Most Common Surnames in Tyne and Wear (England)

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, North Tyneside and South Tyneside. It is bordered by Northumberland to the north and Durham to the south; the county boundary was formerly split between these counties with the border as the River Tyne.


1. Smith 13.5k
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2. Brown 9.5k
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3. Thompson 9.0k
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4. Wilson 8.6k
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5. Robson 7.0k
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6. Taylor 6.7k
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7. Bell 6.6k
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8. Johnson 6.4k
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9. Scott 6.4k
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10. Watson 6.1k
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