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Friday, December 09, 2005

How popular is your last name?

Kim posted this website a while ago. It's fun to see how popular your last name is in the United States. Click on: The Sweetest Sound and type in your last name. My maiden name was in the 4000 range, which actually surprised me. I didn't expect it to be that common. My married name came is in the 700 range. So if it's so popular, why do people always want to misspell it? =)
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5 comments:

  1. tkrimms12/09/2005 10:32 PM

    Maiden: 3126
    Current: 52706

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  2. Corene12/09/2005 10:57 PM

    Maiden: 4911
    Married: 161

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  3. Sarah Joy12/10/2005 12:05 AM

    Maiden: not there. (not surprized a bit. I think there are less than 100 of us in America.

    Married: 753

    this is fun!

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  4. Anonymous12/10/2005 10:46 AM

    Well..you know my maiden name: 721
    Married: 1493.

    It is actually more popular than Beckman...that surprised me.

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  5. Sandi12/14/2005 12:49 PM

    Married: MacDougall, as a surname, does not exist in this database, because it is not among the top 55,000 most common names in the US.

    Maden: 4835

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