Most Common Surnames in the UK

Try to guess the most common last names in Wales, Scotland, England, and Northern Ireland.

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First submitted	August 9, 2012
Times taken	61,001
Average score	21.0%
Rating	4.26

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Wales

Jones

Williams

Davies

Evans

Thomas

Roberts

Lewis

Hughes

Morgan

Griffiths

Edwards

Smith

James

Rees

Jenkins

Owen

Price

Phillips

Moss

Driscoll

Scotland

Smith

Brown

Wilson

Robertson

Thomson

Campbell

Stewart

Anderson

Scott

Murray

MacDonald

Reid

Taylor

Clark

Ross

Young

Mitchell

Watson

Paterson

Morrison

Northern Ireland

Wilson

Campbell

Kelly

Johnston

Moore

Thompson

Smyth

Brown

O'Neill

Doherty

Stewart

Quinn

Robinson

Murphy

Graham

Martin

McLaughlin

Hamilton

Murray

Hughes

England

Smith

Jones

Taylor

Brown

Williams

Wilson

Johnson

Davies

Robinson

Wright

Thompson

Evans

Walker

White

Roberts

Green

Hall

Wood

Jackson

Clarke

Level 30

Sep 15, 2012

This is so cool! Five of the names here are in my family tree! :) Could you accept Davis for Davies? They're essentially the same name.

Level 75

Nov 20, 2014

I tried Davis, Davisson, and Davidson, but no Davies. So close.

Level 25

Sep 15, 2012

Is that Pete Doherty in the picture? I only got the few surnames that are either in my family or are friend's names, plus his.

Level 25

Sep 17, 2012

That's looks nothing like Pete Doherty...

Level 41

Mar 6, 2020

Robbie Williams, complete with monogrammed earphone!

Level 71

Sep 17, 2012

This was hard. 5/62.

Level 79

Jul 31, 2020

Really? I got 25 first try and I'm from Malaysia!

Level 57

Oct 28, 2012

how do you even put a picture in?

Level 33

Jan 19, 2013

Only 1 mc/mac from Scotland? WOW!

Level 67

Apr 23, 2014

Yes, I expected there to be many mroe than that. I lost a lot of time trying to think of "Macs" and ended up missing a ton of really obvious names like Davis and Williams.

Level 84

Aug 4, 2019

Same here. Mcgregor, Mcclelland, Mcnugget, Mcchickensandwich...

Level 20

Mar 29, 2013

8/62, just typed in all the U.S. Presidents last names and just guessed Smith and Anderson. LOL

Level 21

Jul 30, 2013

I typed Patterson instead of Paterson, I think it should be accepted considering the minority of people that have ever guessed it.

Level 36

Aug 3, 2013

9/62 hard quiz

Level 18

Sep 4, 2013

Woah the first thing I guessed was my surname and it was on there :)

+11

Level 71

Nov 15, 2016

There's no Dru98 name on the list Charliee

Level 76

Mar 14, 2022

underrated comment

Level 40

May 21, 2014

Only managed to get Murray due to his book being sat on the shelf nearby, surprisingly tricky quiz!

Level 52

Jul 7, 2014

Lewis and Clark. :P

Level 84

Jun 23, 2015

Surprised no Miller

Level 84

Jun 23, 2015

No Miller, or Cooper, Carter, Baker, etc. Seemed light on names derived from professions.

Level 85

Jun 23, 2015

Tried Griffith, but quiz apparently demands Griffiths...

Level 23

Jun 23, 2015

I was thinking of fast food and got mcdonald

Level 22

Jun 25, 2015

14/62. I love how 'Smith' gives you 4 points ^-^

Level 60

May 30, 2022

Um, it doesn't?

Level 35

Sep 24, 2015

Mohammed?

Level 22

Jul 24, 2016

...

Peace be upon him*

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Level 30

Oct 19, 2015

only johnson and johnston waa

Level 71

Nov 24, 2015

Lived in Wales all my life (both North and South) and never met anyone with the surname Driscoll. Must be concentrated in a very specific part of the country.

Level 82

Aug 4, 2019

I went to school with a Driscoll.

Level 29

Dec 4, 2015

My friend's last name is in here

Level 22

Jun 10, 2016

42/62 #winning

Level 35

Oct 18, 2016

Surprised there was not also Johnson...

Level 60

May 30, 2022

This didn't age well...

Level 53

Nov 15, 2016

Good job brain! I got Ross because of Bob Ross, but didn't get Smith. Love it!

Level 79

Apr 18, 2017

Should accept Rhys for Rees

Level 70

Sep 28, 2017

As a proud McLeod find it hard to believe not more Macs made the list for Scotland

Level 35

Oct 25, 2017

Soooo much harder than I thought it would be, and i was reduced to

rying Ali and Wong and Lee !!! 17 and missed so many obvious ones like Walker !!!

Level 60

Feb 5, 2023

I tried Patel and Singh. I seriously thought Patel would be on the list.

Level 44

Mar 6, 2020

I grew up in the UK, and from this entire list, there was only one Smith and one O'Neill in my class in secondary school. None of the other surnames were represented.

Level 42

Mar 6, 2020

I got Thompson and Thomson cause of TinTin

Level 40

Mar 6, 2020

smith... jones... uh... um... uh

Level 42

Dec 10, 2020

I thought Harris would have made it. Also one mac for Scotland that's weird.

Level 76

May 30, 2022

can you include link to source? i'm curious what the nearest misses were

Level 60

May 30, 2022

Am I the only one who read the title as Most Common Surinames in the UK?

Level 79

Feb 28, 2023

Driscoll? Hmm. Don't even think I've ever heard that last name before.

Level 55

Sep 4, 2023

Just because you personally haven't heard the name before doesn't mean it doesn't exist

Level 48

Dec 2, 2023

I made Hamilton beacuse of Lewis Hamilton

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