The 100 Most Common City Names in the World: Depending on whose official count you agree with, you can say that ourworldis politically divided into 196 countries, 217 sovereign states, or 234 autonomous bodies. Among these, there are 4,054 administrative regions that carry various labels: states, provinces, regions, divisions, prefectures, communes, etc. Among those 4,054 regions, you will find 3,173,958 designated or chartered locations, which may be categorized as cities, towns, villages, etc. Everycityhas a story.Ineverycityyou will find distinct cultural characteristics, unique local history, distinguished citizens, business leaders, educators, politicians, and local celebrities. Every town has its favorite restaurants, its oldest local hangouts, its famous landmarks, its important historical sites, its hometown heroes, its claims to fame, and an overall zeitgeist of shared knowledge and experiences among its residents that generally manifests as good old-fashioned hometown pride. My hometown of Reno, Nevada, USA is known astheBiggest LittleCityintheWorld, for so many reasons that it would take a lifetime to document them all.TheReno-Sparks Metropolitan Area is considered to be medium-sized bytheUS Census Bureau, but we pride ourselves onthefact that within 20 miles of here you will find more attractions than you couldinmostcities four or five timesthesize of Reno. Ourcityis, to put it simply, one of a kind. Itsname, however, is not. There are,infact, 12 cities called RenointheUnited States, and 16 worldwide. About one third ofthecitiesintheworld—1,137,549 of them to be precise—share theirnamewith at least one other. Some cities, as you will see below, share theirnamewith many others. This table showsthe100mostcommoncitynamesintheworld, and how many cities share each one. There are a few tiesinthemix, which I've identified golf tournament style: NameCities 1 San Jose 328 2 San Antonio 320 3 Santa Rosa 296 4 Santa Cruz 282 5 San Juan 255 6 San Miguel 254 7 Santa Maria 253 8 San Pedro 248 9 San Francisco 235 T10 San Isidro 234 T10 Buena Vista 234 12 Santa Ana 210 13 San Rafael 207 14 Santa Rita 195 15 Santa Lucia 194 16 Buenavista 190 17 San Vicente 186 18 San Luis 181 19 Santa Barbara 176 T20 San Lorenzo 168 T20 La Esperanza 168 22 Santo Domingo 164 23 San Pablo 161 24 Buenos Aires 158 25 Concepcion 157 26 Phumi Ba 153 27 San Agustin 151 28 Santa Teresa 148 29 Santa Elena 147 30 Victoria 144 T31 Santa Clara 143 T31 Santiago 143 T33 San Nicolas 142 T33 San Carlos 142 T33 Santa Isabel 142 T36 San Andres 140 T36 San Roque 140 38 San Martin 138 T39 El Carmen 137 T39 Pueblo Nuevo 137 41 Santa Fe 135 42 San Felipe 132 T42 Rosario 132 T44 La Union 131 T44 La Laguna 131 T44 Esperanza 131 47 El Porvenir 125 48 La Palma 124 49 San Ramon 122 T50 El Rosario 120 NameCities T50 Las Delicias 120 T50 La Florida 120 53 San Fernando 119 T54 San Joaquin 115 T54 Ojo De Agua 115 T54 Bella Vista 115 T57 La Cruz 114 T57 San Cristobal 114 59 El Palmar 112 60 El Limon 111 61 Guadalupe 110 62 El Paraiso 109 T63 El Rincon 108 T63 Las Palmas 108 65 La Ceiba 107 T66 Santo Tomas 105 T66 San Marcos 105 68 La Loma 104 69 Belen 103 T70 Las Mercedes 102 T70 Las Flores 102 T70 Mikhaylovka 102 T70 Union 102 T70 Manga 102 T75 La Paz 101 T75 Carrizal 101 T75 San Ignacio 101 T75 La Victoria 101 T79 Kamenka 100 T79 Paraiso 100 T79 Aleksandrovka 100 T82 El Rodeo 99 T82 Santa Ines 99 T84 Ivanovka 98 T84 Nikolayevka 98 T84 Las Cruces 98 T87 Miraflores 96 T87 San Jeronimo 96 T89 Soledad 95 T89 Candelaria 95 T91 Alekseyevka 93 T91 Berezovka 93 T93 La Concepcion 92 T95 Los Angeles 91 T95 El Naranjo 91 T95 Bellavista 91 98 Dolores 90 T99 Carmen 89 T99 San Sebastian 89 T99 Kalinovka 89 [Correction July 3, 2012] The first version of this list had a miscount at 93rd place, due to cities with names beginning with this character: Ã�, such as Ã�jecar and Ã�jinocar. The majority of them are in Azerbaijan, and the names appear to be mostly unique. The list has been corrected to show"Kalinovka"tied for 99th place.