Most Common Last Names In Tasmania
Forebears knows about 26,249 unique surnames in Tasmania and there are 19 people per name.
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Australia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 6,404 | 1:76 | 3.01% | 1 |
| 2 | Jones | 3,661 | 1:133 | 3.29% | 2 |
| 3 | Williams | 3,362 | 1:145 | 3.18% | 3 |
| 4 | Brown | 2,934 | 1:166 | 2.79% | 4 |
| 5 | Wilson | 2,124 | 1:229 | 2.29% | 5 |
| 6 | Clark | 2,089 | 1:233 | 4.21% | 28 |
| 7 | Walker | 2,043 | 1:238 | 3.59% | 14 |
| 8 | Johnson | 1,881 | 1:258 | 2.79% | 8 |
| 9 | Taylor | 1,847 | 1:263 | 2.07% | 6 |
| 10 | Cooper | 1,617 | 1:301 | 3.86% | 43 |
| 11 | Scott | 1,576 | 1:308 | 3.31% | 32 |
| 12 | Harris | 1,511 | 1:322 | 2.80% | 17 |
| 13 | White | 1,441 | 1:337 | 2.24% | 9 |
| 14 | Richardson | 1,428 | 1:340 | 4.52% | 76 |
| 15 | Hall | 1,413 | 1:344 | 2.70% | 21 |
| 16 | Young | 1,403 | 1:346 | 2.57% | 16 |
| 17 | King | 1,394 | 1:349 | 2.59% | 18 |
| 18 | Green | 1,334 | 1:364 | 2.94% | 39 |
| 19 | Hill | 1,273 | 1:382 | 2.65% | 31 |
| 20 | Wright | 1,260 | 1:386 | 2.44% | 24 |
| 21 | Davis | 1,242 | 1:391 | 2.40% | 23 |
| 22 | Roberts | 1,234 | 1:394 | 2.33% | 20 |
| 23 | Evans | 1,230 | 1:395 | 2.36% | 22 |
| 24 | Bennett | 1,193 | 1:407 | 3.01% | 49 |
| 25 | Turner | 1,189 | 1:409 | 2.59% | 37 |
| 26 | Clarke | 1,141 | 1:426 | 2.40% | 33 |
| 27 | Anderson | 1,126 | 1:432 | 1.57% | 7 |
| 28 | Jackson | 1,088 | 1:447 | 2.61% | 45 |
| 29 | Moore | 1,067 | 1:456 | 2.33% | 36 |
| 30 | Reid | 1,056 | 1:460 | 3.12% | 69 |
| 31 | Edwards | 1,054 | 1:461 | 2.12% | 27 |
| 31 | Watson | 1,054 | 1:461 | 2.35% | 40 |
| 33 | Thompson | 1,053 | 1:462 | 1.70% | 10 |
| 34 | Webb | 1,036 | 1:469 | 3.73% | 85 |
| 35 | Wells | 1,025 | 1:474 | 5.74% | 178 |
| 36 | Kelly | 1,011 | 1:481 | 1.82% | 15 |
| 37 | Campbell | 985 | 1:494 | 1.95% | 26 |
| 38 | Lee | 975 | 1:499 | 1.59% | 11 |
| 39 | Johnston | 961 | 1:506 | 2.69% | 62 |
| 40 | French | 939 | 1:518 | 7.56% | 281 |
| 41 | Baker | 935 | 1:520 | 1.82% | 25 |
| 42 | Thomas | 934 | 1:520 | 1.64% | 13 |
| 43 | Miller | 913 | 1:532 | 1.99% | 38 |
| 44 | Howard | 880 | 1:552 | 3.77% | 116 |
| 45 | Phillips | 873 | 1:557 | 2.36% | 55 |
| 46 | Butler | 852 | 1:571 | 3.22% | 94 |
| 47 | Parker | 849 | 1:573 | 2.42% | 63 |
| 48 | Robinson | 848 | 1:573 | 1.74% | 29 |
| 49 | Mitchell | 846 | 1:575 | 1.81% | 34 |
| 50 | Pearce | 844 | 1:576 | 3.21% | 97 |
| 51 | Cox | 843 | 1:577 | 2.59% | 73 |
| 52 | Russell | 837 | 1:581 | 2.43% | 67 |
| 53 | James | 836 | 1:581 | 2.03% | 46 |
