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“Curtis Jones is the ninth Jones to play for the England men’s team, after Alf, William, Harry, Herbert, Bill, Mick, Rob and Phil. Do any countries have a more capped surname?” asks Jack Hayward.
There are plenty of countries who don’t need to keep up with the Joneses because they went past them ages ago. In one case, they are the Joneses.
Williams (Wales) 32
Nilsson (Sweden) 35
Karlsson (Sweden) 40
Singh (India) 40+
Jensen (Denmark) 43
Davies (Wales) and Johansson (Sweden) 44
Nielsen (Denmark) 51
Jones (Wales) 54
Andersson (Sweden) and Hansen (Denmark) 65
Nguyễn (Vietnam) 78+
Kim (South Korea) 83+
