How Common Is Your Surname?
 

Surnames Meanings, Origins & Distribution Maps

I spent a couple of hours last night idly checking on how common our family surnames are.
I thought I would put it up here for Accyweb members to have a look at.
It might hold some interest for those who are researching their family tree...or are thinking about doing so.
Hope you enjoy it.

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Apparently,my surname features at #207 and 2.3million other folk also share the name.....common as muck us Jones's ;)

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There are over 7 billion people in the world and with 697 people sharing my surname, that really does make me one in a million.http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/ye...y-emoticon.gif

Edit: miscounted the zeros, it`s one in ten million.

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If I spelled my surname Conwaay instead of Conway, I would be extinct.

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if the USA had put binladin into this site they could have found him in seconds

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I've just searched for my late wife's maiden name and there is nobody shown with that name in Lancashire. I know at least ten people with the same name in Accrington.

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78,789 share mine making it 6,869 most common, nowt new yon then.:D

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The highest concentration of Slaters is in St. Vincent and the Grenadines:eek:

Maybe, next winter, instead of freezing my ass of in Canada, I should go visit my relatives.:D

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Tax havens,eh? Rich family.
I see now how you can run a Cadillac!

A concentration of Booths in the Isle of man. Viking country?
I wondered why I had horns growing out of my head!

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I hope it's your Viking ancestry ... there are other reasons for "wearing the horns":D

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Had to look that up.
It's a wise child who knows its own father.;)

The other meaning is interesting- what a boring life I've led.

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2,110th most common surname in the world...Approximately 258,316 people bear this surname

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I don't know about mine as it is common in Ramsgate where my dad came from.

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Or, as those Roman dudes used to say: Pater semper incertus est." Feel free to correct my Latin.:D

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Me too Gordon.....I have led a sheltered life.