Most common surnames in Australia

The top 100 family names, ranked by how many people carry them.

Most common surnames in Australia
RankSurnameOrigin & meaningPeople
1SmithEnglish · “metalworker”212,493
2JonesWelsh · “son of John”111,307
3WilliamsWelsh · “son of William”105,855
4BrownEnglish · “brown-haired or brown-skinned”105,078
5WilsonEnglish · “son of Will”92,731
6TaylorEnglish · “tailor”89,433
7AndersonScottish/Scandinavian · “son of Andrew”71,588
8JohnsonEnglish · “son of John”67,462
9WhiteEnglish · “fair-haired or pale”64,439
10ThompsonEnglish · “son of Thomas”62,098
11LeeEnglish/Chinese/Korean · “plum tree”61,483
12MartínEnglish/French · “from given name Martin”60,595
13ThomasEnglish/Welsh · “from given name Thomas”57,043
14WalkerEnglish · “cloth fuller”56,838
15KellyIrish55,407
16YoungEnglish · “the younger”54,684
17HarrisEnglish · “son of Harry”53,949
18KingEnglish · “king (nickname)”53,858
19RyanIrish53,483
20RobertsEnglish/Welsh · “son of Robert”53,029
21HallEnglish · “worker at a manor hall”52,386
22EvansWelsh · “son of Evan”52,100
23DavisWelsh · “son of David”51,740
24WrightEnglish · “craftsman, builder”51,694
25BakerEnglish · “baker”51,495
26CampbellScottish · “crooked mouth”50,389
27EdwardsEnglish · “son of Edward”49,795
28ClarkEnglish · “clerk or scribe”49,590
29RobinsonEnglish · “son of Robin”48,735
30McDonald—48,189
31HillEnglish · “dweller by a hill”48,017
32ScottScottish · “a Scot”47,646
33ClarkeEnglish · “clerk or scribe”47,613
34MitchellEnglish · “from given name Michael”46,636
35StewartScottish · “steward”46,244
36MooreEnglish/Irish45,880
37TurnerEnglish · “lathe worker”45,848
38MillerEnglish · “grain miller”45,832
39GreenEnglish · “dweller by the village green”45,340
40WatsonEnglish/Scottish · “son of Wat (Walter)”44,799
41Bell—42,630
42WoodEnglish · “dweller by a wood”42,162
43CooperEnglish · “barrel maker”41,912
44MurphyIrish · “sea warrior”41,693
45JacksonEnglish · “son of Jack”41,631
46JamesEnglish/Welsh · “from given name James”41,206
47LewisEnglish/Welsh · “from given name Lewis”40,743
48AllenEnglish/Scottish · “from given name Alan”40,354
49BennettEnglish · “from given name Benedict”39,697
50Robertson—39,216
51CollinsEnglish/Irish38,969
52CookEnglish · “cook”38,232
53MurrayIrish/Scottish37,957
54WardEnglish · “guard, watchman”37,551
55PhillipsEnglish/Welsh · “son of Philip”36,983
56O'BrienIrish · “descendant of Brian”36,925
57NguyễnVietnamese36,867
58DaviesWelsh · “son of David”36,804
59HughesWelsh/English · “son of Hugh”36,247
60MorrisEnglish/Welsh · “from given name Maurice”36,222
61AdamsEnglish · “son of Adam”35,800
62Johnston—35,723
63ParkerEnglish · “park keeper”35,151
64RossScottish · “headland”35,042
65GrayEnglish · “grey-haired”34,959
66Graham—34,809
67Russell—34,420
68MorganWelsh33,813
69Reid—33,800
70Kennedy—33,714
71Marshall—32,900
72SinghIndian (Sanskrit) · “lion”32,856
73CoxEnglish32,579
74Harrison—31,663
75Simpson—31,631
76RichardsonEnglish · “son of Richard”31,622
77Richards—31,317
78CarterEnglish · “cart driver”31,209
79RogersEnglish · “son of Roger”30,431
80WalshIrish · “Welshman”30,382
81Thomson—29,666
82BaileyEnglish · “bailiff”29,313
83Matthews—29,255
84Cameron—28,821
85Webb—27,754
86Chapman—27,635
87Stevens—27,402
88Ellis—27,320
89McKenzie—27,305
90Grant—26,905
91Shaw—26,811
92Hunt—26,664
93Harvey—26,522
94Butler—26,467
95Mills—26,459
96PriceWelsh · “son of Rhys”26,319
97Pearce—26,294
98Barnes—26,001
99Henderson—25,950
100Armstrong—25,791

Source: Forebears (non-official). Rankings are updated when the publisher releases new data.

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