The No. 1 surname in each Asian country - would you guess it?

What are the most common surnames in Asia?
Cambodia
Singapore
Japan
Malaysia
South Korea
North Korea
China
Taiwan
Bangladesh
Philippines
Sri Lanka
India
East Timor
Georgia
Turkmenistan
Kyrgyzstan
Russia
Azerbaijan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Laos
Mongolia
Bhutan
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Israel
Yemen
Irak
Kuwait
Iran
Palestine
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Syria
Jordan
Bahrain
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Indonesia
Vietnam
Brunei
Burma / Myanmar
Thailand
Maldives
Nepal
Kazakhstan
What are the most common surnames in Asia?

Asia is a continent with many realities and cultures. Country by country, this list contains the most common surnames in each nation of this immense and heterogeneous geographical area. The source of this ranking is an investigation done by the company Netcredit.

Cambodia

Sok

Singapore

Tan

Japan

Satō

Malaysia

Tan

South Korea

Kim

North Korea

Kim

China

Wang

Taiwan

Chen

Bangladesh

Akter

Philippines

De La Cruz

Sri Lanka

Perera

India

Debi

East Timor

Soares

Georgia

Beridze

Turkmenistan

Mamedoya

Kyrgyzstan

Ismailova

Russia

Ivanova

Azerbaijan

Mammadova

Uzbekistan

Kim

Tajikistan

Sharipov

Laos

Inthavong

Mongolia

Ganbold

Bhutan

Dorji

Saudi Arabia

Khan

United Arab Emirates

Ali

Israel

Cohen

Yemen

Mohamed

Irak

Mohamed

Kuwait

Ali

Iran

Mohammadi

Palestine

Awad

Lebanon

El Din

Oman

Mohamed

Qatar

Khan

Syria

Khaled

Jordan

Allah

Bahrain

Ali

Afghanistan

Muhahhadi

Pakistan

Khan

Indonesia

Sari

Vietnam

Nguyen

Brunei

Haji

Burma / Myanmar

Maung

Thailand

Saetang

Maldives

Mohamed

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Nepal

Caudhari

Kazakhstan

Kim

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