This statistic shows the most frequent combinations of first name and last name in the United States, as of 2013. According to this ranking, the name "James Smith" occurs most often and is most popular in the United States.

As of January 2024, Nielsen was the most common surname in Denmark. That year, 229,000 people bore the name in the country. That was around 3,000 individuals more compared to the second most popular surname, Jensen. Historically, most surnames in Denmark were created by using the patronymic tradition until hereditary surnames became mandatory in the 1820s. This was also a common tradition in some of the other Nordic countries. For Danish surnames, this meant to have the suffix -sen (son) or -datter (daughter) added to the father’s name.

Female names

The number of women in Denmark amounted to approximately 2.98 million in 2023. Among these, the most common first name was Anne, with around 44,100 women having the name that year. The name originally derived from the name Hannah or Anna. Other popular female names in Denmark were Kirsten, Mette, and Hanne.

Male names

Among the 2.95 million men lived in Denmark as of 2023, and Peter was the most frequent name. As of January 2024, around 46.500 men bore the name, which is also found in the variants Petar, Peder, and Petter. The names Jens, Michael, and Lars were also very common among the Danish men.

As of February 2024, Korhonen was the most common surname among the 5.6-million Finnish population. There we around 21,700 people having the surname Korhonen, followed by Virtanen with around 20,900 individuals. Other common surnames included Mäkinen, Nieminen, Mäkelä, and Hämäläinen. Olivia and Leo are new parents’ favorite first names The most common first name given to a female Finnish-speaking newborn was Olivia, with 276 name registrations in 2022. Aino, Aada, and Lilja followed as other popular first names. For newborn Finnish-speaking boys, Leo was the most given first name during that year. Väinö, a short form of Väinämöinen from Finnish myth, was the second most popular, with 364 registrations. Other favored first names for newborn boys in Finland during this period included Oliver, Eeli, and Leevi. Finland's aging population The change in age structure results primarily from the baby boom following World War II. The population growth slowed down after the 1960's, and since then, the crude birth rate has fallen from 18.5 to 7.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. As a result, the number of deaths has surpassed the number of births in the past few years. At the same time, the life expectancy of women in Finland has reached around 84.19 years, which is approximately five years more than for Finnish men. Based on current developments, it is estimated that Finland’s population will decline to 5.9 million in 2040.

This statistic shows the most common last names in China in 2013. 95 million people in China had the last name Wang.

This dataset represents the 5000 popular last names in the United States. The data is split by race to show the percentages against each option.

Between 2017 and 2020, the most common last name registered in Mexico was Hernandez with over half a million cases, followed by Garcia and Martinez. Sofia was the most popular female name in Mexico in 2021, while Santiago was the most popular name for male newborns.

This statistic shows the most common last names in Italy in 2016. According to this ranking, the surname "Rossi" is most common in Italy, counting around 90,000 people.

Akhmetov (for men) and Akhmetova (for women) were the most common last names in Kazakhstan. As of November 1, 2022, over 66 thousand people in the country carried these surnames. Serik was the second most popular surname, carried by more than 45 thousand individuals.

Nowak was the most popular female last name in Poland as of January 2024. It was the only one with over 100 thousand registered persons. Kowalska and Wiśniewska were next, with respectively 68.22 thousand and 54.71 thousand registrations. All the most common surnames for men were the male equivalents of the same names.

As of 2023, Nagy was the most popular surname in Hungary, carried by nearly 223 thousand individuals. The second most common last name was Kovács, carried by over 205 thousand people.

In France, four out of five married women have their husband's family name in 2022. However, this phenomenon decreases with age: while 90 percent of married women over 65 years of age declare that they use their husband's last name, only a little more than half of the younger women do so. In addition, 40 percent of 18 to 24 year olds and a quarter of 25 to 34 year olds use the family name they were born with (i.e., in most cases, their father's name).

Among the 2.98 million female inhabitants in Denmark in 2023, the most common name was Anne. As of January 2024, around 43,700 Danish women bore the name. There are several variations of it such as Anna, which is very popular in Denmark as well and, with a number of approximately 34,000, ranked on fifth place.

Danish surnames   Most Danish last names are based on patronymics. Until the 1820s, it was common for ordinary people to use the Christian name of a person’s father, followed by “sen” (=son) or “datter” (=daughter) to create the surname. Nielsen for example is a patronymic surname meaning “son of Niels” and ranked first among all common surnames in Denmark as of January 2024.

Female names in other Nordic countries   When looking at Iceland, Norway and Sweden, it is noticeable that the first name Anne or the variation Anna is very common there as well. In 2023, Anna was the most common female name in Iceland. Also in Sweden, Anna ranked first in 2022, and in Norway, 70,000 women bore the name Anne.

The most common first name for a U.S. president is James, followed by John and then William. Six U.S. presidents have been called James, although Jimmy Carter was the only one who did not serve in the nineteenth century. Five presidents have been called John; most recently John Fitzgerald Kennedy, while John is also the middle name of the incumbent President Donald Trump.

