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[Swede]

My surname is the 13,355 most popular in the USA.

http://www.namestatistics.com/index.php

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. My surname is 2,053

My first name is 124.

[Catfish]

2. interesting

My first name is the 22nd most popular name for women, my last name is very rare. Even when living in big cities, I've never seen anyone in the phone book with my last name (except a close relative).

[onehandle]

3. Me

Surname ranks at #45000+

First name is not even listed.

[Democrats unite]

4. Mine is #5 in the U.S.

William.

[scottcsmith]

5. Women named Scott???

The web site says that Scott is the #2741 most common FEMALE name, that approx. 2500 women in the U.S. are named Scott. Wow! I had no idea.

[maddezmom]

6. my first name is #199

my last name is is the #18213 most common last name.
0.001% of last names in the US .
Around 2500 US last names

[Wolfman 11]

7. my name is unlisted, last name is ranked #43.

[ironflange]

8. My first name = #53

Last name = off the scale

[rooboy]

9. Huh. My last name ranks #60814. n/t

[csw77]

10. Mine is #874

I thought it would be a little more popular though. My last name is a lot more popular but no surprise there. My daughters name is #2480 but my boys have vary rare names...which I think is really cool :-)

[newyawker99]

39. Hi csw77!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Birthmark]

11. # 45 for my first name...

Almost #70,000 for my last name!!!

[ScreamingMeemie]

12. #185 for my last name. Number 22 for my first name.

psst...it's Laura...shudder. ;)

[greatauntoftriplets]

13. My niece (the triplets' aunt) also is Laura. And I love the name.

The triplets' mother's name comes out the same as mine, since she is named after me.

[Insider]

14. #57 female name

cool. mostly older jewish ladies, puerto rican girls, and me (my analysis).

last name .04+ percent, about 100k people

[Nomad559]

15. Timothy

Timothy is the #27 most common male name.

64% of men in the US are named Timothy.

Around 784000 US men are named Timothy.


XXXX is the #947 most common last name.

0.013% of last names in the US are XXXX.

Around 32500 US last names are XXXX

[Endangered Specie]

16. For me...

My first name is "very rare", (probably because it was a last name, in which case it is 1003 most popular last name.

Last name = 562th popular

wow. (in a Ben Stein accent)

[nuxvomica]

17. A question about Hispanic surnames

There are a handful in the top 20, which seems a little odd considering Hispanics are only about 13% of the total population. This would indicate that there is less variety in surnames among the Hispanic population. Does anyone know if that is true and, if so, why?

[smallprint]

27. not sure, but...

most latinos in the US historically have been working-class Mexicans (at least in terms of numbers.) Mexico was settled by relatively few Spanish families, who then forced native Mexicans and mestizos to take their own last names. Thus there are a few last names, like Hernandez, Lopez, Fernandez, etc that are very common.

[nuxvomica]

34. It sounds like this is similar to the "slave names" of African-Americans

I hadn't even considered that a lot of Latinos are of Native-American ancestry, though I guess the term "mestizo" (which I had to look up :dunce:)is more appropriate. This may have some political significance considering that the commonality of many African-American names was a factor in some of the voter rolls purging that occurred in Florida. Just one of the ways that old oppression can be used for new oppression.
Thanks for the insight, smallprint.

[Melsky]

18. #30 female

Melissa is the #30 most common female name
0.462% of females in the US are named Melissa.
Around 589050 US females are named Melissa!

I don't like my name, which is why I go by Melsky instead. Melissa just doesn't fit me.

[onebigbadwulf]

19. #12 and Very rare

Woots

[populistmom]

20. I'm 23

I wish. :) Oh, no, it's just my name. Sarah is #23.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

21. 36th most common name

[Hawkeye-X]

22. #6

:flex:

#6 top male name... although it is my middle name, I'm going to probably legally change my name to Z. David and drop the middle name. My parents doesn't oppose the name change, just need to find the time to do it legally.

Hawkeye-X

[Sting]

23. my first name is #56...

and my last name is ranked #175.
Sting

[JanMichael]

24. "Jan Michael" is off the charts.

Jan is close to being totally unique all on it's own.

<div>Jan is the #489 most common male name.<br>0.019% of men in the US are named Jan.<br>Around 23275 US men are named Jan!<br>source <a href="http://www.namestatistics.com/">namestatistics.com</a></div>


OTH Michael is #4.

[Cush]

25. First #10, Last: #4252

Last name: 0.003% of last names in the US are XXXXX Around 7500 US last names are XXXXX

[trackfan]

26. My first name is #62

my last name is "unique"

[nonconformist]

28. My first name is the #41 most common female name

My last name is #1530. But my maiden name is in the top 10.

[scarlet_owl]

29. Ember is a very rare name for a female

is what it said. I already knew that. I have met one other Ember in my lifetime. On Edit: My last name is #441.

[Supply Side Jesus]

30. #63643 for my last name

and #9 for my first name and #24 for my middle name

[CandyCrim21]

31. #575

Apparently my name isn't as rare as I thought. LOL
But it DID say that not many MEN have my name so thats a plus. But if you are a man and your name is Candy, it said you should be proud of your unique name! ;) I wouldn't tell everyone though! LOL

[Spirochete]

32. My surname is #324

my first name is #18

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

33. My first name is #329 .

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. First name #4253

Not too many Collenes'. Only around 1275 females in U.S.. Last name, none too common, either.

[hussar]

36. First name #808 Last name rare no number

Ha at last, I am unique

[LTR]

37. My name

First name: 102 (must be the spelling)
Last name: 890

[newyawker99]

38. My first name ranks at #158

My surname ranks at #6766. :-)

[ZenLefty]

40. My first name is unique. It doesn't even rank.

:D

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Fairly Common First Name; Fairly Rare Last Name

My first name is 37th in the country amongst men.

However, my last name was 24,885th. There are only about 1200 people in the country with my last name. I do know that there are only about 20 in this state, and my wife, me, and my mom are 3 of them. So, i guess this makes sense.
The Professor