| 54 | Allen | 804 | 1:605 | 1.99% | 48 |
| 55 | Adams | 801 | 1:607 | 2.24% | 61 |
| 56 | Morgan | 800 | 1:608 | 2.37% | 68 |
| 57 | Nichols | 789 | 1:616 | 9.21% | 440 |
| 57 | Stewart | 789 | 1:616 | 1.71% | 35 |
| 59 | Lewis | 785 | 1:619 | 1.93% | 47 |
| 60 | Marshall | 778 | 1:625 | 2.36% | 71 |
| 61 | Woolley | 771 | 1:631 | 19.29% | 993 |
| 62 | Harvey | 770 | 1:631 | 2.90% | 93 |
| 63 | Bailey | 767 | 1:634 | 2.62% | 82 |
| 64 | Hughes | 760 | 1:640 | 2.10% | 59 |
| 65 | Gray | 753 | 1:646 | 2.15% | 65 |
| 66 | Barker | 750 | 1:648 | 3.96% | 158 |
| 66 | Richards | 750 | 1:648 | 2.39% | 77 |
| 68 | Robertson | 735 | 1:661 | 1.87% | 50 |
| 69 | Cook | 727 | 1:669 | 1.90% | 52 |
| 70 | Wood | 724 | 1:671 | 1.72% | 42 |
| 71 | Graham | 672 | 1:723 | 1.93% | 66 |
| 72 | Bell | 671 | 1:724 | 1.57% | 41 |
| 73 | Saunders | 666 | 1:730 | 3.36% | 143 |
| 74 | Crawford | 650 | 1:748 | 3.39% | 157 |
| 75 | Palmer | 644 | 1:755 | 2.92% | 121 |
| 76 | Woods | 642 | 1:757 | 2.88% | 120 |
| 77 | Burgess | 641 | 1:758 | 3.84% | 193 |
| 78 | Murray | 628 | 1:774 | 1.65% | 53 |
| 79 | Foster | 627 | 1:775 | 2.64% | 113 |
| 80 | Hayes | 626 | 1:777 | 2.53% | 107 |
| 81 | Brooks | 622 | 1:782 | 3.07% | 138 |
| 82 | Collins | 615 | 1:790 | 1.58% | 51 |
| 83 | Harrison | 613 | 1:793 | 1.94% | 74 |
| 84 | Lovell | 610 | 1:797 | 10.84% | 699 |
| 85 | Freeman | 603 | 1:806 | 3.36% | 176 |
| 86 | Knight | 596 | 1:816 | 2.33% | 103 |
| 87 | Lowe | 588 | 1:827 | 3.43% | 186 |
| 88 | Gibson | 586 | 1:830 | 2.47% | 114 |
| 88 | Jordan | 586 | 1:830 | 5.05% | 308 |
| 90 | Ryan | 585 | 1:831 | 1.09% | 19 |
| 91 | Page | 583 | 1:834 | 3.61% | 205 |
| 91 | Shaw | 583 | 1:834 | 2.17% | 91 |
| 93 | Riley | 570 | 1:853 | 4.05% | 245 |
| 94 | Fisher | 567 | 1:857 | 2.21% | 102 |
| 95 | Rogers | 562 | 1:865 | 1.85% | 79 |
| 96 | Walsh | 559 | 1:870 | 1.84% | 80 |
| 97 | McCarthy | 558 | 1:871 | 3.03% | 170 |
| 98 | Mason | 557 | 1:873 | 2.20% | 105 |
| 98 | Price | 557 | 1:873 | 2.12% | 96 |
| 100 | Ward | 549 | 1:885 | 1.46% | 54 |
| 101 | Griffiths | 544 | 1:894 | 2.52% | 125 |
| 102 | Stevens | 543 | 1:895 | 1.98% | 87 |
| 103 | Armstrong | 540 | 1:900 | 2.09% | 100 |
| 104 | Davies | 537 | 1:905 | 1.46% | 58 |
| 105 | Walters | 525 | 1:926 | 3.86% | 254 |
| 106 | Bird | 524 | 1:928 | 3.75% | 249 |
| 107 | Murphy | 517 | 1:940 | 1.24% | 44 |
| 108 | Lucas | 505 | 1:963 | 3.34% | 220 |
| 109 | Matthews | 504 | 1:965 | 1.72% | 83 |
| 110 | Davey | 502 | 1:968 | 3.53% | 239 |
| 111 | Morris | 500 | 1:972 | 1.38% | 60 |
