diff --git a/sqlite_utils/db.py b/sqlite_utils/db.py
index c7a7ed4..90427bf 100644
--- a/sqlite_utils/db.py
+++ b/sqlite_utils/db.py
@@ -1979,8 +1979,8 @@ class Table(Queryable):
             most_common = [
                 (truncate(r[0]), r[1])
                 for r in db.execute(
-                    "select [{}], count(*) from [{}] group by [{}] order by count(*) desc limit {}".format(
-                        column, table, column, common_limit
+                    "select [{}], count(*) from [{}] group by [{}] order by count(*) desc, [{}] limit {}".format(
+                        column, table, column, column, common_limit
                     )
                 ).fetchall()
             ]
@@ -1992,8 +1992,8 @@ class Table(Queryable):
                 least_common = [
                     (truncate(r[0]), r[1])
                     for r in db.execute(
-                        "select [{}], count(*) from [{}] group by [{}] order by count(*) limit {}".format(
-                            column, table, column, common_limit
+                        "select [{}], count(*) from [{}] group by [{}] order by count(*), [{}] desc limit {}".format(
+                            column, table, column, column, common_limit
                         )
                     ).fetchall()
                 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_analyze_tables.py b/tests/test_analyze_tables.py
index 7a104e7..f0af2ca 100644
--- a/tests/test_analyze_tables.py
+++ b/tests/test_analyze_tables.py
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ def db_to_analyze(fresh_db):
                 num_null=0,
                 num_blank=0,
                 num_distinct=4,
-                most_common=[("Joan", 3), ("Terry...", 2)],
-                least_common=[("Anne", 1), ("Kumar", 2)],
+                most_common=[("Joan", 3), ("Kumar", 2)],
+                least_common=[("Anne", 1), ("Terry...", 2)],
             ),
         ),
         (