| 100% | ZHANG | 5 | Third-most common Chinese surname, after Wang and Li |
| 49% | LIU | 3 | Fourth-most-common surname in China (after Wang, Li and Zhang) |
| 49% | LEE | 3 | Most common Korean surname after Kim |
| 43% | EUROS | 5 | The third-most traded worldwide currency, after US dollars and Chinese yuan |
| 42% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. (ahead of Johnson and Williams) |
| 41% | CHOI | 4 | Fifth-most-common Korean surname, after Kim, Lee, Park and Jung |
| 40% | CHOI | 4 | Fourth-most common surname in Korea (after Kim, Lee and Park) |
| 40% | JONES | 5 | Fifth-most-common U.S. surname, after Smith, Johnson, Williams and Brown |
| 39% | LYON | 4 | France’s third most populous city, after Paris and Marseille |
| 37% | KIM | 3 | Most common Korean surname |
| 37% | SMITH | 5 | Most common us surname |
| 36% | YEN | 3 | Third-most traded currency, after the US dollar and the euro |
| 36% | SMITH | 5 | Most common U.S. surname |
| 36% | KIM | 3 | Most common Korean surname (22%) |
| 36% | KIM | 3 | Most common South Korean surname |
| 36% | SILVA | 5 | Most common surname in Brazil |
| 36% | KIM | 3 | Most common surname in Korea |
| 36% | MAUI | 4 | Third most populous Hawaiian island (after Oahu and Hawaii) |
| 35% | LEE | 3 | Second-most common Korean surname, after Kim |
| 35% | LEI | 3 | Hawaiian word that's also a common Chinese surname |
| 35% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the U.S. |
| 34% | WANG | 4 | Most common surname in mainland China (90+ million people) |
| 33% | LEE | 3 | 2nd most common Korean surname |
| 33% | KOREA | 5 | Peninsula where Kim is the most common surname |
| 32% | WASA | 4 | Third and fourth word in many limericks |
| 32% | SMITH | 5 | Most common surname in the United States, according to the 2010 census |
| 32% | LEE | 3 | Shortest among the top 25 most common U.S. surnames |
| 32% | CAIRO | 5 | Third-most populous city in Africa (after Kinshasa and Lagos) |
| 32% | OSLO | 4 | Third-most populous city in Scandinavia (after Stockholm and Copenhagen) |
| 32% | EGYPT | 5 | Third-most populated African country (after Nigeria and Ethiopia) |