How special is your surname?

[Bonnie]

Results from the 1990 US census.
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last
The last column is your rank and the second is the approximate percentage of the population who share your surname.
Can't figure out the third column.
Enjoy finding the embarassing ones.
(Go to Edit: Find and search that way, going through it one by one will be the biggest waste of your time.)
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[JackDaniels]

0.001% - 10500 something overall.

[tenacious e]

Percentage 0.002
Rank 5821

[Kegrad]

I'm 1147th! how impressive!

The third column is the cumulative frequency, according to this page, where you can also see the most popular first names:
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/

[iohannes]

The third column is culmantive (sp?) percentage of the population.

My surname was higher than I thought.
JOHN 0.010 45.311 1172

That's reseanably high for a name that causes people to go "no, I need your surname"

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[tinker]

well mine isn't there ... does that make me special hehe?!

[Midget]

WANKER 0.000 86.475 53492


Imagine how much you'd get bullied at school.

[Midget]

TAKESHITA 0.000 87.365 59819

ditto.

[Bonnie]

I guess if your name isn't there, then noone who filled in the census said they shared your name. Not necessarily does no one have it, but rather maybe people couldn't be arsed to be in the census. Sometimes people know they have not been counted but aren't bothered that it screws up something required by our constitution.

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[someone]

Yes, very strange. Byrne was right up top--- dad's family, scots-irish, no surprise--- but then mom's maiden surname was nowhere to be found. How odd.

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[Amaunet]

: 0.039 28.431 272

So not that special then. Well it is a Scottish/Irish surname, so I guess I was expecting it to be high.

[Sarahbails]

My surname's number 338. I feel so common.

My boyfriend's is 876- I was surprised since I always thought it was an odd one.

[amac]

0.015% - No. 821

[Steveo]

Not one.

I didn't expect anyone to have an old norse surname in the US.

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[Chain Mailer]

Cameron - Rank 561! We rule!



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[amac]

TAKESHITA 0.000 87.365 59819
GAYLORD 0.003 61.532 4337
ACOCK 0.000 90.478 88750
LIVSHITS 0.000 85.345 46553

oh yes, i'm bored.

[quarterstaff]

i am ranked 332, am i winning so far?

[RichZ]

mine isn't there!

But surely ur name is more special if less people have it, cos more people means more common, & less special?

[Rachy]

My surname is listed 80, can't believe how common i really am, can anyone beat me?

[Fionnlagh]

Ranked 51, and they still can't pronounce it!