Variants in Other Countries
| Albania | Filan Fisteku |
| Argentina | Juan Pérez, Fulano (de Tal) (likely from Arabic Fulan), Mengano, Menganito, Zultano or Sutano, Perengano, N.N. |
| Austria | Hans Meier, Hans Maier, Hans Mayer, Herr und Frau Österreicher (Mr and Mrs Austrian), Max und Martha Mustermann, Otto Normalverbraucher, the Jeti-Tant' from Apetlon |
| Barbados | John Brown, |
| Basque Country | Iñaki, Patxi |
| Belgium | Jan met de Pet, Jan Janssen, Piet Pietersen, Jos Joskens, Jan Modaal, Jef Klak |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Marko Marković, Petar Petrović, Sima Simić |
| Brasil | Fulano (de Tal), Sicrano, Beltrano, João da Silva, Zé da Silva, Zé Ninguém |
| Bulgaria | Иван Иванов (Ivan Ivanov), лицето Х (Person X) |
| Chile | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Perico de los Palotes, Sra. Juanita, N.N. (Ningún Nombre, i.e., No Name, a nobody). |
| China | 陈小名 (pinyin: Chén Xiǎomíng), 某某(人) (pinyin: Mǒumǒu (Rén), translated Somebody, sometimes used with a person's name), 老百姓 (pinyin: lǎobǎixìng, literally old hundred surnames, idiom for "common people/person") |
| Colombia | Fulano de Tal, Pepito Pérez |
| Costa Rica | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Sutano, Mengano, Perencejo |
| Croatia | Ivan Horvat, Pero Perić |
| Cuba | Fulano, Mengano, Ciclano, Esperancejo (female versions: Fulana, Mengana, Ciclana, Esperanceja.) Optional family name: de Tal ("of something or other") |
| Czech Republic | Jan Novák, Karel Vomáčka, Tomáš Martiník, Jan Skočdopole, Josef Lazar |
| Denmark | Hr. og fru Jensen (Mr and Mrs Jensen), Morten Menigmand (Morten Simpleman), Hr. Sørensen (older usage, ), manden på/fra gaden (the man on/from the street) . |
| Ecuador | Juan Perez, Fulano, Sultano, Mengano, Juan Piguabe |
| Egypt | Folan (Arabic: فلان) (female: Folana, فلانة); Elan (علان), as partner. |
| Estonia | Jaan Tamm (male), Tädi Maali (female) |
| Faroe Islands | Miðalhampamaður |
| Finland | Matti Meikäläinen (male, literally "our Matti"), Maija Meikäläinen (female, literally "our Maija") |
| France | Jean Dupont, Monsieur Durand, Monsieur Tout-le-monde |
| Germany | Hinz und Kunz, Otto Normalverbraucher & Lieschen Müller, Max Mustermann |
| Greece | Γιῶργος Τάδε (Giorgos Tade, male), Μαρία Τάδε (Maria Tade, female), Τάδε Ταδόπουλος (Tade Tadopoulos, male), Τάδε Ταδοπούλου (Tade Tadopulou, female), ὁ/ἡ Δείνα (his partner), Ἕνας Κάποιος (Enas Kapoios - somebody), Α. Β. Κάτοχος (A.B. Katohos, used on sample credit cards), Άγνωστος Χ (Unknown X). |
| Guatemala | Juan Pérez, Fulano, Sutano (or Zutano), Mengano, Perencejo |
| Hong Kong and Macao | Chinese: 陳大文; pinyin: Chén Dàwén (for males), Chinese: 陳小明; pinyin: Chén Xiǎomíng (for boys) |
| Hungary | Gipsz Jakab, Kovács János, Jóska Pista |
| India | Aam Aadmi (literally Common Man) |
| Indonesia | Si Polan |
| Iran | Folani (فُلانی), Felani (فلانی), Yaroo (يارو) |
| Iceland | Meðal-Jón, Meðal-Jóna, Jón Jónsson, Jóna Jónsdóttir |
| Ireland | Seán Citizen |
| Israel | Israel Israeli (ישראל ישראלי) |
| Italy | Mario Rossi, Tizio, Caio, Sempronio, Casalinga di Voghera (Voghera Housewife) |
| Japan | 山田 太郎 (Yamada Tarō), 山田 花子 (Yamada Hanako), 名無しの権兵衛 (Nanashi no Gombei), 何野 某 (Nanno Nanigashi) |
