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  • mbangel10
    mbangel10 Posts: 548
    http://howmanyofme.com/

    Based on the 2000 census... there are 709,165 that share my first name and 1,570,649 that share my last name. 3,628 share my full name. I know about 3 of them. LOL

    My last name is obviously a very common one, but even though my first name is quite common too... I always have to spell it for people.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    edited July 2009
    mbangel10 wrote:
    http://howmanyofme.com/

    Based on the 2000 census... there are 709,165 that share my first name and 1,570,649 that share my last name. 3,628 share my full name. I know about 3 of them. LOL.
    Wow... that's a lot. Couldn't resist checking..

    313,138 share my first name
    245 share my last name
    1 or fewer people in the U.S.share my full name! I know of ONE lady in Southern California. And I found out because she banked with the same bank (though I was in San Francisco). It was a very interesting find....

    Also looked at my married name.... only 235 people with it. Obviously not as popular in the US as it is in the UK!

    My daughter's first name is not that common either.. only 26,095 share her name!
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    mbangel10 wrote:
    http://howmanyofme.com/

    Based on the 2000 census... there are 709,165 that share my first name and 1,570,649 that share my last name. 3,628 share my full name. I know about 3 of them. LOL

    My last name is obviously a very common one, but even though my first name is quite common too... I always have to spell it for people.


    very cool link...! 8-)
    over 1 million people share my first name (Matthew) & about 60,000 other that go by Matt like I do. fewer than 114 people share my last name & i'm the only one with my full name.
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    http://www.yournotme.com/testaspnet/default.aspx

    Found a UK version of it.
  • Foxy Mop
    Foxy Mop Posts: 2,823
    mbangel10 wrote:
    http://howmanyofme.com/

    Based on the 2000 census... there are 709,165 that share my first name and 1,570,649 that share my last name. 3,628 share my full name. I know about 3 of them. LOL

    My last name is obviously a very common one, but even though my first name is quite common too... I always have to spell it for people.

    I totally couldn't resist checking this out too...


    # There are 782,845 people in the U.S. with the first name Laura.
    # Statistically the 57th most popular first name.
    # More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Laura are female.

    I feel bad for that .1% guy who is named Laura :roll: :lol:;)

    There are 1,616 people in the U.S. with my married last name
    There are 1,830 people in the U.S. with the maiden name
    and 1 person with the same name as me. Weird.
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  • dimitrispearljam
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    illegal pants wrote:
    14 letter Greek surname

    it's a great conversation starter

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    here im sweety...and only 8 letters and a Greek one too ;)
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    anotherclone wrote:
    My last name is 10 letters long and Greek in origin. I work with the public so I get "what kind of name is THAT?" about 10 times a day. No one even tries to pronounce it. I don't blame them. :lol:
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  • Who Princess
    Who Princess out here in the fields Posts: 7,305
    mbangel10 wrote:
    http://howmanyofme.com/

    Based on the 2000 census... there are 709,165 that share my first name and 1,570,649 that share my last name. 3,628 share my full name. I know about 3 of them. LOL

    My last name is obviously a very common one, but even though my first name is quite common too... I always have to spell it for people.
    Wow, thanks for that link.

    There are 590,971 people who share my first name and only 2,393 who share my last name. A grand total of 5 people have the same first and last name that I do. Bigger surprise: 4,942 with my maiden name. I thought it was less common than my married name.
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  • lostdawg
    lostdawg Posts: 109
    libragirl wrote:
    Anyone have one that trips people up? I have one evidently.

    I have co-workers I have worked with for years who still can't spell and/or pronounce my name. I even have a close friend who can't get it. I wish I had a name like Smith or Brown.:P

    Ha, hey Libs, I know exactly how you feel-you know my last name...doesn't get any more Italian than that.I must admit, I didn't think you were Italian! I knew there was something I liked about you! And like someone else said, I don't even bother using my last name for intros cuz they just don't get it. And it's not hard, it's pronounced just like it's spelled! *Sigh* And DTD, you'll have to tell me next time I see you in NYC!!
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    mbangel10 wrote:
    http://howmanyofme.com/

    Based on the 2000 census... there are 709,165 that share my first name and 1,570,649 that share my last name. 3,628 share my full name. I know about 3 of them. LOL

    My last name is obviously a very common one, but even though my first name is quite common too... I always have to spell it for people.

    Neat link :D

    18 420 with my first name
    47 107 with my married name
    3 with the same first and last married name

    2 756 with my maiden name
    1 or fewer with my maiden name :D

    and I'm not even in the US :? :o:D
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    lostdawg wrote:
    libragirl wrote:
    Anyone have one that trips people up? I have one evidently.

