which is the most common name in the whole world?

Question

the most common man,s name as well as woman,s name

Answer 1

John
and
Mary

Answer 2

There are more Chinese than any other group by far, so their names are most common. In the English speaking nations, Smith or Smythe is the most common surname. Schmidt is the German version of it. In England, the most common are 1.Smythe or Smith, 2.Jones, 3.Williamson. In the USA, they're 1.Smith, 2.Johnson, 3.Carson. In Red China, they're 1.Chang, 2.Wang, 3.Lee (Cheung, Wong and Lei, in Cantonese). As for given names, Mei (Beautiful) is surely the most common ladies' name. it is usually with another name, e.g. Mei-Ling, Mei-Yi, etc.

Answer 3

Mary, Marie, Maria

Joseph, John, Robert, William

Answer 4

well believe it or not (i actually read this ) the most common man's name worldwide is Mohammed ? go figure i would have thought that it would be john or something.as for a woman's name i have no idea ? maybe jean or jane or sue ?

Answer 5

Mohamed

Answer 6

Probably something like Lee, its common in the US and UK but especially in the Oriental countries and they have huge population.

Answer 7

I think its God, because its in every language. Unlike names like Peter, John or jane, some people dont even know if these names even exist.

Answer 8

the most common name in the world is 'Mohammad'

Answer 9

For generations it has been John and Mary or Marie/Maria (depending on what language)

Answer 10

I think John and Jennifer are pretty common.