Do you have one of Greater Manchester’s most common surnames?

Now is your chance to find out as we can reveal some of the most common last names held by people in the region.

Forebears is a genealogy website that has listed the most common surnames in the county.

Some of Greater Manchester's listings match up with the popular surnames across England- but one or two aren't quite so common place.

According to the site, there are around 112,121 unique surnames in Greater Manchester and there are 24 people per name on average.

Here are the top 15 most common surnames in Greater Manchester- and how many people have them.

1. Smith- 28,118

As this is the most common surname in England, it’s unsurprising that it also took Greater Manchester’s number one spot too.

According to the Forebears website, Smith is an occupational surname it comes from the word for someone who works with metal, such as a blacksmith.

There are estimated to be around 300,000 Smiths in England.

2. Jones- 25,113

This is it the second most common name in England.

It’s the 208th most common in the world and a high percentage of people in Wales also bear the name.

Jones is a patronymic surname, meaning the son of John, or Johan or Jone.

3. Taylor- 21,163

This surname is derived from the occupation of a 'tailor' or 'cutter of cloth'.

It's the third most common in England and 345th most common surname in the world.

4. Williams- 14,107

This is derived from the forename William and has early origins in medieval England.

However, the primary source of the name is from Wales.

It is most prevalent in the United Stated and a high percentage people people share the surname in Turks and Caicos Islands.

5. Brown- 12,144

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor- 'the son of Brun' (i.e. Brown).

It is the fourth most popular name in England and 206th most popular in the world.

6. Davies- 11,922

This surname is derived from ‘son of Davies’ and it is most common in England and Wales.

7. Johnson- 10,825

Johnson is the 173rd most common surname in the world and more than three million people across the globe also share it.

It’s derived from the name of an ancestor or ‘son of John’.

8. Khan- 9,993

This is the 17th most common surname in the world and more than 22 million people across the globe have this name.

It is most prevalent in Pakistan.

This surname is linguistically of Turkic origin and referred to a leader of Turkic people.

9. Wilson- 9846

This is the 313th most common surname in the world and is most prevalent in the United States- although a high proportion of people have it in Saint Martin too.

10- Jackson- 9789

Like all other names ending in ‘son’, this surname is derived from ‘the son of John’.

It is most prevalent in the United States and is the 383rd most common in the world.

11. Patel- 9556

This is the most common surname in India and 199th most commin in the world.

It means “Village Headman” in Hindustani.

12. Roberts 9416

According to the Forebears website, the influence of this name was "enormous" and many names, such as Robin and Dobinson have derived from it. 

13. Robinson 9233

This name is most prevalent in the United States and more than one million people bear this name in the world.

14. Walker 8716

This surname is derived from either a fuller, from the Middle High German walker, meaning "a fuller of cloth", or an officer whose duty consisted of walking or inspecting a certain part of a forest.

15. Hughes- 8680

According to the Forebears website, "thousands of people" owe their nominal existence to this name as plenty of surnames and forenames have derived from it. 

It is most prevalent in the United States but plenty of people also share it in Anguilla. 

You can view the top 100 most common surnames in the following table:

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