Maier is only #34 in Germany, Meyer is #6, and mine, Wagner, is at #7 ;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_surnam...
Curiously, for a supposedly common name I have never once met a John Smith.
In Italy - for the record - it would probably be Mario Rossi (as an example on a mockup form), but conversionally it would be Pinco Pallino.
There are a few dedicated English wikipedia pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placeholder_name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terms_referring_to_an_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_placeholder_names_by_l...
it is interesting to see the slighty different use in the various languages.