| 112 | Archer | 499 | 1:974 | 6.46% | 494 |
| 113 | Martin | 495 | 1:982 | 0.82% | 12 |
| 114 | Simpson | 494 | 1:984 | 1.56% | 75 |
| 115 | Hay | 493 | 1:986 | 4.98% | 369 |
| 116 | Quinn | 492 | 1:988 | 3.23% | 218 |
| 117 | Mills | 489 | 1:994 | 1.85% | 95 |
| 118 | Barnes | 484 | 1:1,004 | 1.86% | 98 |
| 118 | Goss | 484 | 1:1,004 | 14.51% | 1,200 |
| 120 | Barrett | 479 | 1:1,015 | 2.87% | 191 |
| 121 | Harper | 477 | 1:1,019 | 3.95% | 293 |
| 122 | Arnold | 475 | 1:1,023 | 3.36% | 243 |
| 123 | Morrison | 472 | 1:1,030 | 2.26% | 130 |
| 124 | Jenkins | 467 | 1:1,041 | 2.09% | 119 |
| 125 | Duggan | 461 | 1:1,055 | 7.39% | 625 |
| 126 | Cameron | 460 | 1:1,057 | 1.60% | 84 |
| 127 | Newman | 457 | 1:1,064 | 2.84% | 207 |
| 128 | Cole | 455 | 1:1,068 | 2.42% | 164 |
| 128 | Reynolds | 455 | 1:1,068 | 2.06% | 122 |
| 130 | Holmes | 453 | 1:1,073 | 2.09% | 123 |
| 131 | Fox | 452 | 1:1,076 | 2.40% | 163 |
| 132 | Johnstone | 450 | 1:1,080 | 3.01% | 225 |
| 133 | Dobson | 449 | 1:1,083 | 6.89% | 599 |
| 134 | Burns | 442 | 1:1,100 | 1.90% | 117 |
| 134 | O'Brien | 442 | 1:1,100 | 1.20% | 56 |
| 136 | Barwick | 440 | 1:1,105 | 21.07% | 1,869 |
| 136 | Viney | 440 | 1:1,105 | 19.64% | 1,759 |
| 138 | Gleeson | 439 | 1:1,107 | 3.81% | 310 |
| 139 | Radford | 437 | 1:1,112 | 7.43% | 664 |
| 140 | Ellis | 432 | 1:1,125 | 1.58% | 88 |
| 141 | Johns | 431 | 1:1,128 | 3.10% | 251 |
| 142 | Bryan | 430 | 1:1,131 | 8.67% | 786 |
| 142 | Carter | 430 | 1:1,131 | 1.38% | 78 |
| 142 | Long | 430 | 1:1,131 | 2.89% | 230 |
| 142 | McDonald | 430 | 1:1,131 | 0.89% | 30 |
| 142 | West | 430 | 1:1,131 | 2.09% | 131 |
| 147 | Atkinson | 427 | 1:1,138 | 2.58% | 197 |
| 147 | Davidson | 427 | 1:1,138 | 2.27% | 161 |
| 149 | Oliver | 426 | 1:1,141 | 2.82% | 222 |
| 150 | Atkins | 421 | 1:1,155 | 4.14% | 356 |
| 150 | Webster | 421 | 1:1,155 | 2.27% | 168 |
| 152 | Berry | 420 | 1:1,157 | 2.60% | 206 |
| 153 | Townsend | 419 | 1:1,160 | 3.82% | 324 |
| 154 | Hudson | 418 | 1:1,163 | 2.84% | 231 |
| 155 | Bishop | 414 | 1:1,174 | 2.78% | 229 |
| 155 | McKenzie | 414 | 1:1,174 | 1.52% | 89 |
| 155 | Perry | 414 | 1:1,174 | 2.20% | 159 |
| 158 | Stone | 413 | 1:1,177 | 2.28% | 172 |
| 159 | Andrews | 410 | 1:1,186 | 1.94% | 128 |
| 160 | Dean | 400 | 1:1,215 | 2.42% | 196 |
| 160 | Salter | 400 | 1:1,215 | 7.69% | 749 |
| 162 | Coleman | 398 | 1:1,221 | 2.37% | 189 |
| 162 | Norris | 398 | 1:1,221 | 3.69% | 331 |
| 164 | Grant | 395 | 1:1,231 | 1.47% | 90 |
| 164 | Ling | 395 | 1:1,231 | 11.23% | 1,138 |
| 166 | Glover | 393 | 1:1,237 | 5.16% | 502 |
