What is the most common last name in the world?

Gnomon

The Guinness book of records used to give Chang as the answer, but I'm not sure whether it still does. Sep 15 03, 2:12 AM

Brainyblonde

The most common surname (last name) in the world is Chang. http://geography.about.com/library/faq/blqzsurname.htm Sep 15 03, 6:14 PM

mochyn

The most common family name is LI, a book published today SURNAMES IN CHINA reports that there are 95 million living in China with another 5 million worldwide. Sep 15 03, 6:34 PM

Stew54

Without wishing to complicate things even further, wikipedia suggests that as of 1990 the most common name was Wang/Wong. Ah so? http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_family_names Sep 16 03, 6:11 PM

zbeckabee

Question #641. Manny asks: What is the most common last name in the world? Astrix answers: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the commonest family name is the Chinese name Zhang. In 1994 it was estimated that there were approximately 113 million Zhangs (almost half the population of the United States at that time). Also see Questions #9666, #21246 and #65540. Mar 26 08, 8:11 PM