BS: How many of me?

Subject: BS: How many of me?
From: JennieG
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:27 PM

Came across this site and it seems there many of me!

The figures only apply to the US but it's probably representative of the world as a whole.

There are 689 people in America named Jennifer Richards.....and 54 named Jennie Richards....and I always thought I was unique!

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Amos
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:28 PM

Well, you might want to get over identifying yourself with your label. That's how you get to stay unique!


A

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: JennieG
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:30 PM

True, but I have to use something!

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:32 PM

According to that site there is no one in the US of A with my name. Not even me, I guess.

Oh wait, I live in Idaho and I guess that explains a lot.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: GUEST,tolerance
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:32 PM

I'm the only tolerance guest in the U.S.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Amos
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:37 PM

Well, who would name their kid "Rapaire" anyway? Even drunk?


A

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 09:40 PM

Rap, I'm amazed. I had no idea that you and I have the same last name. I do happen to know that my first name is not Michael.

It tells me: "There are 0 people in the US with that name. While both were found in our database, neither was common enough to make it likely that someone in the US has that name."

It goes on to say that my first name is ranked 941st in popular first names, with 36,191. My last name, however, barely registers: 10010th most popular and a total of 3, 257.

I must change my name.

Thanks for the link, Jennie. That was fun.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Bill D
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 10:18 PM

1594 of ME...purty scary. There was one who did similar work who died a few years ago....I got calls asking if I was ok.)

(We gave my son a name that is 'probably' unique...he won't get kicked off of many flights because his name is similar to some terrorist suspect!)

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Sorcha
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 10:59 PM

I had my obituary on the fridge for a while. I told them I was ill!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Mickey191
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 11:24 PM

Rapaire, I evidently don't exist either. Got Zilch!
         My Feelings are HURT!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: RangerSteve
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 11:40 PM

There are 2076 of me. I've only met one of them. My first name is 53rd in popularity, and my last name 18th.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 12 Apr 07 - 11:58 PM

There are 4,950,589 people in the U.S. with the first name John (the number would be much larger if common "equivalents" such as Hans, etc. were included.

There are 702,703 people in the U.S. with my last name. (Statistically the 20th most popular last name.)

There are 11,535 people^** in the U.S. with the same first and last name.

^** They might have omitted the snide estimate of the percentage incarcerated, in restraint, or appearing on wanted posters.

John

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Peace
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 12:01 AM

We'll get you out, John.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 12:02 AM

It says I'm the only person with my name. But if I substitute the original French spelling of my last name for the misspelled German version I'm stuck with, there are three of me.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Peace
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 12:03 AM

Three of you? Why, you must be beside yourself.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 12:07 AM

13 of me...my lucky number!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: JennieG
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 01:50 AM

Unfortunately the site only allows for one first and one last name - I reckon if I could put my middle name in as well I might be more exclusive.

Cheers
JennieG...the G stands for Grace

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: JennyO
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 02:56 AM

Jennie, have you tried putting Mavis Davis in yet?

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: fat B****rd
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 03:17 AM

The world is full of B****rds of all shapes and sizes.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: C-flat
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 03:30 AM

No one in the database with my first name, Merrick, although I know of a couple here in the UK.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: skipy
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 03:31 AM

134 of me,
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: gnomad
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 03:44 AM

100 of me, so they can be 1% each. I resolve not to emigrate to the USA, it would spoil the nice tidy sum.

Now if my Dad had got to choose my first name I could have come; there are only 99 of them, how likely is that?

17th most common first name, 1664th most common surname.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Sooz
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 03:51 AM

No-one in the USA with my surname but my sister in law shares my name in its entirity here in the UK. I can only say that I had it first!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: beardedbruce
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 06:39 AM

"There are
0
people with my name
in the U.S.A."


I guess I shouldn't bother with those tax forms, then...

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Trevor Thomas
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 07:13 AM

Despite having the 10th most 'popular' (or, 'common') surname, there are only 188 people (out of what, 300 million?) who share my name in the USA. There's probably more than that just in Wales.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: jacqui.c
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 07:22 AM

Depends on the spelling. Using my preferred - Jacqui - there are none in the USA. Using my full first name, Jacqueline, there are 58.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: sian, west wales
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 08:13 AM

Hold on: no Sians? Can that be right?

Hey - my cousin's girl (in Canada) is Jennifer Richards. Was in a group nominated for a Juno Award a couple of years back.

sian

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Bee
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 08:17 AM

Only four of me - very surprising, since in Nova Scotia alone there are at least forty or fifty people with the same name. Guess we are more local than I thought.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: frogprince
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 12:51 PM

Hmmm; going with my middle name, which I generally use, there are 18 of me in the country. Going by my first name, I don't exist. Apparently the brother of one other 'catter, who shares my first name, doesn't exist either. I had imagined that we had 8 neices and nephews, but only two of them really exist; but there are 10,619 of those two.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Wesley S
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 01:20 PM

1593 of me. And that's one less than Bill D. Hmmmm.......

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Amos
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 01:25 PM

Only 1 of me, although over 3,000 share my first name. Nice to know there aren't any more of me around! :D


A

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Donuel
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 02:33 PM

I have found photos of people who look like me on the internet.
Virtually twin like.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: GUEST,MarkS
Date: 13 Apr 07 - 02:53 PM

Lots of "Marks", and 66 others with my last name, but three of them are Marks.
Interesting, I entered my wifes first name (it is unusual) and the site said there was nobody in the USA with that name. Guess I will need to tell here she is not really real!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Becca72
Date: 14 Apr 07 - 01:20 PM

There are 110 people with my full name (excluding middle, of course) and my 1st name is the 73rd most popular. Pretty impressive to me since I grew up in the generation that named all their daughters "Jennifer".

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: bubblyrat
Date: 14 Apr 07 - 04:11 PM

John !! I just HAVE to know this---Do you pronounce your last name   
" IN-KAN-SAW " ??

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: folk1e
Date: 14 Apr 07 - 05:34 PM

apparently 0.02% of the women called "dave" are realy called David..... scarey!
To make it worse I am not one of them   

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 02:38 AM

bublyrat -

Depends on where you are at the time.

In the local area, most people call it the ArKANsas River, but a fair percent bow to the customary mispronunciation and accept ARKansaw for the river when they travel elsewhere. 'Course that's sort of an academic thing, since Colorado got all the water and the river ain't really much worth talkin' about now anyhow.

John

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 07:45 AM

only 12 of me in america
that can't be right
I demand a recount
no wonder they can't count votes and Bush keeps getting elected

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 03:10 PM

I'm told that there are five David (my formal first) Oesterreiches in the US, and NO Dave Oesterreiches.

Since more than one of us has found that (s)he doesn't exist according to this site, I don't see what credibility one can assign to any findings it gives.

I wonder what the site's source documentation would be.

Dave Oesterreich, who doesn't exist.

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 15 Apr 07 - 04:08 PM

When I did this on Friday there were 527,781 people in the US with my first name and none with my surname. I've done it again today and there are now 527,813 with my first name and still zero with my surname.
My surname is an old Yorkshire name but surprisingly there are not that many people in Yorkshire with that surname.
I'm common but rare!
Jean

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: GUEST,micca at work
Date: 16 Apr 07 - 03:41 AM

There are 3,664 of me in the US of A and one of them is Catspaws son!!!!, Cousin Spaw in Ohio, from the the Aereated branch of the family!!

Subject: RE: BS: How many of me?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 16 Apr 07 - 05:20 AM

7448 of me....hope there's none are like me!