotto / Datta / Dutta |
| গাজী | Gazi |
| হক | Hok / Haque |
| হাসান | Hasan |
| হোসেন | Hosen / Hossain / Hussain |
| ইসলাম | Islam |
| Name | Bangla Romanization |
| খন্দকার | Khondakar |
| কাজী | Kazi |
| খান | Khan |
| মাহমুদ | Mahmud |
| মজুমদার | Majumdar |
| মারমা | Marma |
| মিঞা | Miah |
| মির্জা | Mirza |
| মোল্লা | Mullah |
| মোহাম্মদ | Muhammad |
| মুখোপাধ্যায় | Mukhopadhyay |
| মুন্সী | Munshi |
| পাটোয়ারী | Patwari |
| পাল | Pal |
| রহমান | Rahman |
| রায় | Ray/Roy |
| সাহা | Saha |
| সরকার | Sarkar |
| সেন | Sen |
| শেখ | Sheikh |
| ঠাকুর | Thakur |
| ত্রিপুরা | Tripura |
| উদ্দীন | Uddin |
Cambodia
China
According to a report released by the Chinese Ministry for Public Security in January 2019, there are 6,150 different surnames in China with the top 100 surnames used by 85% of the population in 2018.Georgia
| Rank | Name | Romanization | Total Number |
| 1 | ბერიძე | Beridze | 24,962 |
| 2 | მამედოვი | Mamedov Mamedovi | 23,675 |
| 3 | კაპანაძე | Kapanadze | 17,202 |
| 4 | გელაშვილი | Gelashvili | 16,350 |
| 5 | ალიევი | Aliyev Alievi | 15,742 |
| 6 | მაისურაძე | Maisuradze | 14,824 |
| 7 | გიორგაძე | Giorgadze | 12,954 |
| 8 | ლომიძე | Lomidze | 11,796 |
| 9 | წიკლაური | Tsiklauri | 11,571 |
| 10 | ბოლქვაძე | Bolkvadze | 10,916 |
| 11 | კვარაცხელია | Kvaratskhelia | 10,447 |
| 12 | ნოზაძე | Nozadze | 10,183 |
| 13 | ხუციშვილი | Khutsishvili | 10,075 |
| 14 | შენგელია | Shengelia | 9,928 |
| 15 | აბულაძე | Abuladze | 9,663 |
| 16 | მიქელაძე | Mikeladze | 9,220 |
| 17 | ტაბატაძე | Tabatadze | 8,654 |
| 18 | მჭედლიშვილი | Mchedlishvili | 8,446 |
| 19 | ბაირამოვი | Bairamov Bairamovi | 8,373 |
| 20 | გოგოლაძე | Gogoladze | 8,362 |
India
Indonesia
Most Indonesians do not use a family last name. There is only a small number of ethnic groups which maintain family names.Israel
| Rank | Name | Romanization | Meaning | Frequency |
| 1 | כהן | Cohen | "priest" | 1.93% |
| 2 | לוי | Levi Levy | "Levite" | 1.12% |
| 3 | מזרחי | Mizrachi Mizrahi | "easterner" | 0.33% |
| 4 | פרץ | Peretz | from Perez from Pérez | 0.32% |
| 5 | ביטון | Biton | from Chaim "life" | 0.30% |
| 6 | דהן | Dahan | "oil merchant" | 0.23% |
| 7 | אברהם | Avraham | from Abraham from Abramowicz & al. | 0.22% |
| 8 | פרידמן | Friedman | from Solomon | 0.21% |
| 9 | מלכה | Malka Malcah | from Málaga "queen" | 0.19% |
| 10 | אזולאי | Azoulay | "of a priestly dynasty" "blue eyed" | 0.19% |
| 11 | כץ | Katz | "priest of righteousness" "priest of Zadok" | 0.19% |
| 12 | יוסף | Yosef | from Joseph | 0.18% |
| 13 | דוד | David | from David from Davidson & al. | 0.17% |
| 14 | עמר | Amar Omer | "farmer" "sheaf" | 0.17% |
| 15 | אוחיון | Ohayon Ochion | "son of Chaim" | 0.16% |
| Rank | Name | Romanization | Meaning | Frequency |
| 16 | חדד | Hadad Chadad | "smith" | 0.16% |
| 17 | גבאי | Gabai | synagogue warden; sexton | 0.16% |
| 18 | בן דוד | Ben-David | "son of David" | 0.14% |
| 19 | אדרי | Adrei Edry/Edri Adary | from Draa valley in Morocco | 0.14% |
| 20 | לוין | Levin | "Levite" | 0.14% |
| 21 | טל | Tal | "dew" | 0.13% |
| 22 | קליין | Klein | "small" | 0.13% |
| 23 | חן | Chen Khen | "loveliness" "grace" | 0.13% |
| 24 | שפירא | Shapira | "Speyerer" | 0.13% |
| 25 | חזן | Chazan Hazan | "cantor" | 0.13% |