| 167 | Blake | 391 | 1:1,243 | 2.77% | 244 |
| 168 | Dixon | 390 | 1:1,246 | 1.95% | 141 |
| 169 | Ford | 389 | 1:1,250 | 1.61% | 111 |
| 169 | Hills | 389 | 1:1,250 | 8.65% | 879 |
| 171 | Hamilton | 388 | 1:1,253 | 1.52% | 104 |
| 171 | Wallace | 388 | 1:1,253 | 1.60% | 110 |
| 173 | Clifford | 387 | 1:1,256 | 4.90% | 479 |
| 174 | Fletcher | 386 | 1:1,259 | 1.95% | 146 |
| 174 | Powell | 386 | 1:1,259 | 1.90% | 137 |
| 176 | Ferguson | 385 | 1:1,263 | 1.56% | 108 |
| 176 | Lynch | 385 | 1:1,263 | 2.06% | 167 |
| 176 | Stevenson | 385 | 1:1,263 | 2.71% | 240 |
| 179 | Fraser | 383 | 1:1,269 | 1.49% | 101 |
| 180 | Kingston | 382 | 1:1,273 | 8.62% | 888 |
| 181 | Sullivan | 381 | 1:1,276 | 1.87% | 134 |
| 182 | Banks | 380 | 1:1,279 | 3.98% | 387 |
| 183 | Spencer | 379 | 1:1,283 | 2.18% | 184 |
| 184 | Hunt | 378 | 1:1,286 | 1.42% | 92 |
| 185 | Fleming | 377 | 1:1,289 | 2.40% | 212 |
| 186 | Chugg | 376 | 1:1,293 | 41.59% | 4,007 |
| 187 | Chapman | 370 | 1:1,314 | 1.34% | 86 |
| 188 | Cowen | 368 | 1:1,321 | 26.59% | 2,705 |
| 189 | Gordon | 366 | 1:1,328 | 1.57% | 115 |
| 189 | Wise | 366 | 1:1,328 | 5.18% | 547 |
| 191 | Harding | 365 | 1:1,332 | 2.36% | 215 |
| 192 | Ross | 363 | 1:1,339 | 1.04% | 64 |
| 193 | Hawkins | 361 | 1:1,347 | 2.65% | 253 |
| 193 | Parsons | 361 | 1:1,347 | 2.35% | 217 |
| 195 | Bramich | 360 | 1:1,350 | 28.24% | 2,936 |
| 195 | Hyland | 360 | 1:1,350 | 7.65% | 837 |
| 195 | Lane | 360 | 1:1,350 | 1.92% | 165 |
| 198 | Elliott | 359 | 1:1,354 | 1.51% | 112 |
| 199 | Fenton | 358 | 1:1,358 | 7.45% | 819 |
| 200 | Gardner | 357 | 1:1,362 | 2.39% | 224 |
| 201 | Alexander | 350 | 1:1,389 | 1.96% | 179 |
| 201 | Cunningham | 350 | 1:1,389 | 2.44% | 237 |
| 203 | McKay | 349 | 1:1,393 | 2.14% | 202 |
| 203 | Thomson | 349 | 1:1,393 | 1.18% | 81 |
| 205 | Byrne | 348 | 1:1,397 | 1.81% | 155 |
| 206 | Briggs | 347 | 1:1,401 | 3.32% | 346 |
| 207 | Rose | 346 | 1:1,405 | 1.70% | 135 |
| 208 | Porter | 342 | 1:1,421 | 1.77% | 153 |
| 209 | Summers | 341 | 1:1,426 | 5.26% | 605 |
| 209 | Warren | 341 | 1:1,426 | 2.10% | 203 |
| 211 | Kay | 339 | 1:1,434 | 3.63% | 398 |
| 212 | Hart | 337 | 1:1,443 | 1.79% | 160 |
| 213 | Sharman | 335 | 1:1,451 | 11.26% | 1,348 |
| 213 | Wiggins | 335 | 1:1,451 | 13.61% | 1,627 |
| 215 | Oates | 334 | 1:1,455 | 8.26% | 980 |
| 216 | Carr | 333 | 1:1,460 | 2.23% | 227 |
| 216 | Stephens | 333 | 1:1,460 | 1.85% | 175 |
| 218 | Poke | 328 | 1:1,482 | 58.47% | 6,016 |
| 219 | Douglas | 326 | 1:1,491 | 1.91% | 188 |
| 219 | Read | 326 | 1:1,491 | 2.75% | 299 |
