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How unusual is your Surname?

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Heather

Heather Report 29 Jun 2006 16:12

You have told me before but this is my result - so that means there are 235 people with my name? Surname Count Ranking HORSTEAD 235 =19211

Helen

Helen Report 29 Jun 2006 14:34

My maiden name MORRALL count 1379 Ranking 5090 Married name SMITH count 652563 ranking 1 Rarest name in my tree BLACKSMITH count 13 ranking 120601 If only more Smiths were Blacksmiths!! Helen

Deb - The Leg Bones Connected To The..

Deb - The Leg Bones Connected To The.. Report 29 Jun 2006 13:24

Maiden name 424 Ranking: 12857th Married name 652563 Ranking: 1st (can you guess what it is LOL) Ive gone from one extreme to the other/

Lynn

Lynn Report 29 Jun 2006 13:03

Mothers Maiden name Stowell, Count 1293 Rank 5365 My Married name, Lyons Count 16639 Rank 438 But I am happy to be ranked number 1 for my Maiden name, Smith! Lynn : - )

maryjane-sue

maryjane-sue Report 29 Jun 2006 12:17

REDFEARN 1666 =4315

Unknown

Unknown Report 29 Jun 2006 12:12

Don't worry Kat, you're one of the Special Ones. I believe they ignored those names with 5 or less. Tammy the one with the most names is ranked as number one. So highest numer of names, lowest number in Rank

babs123

babs123 Report 29 Jun 2006 12:05

I'm not even on there!! There are 5 of us with the surname now. On the last census there were 6 and the previous census 7. So why are we not there? Kat. who obviously doesn't existx

Tammy

Tammy Report 29 Jun 2006 09:22

My maiden name was 300 - ranked 16378 and my married name was 866 - ranked 7409 does that make sense??? as there are less of my maiden name but it is ranked higher?? Tammy :~)

Roger in Sussex

Roger in Sussex Report 29 Jun 2006 09:06

Best I can do so far: Commonest, rank 80 Rarest, rank =53501 Ah well, never was one for extremes!

Angela

Angela Report 29 Jun 2006 08:22

Definitely new husband needed : Married name - ranking 55 Maiden name - ranking 577 Mother's maiden name - ranking 4178 Least common name in tree - ranking 17481 The family is certainly going down the tubes!

Raven

Raven Report 29 Jun 2006 08:07

Birth Surname Surname Count Ranking MATCHETT 680 =8946 Married Surname Surname Count Ranking MCFARLAND 1189 =5756 Most unusual surname on my tree there were no records for Sakautski Raven.

Mandy

Mandy Report 29 Jun 2006 08:00

married name - CANAVAN ranking 3875

Sprack

Sprack Report 29 Jun 2006 07:08

birth name SPRACK COUNT 65 RANKING 43293 married name TAYLOR COUNT 306296 RANKING 4

Caz

Caz Report 29 Jun 2006 05:44

Birth name ; WOODMAN count 4702 Ranking1701 Married name : none - not surprising as husband is not English. However, even in country of origin (France) I know everyone who has his name personally - they're all his family.

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥

♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ Report 29 Jun 2006 03:49

I put in a name on my family tree and it came up with zero results. The name was ERLY, so if it is uncommon why can't I find them. Betty

Stevendeg

Stevendeg Report 29 Jun 2006 02:58

de Grussa: Count 22 = Ranking 85116 degrussa: Count 16 = Ranking 104899

Alan

Alan Report 28 Jun 2006 23:36

Surname Count Ranking TENNUCHI 11 134717

Sarah

Sarah Report 28 Jun 2006 23:22

a bit confused - did you all do the x 0.93 thing? Mine was (without the x0.93) Birth name count 113489 rank 37 married name (the real one) no matches found (it's double-barrelled) married name ( that I use) count 220 rank =20041 Sarah :-) I thought my birth name would rank higher than that - there are pages & pages of in in all the phone books!!

Unknown

Unknown Report 28 Jun 2006 23:22

Singh ranks 78th with 69574 Patel ranks 24th with 137088 Number 1 is Smith with 652563

Susan

Susan Report 28 Jun 2006 23:22

birth name count 33282 ranking 192 2 hardest names to trace in my tree: count 162920 ranking 13 count 87805 ranking 56 no wonder they are so hard to find