| 26 | משה | Moshe | from Moses | 0.13% |
| 27 | אשכנזי | Ashkenazi | "German" | 0.12% |
| 28 | אוחנה | Ohana | "Son of Hannah" | 0.12% |
| 29 | סגל | Segal Segel | "assistant to the Levites" | 0.12% |
| 30 | גולן | Golan | 0.12% |
Japan
The most common Japanese surnames are Satō, Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka and Watanabe.Korea
| Rank | Hangul | Hanja | Romanizations |
| 1 | 김 | 金 | Kim, Gim, Ghim |
| 2 | 리 / 이 | 李 | Lee, Yi, Rhee |
| 3 | 박 | 朴 | Park, Pak, Bak |
| 4 | 최 | 崔 | Choi, Choe, Choy, Joy |
| 5 | 정 | 鄭 | Jeong, Chung, Cheong, Jung, Young |
| 6 | 강 | 姜 | Kang, Gang, Ghang |
| 7 | 조 | 趙 | Cho, Jo, Joe |
| 8 | 윤 | 尹 | Yoon, Yun, Youn |
| 9 | 장 | 張 | Jang, Chang |
| 10 | 림 / 임 | 林 | Lim, Rim, Im, Rhim |
| 11 | 한 | 韓 | Han |
| 12 | 오 | 吳 | O, Oh |
| 13 | 서 | 徐 | Seo, Suh, Seoh |
| 14 | 신 | 申 | Shin, Sin |
| 15 | 권 | 權 | Kwon, Gwon, Kuen |
| 16 | 황 | 黃 | Hwang, Huang |
| 17 | 안 | 安 | Ahn, An |
| 18 | 송 | 宋 | Song |
| 19 | 류 / 유 | 柳 | Yoo, Yu, Ryu, Ryoo |
| 20 | 전 | 全 | Jeon, Jun, Chun, Cheon |
| 21 | 홍 | 洪 | Hong |
| 22 | 고 | 高 | Ko, Koh, Go, Goh |
| 23 | 문 | 文 | Mun, Moon, Mon, Munn |
| 24 | 량 / 양 | 梁 | Yang, Ryang |
| 25 | 손 | 孫 | Son, Sohn, Sonn |
| Rank | Hangul | Hanja | Romanizations |
| 26 | 배 | 裵 | Bae, Bai, Pai, Pae |
| 27 | 조 | 曺 | Jo, Cho |
| 28 | 백 | 白 | Baek, Paik, Pak, Bak, Bhak, Phak |
| 29 | 허 | 許 | Hur, Heo, Her, Hui |
| 30 | 류 / 유 | 劉 | Yu, Yoo, Liu, Lau, Yau |
| 31 | 남 | 南 | Nam, Nan, Nham |
| 32 | 심 | 沈 | Sim, Shim, Shen |
| 33 | 로 / 노 | 盧 | No, Noh, Roh |
| 34 | 정 | 丁 | Jeong, Jung |
| 35 | 하 | 河 | Ha, Hah |
| 36 | 곽 | 郭 | Gwak, Kwak, Koak |
| 37 | 성 | 成 | Seong, Sung, Shong, Shung |
| 38 | 차 | 車 | Cha |
| 39 | 주 | 朱 | Ju, Joo, Chu, Zhu, Zuu, Juu, Choo |
| 40 | 우 | 禹 | Woo, U |
| 41 | 구 | 具 | Gu, Koo, Goo |
| 42 | 신 | 辛 | Sin, Shin |
| 43 | 임 | 任 | Im, Yim |
| 44 | 라 / 나 | 羅 | Na, Ra, La |
| 45 | 전 | 田 | Jeon, Jun |
| 46 | 민 | 閔 | Min |
| 47 | 유 | 兪 | Yu, Yoo |
| 48 | 진 | 陳 | Jin, Jean, Chen, Jen |
| 49 | 지 | 池 | Ji, Jee |
| 50 | 엄 | 嚴 | Eom, Uhm, Um |
Nepal
Surnames in Nepal are divided into three origins; Indo-Aryan languages, Tibeto-Burman languages and indigenous origins. Indo-Aryan surnames dominates over other language origin surnames.Philippines
The Catálogo alfabético de apellidos is a book of surnames in the Philippines and other islands of Spanish East Indies published in the mid-19th century. This was in response to a Spanish colonial decree establishing the distribution of Spanish family names and local surnames among colonial subjects who did not have a prior surname. It is also the reason why Filipinos share the same surnames of Spanish people.The book was created after Spanish Governor-General Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa issued a decree on November 21, 1849, to address the lack of a standard naming convention. Newly-Christianised Filipinos often chose the now-ubiquitous surnames of de los Santos, de la Cruz, del Rosario, and Bautista for religious reasons; others preferred names of well-known local rulers such as Lacandola. To complicate matters further, discrepancies like family members holding different surnames would hinder some of the colonial government's activities such as taking a census and tax collection.
