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Top 20 Most Common English Surnames

Can you guess the 20 most common surnames in England?
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames_in_Europe#England
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Last updated: March 24, 2019
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Rank
Starts with
Surname
1
S
Smith
2
J
Jones
3
T
Taylor
4
B
Brown
5
W
Williams
6
W
Wilson
7
J
Johnson
8
D
Davies
9
R
Robinson
10
W
Wright
Rank
Starts with
Surname
11
T
Thompson
12
E
Evans
13
W
Walker
14
W
White
15
R
Roberts
16
G
Green
17
H
Hall
18
W
Wood
19
J
Jackson
20
C
Clarke
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Level 76
Sep 20, 2022
surprised not to see patel or singh or khan or something
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Level 68
Sep 20, 2022
Well on the wikipedia list there is no Source for England... So not sure how trustworthy the list is...
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Level 82
Sep 20, 2022
Miller?
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Level 37
Sep 20, 2022
Can there be a type-in for Clarke? Maybe accept it as Clark?
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Level 48
Sep 22, 2022
Different spellings are considered different names by the bodies dealing with statistics in the nations of the UK. Clark is the more common spelling in Scotland. Likewise, Thompson is outside the top 100 in Scotland, but Thomson would make a top 10 if a similar quiz was made for Scotland. The no-P spelling is not totally unheard of in England, but is comparatively rare.