Everywhere I go, the common sizes seem to be between 8 and 10.

I wear size 11.5-12 and it never struck me as being large. Everytime I buy shoes in a store (however rare that is), they always seems to stock my size in the style I want. Again, me shopping for shoes in a store is rare, so I may just be getting lucky.

I have a friend that wears a size 14 and he seems to have some problems finding the shoes he wants. 13 seems to be the cut-off for "normal" sizes over here from what I can tell.