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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Flannel Boy on September 07, 2008, 10:11:58 PM

Title: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Flannel Boy on September 07, 2008, 10:11:58 PM
By the world, I actually mean 26 countries. I thought I'd make this thread before they added Middle Eastern countries.

click on the link (http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Main.aspx)

Top Countries
Country   FPM
POLAND   403.47
SLOVENIA   142.1
AUSTRIA   60.71
HUNGARY   60.14
GERMANY   28.98
UNITED STATES   17.47
AUSTRALIA   17.09
LUXEMBOURG   17
FRANCE   15.43
CANADA   12.61
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 07, 2008, 10:15:13 PM
GERMANY   8.08
UNITED STATES   0.82
SWITZERLAND   0.64
AUSTRIA   0.4
CANADA   0.23
FRANCE   0.1


rare last name :rock
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on September 07, 2008, 10:15:28 PM
AUSTRALIA   12254.2
UNITED KINGDOM   12176.54
NEW ZEALAND   10161.73
UNITED STATES   9000.49
IRELAND   4559.88
CANADA   3093.57
NORWAY   347.8
DENMARK   302.94
NETHERLANDS   235.75
SWEDEN   161.79
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 07, 2008, 10:16:05 PM
UNITED STATES   9.01
UNITED KINGDOM   1.05
NETHERLANDS   0.43
SPAIN   0.21
GERMANY   0.11

I'm in a select club :bow
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Bildi on September 07, 2008, 10:16:14 PM
SWEDEN   149.15
NORWAY   39.3
DENMARK   19.51
UNITED STATES   17.18
CANADA   11.92
NEW ZEALAND   10.73
SWITZERLAND   1.28
SPAIN   0.73
BELGIUM   0.57
UNITED KINGDOM   0.55

Swedes :rock
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Rman on September 07, 2008, 10:16:20 PM
ARGENTINA   6643.78
SPAIN   4819.64
UNITED STATES   205.14
FRANCE   98.52
SWITZERLAND   46.64
AUSTRALIA   46.47
LUXEMBOURG   34.01
CANADA   21.55
BELGIUM   16.34
ITALY   12.93
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Bildi on September 07, 2008, 10:17:47 PM
AUSTRALIA   12254.2
UNITED KINGDOM   12176.54
NEW ZEALAND   10161.73
UNITED STATES   9000.49
IRELAND   4559.88
CANADA   3093.57
NORWAY   347.8
DENMARK   302.94
NETHERLANDS   235.75
SWEDEN   161.79

Hello, Mr Smith.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Flannel Boy on September 07, 2008, 10:18:17 PM
AUSTRALIA   12254.2
UNITED KINGDOM   12176.54
NEW ZEALAND   10161.73
UNITED STATES   9000.49
IRELAND   4559.88
CANADA   3093.57
NORWAY   347.8
DENMARK   302.94
NETHERLANDS   235.75
SWEDEN   161.79

I know your last name.

(http://ecoharp.com/custom/evil-agent-smith.jpg)

edit: beaten
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 07, 2008, 10:18:57 PM
My wife has a super rare last name:

UNITED STATES 10.4
UNITED KINGDOM 0.07
GERMANY 0.04

And that's all

she's in my club as well :bow

Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Vizzys on September 07, 2008, 10:19:51 PM
UNITED KINGDOM   354.88
AUSTRALIA   339.01
NEW ZEALAND   224.24
CANADA   169.17
IRELAND   137.48
UNITED STATES   122.74
SWITZERLAND   5.75
SPAIN   4.19
DENMARK   3.25
NORWAY   3.11
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Bildi on September 07, 2008, 10:19:53 PM
edit: beaten

Yours was lots funnier though.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Greatness Gone on September 07, 2008, 10:20:22 PM
UNITED KINGDOM 2594.17
AUSTRALIA 2315.19
NEW ZEALAND 1728.49
UNITED STATES 1469.23
CANADA   612.25

Fucking Brits and ledgerians.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 07, 2008, 10:20:35 PM
IRELAND   19.54
UNITED KINGDOM   10.42
UNITED STATES   1.3
CANADA   0.92
FRANCE   0.3

