Most common surnames in Canada

The 100 surnames with the most bearers in Canada

Smith
#1
4.647.076
bearers (top 100)
100
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This table shows the 100 most common surnames in Canada, ranked by number of bearers. Data comes from official censuses and civil registries.

Brown
108.883
2
Smith
192.207
1
Tremblay
106.669
3
# Surname Bearers Share
1 Smith 192.207
4.1%
2 Brown 108.883
2.3%
3 Tremblay 106.669
2.3%
4 Martin 91.694
2%
5 Roy 90.404
1.9%
6 Gagnon 85.118
1.8%
7 Lee 83.425
1.8%
8 Wilson 82.770
1.8%
9 Johnson 79.512
1.7%
10 Macdonald 78.768
1.7%
11 Taylor 71.543
1.5%
12 Campbell 71.073
1.5%
13 Anderson 70.382
1.5%
14 Jones 68.216
1.5%
15 Leblanc 67.906
1.5%
16 Cote 66.456
1.4%
17 Williams 63.737
1.4%
18 Miller 63.144
1.4%
19 Thompson 63.002
1.4%
20 Gauthier 61.032
1.3%
21 White 56.799
1.2%
22 Morin 56.245
1.2%
23 Wong 55.166
1.2%
24 Young 54.016
1.2%
25 Bouchard 53.556
1.2%
26 Scott 51.127
1.1%
27 Stewart 50.759
1.1%
28 Pelletier 48.316
1%
29 Lavoie 47.635
1%
30 Robinson 47.168
1%
31 Moore 46.794
1%
32 Belanger 46.258
1%
33 Singh 45.719
1%
34 Fortin 44.754
1%
35 Levesque 44.504
1%
36 Chan 44.491
1%
37 Reid 43.251
0.9%
38 Ross 43.168
0.9%
39 Clark 42.974
0.9%
40 Johnston 41.672
0.9%
41 Walker 41.593
0.9%
42 Thomas 41.050
0.9%
43 King 40.699
0.9%
44 Gagne 40.600
0.9%
45 Bergeron 39.916
0.9%
46 Li 39.476
0.8%
47 Boucher 39.299
0.8%
48 Landry 38.948
0.8%
49 Poirier 38.318
0.8%
50 Murray 38.193
0.8%
51 Murphy 38.076
0.8%
52 Mcdonald 37.706
0.8%
53 Wright 37.603
0.8%
54 Richard 37.357
0.8%
55 Mitchell 37.293
0.8%
56 Girard 37.171
0.8%
57 Clarke 36.537
0.8%
58 Davis 35.812
0.8%
59 Simard 35.621
0.8%
60 Kelly 35.125
0.8%
61 Lewis 35.046
0.8%
62 Graham 34.952
0.8%
63 Caron 34.894
0.8%
64 Wang 34.703
0.7%
65 Fraser 34.663
0.7%
66 Fournier 34.295
0.7%
67 Jackson 34.128
0.7%
68 Beaulieu 34.077
0.7%
69 Wood 33.342
0.7%
70 Hall 33.030
0.7%
71 Baker 32.921
0.7%
72 Chen 32.883
0.7%
73 Hill 32.707
0.7%
74 Harris 32.408
0.7%
75 Green 32.261
0.7%
76 Roberts 31.913
0.7%
77 Lapointe 31.414
0.7%
78 Bell 31.368
0.7%
79 Ouellet 31.192
0.7%
80 Patel 31.166
0.7%
81 Watson 31.067
0.7%
82 Kennedy 30.954
0.7%
83 Cloutier 30.924
0.7%
84 Robertson 30.875
0.7%
85 Allen 30.715
0.7%
86 Lefebvre 30.342
0.7%
87 Nguyen 30.174
0.6%
88 Hamilton 29.832
0.6%
89 Desjardins 29.190
0.6%
90 Adams 28.991
0.6%
91 Gill 28.836
0.6%
92 Khan 28.806
0.6%
93 Cameron 28.717
0.6%
94 Morrison 28.703
0.6%
95 Dube 28.514
0.6%
96 Evans 28.452
0.6%
97 Grant 28.242
0.6%
98 Nadeau 28.105
0.6%
99 Zhang 27.859
0.6%
100 Peters 27.709
0.6%
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FAQs

What are the most common surnames in Canada?
According to our official census data, the most common surname in Canada is Smith, with 192.207. registered bearers. This table shows the 100 most frequent surnames in the country.
How many different surnames are registered in Canada?
Our database contains hundreds of surnames with a presence in Canada. This table shows the 100 most frequent.
How often is this data updated?
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