摘要
最常见姓氏,“史密斯”居首一项研究发现,“史密斯”仍然是全球所有英语国家最常用的姓氏。信贷公司NetCredit研究了各国最常见的姓氐并将其使用情况绘制在多张地图上。这些地图显示,史密斯仍然是美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚和新西兰最常用的姓氏。该公司还研究了英语国家每个姓氏的词源,并对其进行了分类。根据这项研究,姓氏有五个可能的来源:职业、个人描述、地名、祖先的名字,以及表示与某个实惠者的联系。姓氏“史密斯”起源于盎格鲁-撒克逊人对金属工人或铁匠的称呼。
The most common surname:Smith"Smith"is still the most commonly used surname in every English-speaking country around the globe,a study has found.Lending firm NetCredit has researched the world’s most common family names by country by charting its usage in a series of maps.The maps show that Smith is still the most frequently used surname in the US,the UK,Canada,Australia and New Zealand.The company also researched the etymology^[词源]of each name and categorised them.A surname has five possible starting points,according to the study:An occupation,a personal description,the name of a place,the name of an ancestor,or to signify a link to a benefactor.The name"Smith"originates as an Anglo-Saxon term for a metal worker or blacksmith.