My mom's maiden name wins

FRANCE   0.15
UNITED STATES   0.07
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 07, 2008, 10:20:43 PM
It's only cool when the rare name is mostly located in somewhere other than the US  >:(
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Flannel Boy on September 07, 2008, 10:21:03 PM
My wife has a super rare last name:

UNITED STATES 10.4
UNITED KINGDOM 0.07
GERMANY 0.04

And that's all
That's odd. Was there a corruption in the spelling of her last name?
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: patrickula on September 07, 2008, 10:22:17 PM
Country   FPM
POLAND   114.03
GERMANY   6.94
SWEDEN   3.79
UNITED STATES   3.03
CANADA   2.29
AUSTRIA   1.98
UNITED KINGDOM   1.51
NORWAY   0.85
FRANCE   0.84
DENMARK   0.33

Name is from Poland, most are in Poland.  Surprise!

My girl's last name must be some kind of corruption or something, it's supposed to be German buuut:
Country   FPM
UNITED STATES   3.47
GERMANY   0.39
 ???
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 07, 2008, 10:24:39 PM
UNITED STATES   403.47
NEW ZEALAND   232.83
AUSTRALIA   218.63
UNITED KINGDOM   211.87
CANADA   144.18
IRELAND   130.97
SWITZERLAND   3.83
DENMARK   2.44
ARGENTINA   2.13
SPAIN   1.89
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: demi on September 07, 2008, 10:24:47 PM
Country FPM
ITALY 51.36
ARGENTINA 14.58
SWITZERLAND 11.5
LUXEMBOURG 8.5
UNITED STATES 6.63
FRANCE 3.16
CANADA 2.75
BELGIUM 0.86
GERMANY 0.81
UNITED KINGDOM 0.2


What a surprise
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Human Snorenado on September 07, 2008, 10:26:47 PM
Pretty rare surname, apparently.

UNITED STATES   18.05
CANADA   10.31
NETHERLANDS   0.32
FRANCE   0.05
UNITED KINGDOM   0.04
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 07, 2008, 10:30:56 PM
.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: huckleberry on September 07, 2008, 10:31:46 PM
United States       321.63

Australia               171.12

Ireland                 163.88

United Kingdom     129.92

New Zealand          122.31


Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Flannel Boy on September 07, 2008, 10:32:27 PM
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e86/PhoenixDark1/eblol.jpg)

FREUD
   
Top Countries
Country   FPM
HUNGARY   14.15
CANADA   1.6
GERMANY   1.58
UNITED STATES   1.17
UNITED KINGDOM   0.92
AUSTRIA   0.79
DENMARK   0.33
FRANCE   0.3
ARGENTINA   0.28
NETHERLANDS   0.21
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Bildi on September 07, 2008, 10:36:16 PM
:rofl

Edit: the most popular forename for "fuck" is kinda funny too.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Bildi on September 07, 2008, 10:41:27 PM
:lol :lol :lol You're killing me here. It's all I can do to stop my co-workers from hearing me.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: TVC15 on September 07, 2008, 10:44:48 PM
IRELAND   790.61
UNITED KINGDOM   318.68
AUSTRALIA   307.68
NEW ZEALAND   259.65
UNITED STATES   125.65
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 07, 2008, 10:45:38 PM
Not surprisingly when the "s" is eliminated from the end of my surname it becomes extremely popular.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: bork on September 07, 2008, 10:47:54 PM
Top countries:

UNITED STATES   59.65
CANADA   39.2
AUSTRALIA   38.31
UNITED KINGDOM   32.24
NEW ZEALAND   8.58

Top regions:

MASSACHUSETTS , UNITED STATES   196.5
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA , UNITED STATES   193.42
MARYLAND , UNITED STATES   140.39
NEW JERSEY , UNITED STATES   137.53
FLORIDA , UNITED STATES   119.38

Top cities:

BISHOP AUCKLAND , NORTH , UNITED KINGDOM
BOGNOR REGIS , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
BATH , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
ALDERLEY EDGE & WILMSLOW , NORTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
BABYLON , NEW YORK , UNITED STATES

Interesting that the UK dominates in cities.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: bork on September 07, 2008, 10:50:12 PM
My wife's name (it's Japanese)

JAPAN   1
UNITED STATES   0.65
ARGENTINA   0.4
GERMANY   0.1

Uh, I am beginning to doubt the accuracy of this:

Top cities:

PEORIA , ILLINOIS , UNITED STATES
DAYTON , OHIO , UNITED STATES
HAUPTSTUHL , RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY
IOWA CITY , IOWA , UNITED STATES
KINDSBACH , RHEINLAND-PFALZ , GERMANY

HUH?!

