Most Common Surnames by Country 🌎 🇳🇵 Nepal → Tamang 🇮🇳 India → Devi /Kumar 🇹🇭 Thailand → Saetang 🇦🇺 Australia → Smith 🇳🇿 New Zealand → Smith 🇺🇸 United States → Smith 🇯🇵 Japan → Sato (佐藤)

"Do you have any idea where your surnames came from?" This was the question my classmate threw at us during their assigned group report in our Readings in Philippine History class earlier today.

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I came across this page recently which showcased unusual surnames only Filipino-speakers will get the joke here. Karen Casaquite: Yung mga kaklase ko nga eh napapa-aray sa apelido ko. Shaira Capuso: e

If your surname is "Holister" and you had wondered whether it was a word to refer to a brothel, you may have been right! The newly published Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland