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Steve Graves & Lottie Gibbons

Most common 100 surnames in Merseyside and how many people share yours

Some surnames are particularly Scouse - while others which are popular in Merseyside are also extremely common across the UK.

Tens of thousands of people in our region are called Jones, Smith, Williams and Davies, while Hughes, Roberts and Taylor are not far behind. They're all common names across the UK, but some which are big in Liverpool reflect the city's history and geographical proximity to other areas.

Murphy, Doyle and O'Brien all feature strongly, and are among several names which link back to the city's strong connections with Ireland.

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We last explored the list back in 2021, when we reported website Forebears has tons of data of census records, marriage licences, burial records, and notes on Government, agriculture and its history.

So take a look and see if your name makes it.

*The information uses 2014 data.

1. Jones - 23,012

2. Smith - 16,276

3. Williams - 13,997

4. Davies - 10,149

5. Hughes - 9,787

6. Roberts - 9,571

7. Taylor - 8,219

8. Johnson - 6,715

9. Brown - 6,603

10. Murphy - 6,495

11. Evans - 6,206

12. Kelly - 6,088

13. Wilson - 5,802

14. Edwards - 5,191

15. Robinson - 4,985

16. Thomas - 4,966

17. Thompson - 4,522

18. Harrison - 4,360

19. Wright - 4,201

20. Clarke - 3,911

21. Morris - 3,673

22. Jackson - 3,655

23. Griffiths - 3,573

24. Walker - 3,545

25. Moore - 3,518

26. Green - 3,316

27. Lewis - 3,261

28. Walsh - 3,191

29. Woods - 3,149

30 White - 3,081

31. Lee - 3,072

32. Rimmer - 3,014

33. Campbell - 3,003

34. Murray - 2,968

35. Lloyd - 2,916

36. Martin - 2,897

37. Bennett - 2,860

38. Byrne - 2,846

39. Doyle - 2,756

40. Hill - 2,753

41. Morgan - 2,741

42. Parry - 2,691

43 Scott - 2,677

44. Owen - 2,598

45. Ward - 2,594

46. Price - 2,575

47. O'Brien - 2,546

48. Howard - 2,536

49. Owens - 2,522

50. Wood - 2,504

51. Shaw - 2,494

52. Riley - 2,487

53. Turner - 2,440

54. Hall - 2,360

55. Harris - 2,347

56. Burns - 2,344

57. Ellis - 2,328

58. Foster - 2,314

59. King - 2,243

60. Ryan - 2,231

61. Collins - 2,192

62. Miller - 2,076

63. Cooper - 2,075

64. Clark - 2,038

65. Bell - 2,031

66. Mitchell - 2,020

67. Parker - 1,991

68. Baker - 1,981

69. Allen - 1,977

70. Graham - 1,962

71. McDonald - 1,950

72. Anderson - 1,935

73. Holmes - 1,882

74. Ball - 1,878

75 .Hayes - 1,874

76. Stewart - 1,848

77. Phillips - 1,837

78. Rigby - 1,831

79. James - 1,774

80. Richardson - 1,768

81. Burke - 1,764

82. Fletcher - 1,757

83. Kennedy - 1,724

84. Quinn - 1,714

85. O'Neill - 1,708

86. Carter - 1,675

87. Dixon - 1,673

88. Duffy - 1,662

89. Powell - 1,653

90. Houghton - 1,639

91. Atherton - 1,637

92. Farrell - 1,595

93. Moran - 1,589

94. Rogers - 1,578

95. Watson - 1,577

96. Mason - 1,571

97. Simpson - 1,561

98. Young - 1,560

99. Dunn - 1,558

100. Connolly -1,552

The top 50 surnames in England and the number of people who have them

1. Smith - 632,854

2. Jones - 380,439

3. Taylor - 293,387

4. Brown - 283,795

5. Williams - 271,532

6. Wilson - 195,974

7. Johnson - 191,454

8. Davies - 175,818

9. Patel - 166,747

10. Robinson - 161,345

11. Wright - 159,044

12. Thompson - 157,859

13. Evans - 154,661

14. Walker - 151,806

15. White - 149,521

16. Roberts - 145,964

17. Green - 143,422

18. Hall - 141,454

19. Thomas - 138,978

20. Clarke - 135,417

21. Jackson - 134,658

22. Wood - 132,216

23. Harris - 131,638

24. Edwards - 128,848

25. Turner - 127,933

26. Martin - 123,987

27. Cooper - 122,070

28. Hill - 118,613

29. Ward - 116,268

30. Hughes - 116,131

31. Moore - 115,697

32. Clark - 114,204

33. King - 112,569

34. Harrison - 111,247

35. Lewis - 110,925

36. Baker - 110,252

37. Lee - 106,730

38. Allen - 105,396

39. Morris - 104,537

40. Khan - 102,864

41. Scott - 102,407

42. Watson - 98,554

43. Davis - 96,234

44. Parker - 95,779

45. James - 90,940

46. Bennett - 90,598

47. Young - 88,507

48. Phillips - 87,697

49. Richardson - 87,340

50. Mitchell - 87,050

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