Top forenames:

ICHIRO
RICARDO MIGUEL
ENRIQUE ANDRES
MARIA ALEJANDRA
JUAN


 ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

I guess a number of Argentine people could have the name, but it seems kinda rare.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 07, 2008, 11:09:40 PM
Rarer : We could not found an exact match for "**********". Please search again.  :lol
I've seen variations around but I thought it should pick up some people in Australia at least.

I guess a number of Argentine people could have the name, but it seems kinda rare.
Doesn't Brazil have a large Japanese population?
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Beezy on September 07, 2008, 11:24:48 PM
UNITED STATES 4053.27
AUSTRALIA 2660.15
NEW ZEALAND 1731.71
UNITED KINGDOM 1689.33
CANADA 1030.81
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Crushed on September 07, 2008, 11:28:36 PM
IRELAND   2182.57
AUSTRALIA   1211.44
UNITED KINGDOM   1044.28
NEW ZEALAND   938.82
CANADA   803.88
UNITED STATES   751.94
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Rman on September 07, 2008, 11:32:07 PM
Peru, which is in the vicinity, has enclaves of people of Japanese decent. 
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Post by: Hangatýr on September 07, 2008, 11:37:36 PM
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Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: CurseoftheGods on September 08, 2008, 12:10:35 AM
"We could not found an exact match for "[removed]". Please search again."


Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: muckhole on September 08, 2008, 12:26:24 AM

NEW ZEALAND 1078.3
AUSTRALIA 665.59
CANADA 616.84
UNITED KINGDOM 232.63
UNITED STATES 115.94

Hmm. Interesting. Not what I expected.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tieno on September 08, 2008, 01:20:51 AM
BELGIUM   51.73
FRANCE   3.94
UNITED STATES   0.11
GERMANY   0.04
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Beezy on September 08, 2008, 01:33:53 AM
Wtf? My grandmother's maiden name is german.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Flannel Boy on September 08, 2008, 01:35:55 AM
Wtf? My grandmother's maiden name is german.

All this time your grandmother just had a really good tan.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: BobbyRobby on September 08, 2008, 01:45:20 AM
ITALY   31.01
ARGENTINA   17.03
FRANCE   4.19
UNITED STATES   1.68
SWITZERLAND   1.28

pretty weird,  lot's of people with my (Italian) last name probably migrated to argentina with nazis after WWII or something.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Darunia on September 08, 2008, 01:51:20 AM
BELGIUM   99.31
FRANCE   2.22
NETHERLANDS   0.86
UNITED STATES   0.37
SPAIN   0.1
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: The Sceneman on September 08, 2008, 02:05:36 AM
SWEDEN   1.26
UNITED KINGDOM   1.23
NEW ZEALAND   1.07
INDIA   0.27
UNITED STATES   0.24

who fucking wins rarest name

and my mothers surname which I use occasionally when I want to go double barrel

HUNGARY   820.68
CANADA   3.9
AUSTRIA   3.57
BELGIUM   1.72
GERMANY   1.45
SWITZERLAND   1.28
NEW ZEALAND   1.07
UNITED STATES   0.8
NETHERLANDS   0.43
UNITED KINGDOM   0.28
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Bildi on September 08, 2008, 02:31:06 AM
Is your dad Swedish and your mum Hungarian?  If so, mine too. :-*

Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: The Sceneman on September 08, 2008, 02:49:08 AM
my mums dad was Hungarian, my dad is just the usual New Zealand/British Isles combo

names in question are Szabados and Jimson (Jimson is the super rare one)
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: drozmight on September 08, 2008, 02:53:42 AM
My last name was anglicized by some family members a few generations back...

