Family name

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Family name

Quality:

Family name - part of a naming scheme for individuals, used in many cultures worldwide. Article “Family name” in Simple English Wikipedia has 23.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 4709th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.
Global Wikipedia:
The 4366th most popular in all topics.
The 4256th most popular in AI.
Achievements in the last month:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 5671st most popular in Simple English Wikipedia in the last month.

Since the creation of article “Family name”, its content was written by 23 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 3866 registered Wikipedia users in all languages (4256th place).

The article is cited 1407 times in Simple English Wikipedia (348th place) and cited 275946 times in all languages (389th place).

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #304 in January 2012
  • Global: #664 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #426 in May 2023
  • Global: #1266 in July 2010

There are 50 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Surname
81.7181
2German (de)
Familienname
48.715
3Dutch (nl)
Familienaam
40.8712
4Catalan (ca)
Cognom
38.6745
5Basque (eu)
Deitura
35.1416
6Chinese (zh)
姓氏
34.3573
7Vietnamese (vi)
Họ
33.4184
8Estonian (et)
Perekonnanimi
30.6261
9Czech (cs)
Příjmení
30.5657
10Finnish (fi)
Sukunimi
29.9375
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Family name" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Surname
24 323 945
2Spanish (es)
Apellido
3 672 585
3German (de)
Familienname
3 651 522
4Russian (ru)
Фамилия
2 184 170
5Portuguese (pt)
Sobrenome
1 815 614
6Italian (it)
Cognome
1 277 351
7Chinese (zh)
姓氏
1 117 912
8Dutch (nl)
Familienaam
786 782
9Polish (pl)
Nazwisko
700 578
10French (fr)
Nom de famille
653 668
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Family name" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Surname
45 841
2German (de)
Familienname
3 906
3Russian (ru)
Фамилия
2 647
4Chinese (zh)
姓氏
2 030
5Spanish (es)
Apellido
1 947
6Vietnamese (vi)
Họ
1 535
7French (fr)
Nom de famille
1 317
8Italian (it)
Cognome
1 169
9Portuguese (pt)
Sobrenome
1 018
10Persian (fa)
نام خانوادگی
917
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Family name" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Surname
804
2German (de)
Familienname
476
3Spanish (es)
Apellido
411
4Dutch (nl)
Familienaam
268
5Italian (it)
Cognome
207
6Russian (ru)
Фамилия
159
7Portuguese (pt)
Sobrenome
129
8Polish (pl)
Nazwisko
98
9Chinese (zh)
姓氏
94
10Finnish (fi)
Sukunimi
86
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Family name" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Surname
7
2Spanish (es)
Apellido
2
3Catalan (ca)
Cognom
1
4Czech (cs)
Příjmení
1
5German (de)
Familienname
1
6Persian (fa)
نام خانوادگی
1
7Hindi (hi)
उपनाम
1
8Italian (it)
Cognome
1
9Lithuanian (lt)
Pavardė
1
10Arabic (ar)
اسم العائلة
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Family name" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Surname
175 434
2Ukrainian (uk)
Прізвище
25 056
3Czech (cs)
Příjmení
9 735
4French (fr)
Nom de famille
6 393
5German (de)
Familienname
6 152
6Chinese (zh)
姓氏
5 996
7Indonesian (id)
Marga
4 926
8Hungarian (hu)
Családnév
4 312
9Min Nan (zhminnan)
Jī-sèⁿ
3 857
10Vietnamese (vi)
Họ
3 099
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2026:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2026:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
اسم العائلة
azAzerbaijani
Soyad
beBelarusian
Прозвішча
bgBulgarian
Фамилно име
caCatalan
Cognom
csCzech
Příjmení
daDanish
Slægtsnavn
deGerman
Familienname
elGreek
Επώνυμο
enEnglish
Surname
eoEsperanto
Familia nomo
esSpanish
Apellido
etEstonian
Perekonnanimi
euBasque
Deitura
faPersian
نام خانوادگی
fiFinnish
Sukunimi
frFrench
Nom de famille
glGalician
Apelido
heHebrew
שם משפחה
hiHindi
उपनाम
hrCroatian
Prezime
huHungarian
Családnév
hyArmenian
Ազգանուն
idIndonesian
Marga
itItalian
Cognome
jaJapanese
家名
kaGeorgian
გვარი
kkKazakh
Тек, ата-тек, әулет есім
koKorean
성씨
ltLithuanian
Pavardė
msMalay
Nama keluarga
nlDutch
Familienaam
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Slektsnamn
noNorwegian
Slektsnavn
plPolish
Nazwisko
ptPortuguese
Sobrenome
roRomanian
Nume de familie
ruRussian
Фамилия
shSerbo-Croatian
Prezime
simpleSimple English
Family name
skSlovak
Priezvisko
srSerbian
Презиме
taTamil
குடும்பப் பெயர்
thThai
นามสกุล
trTurkish
Soyadı
ukUkrainian
Прізвище
uzUzbek
Familiya
viVietnamese
Họ
zhChinese
姓氏
zhminnanMin Nan
Jī-sèⁿ

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#426
05.2023
Global:
#1266
07.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#304
01.2012
Global:
#664
05.2003

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Family name from Wikipedia articles about Lisandro Macarrulla, Given name, Birth name, Cristiano Ronaldo and Thai surnames granted by royal command. Whereas reading the article about Family name people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Lists of most common surnames, Full name, John F. Kennedy, Last Name and Surnames by country.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

zh: 姓氏
id: Marga
vi: Họ
ko: 성씨
ja: 家名
simple: Family name
ca: Cognom
az: Soyad
zhminnan: Jī-sèⁿ

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

About WikiRank

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