Statistics for Top 25 Most Common British Surnames

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Rank	Starts with	Surname	Number in GB	% Correct
1	S	Smith	546,960	97%
3	W	Williams	294,625	83%
10	J	Johnson	151,518	80%
2	J	Jones	422,023	77%
6	B	Brown	195,410	69%
11	R	Roberts	145,968	69%
24	J	Jackson	109,086	63%
9	T	Thomas	159,643	60%
16	W	White	123,667	57%
7	W	Wilson	186,540	57%
19	G	Green	114,774	54%
4	T	Taylor	250,780	54%
18	E	Edwards	118,840	51%
5	D	Davies	215,074	46%
22	H	Harris	110,306	43%
15	T	Thompson	127,966	43%
20	L	Lewis	112,613	37%
8	E	Evans	171,816	34%
14	R	Robinson	128,225	34%
12	W	Walker	133,929	34%
25	C	Clarke	108,022	31%
13	W	Wright	130,416	31%
23	M	Martin	109,869	26%
21	W	Wood	111,127	23%
17	H	Hughes	120,505	20%