UNITED KINGDOM 806.79
AUSTRALIA 584.43
NEW ZEALAND 463.51
UNITED STATES 330.43
CANADA 323.2

The original...

INDIA 266.64
ARGENTINA 21.83
GERMANY 21.74
DENMARK 16.75
AUSTRIA 11.9

Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: bork on September 08, 2008, 02:55:34 AM
Rarer : We could not found an exact match for "**********". Please search again.  :lol
I've seen variations around but I thought it should pick up some people in Australia at least.

I guess a number of Argentine people could have the name, but it seems kinda rare.
Doesn't Brazil have a large Japanese population?

Oh yeah, them too.  But doesn't it seem strange there would be more Brazilians with that last name than Japanese?   :lol
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tundra on September 08, 2008, 03:18:28 AM
GERMANY   62.7
NORWAY   5.37
NEW ZEALAND   3.22
IRELAND   2.06
UNITED STATES   1.28
SWITZERLAND   1.28
POLAND   1.25
AUSTRIA   1.19
ARGENTINA   0.81
SPAIN   0.73


As expected, most of them in Germany ( i have a quite german family name), but i wonder about Norway being #2 in the list.



Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 08, 2008, 03:21:07 AM
I guess if they came from one area, a whole extended family could be transferred to South America- leaving only a few males to spread the surname along in Japan.  

I guess some of these Brazillian/Argentine Japanese came back to Japan though.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: E-DuB on September 08, 2008, 03:26:38 AM
NEW ZEALAND   1418.42
CANADA   1074.82
AUSTRALIA   1073.59
UNITED KINGDOM   660.8
UNITED STATES   115.63
LUXEMBOURG   42.51
IRELAND   31.88
NETHERLANDS   13.16
NORWAY   10.46
SWITZERLAND   7.67

Luxembourg? I'm impressed
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: cloudwalking on September 08, 2008, 03:32:05 AM
ARGENTINA   224.01
SPAIN   141.96
FRANCE   6.71
SWITZERLAND   5.11
ITALY   3.89
UNITED STATES   1.89
SWEDEN   1.26
CANADA   1.15
GERMANY   0.26
UNITED KINGDOM   0.11

so many in argentina is a surprise to me... in the region where my name actually comes from it seems pretty uncommon, in fact
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Bildi on September 08, 2008, 03:33:07 AM
my mums dad was Hungarian, my dad is just the usual New Zealand/British Isles combo

names in question are Szabados and Jimson (Jimson is the super rare one)

Never seen Jimson before alright.  But Szabados sure looks Hungarian to my untrained eye - my mum's maiden name was Szonyi.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: max_cool on September 08, 2008, 03:56:37 AM
SWITZERLAND   152.7  :swiss
CANADA   5.04
UNITED STATES   1.55
ARGENTINA   0.89
GERMANY   0.86
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: FatalT on September 08, 2008, 04:13:37 AM
Hood

NEW ZEALAND   296.13
AUSTRALIA   248.92
UNITED KINGDOM   239.75
UNITED STATES   211.02
CANADA   187.5
IRELAND   13.37
SPAIN   2.51
ARGENTINA   1.93
SWITZERLAND   1.92
GERMANY   1.58
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Fresh Prince on September 08, 2008, 05:02:14 AM
My last name comes from my Filipino grandfather(which if you go really far down the family tree was got in Italy). THIS THING IS BROKEN.

I'M NOT RELATED TO ANY STINKY ARGENTINEANS, DAMMIT!
Italians emigrated to Argentina http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_settlement_in_Argentina so yes you are through some forefather.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: blk.rebl on September 08, 2008, 05:12:50 AM
GERMANY   4.84
SWITZERLAND   1.28
UNITED STATES   0.38
IRELAND   0.34
ARGENTINA   0.08
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Reb on September 08, 2008, 06:11:23 AM
NETHERLANDS 26.54
GERMANY 0.04


My name is sooooo dutch.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Eric P on September 08, 2008, 07:53:29 AM
my name is very english

