|
Pages: [1] 2 3 4
|
 |
|
Author
|
Topic: Link: Surname Occurences - Check Yours (Read 13499 times)
|
Ticker
RootsChat Honorary
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 4471
Genealogists live in the past lane.
|
This link is an extract of an Office of National Statistics database, and contains a list of surnames in use in England, Wales and the Isle of Man in September 2002.
The list contains almost 270,000 surnames, shared by 54.4 million people.
See ONS Names
Why not post on here how many there are for your particular surname interests.
TYMON scored 395 occurrences and was ranked joint 13522nd!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
casalguidi
Global Moderator
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 11917
|
7 .......... and I know all them! There should really be 8.
It would be interesting to know who the missing one is 
Casalguidi
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Keith Sherwood
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 3512
One's native place is the shell of one's soul...
|
Lovely piece of number crunching...
Only 298 GURNER's for a 16462= placing
Keith
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
MINOR
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 361
|
My name Clavering:
Count 179, Ranking 22902.
No wonder I'm finding it hard to make contacts!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Clavering, Hudson, Baister, Bloomfield, Duff, Donaldson, Oxendale, Dodds, Lazenby, Dodsworth, Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
|
|
Biker
RootsChat Honorary
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 4625
|
Webb count 68852 Duh!
Freiensener count 0 erm, that's interesting 
Friensener count 8 - and they're all mine 
Erickson count 395 (snap Ticker we obviously tie for this ranking  )
Fun that, and interesting.
Jonathan
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
SueTeakle
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1553
|
For Teakle just 195 and =21637............... 
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
mimosa
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 523
|
Checked through 3 of my main name
Smith 652563 ranked 1
Brown 291872 ranked 5
Wood 135251 ranked 26
What chance do I stand
Mimosa
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
Ticker
RootsChat Honorary
RootsChat Marquessate
Posts: 4471
Genealogists live in the past lane.
|
Oh dear Mimosa!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
goggy
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1456
|
Being mathematically dyslexic I give results as copied!
My surname 20259count,rank361.
Maternal 1172 " , "=584
The particular name I WANT,
count, 302, rank, 16292.
Sometimes I despair,oh,woe is me!!
Goggy
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
ozwendy
RootsChat Member
Posts: 215
|
My maiden name Faricy count: 31 rank: 68493!!! easy to research!
But all the names that come after that Wood, Jones, Smith, Price, Taylor, Evans, I don't think I'll bother to look them up, if there not in the top 10 it will be the top 20 
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Faricy - Lancs.
Faricy, Gardner, Jones, Aldred, Battersby, Calland, Webb, Jones,Evans - Hindley, Lancs
Coleman, Price, Taylor, Ryan, Joyce, Barrett, Astin - Oldham/Failsworth, Lancs
Gardner, Evans, Jones, Williams,Sambrook, Davies,Wardman,Ellis - Montgomeryshire/Worthern,Salop
Price, Thomas, Jones - Chester/Flint
Jones,Webb,Griffiths,Bagshaw,Bowen,Richards, - Dawley/Wellington,Salop
Faricy - Waterford/Cork - Ireland
Faricy, Robles - Austalia
|
|
|
Ann12
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 556
Mum - third on the left
|
Hi,
I found:
18474 Herbert's ranked 396
11100 Wainwright's ranked 675
498 Kentish ranked 11401
and last but not least
12 Josolyne's ranked 127230
Ann 
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uknames: Josolyne - Essex & Herts, Wainwright - Hamps & London, Kentish - Rotherhithe, London & Kent, Herbert - Seaford, Sussex - London & Glous. |
|
|
Kylee
RootsChat Extra
Posts: 39
|
Hmm must admit Im surprised to see my last name of
Furtak in there! 6 people with my name - ranked 203151 !
Dowleans had no matches (Im not surprised whatsoever!)
Trandafil had no matches either!
The rest of my surnames in my tree - Lovett, Lindsay, Marchant, Myers, Harden, Smith etc are all relatively common!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
FURTAK, LINDSAY, BROCK, SMITH, LOVETT, HARDEN, MYERS, MAYERS, MERCHANT, MARCHANT, DOWLEANS, ATKINSON, HAIRE, RUDLAND, TRANDAFIL, PIEJKO
|
|
|
XPhile2868
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 1011
|
Some of the family's rarer names -
Scowcroft - 561 (Ranked 10, 374)
Bracewell - 1077 (Ranked 6258)
And some of the medium ones -
Maynard - 8948 (Ranking 861)
Harling - 1677 ( Ranking 4295)
Ricketts - 6398 (Ranking 1235)
The most common ones were my mum's maiden name and my own name -
McKenna - 12891 (Ranking 570)
Smith - 652563 (Ranking 1)
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Smith (Lancashire), McKenna (Ireland/Liverpool/Leyland), Maynard (Hertfordshire/London/Preston), Ricketts (Gloucestershire/Wigan/Preston), Scowcroft (Preston), Harling (N. Yorkshire/Lancashire), Willis (Preston), Clegg (Manchester/Preston), Dodd (Wigan/Cheshire), Alston (Lancashire), Hulks (Hertfordshire), Nicholson (Lancashire), Russell (Lancashire), Wilson (Kendal) Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
|
|
|
Pages: [1] 2 3 4
|
|
|
|
|