| Kenya | Wanjiku (female) |
| Korea | 홍길동 (Hong Gil-dong), 철수 (Cheol-Su), 영희 (Young-Hee) for women, 갑을병정 (Gap, Eul, Byung, Jung)for multiple people |
| Latvia | Jānis Bērziņš |
| Lebanon | Majhoul (Arabic: مجهول), Folan (Arabic: فلان) (female: Folana, Arabic: فلانة), Elan (Arabic: علان) as partner. |
| Lithuania | Vardenis Pavardenis, Jonas Jonaitis, Petras Petraitis |
| Macedonia | Петар Петровски (Petar Petrovski) |
| Malaysia | Si Anu, Si Polan, Si Polan Bin Si Polan |
| Malta | Joe Borg, Cikku l-poplu |
| Mauritius | Sa Nation la, Sa boug la (males); Safame la, Sapitin la (females) |
| Mexico | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Mangano, Perengano, Zutano |
| Nepal | Ram, Shyam, Hari and other colloquial names such as Chamar, Ram Kumar Deshar, Sigdel, and Jyapu |
| Netherlands | Jan Modaal, Harry Holland, Fam. Doorsnee, Henk en Ingrid |
| New Zealand | Joe Bloggs, John Doe, Bob Smith |
| Nigeria | Nnaa, Okoro, Abokina |
| Norway | Ola og Kari Nordmann (literally Ola and Kari(n) Norwegian“) |
| Pakistan | Falana (male), Falani (female). Derived from the Persian equivalents. |
| Panama | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Sultano, Mengano |
| Paraguay | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Sultano, Mengano, N.N. |
| Peru | Juan Pérez, Fulano de Tal, Zutano, Mengano |
| Philippines | Juan dela Cruz |
| Poland | Jan Kowalski, Jan Nowak |
| Portugal | Manuel dos Santos, Zé Ninguém, o Outro (the other one), Fulano, Sicrano, Fulano de tal, Zé Povinho, Zé da Esquina |
| Puerto Rico | Fulano de Tal, Juan Perez, or Juan del Pueblo |
| Romania | Escu, Gheorghe, Necunoscut, Xulescu, Cutare Cutărică |
| Russia | Иванов (Ivanov), Петров (Petrov), Сидоров (Sidorov), Вася Пупкин (Vasya Pupkin), Маша Пупкина (Masha Pupkina), Петя Иванов (Petya Ivanov) |
| Serbia, Montenegro | Petar Petrović, Pera Perić, Marko Marković, Janko Janković |
| Singapore | Tan Ah Kao and Tan Ah Beng |
| Slovakia | Jožko Mrkvička |
| Slovenia | Janez Novak, Janez Pouprečnik |
| South Africa | Koos van der Merwe, Piet Pompies |
| Spain | male: Fulano (de Tal), Fulanito (de Tal), Pepe Pérez, Mengano, Menganito, Perico de los Palotes, Menganito de Cual, Zutano, Zutanito, Sultano, Sultanito, Don Nadie, Juan Nadie, Perengano. Female: Fulanita (de Tal), Mengana, Menganita (de Tal) |
| Sweden | Kalle Svensson, Medelsvensson, Svensson, Svenne, Svenne Banan, Erik Johansson, Mannen på gatan ("the man on the street"), Gemene man ("average man"), Nisse i Hökarängen |
| Switzerland | Herr und Frau Schweizer (Mr and Mrs Swiss), Hans Meier, Hans Mustermann, Max Muster |
| Taiwan | 張三 (Chang number three); 李四 (Lee number four); 王五 (Wang number five) |
| Thailand | Somchai, Sommai, (common names of either gender) Nai-Gor (นาย ก equivalent to Mr. A) |
| Turkey | Sade Vatandaş; Ahmet/Mehmet, Ali/Veli, Hasan/Hüseyin (male); Ayşe/Fatma (female); Falan (kişi) / Filan (kişi, "somebody"; also female: Filane); Sari Cizmeli Mehmet Aga |
| Uruguay | Fulano, Mengano; Juan Perez |
| Venezuela | Fulano, Fulano de Tal, Sutano, Mengano, Perencejo, Pedro Perez, Juan de los Palotes, Juan Bimba |
| Vietnam | Nguoi La, Người dấu tên |
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