Whats in a name? How common are you??? - Page 2

Glenhuon (Bill) · #21 23-10-2007, 07:00 PM

Did come close one day in Cue, WA. Was drinking at the bar and got into conversation with another Scot. Introduced myself, Bill Coventry. He cracked up laughing, his name is Phil Birmingham.

seeker372011 (Narayan) · #22 23-10-2007, 07:09 PM

Only 4 people in Australia with my last name..all in my family

narayan

Karls48 (Karl) · #23 23-10-2007, 08:25 PM

17 people with Sramek surname. 3 are family members.

GeoffW1 (Geoff) · #24 23-10-2007, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by h0ughy

LOL sorry I am having one of those days, mind you I dont see My name there

How the heck could you, with an 0 in it?

I'm one of the 31099 Whites. The origin of the name is in Olde England, and comes from a time then when people did not have legal family names as we do, but were known by their given name and either locality, eg "Geoffrey of Wight", or by their occupation, eg "Geoffrey the White Limer" or their appearance "Geoffrey the White (fair and extremely handsome complexion)"

Myself, I am descended directly from the Whyte Harts, a family known for their bravery, morality, loyalty, and purity. The ancestral seat is the White Hart Inn, Lydgate, Manchester, UK. I returned there in triumph in 2005, but they had forgotten us altogether, the peasants, serfs, draggy-drawers.

Cheers

leon · #25 23-10-2007, 09:26 PM

We are the only family in Australia with our Surname, our family came to Australia in 1953, from Holland. there are 19 of us in Australia and all belong to the same family

leon

xelasnave · #26 23-10-2007, 09:26 PM

In Wales
Evans = Smith for common
alex

h0ughy (David) · #27 23-10-2007, 10:22 PM

LOL what a mixed bunch we are

joe_smith · #28 24-10-2007, 03:43 AM

I guess I'm on top GO SMITHS

acropolite (Phil) · #29 24-10-2007, 06:57 AM

DAVIS 24745.....Just missed the top 20....

GrahamL · #30 24-10-2007, 07:42 AM

I know little of my fathers side of the family.. save the original name was layfiet its owner was transported here as a convict upon release he became quite succesfull and changed his name to break from his convict roots.. he lived up around the sunshine coast /hinterland region his son played a part in the nameing of the bruce hwy
http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps...et-689707&no=1
and has a bridge named after him up there somewhere

my wifes family name is evans alex ..there branch grew around the tablelands down to boonah area.

Mark · #31 24-10-2007, 08:40 AM

862 Bayley's.

There's a few of us, but not enough to be common folk. lol
I know only my immediate family, but I had 6 uncles once upon a time - their offspring would no doubt take up some of those 862.

Thanks for link ving.

Mark

Omaroo (Chris Malikoff) · #32 24-10-2007, 08:44 AM

There are 8 of us...... all immediate family. Better start breeding.

Roger Davis · #33 24-10-2007, 09:04 AM

24,745 Davis'
I know of Rodger Davis the golfer, Roger Davis the real estate agent, Roger Davis the cricketer, Roger Davis the actor (Alias Smith and Jones) and there is actually a Professor of Astronomy in the USA named Roger Davis. He and I MUST be related!

erick (Eric) · #34 24-10-2007, 09:26 AM

Anyone else understand this data?

The total people with the 20 most common surnames is 766,845, only some 3.8% of our 20 million population?? That cannot be right.

My surname is relatively common, but the result is only 1,798 people?

Outbackmanyep · #35 24-10-2007, 09:38 AM

I had one hit on the surname "WANK"

I bet its a politician!

BTW....2477 WYATT's!

Better list me under "Endangered Species" list!!!!!

Outbackmanyep · #36 24-10-2007, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roger Davis

24,745 Davis'
I know of Rodger Davis the golfer, Roger Davis the real estate agent, Roger Davis the cricketer, Roger Davis the actor (Alias Smith and Jones) and there is actually a Professor of Astronomy in the USA named Roger Davis. He and I MUST be related!

Isnt there a clothing store called "Roger Davis" ??

citivolus (Ric) · #37 24-10-2007, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by erick

Anyone else understand this data?

The total people with the 20 most common surnames is 766,845, only some 3.8% of our 20 million population?? That cannot be right.

My surname is relatively common, but the result is only 1,798 people?

I'm guessing this data is only a sampling. The Brisbane phone book alone lists as many Fehrs than that site has.

Eric (Fehr)

citivolus (Ric) · #38 24-10-2007, 11:04 AM

OK, IP Australia has this to say about that search:

"This is a search of surnames supplied by the Australian Electoral Office. It gives an indication of whether a trade mark is a common surname (and so not capable of distinguishing under the Trade Marks Act 1995). Note: common = 500 or more occurrences."

I'm guessing that means it is a list of registered voters. You're all registered to vote, right? :p

edit: There are actually 21 white pages listings for my surname in Australia. This search returns 29, so it is fairly safe to say it is a list of registered voters.

ving (David) · #39 24-10-2007, 11:41 AM

it just occured to me that all 3 of the vings that showed up are me!!!

citivolus (Ric) · #40 24-10-2007, 11:50 AM

OK, after a bit of searching, I noticed that the database is wildcard searchable.

There are a total of 12 546 638 people indexed.

Eric