Most common surnames.

My mamy Kowalskich i Nowaków, a w Wielkiej Brytanii na pierwszym miejscu Smith. Miejsce drugie i srebrny medal otrzymuje Jones, a trzeci na podium wchodzi Williams.
Ciekawy artykuł o nazwiskach w Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii zamieszcza BBC.

"Some surnames have origins that are occupational - obvious examples are Smith and Baker; less obvious ones are Beadle, Rutter, and Baxter," Prof Coates said.
"Other names can be linked to a place, for example Hill or Green, which relates to a village green.
"Surnames which are 'patronymic' are those which originally enshrined the father's name - such as Jackson, or Jenkinson.
"There are also names where the origin describes the original bearer such as Brown, Short, or Thin - though Short may in fact be an ironic 'nickname' surname for a tall person."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38003201