Country   FPM
UNITED KINGDOM   143.85
NEW ZEALAND   108.37
AUSTRALIA   100.45
UNITED STATES   91.87
CANADA   52.72

SUCK IT DOWN, TERRITORIES


 Top Regions
Area Name   FPM
MARLBOROUGH REGION , NEW ZEALAND   379.36
NELSON REGION , NEW ZEALAND   379.36
TASMAN REGION , NEW ZEALAND   379.36
WEST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM   314.04
SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM   228.93
TENNESSEE , UNITED STATES   204.47
VIRGINIA , UNITED STATES   197.89
TARANAKI REGION , NEW ZEALAND   192.56
IOWA , UNITED STATES   191.05
SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM   184.7
   
 Top Cities
City
ASCOT , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND , NORTH , UNITED KINGDOM
AMSTERDAM , NEW YORK , UNITED STATES
BACUP , NORTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
ABERDOUR & BURNTISLAND , SCOTLAND , UNITED KINGDOM
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: lordmaji on September 08, 2008, 09:48:28 AM
Mine is super low compared to everyone. :P

UNITED STATES   0.14

No other countries are listed.

I'm all alone :(
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Brehvolution on September 08, 2008, 10:03:47 AM
UNITED KINGDOM   103.79
IRELAND   98.74
CANADA   94.44
AUSTRALIA   70.03
NEW ZEALAND   24.68
UNITED STATES   22.06
DENMARK   3.58
NORWAY   1.13
SWITZERLAND   0.64
BELGIUM   0.57
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: cool breeze on September 08, 2008, 10:18:54 AM
Most people that have my last name are from France.  My last name is Persian.  Both Persian and French people are hairy...connection?!
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: tiesto on September 08, 2008, 11:25:52 AM
Well, my last name was changed on the boat at Ellis Island.

Top Countries:
UNITED STATES   0.99

Original form of last name:

Top Countries:
POLAND   27.57
CANADA   1.6
FRANCE   0.89
UNITED STATES   0.86
SPAIN   0.1

Mother's maiden name (it's an Italian last name too):

ARGENTINA   21.7
UNITED STATES   20.38
SWITZERLAND   8.95
CANADA   8.02
ITALY   5.09
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: AdmiralViscen on September 08, 2008, 11:38:03 AM
My mother's maiden name returns no results lol

I win
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: BlueTsunami on September 08, 2008, 12:31:51 PM
ARGENTINA   1283.76
SPAIN   397.69
UNITED STATES   39.89
LUXEMBOURG   8.5
SWITZERLAND   2.56
CANADA   2.52
FRANCE   1.73
BELGIUM   1.43
NETHERLANDS   1.07
GERMANY   0.82
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: lordmaji on September 08, 2008, 12:36:39 PM
My mother's maiden name returns no results lol

I win

is that your last name? :P

I WIN! let's fight! :P
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: cloudwalking on September 08, 2008, 12:58:44 PM
SWITZERLAND   152.7  :swiss
CANADA   5.04
UNITED STATES   1.55
ARGENTINA   0.89
GERMANY   0.86

right on man, you can come over and party anytime.

by chance, does your surname end with -li?
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Beardo on September 08, 2008, 01:30:15 PM
We could not found an exact match for "**********". Please search again.


Now that my brother changed his last name I do believe I am the only one in the world with the name.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Lone on September 08, 2008, 01:56:52 PM
UNITED STATES   49.67
AUSTRIA   34.52
GERMANY   8.97
UNITED KINGDOM   4.64
CANADA   4.36
SWITZERLAND   3.19
NORWAY   1.7
NEW ZEALAND   1.07
BELGIUM   0.57
FRANCE   0.25


AUSTRIAN?!

Actually, knowing that at the turn of the (previous)century, they took off "Mc" from it, it turns to:

IRELAND   220.11
AUSTRALIA   56.18
UNITED KINGDOM   20.96
UNITED STATES   15.79
NEW ZEALAND   8.58
CANADA   8.25
SPAIN   0.1
GERMANY   0.07
ARGENTINA   0.04

And I'm thinking it's more Scotland.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Brehvolution on September 08, 2008, 02:04:54 PM
Any results up yet for Ocho Cinco?
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: max_cool on September 08, 2008, 02:26:45 PM
SWITZERLAND   152.7  :swiss
CANADA   5.04
UNITED STATES   1.55
ARGENTINA   0.89
GERMANY   0.86

right on man, you can come over and party anytime.

by chance, does your surname end with -li?

