Most common surnames in Estonia

The top 101 family names, ranked by how many people carry them. Page 1 of 2.

Most common surnames in Estonia
Rank	Surname	Origin & meaning	People
1	Tamm	—	5,659
2	Saar	—	4,609
3	Sepp	—	3,566
4	Kask	—	3,205
5	Mägi	—	2,791
6	Kukk	—	2,669
7	Rebane	—	2,266
8	Koppel	—	2,093
9	Karu	—	2,047
10	Ilves	—	1,948
11	Lepik	—	1,921
12	Oja	—	1,894
13	Ivanov	—	1,875
14	Kuusk	—	1,814
15	Kaasik	—	1,806
16	Luik	—	1,699
17	Raudsepp	—	1,599
18	Vaher	—	1,587
19	Kallas	—	1,572
20	Lepp	—	1,560
21	Laur	—	1,553
21	Pärn	—	1,553
23	Kuusik	—	1,468
24	Kivi	—	1,453
25	Ots	—	1,411
26	Liiv	—	1,384
27	Peterson	English/Scandinavian · “son of Peter”	1,380
28	Teder	—	1,288
29	Mets	—	1,250
30	Põder	—	1,238
31	Lõhmus	—	1,231
32	Kull	—	1,215
33	Kütt	—	1,204
34	Puusepp	—	1,185
35	Kangur	—	1,181
36	Jõgi	—	1,150
37	Jakobson	—	1,120
38	Rand	—	1,112
39	Saks	—	1,108
39	Toom	—	1,108
41	Smirnov	—	1,093
42	Leppik	—	1,074
43	Raud	—	1,070
44	Mitt	—	1,066
44	Sarapuu	—	1,066
44	Sild	—	1,066
47	Ivanova	—	1,039
48	Mölder	—	1,031
49	Roos	—	1,012
50	Tamme	—	993
51	Allik	—	974
51	Kõiv	—	974
53	Paas	—	959
53	Paju	—	959
55	Laas	—	955
56	Pukk	—	951
57	Miller	English · “grain miller”	932
58	Palm	—	928
59	Tomson	—	924
59	Uibo	—	924
61	Põld	—	920
62	Jürgenson	—	916
63	Kalda	—	897
64	Lill	—	882
65	Männik	—	878
65	Nõmm	—	878
67	Johanson	—	870
67	Orav	—	870
69	Unt	—	867
70	Parts	—	863
71	Lind	—	859
72	Hunt	—	851
73	Petrov	—	844
74	Arro	—	840
75	Adamson	—	828
76	Hein	—	821
77	Lember	—	809
78	Rätsep	—	801
79	Järv	—	790
80	Nurk	—	778
81	Pihlak	—	774
81	Tali	—	774
83	Aavik	—	767
83	Kase	—	767
83	Kruus	—	767
86	Valk	—	751
87	Hansen	Norwegian · “son of Hans”	744
88	Järve	—	732
88	Väli	—	732
90	Aru	—	728
90	Rohtla	—	728
90	Vares	—	728
93	Kikas	—	717
93	Sikk	—	717
95	Mõttus	—	705
95	Soosaar	—	705
97	Kuznetsov	—	698
98	Vassiljev	—	686
99	Kolk	—	675
100	Must	—	671

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

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