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How did the Estonian government try to hide the fact that the most common surname in the country is Ivanov?

In 2005, the Estonian government presented statistics on the prevalence of surnames among its citizens. The first places were taken by the names Tamm, Saar, Mägi and Sepp. However, the trick was that the surnames Ivanov and Ivanov were considered different (whereas Estonian surnames are the same for men and women). Thus, the Estonians did not let the Russian surname on the podium, because in total the Ivanovs would confidently take first place.

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