List of most common surnames in Oceania


This is a list of the most common surnames in Oceania.

Australia

Statistics are drawn from Australian government records of 2007.
No.NameNumber of peopleOrigin
1Smith114,997English
2Jones55,679British, Welsh
3Williams55,555English, Welsh
4Brown54,896English, Scottish
5Wilson46,961English, Scottish
6Taylor45,328English
7Johnson33,435English
8White31,099English
9Martin31,058English, French
10Anderson30,910English, Scottish
11Thompson29,931English, Scottish
12Nguyen29,798Vietnamese
13Turner27,276English
14Walker26,688English
15Harris26,025English, Scottish
16Lee25,612English, Chinese, Korean
17Ryan25,526Irish
18Robinson25,168English
19Kelly25,014Irish
20King24,870English

New Zealand

Statistics are based on the 58,297 births registered in New Zealand during 2013.
No.NameOrigin
1SmithEnglish
2WilsonEnglish, Scottish
3WilliamsEnglish, Welsh
4BrownEnglish, Scottish
5TaylorEnglish
6JonesEnglish, Welsh
7SinghPunjabi
8WangChinese, Korean
9AndersonEnglish, Scottish
10LiChinese
11ThompsonEnglish, Scottish
12WalkerEnglish
13LeeEnglish, Chinese, Korean
14ChenChinese
15PatelGujarati
16ZhangChinese
17MartinEnglish
18KingEnglish
19HarrisEnglish, Scottish
20KumarHindi

Fiji

Statistics are based on the genealogy resources and vital in Fiji during 2014.
No.NameOrigin
1KumarHindi
2PrasadHindi
3ChandHindi
4SinghPunjabi
5LalHindi
6SharmaHindi
7NarayanHindi
8KhanHindi
9AliHindi
10DeviHindi
11RamHindi
12NaiduTamil
13ChandraHindi
14NandHindi
15LataHindi
16DeoHindi
17ReddyTamil
18PrakashHindi
19RajHindi
20MaharajHindi