- Santos
- Reyes
- Cruz
- Bautista
- Del Rosario
- Gonzales
- Ramos
- Aquino
- Garcia
- Dela Cruz
- Lopez
- Fernandez
- Mendoza
- Morales
- Marquez
- Hernandez
- Navarro
- Sanchez
- Delos Reyes
- Delos Santos
Sri Lanka
A lot of Sinhalese surnames end with Singhe. Such as Jayasinghe, Ranasinghe, Samarasinghe etc.
| Rank | Name | Total Number | Language of origin and meaning |
| 1 | Perera | 862,080 | Portuguese |
| 2 | Fernando | 520,965 | Portuguese |
| 3 | de Silva | 299,772 | Portuguese |
| 4 | Bandara | 227,388 | Sinhalese |
| 5 | Kumara | 201,695 | Sinhalese |
| 6 | Dissanayake | 172,612 | Sinhalese |
| 7 | Mohamed | 154,874 | Arabic, of Sri Lankan Moor |
| 8 | Gamage | 149,527 | Sinhalese |
| 9 | Liyanage | 143,854 | Sinhalese |
| 10 | Jayasinghe | 142,224 | Sinhalese |
| 11 | Ranasinghe | 139,680 | Sinhalese |
| 12 | Herath | 123,182 | Sinhalese |
| 13 | Weerasinghe | 122,008 | Sinhalese |
| 14 | Peiris | 115,944 | Portuguese |
| 15 | Rathnayake | 102,902 | Sinhalese |
| 16 | Wickramasinghe | 96,968 | Sinhalese |
| 17 | Wijesinghe | 94,816 | Sinhalese |
| 18 | Hettiarachchi | 87,512 | Sinhalese |
| 19 | Nanayakkara | 78,057 | Sinhalese |
| 20 | Ahamed | 74,601 | Arabic, of Sri Lankan Moor |
| 21 | Rajapaksha | 71,144 | Sinhalese |
| 22 | Mendis | 70,623 | Portuguese |
| 23 | Pathirana | 70,297 | Sinhalese |
| 24 | Ekanayake | 69,840 | Sinhalese |
| 25 | Gunasekara | 69,384 | Sinhalese |
| 26 | Dias | 67,623 | Portuguese |
| 27 | Sampath | 67,232 | Sinhalese |
| 28 | Amarasinghe | 64,949 | Sinhalese |
| 29 | Ratnayake | 59,863 | Sinhalese |
| 30 | Chathuranga | 58,754 | Sinhalese |
| 31 | Senanayake | 55,037 | Sinhalese |
| 32 | Samarasinghe | 54,320 | Sinhalese |
| 33 | Lakmal | 53,733 | Sinhalese |
| 34 | Munasinghe | 52,755 | Sinhalese |
| 35 | Rodrigo | 51,777 | Portuguese |
| 36 | Seneviratne | 51,581 | Sinhalese |
| 37 | Rathnayaka | 49,886 | Sinhalese |
| 38 | Edirisinghe | 48,516 | Sinhalese |
| 39 | Jayawardena | 48,386 | Sinhalese |
| 40 | Fonseka | 47,995 | Portuguese |
| 41 | Sanjeewa | 47,147 | Sinhalese |
| 42 | Gunawardana | 46,625 | Sinhalese |
| 43 | Gunawardena | 45,386 | Sinhalese |
| 44 | Karunaratne | 44,930 | Sinhalese |
| 45 | Jayaweera | 43,495 | Sinhalese |
| 46 | Jayasekara | 43,365 | Sinhalese |
| 47 | Ranaweera | 42,387 | Sinhalese |
| 48 | Jayawardana | 40,822 | Sinhalese |
| 49 | Jayasuriya | 40,561 | Sinhalese |
| 50 | Madusanka | 40,300 | Sinhalese |