| 221 | Kennedy | 324 | 1:1,500 | 0.96% | 70 |
| 222 | Hanson | 321 | 1:1,514 | 4.74% | 568 |
| 222 | House | 321 | 1:1,514 | 9.95% | 1,245 |
| 222 | Lawrence | 321 | 1:1,514 | 1.65% | 152 |
| 225 | Batchelor | 320 | 1:1,519 | 10.87% | 1,364 |
| 225 | Hodgetts | 320 | 1:1,519 | 21.72% | 2,559 |
| 227 | Faulkner | 319 | 1:1,524 | 4.27% | 511 |
| 227 | Wilkinson | 319 | 1:1,524 | 1.69% | 162 |
| 229 | Dillon | 318 | 1:1,529 | 4.07% | 488 |
| 230 | Hardy | 317 | 1:1,534 | 2.68% | 301 |
| 230 | McCulloch | 317 | 1:1,534 | 6.96% | 870 |
| 230 | Reeve | 317 | 1:1,534 | 9.27% | 1,177 |
| 233 | Griggs | 316 | 1:1,538 | 12.91% | 1,633 |
| 234 | Booth | 314 | 1:1,548 | 2.50% | 276 |
| 234 | Peters | 314 | 1:1,548 | 1.75% | 174 |
| 236 | Triffitt | 313 | 1:1,553 | 63.62% | 6,729 |
| 237 | Hingston | 311 | 1:1,563 | 37.79% | 4,335 |
| 237 | Howe | 311 | 1:1,563 | 3.53% | 423 |
| 237 | Shepherd | 311 | 1:1,563 | 2.23% | 250 |
| 240 | Sutton | 310 | 1:1,568 | 1.86% | 194 |
| 241 | Doyle | 309 | 1:1,573 | 1.68% | 171 |
| 241 | Knowles | 309 | 1:1,573 | 5.33% | 675 |
| 243 | Payne | 308 | 1:1,578 | 1.60% | 154 |
| 244 | Sherriff | 307 | 1:1,583 | 19.88% | 2,454 |
| 245 | Hodge | 303 | 1:1,604 | 3.52% | 438 |
| 246 | Henderson | 302 | 1:1,610 | 1.16% | 99 |
| 247 | Watts | 301 | 1:1,615 | 1.52% | 144 |
| 248 | Curtis | 300 | 1:1,620 | 2.05% | 234 |
| 248 | Holloway | 300 | 1:1,620 | 5.79% | 755 |
| 248 | Howell | 300 | 1:1,620 | 3.28% | 404 |
| 248 | Stokes | 300 | 1:1,620 | 3.33% | 412 |
| 252 | Dunn | 299 | 1:1,626 | 1.22% | 109 |
| 253 | Jarvis | 298 | 1:1,631 | 3.53% | 446 |
| 254 | Gregory | 297 | 1:1,637 | 2.42% | 288 |
| 254 | Perkins | 297 | 1:1,637 | 2.93% | 359 |
| 254 | Triffett | 297 | 1:1,637 | 56.46% | 6,358 |
| 257 | MacDonald | 296 | 1:1,642 | 1.47% | 140 |
| 258 | Best | 293 | 1:1,659 | 4.59% | 612 |
| 259 | Badcock | 292 | 1:1,665 | 42.82% | 5,127 |
| 259 | Muir | 292 | 1:1,665 | 2.69% | 330 |
| 261 | Gale | 291 | 1:1,671 | 3.89% | 509 |
| 262 | Chilcott | 289 | 1:1,682 | 20.24% | 2,623 |
| 263 | Garwood | 287 | 1:1,694 | 36.94% | 4,576 |
| 264 | Barnett | 286 | 1:1,700 | 2.81% | 355 |
| 265 | Grey | 284 | 1:1,712 | 5.27% | 722 |
| 266 | Burr | 283 | 1:1,718 | 16.62% | 2,239 |
| 267 | Frost | 282 | 1:1,724 | 2.58% | 325 |
| 268 | Austin | 281 | 1:1,730 | 2.24% | 278 |
| 268 | Bowerman | 281 | 1:1,730 | 38.28% | 4,823 |
| 268 | Horton | 281 | 1:1,730 | 4.13% | 565 |
| 268 | McLean | 281 | 1:1,730 | 1.32% | 126 |
| 272 | Rigby | 280 | 1:1,736 | 6.06% | 857 |
| 273 | Calvert | 276 | 1:1,761 | 7.50% | 1,077 |