Middle names

Middle names were rarely given in the U.S.' early years, however the practice became more common throughout the nineteenth century. Three U.S. presidents actually went by their middle names in their adulthood, namely Stephen Grover Cleveland, Thomas Woodrow Wilson and David Dwight Eisenhower. Several presidents also shared their middle names with other presidents' surnames, including Ronald Wilson Reagan and William Jefferson Clinton. Coincidentally, there were two U.S. presidents who had just the initial "S." as their middle name, these were; Harry S. Truman, whose S represented his grandfathers (Anderson Shipp Truman and Solomon Young); and Ulysses S. Grant, whose S was added to his name through a clerical error (likely due to his mother's maiden name; Simpson) when being enrolled in West Point Military Academy, but the initial stuck and he kept it throughout the rest of his life.

Family ties

Five surnames have been shared by U.S. presidents, and four of these pairs have been related. Adams and Bush are the names of the two father-son pairs (the Adams pair also share their first name; the Bush pair share a first and a middle name), while William Henry Harrison was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were fifth cousins, however FDR's marriage to Theodore's niece, Eleanor, made him a nephew-in law (Theodore even gave Eleanor away on her wedding day). James Madison and Zachary Taylor were also second cousins. Multiple other presidents are distant cousins from one another, often several times removed (George W. Bush and Barack Obama are technically tenth cousins, twice removed), and a number of presidents have become related by marriage. The only presidents to share a surname and not be related are Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson.

In 2023, according to a survey by ElitePartner, the most common reason women wanted to keep their surname after they got married was because they had a stronger attachment to their own. 31 percent did so because of emancipation and equal rights.

As of January 2023, there were approximately 2.9 million men living in Denmark. Among these, roughly 47,000 men had the name Peter. It is also found in the variants Petar, Peder, and Petter. Peter was the most common male name in the country, while Michael and Lars came in second and third place.

 Female names 
The number of women in Denmark in 2023 amounted to approximately 2.98 million. The most common name was Anne. In this year, around 44,100 women bore the name. It originally derived from the name Hannah. In the ranking, it was followed by the names Mette and Kirsten.

Danish surnames
Most surnames in Denmark were created by using the patronymic tradition until hereditary surnames became mandatory in the 1820s. This was a common tradition in some of the Nordic countries. For Danish surnames, it meant to have the suffix -sen (son) or -datter (daughter) added to the father’s name. Due to the German influence, other names occurred for example from an occupation such as Møller (the operator of the mill), which was a common tradition for creating surnames in Germany. As of January 2023, Nielsen and Jensen were the most common Danish surnames.

Anna was the most popular female first name in Poland as of January 2023. It was the only one with over a million registered persons. Katarzyna and Maria were next, with 605.83 thousand and 594.2 thousand registrations, respectively.

Popular male names in Poland

During the same period, the most popular male name in the country was Piotr. The name was registered more than 692 thousand times. In second and third place, in terms of the number of registrations, were the names Krzysztof and Andrzej. Meanwhile, the most popular male and female surname was Nowak, a common Polish last name.

Poland sees a decrease in the number of births

The fertility rate in Poland has been on a downward trend for the past six decades. In 2022, as many as 68 percent of women in Poland were not planning to have a child. The main reason for that was that Polish women found their pay insufficient. Contrary to the decline in the fertility rate, the cost of raising children in Poland has been increasing yearly. The cost of raising two children in 2021 amounted to almost 440 thousand zloty.

In 2022, over 85,000 babies were born in Hungary, out of which 41,400 were girls. During this year, approximately 903,000 newborn Hungarian girls got the name Hanna. At the same time, Léna was the second most popular female name in Hungary, given to around 901,000 newborns during the year. The most popular name for newborn boys  In 2023, approximately 43,800 boys were born in Hungary. Dominik was the first name given to nearly 1,250 of them, making it the most popular name for newborn boys. Dominik is of Latin origin, coming from Dominicus. The meaning of the name is 'belonging to the Lord' or 'born on Sunday'. Most common surnames In 2023, Nagy was the most common surname in Hungary, carried by 223 thousand individuals. The family name that was already widespread in the 16th century can be translated as large or great. During the same year, Kovács was the second most common surname in the country, carried by more than 205 thousand people.

In 2022, Lars was the most popular male name in Sweden, with roughly 82,000 persons having the name. Anders(roughly 76,000) and Johan (approximately 74,000) were the second and third most common male names in Sweden as of December 2022.

In 2023, Jan was the most popular name among men in Norway with close to 50,000 persons having the name. Bjørn and Per were the second and third most common names during the time under consideration, both with around 37,000 individuals each. All the three most common names in Norway are often used in combination with another name, such as Jan Erik, Bjørn Erik, or Per Erik.

Santiago, Mateo, and Sebastian were the most popular male names in Mexico in 2021. During that year, over 6,000 newborns were registered with those names in the Aztec country. The most common last name in Mexico between 2017 and 2020 was Hernandez.