How common is your last name?

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TheVrolok

Lifer
Dec 11, 2000
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Nesfeder, as a surname, does not exist in this database, because it is not among the top 55,000 most common names in the US. Name was changed when my grandfather came to this country, yadda yadda, every person with the last name is related to me, yadda yadda, there's only like 100 of us in the world.
 

sivart

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Oct 20, 2000
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not in the top 55,000. Now in the czech republic, it might be different.

Although I live in the same city as someone that has the same first and last name...how's that for odds :)
 

Queasy

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Aug 24, 2001
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9481 - wow, I would have thought that "Grill" would have been pretty uncommon. There must be an enclave of them somewhere as I usually only see one or two in the phonebook in the cities I've lived in.
 

Quasmo

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Jul 7, 2004
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I guessed these...
1. Smith
2. Johnson
3. Williams
4. Jones
5. Brown
6. Davis
7. Miller
8. Wilson
9. Anderson
10. Jackson
11. Thomas
12. Taylor
13. Moore
14.
15. White
 

Pantoot

Golden Member
Jun 6, 2002
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Originally posted by: Quasmo
14.
15. White


Rodriguez is surname number 14 in the USA.
I wonder how old the list is. Mine is in the 80's, and probably losing positon fast.
 

Baked

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Dec 28, 2004
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Originally posted by: RallyMaster
Zhang is 2179. Same one in China would be around top 3.

The thing w/ Chinese names outside of China is the variations in spelling. So while your name might be the most common in China, it ranks low else where 'cause everybody has a different way of spelling it. Yeah, it's retarded.