Yes it does, with a Mugg in the front
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Brehvolution on September 08, 2008, 03:16:52 PM
Muggli?
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: ch1nchilla on September 08, 2008, 03:19:06 PM
LUXEMBOURG   8.5
GERMANY   5.9
POLAND   2.12
AUSTRIA   0.79
SWITZERLAND   0.64
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tauntaun on September 08, 2008, 04:42:49 PM
UNITED KINGDOM   9.44
UNITED STATES   5.63
CANADA           4.13
NEW ZEALAND   3.22
IRELAND           3.09
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 08, 2008, 05:56:33 PM
UNITED KINGDOM 88.61
UNITED STATES 60.52
CANADA 59.37
AUSTRALIA 50.22
NEW ZEALAND 20.39
IRELAND 9.26
FRANCE 0.69
SWITZERLAND 0.64
NETHERLANDS 0.43
SPAIN 0.31
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tristam on September 08, 2008, 08:59:49 PM
IRELAND   110.74
UNITED KINGDOM   81.14
AUSTRALIA   64.33
NEW ZEALAND   59.01
CANADA   27.05
UNITED STATES   6.32
SWITZERLAND   1.92
SPAIN   0.63
FRANCE   0.35
DENMARK   0.33

Makes sense. The surname is English, but it's intimately connected to the history and development of Ireland.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: TakingBackSunday on September 08, 2008, 09:03:30 PM
CANADA   259.25
UNITED STATES   249.1
AUSTRALIA   154.29
NEW ZEALAND   92.27
UNITED KINGDOM   89.38
NORWAY   13.57
IRELAND   9.94
SWITZERLAND   2.56
BELGIUM   2.29
DENMARK   1.95
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: etiolate on September 08, 2008, 09:03:56 PM
Country   FPM
UNITED STATES   86.71
UNITED KINGDOM   77.07
AUSTRALIA   58.51
NEW ZEALAND   34.33
CANADA   25.67

Top Forenames
Forename
LISA
DOROTHY
JOSEPH
BARBARA
JENNIFER
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: TakingBackSunday on September 08, 2008, 09:05:02 PM
Type in suck.

Alexander Suck
Sonja Suck  :lol
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: trh on September 08, 2008, 09:13:21 PM
Mom's, the one I tend to go by:
"We could not found an exact match for "******". Please search again."

Dad's:
SWEDEN   32393.64
NORWAY   473.35
DENMARK   412.21
LUXEMBOURG   68.02
NEW ZEALAND   48.28

Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: cloudwalking on September 09, 2008, 07:35:59 AM
SWITZERLAND   152.7  :swiss
CANADA   5.04
UNITED STATES   1.55
ARGENTINA   0.89
GERMANY   0.86

right on man, you can come over and party anytime.

by chance, does your surname end with -li?

Yes it does, with a Mugg in the front
lol awesome. swissest surname ever... wait, are you swiss?  :o

(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/meganekko_pie/ICalledIt.jpg)

swiss german surnames kick ass
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tabasco on September 09, 2008, 10:32:39 AM
UNITED STATES   0.42
CANADA   0.23


lol that's all the countries it had.  anglicized german name
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Ganhyun on September 09, 2008, 10:34:41 AM
Top Countries 
Country FPM
UNITED STATES 0.32
UNITED KINGDOM 0.02
 
 
 


lol, not a popular last name I have.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tucah on September 09, 2008, 11:52:11 AM
UNITED STATES   127.12
AUSTRALIA   18.12
CANADA   8.94
UNITED KINGDOM   8.87
NEW ZEALAND   2.15
DENMARK   1.3
SWITZERLAND   1.28
NORWAY   1.13
FRANCE   0.99
IRELAND   0.69
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: BobFromPikeCreek on September 09, 2008, 02:01:09 PM
ITALY   4.14
CANADA   3.21
FRANCE   3.16
BELGIUM   0.86
UNITED STATES   0.62

