Most Common Surnames in Tasmania, With Meanings

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