A list with New Zealand’s most popular Surnames has now been produced with the name ‘Smith’ continuing it’s 100-year reign, as New Zealand’s most popular surname. Smith has remained as most popular but now there has been an increase in Asian names, especially in the Auckland area.
The records show that Smith, Wilson and William are the three most popular family names in 2013. Smith has been the most popular since 1913. The top 4 names this year are Wan, Li, Chen and Liu and 14 of the top 20 were of Asian surnames. Smith came in at 5th place.
This is really interesting and shows how our population is changing over time.
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