It sounds Italian and I live in Canada, so makes sense.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: WrikaWrek on September 09, 2008, 02:17:49 PM
LUXEMBOURG   909.72
ARGENTINA   547.09
FRANCE   380.96
SWITZERLAND   378.22
SPAIN   193.4
AUSTRALIA   73.26
UNITED STATES   66.59
CANADA   47.45
INDIA   43.86
UNITED KINGDOM   23.15
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Positive Touch on September 09, 2008, 02:19:47 PM
:bow POLAND

Anyway my stats:

Quote
We could not found an exact match for "SZACHOWALOW". Please search again.

I am the one and only :-*

how do you even pronounce that awful-looking word?
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tauntaun on September 09, 2008, 02:24:39 PM
:bow POLAND

Anyway my stats:

Quote
We could not found an exact match for "SZACHOWALOW". Please search again.

I am the one and only :-*

how do you even pronounce that awful-looking word?

Looks like "She swallows."   :-*
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Flannel Boy on September 09, 2008, 02:26:17 PM

Malek: the easiest Polish surname to pronounce.
 
Borys, I'd change your surname to Shaq.


Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tauntaun on September 09, 2008, 02:31:39 PM
BORYS SWALLOWS!
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Brehvolution on September 09, 2008, 02:32:43 PM
SZACHOWALOW

Gesundheit
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Flannel Boy on September 09, 2008, 02:35:46 PM
Borys do my search for me, cause this Vietnamese PC aint that good and it won't do it: Mikolaj Macioszek


POLAND   41.42
GERMANY   1.98
FRANCE   0.35
UNITED STATES   0.28
SPAIN   0.1
UNITED KINGDOM   0.04
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: Tauntaun on September 09, 2008, 02:53:00 PM
:rofl :rofl :rofl Tauntaun

Oh God here comes my EB moniker.

 :-*  nomnomnom
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: max_cool on September 09, 2008, 04:38:40 PM
SWITZERLAND   152.7  :swiss
CANADA   5.04
UNITED STATES   1.55
ARGENTINA   0.89
GERMANY   0.86

right on man, you can come over and party anytime.

by chance, does your surname end with -li?

Yes it does, with a Mugg in the front
lol awesome. swissest surname ever... wait, are you swiss?  :o

Nope, born in North Dakota.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: max_cool on September 09, 2008, 04:40:43 PM

(http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n156/meganekko_pie/ICalledIt.jpg)

swiss german surnames kick ass

Lulz, we should form a club, wait too late it's called Switzerland.
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: radioheadrule83 on September 09, 2008, 04:50:06 PM
My name is more common in Hungary, the US, Canada and Spain than here... quite surprising!

TOP COUNTRIES
CountryFPM
HUNGARY56.6
UNITED STATES50.23
SPAIN44.32
CANADA38.74
UNITED KINGDOM30.62
SLOVENIA29
ARGENTINA22.23
AUSTRALIA21.88
POLAND11.1
NEW ZEALAND9.66

TOP REGIONS
Area NameFPM
NEBRASKA , UNITED STATES107.91
MARYLAND , UNITED STATES107.73
SOUTH DAKOTA , UNITED STATES97.57
NORTH DAKOTA , UNITED STATES87.85
IOWA , UNITED STATES86.93

TOP CITIES
AINDLING , BAYERN , GERMANY
A CORU?A , GALICIA , SPAIN
ACEHUCHE , EXTREMADURA , SPAIN
AGUADULCE , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
ALCOY , COMMUNIDAD VALENCIA , SPAIN
Title: Re: surname search: How many people share your last name around the world?
Post by: brawndolicious on September 10, 2008, 01:43:24 AM
Country FPM
DENMARK 1.63
SWEDEN 1.26
ARGENTINA 0.24
GERMANY 0.16
UNITED STATES 0.11

It'll probably go way up when they add the middle-east..

I'm surprised that they didn't add in china yet though.  They probably have like 6 last names in that country