List of terms referring to an average person

Fulān (male: ‏فلان‎), Fulāna (female: فلانة),[2] also (male with family name: Fulān al-Fulani)[3] See also fr:wikt:Tartempion#Synonymes Fulano,[43] mengano,[44] zutano[45] y perengano,[46] are words that are used to refer to someone when their name is not known or is not wanted to be said.

Their placeholder function may be seen in old Russian textbooks: in arithmetical problems or sentences to illustrate grammar.

[59] The name "Vasya Pupkin" (Russian: Вася Пупкин) may be used to denote an average random or unknown person in the colloquial speech.

[60][61] For a group of average persons or to stress the randomness of a selection, a triple common Russian surnames are used together in the same context: "Ivanov, Petrov, or Sidorov".

[63][64] Other names: Jovan Jovanović, Marko Marković, Lazar Lazarević, Ivan Ivanović.