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Started by Greenthorn, September 12, 2008, 07:26:20 AM

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Greenthorn

So I got this on my Google reader the other day and found it interesting.  You put in your last name and it tells you how popular it is around the world.

World Names Profiler

If you post your results here, please be sure to not post your last name!

Here's mine: (copy pasted the little box on the right and from the bottom of the page)

Top Countries 

UNITED KINGDOM 3.53
UNITED STATES 2.44
NEW ZEALAND 2.15
CANADA 0.46
DENMARK 0.33

Top Regions 

WEST VIRGINIA , UNITED STATES 22.81
NEBRASKA , UNITED STATES 20.23
SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM 7.79
OHIO , UNITED STATES 7.5
AUCKLAND REGION , NEW ZEALAND 7









 

Sherona

POLAND 174.41
CANADA 6.65
UNITED STATES 3.4
GERMANY 2.31
NEW ZEALAND 2.15


that is for my Married last name...my husband has strong polish and spanish roots, his last name happens to be firmly polish heehee.

Funnily enough my Germanic maiden name came up wtih this


We could not found an exact match for "-name removed-". Please search again.

Greenthorn

Oh...just as a note, my name was changed when the great grandparents came over on the boat!  Not sure -why- they chose the name, but they were German.
 

Sherona

depending on when they came over. In the 30's and 40's many german immigrants and families with strong german last names changed their names in America so that they did not get a lot of the looks...this is the time when tehy started calling Sourkraut Freedom Cabbage and the like to get it un-germanized...

/end history lesson hehe

Greenthorn

Well their last name was Von Voightsenberger..so uhh yeah...sounds about right! *laughs*

/end student mode ;)
 

Sherona

LOL I might have changed my name anyways..can you imagine having to sign that sucker...I thought a 14 letter l ast name was bad...

Revolverman

I cant get the stupid flash thing to work

Lilias

It couldn't match my maiden name, which is still my legal name, because, like all Greek names, it has different masculine and feminine forms. The masculine goes:

Top Countries
UNITED STATES   0.1
UNITED KINGDOM   0.09
GERMANY   0.07
   
Top Regions
NEW YORK , UNITED STATES   1.34
NIEDERSACHSEN , GERMANY   0.35
SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM   0.29
CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES   0.17
NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN , GERMANY   0.16

My typically Anglo-Saxon married name, on the other hand...

Top Countries
UNITED KINGDOM   562.02
AUSTRALIA   555.43
NEW ZEALAND   376.6
UNITED STATES   309.42
CANADA   308.99
IRELAND   97.03
NETHERLANDS   24.51
LUXEMBOURG   8.5
SWEDEN   7.58
DENMARK   6.5

Top Regions
EAST ANGLIA , UNITED KINGDOM   1063.96
BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA   802.15
EAST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM   684.96
SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM   664.32
WYOMING , UNITED STATES   627.37
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Countries
AUSTRALIA 514.14
UNITED KINGDOM 258.43
NEW ZEALAND 209.22
CANADA 64.41
LUXEMBOURG 34.01

Regions
QUEENSLAND , AUSTRALIA 754.73
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY , AUSTRALIA 527.67
VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA 519.28
NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA 486.19
WESTERN AUSTRALIA , AUSTRALIA 473.95

I'm surprised United Kingdom isn't first, or even on the highest regions.. It's a mega-irish name.

Silver

countries
AUSTRALIA   12254.2
UNITED KINGDOM   12176.54
NEW ZEALAND   10161.73
UNITED STATES   9000.49
IRELAND   4559.88

regions
NORTH EAST , IRELAND   19373.56
NORTHERN IRELAND , IRELAND   19373.56
WEST COAST REGION , NEW ZEALAND   13559.85
CANTERBURY REGION , NEW ZEALAND   11936.04
TARANAKI REGION , NEW ZEALAND   11399.52


I would have thought the states.. silly me..
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Vekseid

UNITED STATES   0.34
ARGENTINA   0.24
SPAIN   0.1

It's safe to say that I am at least peripherally aware of everyone who shares my last name within the United States >_>

Xanaphia

Top Countries
Country   FPM
NETHERLANDS   12.41
UNITED STATES   0.18
UNITED KINGDOM   0.02

NOORD-HOLLAND , NETHERLANDS   42.69
FLEVOLAND , NETHERLANDS              29.93
UTRECHT , NETHERLANDS               13.33
GELDERLAND , NETHERLANDS      10.69
NOORD-BRABANT , NETHERLANDS   8.07
ZUID-HOLLAND , NETHERLANDS     5.3
FRIESLAND , NETHERLANDS               5.04
OVERIJSSEL , NETHERLANDS      3.02
MARYLAND , UNITED STATES     2.78
ARIZONA , UNITED STATES             1.82

Not surprising...

Greenthorn

Quote from: Vekseid on September 12, 2008, 01:05:37 PM
UNITED STATES   0.34
ARGENTINA   0.24
SPAIN   0.1

It's safe to say that I am at least peripherally aware of everyone who shares my last name within the United States >_>

Well supposedly anyone with my last name is related to me somehow..but err umm...there's a chick in Canada with my same exact first and last name...different age...and same exact spelling of the first name...eerie!!!! (and far as I know we are not related)
 

Ket

The name I still keep from my ex...

UNITED STATES   29.03
NEW ZEALAND   1.07
CANADA   0.46
GERMANY   0.11
ITALY   0.06

KENTUCKY , UNITED STATES   118.84
PENNSYLVANIA , UNITED STATES   115.79
WEST VIRGINIA , UNITED STATES   84.74
WYOMING , UNITED STATES   79.18
INDIANA , UNITED STATES   68.71

Family Name

SWEDEN   17.7
DENMARK   1.95
CANADA   1.83
NORWAY   1.13
UNITED STATES   0.79

ALVSBORGS LAN , SWEDEN   74.63
OREBRO LAN , SWEDEN   38.87
STOCKHOLMS LAN , SWEDEN   38.86
JONKOPINGS LAN , SWEDEN   31.67
SKARABORGS LAN , SWEDEN   31.35

Evidently it's just as rare in Norway as my first name is!

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WyldRanger

UNITED STATES   7.3
CANADA   6.65
UNITED KINGDOM   0.74
FRANCE   0.39
INDIA   0.27



MICHIGAN , UNITED STATES   41.56
KANSAS , UNITED STATES   20.72
IDAHO , UNITED STATES   15.92
NOVA SCOTIA , CANADA   14.97
SASKATCHEWAN , CANADA   13.12