    I have co-workers I have worked with for years who still can't spell and/or pronounce my name. I even have a close friend who can't get it. I wish I had a name like Smith or Brown.:P

    Ha, hey Libs, I know exactly how you feel-you know my last name...doesn't get any more Italian than that.I must admit, I didn't think you were Italian! I knew there was something I liked about you! And like someone else said, I don't even bother using my last name for intros cuz they just don't get it. And it's not hard, it's pronounced just like it's spelled! *Sigh* And DTD, you'll have to tell me next time I see you in NYC!!

    ah, I thought I told you that I was Italian.. :) Yeah you're name is a mouthful LD :P I don't think it's hard but I know what you mean.

    Yeah, Im sorry we couldn't meet up the last time. The next time PJ makes it to NYC we will have to meet up :)
    redrock wrote:
    libragirl wrote:
    Yeah, I'm sicilian too..well mostly. No one seems to have heard of our name. I always want to do research and try to find out where exactly my ancestors are from. My grandfather seems to know zip... :? but then again he wasn't much of a grandparent..different thread!

    Not sicilian but Northern Italy. My name (maiden name) is not difficult but people seemed to have some kind of a block with it. Pronounced and spelt in so many ways that it was not even recognisable as my name!

    libragirl... do your research - it's fantastic when you find things out! When my family moved to Brussels many, many years ago, we were VERY suprised to find another listing with our name in the phone book. We contacted these people and all of a sudden a whole new 'family' was there. At one time, two brothers left Italy, one for North America (US) and one for South America (Argentina) - they were from the south america 'branch'. Through this, we found we still had land in Italy and a cousin spent 3 years researching the family now that they had found the 'north american link'. He went as far back as the 11th century. So go girl... find out about your family!

    Yeah, I want to do some research. I know there are those websites, like ancestry.com but I'm not sure if that info is always accurate. Im skeptical. Plus I may not want to find out some stuff..lol
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    I definitely have one of those. One of those letters that should not be there under normal circumstances. I am constantly getting credit cards spelled wrong (even ones that because of this letter make them come up with a whole different name :roll: ) and always have to spell it SLOWLY eventhough it's not so hard.
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I definitely have one of those. One of those letters that should not be there under normal circumstances. I am constantly getting credit cards spelled wrong (even ones that because of this letter make them come up with a whole different name :roll: ) and always have to spell it SLOWLY eventhough it's not so hard.

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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Black Diamond wrote:
    I definitely have one of those. One of those letters that should not be there under normal circumstances. I am constantly getting credit cards spelled wrong (even ones that because of this letter make them come up with a whole different name :roll: ) and always have to spell it SLOWLY eventhough it's not so hard.

    oh man..what a pain in the ass..thank god my name hasn't ever been spelled wrong on credit cards..they manage to get that right :P
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Went from a Mexican surname to a Russian surname and both difficult to some people!!

    first name pretty common--over $1,439,000 with it in U.S.
    114 with last name in U.S.
    67,105 with maiden name in U.S.
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  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    Lizard wrote:
    Went from a Mexican surname to a Russian surname and both difficult to some people!!

    first name pretty common--over $1,439,000 with it in U.S.
    114 with last name in U.S.
    67,105 with maiden name in U.S.


    I would think the Russian name would be more difficult..I remember reading Anna Karenina and those names were complicated! :o

    I went on that website and there are one are fewer people with my whole name..and 1,431,781 people who share my first name in the U.S. My name is Jennifer, need I say more..lol
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  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Well Jennifer, I got you beat with Elizabeth!

    and the Russian name was changed a bit to make it easier!
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  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,368
    libragirl wrote:
    Yeah it's frustrating..i remember the college i went to had my name wrong in their records. I had to complete a change of name form so it could be correct and it wouldn't go on my degree misspelled..lol
    This reminds me of my college memories:

    I grew up in NJ, and went to school in Michigan. My last name has 4 syllables and 3 i's in the name. Whenever I spelled out my name and said I, people thought I was saying A. No, it's I, like igloo not A! I guess my accent was stronger than I thought. ;)
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  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Cool website.

    There are 399,424 with my first name
    125 with my last name
    and I am the only one of both :D
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  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    There are fewer than 114 people in the U.S. with the last name .....

    9 letters, english origin, a lot of us in Hampshire in England, and Nova Scotia, Canada!

    strangely enough in the sydney phone book there is an entry with my initials, which is not me, and the same for my sister, but it is not her!! :lol:

    as for my first name...

    # There are 4,057,278 people in the U.S. with the first name ....
    # Statistically the 4th most popular first name.
    # 99.55 percent of people with the first name .... are male.
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