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How common is your first name? Your last name?
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:43 pm
by OtherHD
Here is some interesting stuff from the Census Bureau's website. It is a list of names ranked by how common they are. The list is fairly comprehensive; each list contains about 90% of all the names in the US. There are 3 seperate lists: One for male first names (1219 names), one for female first names (4275 names), and one for surnames (88799 names). Take a look and see how common your name is. Hint: Press Ctrl f to search within the list. Post your results here if you'd like. You don't have to post your last name on here if you don't want to.
Male first names
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.male.first
Female first names
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.female.first
Surnames
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last
Lyle: Rank -- 328th, 0.038%
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:08 pm
by weatherlover427
JOSHUA---0.435%, 38th rank
YOUNG---0.193%, 28th rank
You already know my last name, it's my username (well part of it anyway
).
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:14 pm
by Guest
What do you know Patricia is #2 - that rocks LOL...
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:20 pm
by AirmaN
AARON 0.240 54.710 77
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:23 pm
by CajunMama
Kathy #71
Lowry #1295
My maiden name didn't even make the list!
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2004 11:27 pm
by azsnowman
DENNIS 0.415 43.547 40
DENTON 0.010 45.755 1215
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:17 am
by furluvcats
SHANNON 0.175 47.473 123
Higher on the list then I expected.
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:54 am
by CajunMama
oh and my maiden name didn't even make the list!
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:36 am
by streetsoldier
WILLIAM shows up at #5 for men.
My Danish surname doesn't appear until almost 44,000...way on down there.
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:57 am
by Suzi Q
Suzi .003% 86.29 1929th on list
I always knew I was odd!
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 9:36 am
by wx247
I am pretty plain...and common.
Gary 26th
Cook 56th
Can you imagine how many James(Jim) Smith's there must be? I know 3.
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:14 am
by DaylilyDawn
Julia 0.223 40.711 89
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:31 am
by j
good ole boring John, 2nd to only James.
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:45 am
by JQ Public
my last name was the only thing that ranked
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:50 am
by Amanzi
BRONWYN 0.002 88.133 2763
Cant be finding my surname on there
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 10:54 am
by Rainband
j wrote:good ole boring John, 2nd to only James.
Yea John is comman but my real first name Jan (YON)..which is dutch isn't and like amanzi said my sirname isn't there
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:30 am
by senorpepr
Michael #4
Adcock #2425
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:41 am
by GalvestonDuck
First name - #532
Last name - well into 10,000
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:59 am
by weatherluvr
Not surprised that my first name (Richard) and my son (Joseph) are nos. 7 and 9. My wife Heather and my daughter Hailey were way the heck down the list, which surprised me a little.
As for my Irish last name... well, I'm at work, and I don't have the patience to even begin to look for it on that list.
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:24 pm
by MScoast
Kami is 1451, which surprises me because it's not a common name AT ALL!
My last name is 14,963