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[pinefamily]

Just a thought.. does anyone know what the rarest name in GB is?

I'm more intrigued to complete the list of the top 20

So far I've got:

1.   Smith 652,563
2.   Jones 538,874
3.   Williams 380,379
4.   Taylor 306,296
5.   Brown 291,872
6.   Davies 279,647
7.   Evans 222,580
8.   Thomas 202,773
9.   Wilson 201,224
10. Johnson 193,260
11. Roberts 187,871
12. Robinson 165,193
13. Thompson 162,920
14. Wright 161,391
15. Walker 155,734
16. White 154,147
17. ?
18. ?
19. Green 145,856
20. Hall 145,231

But what are 17 and 18??

Would it be something like Johnston?

And how changed is it with names like Patel , Coetzee and Khan , Singh etc

Here in Australia, you would have to factor in names such as Tran, or Nguyen as well.

[LizzieL]

All four of my grandparents have counts of under 1000, one of them (my own birth surname) is under 250.
On one hand this should make it easier researching relatively rare surnames. But because they are not common there is probably a much higher chance of lots of spelling variations on records and in mistranscriptions from those records.

I can understand on old records a lot of variations because literacy levels weren't high and spelling was more flexible.
But even in the 1960s / 1970s it was surprising the number of different ways our local newsagent could spell our six letter / two syllable surname when marking up the papers for delivery.

 

[KGarrad]

My surname, Garrad, count = 870, ranking = 7383
Maternal line, Sims, count = 16203, ranking = 446

Other surnames of Great Grandparents:
Vanstone, count = 1505, ranking = 4740
(Vanston, count = 97, ranking = 33765)
Crocker, count = 5578, ranking = 1417
Bridger, count = 3596, ranking = 2223
Baldwin, count = 23364, ranking = 301
Goold = 783, ranking = 8063


A nice set of reasonably uncommon, and uncomplicated names!

Just a thought.. does anyone know what the rarest name in GB is?

I'm more intrigued to complete the list of the top 20

So far I've got:

1.   Smith 652,563
2.   Jones 538,874
3.   Williams 380,379
4.   Taylor 306,296
5.   Brown 291,872
6.   Davies 279,647
7.   Evans 222,580
8.   Thomas 202,773
9.   Wilson 201,224
10. Johnson 193,260
11. Roberts 187,871
12. Robinson 165,193
13. Thompson 162,920
14. Wright 161,391
15. Walker 155,734
16. White 154,147
17. ?
18. ?
19. Green 145,856
20. Hall 145,231

But what are 17 and 18??

17 Edwards
18 Hughes

Select "Additional Query Options"
Then change the values to show the 25 most common  names on the database.

P.S. Patel is 24th!

[Clarkey500]

Going through the tree and the rarest I can find is Gauler, with only 25 and ranked =78,618^th . From all the research I've done they are all related! 

Cosburn: 51, ranked 50162
Shadrake came in with 83, ranked 37228

Although 'Nancekieville' seems to have gone extinct! 

Clarke coming in with 139654 people and ranking 23^rd

I will have another look when I get more time and add if I find something new.

[KGarrad]

I have Badré in my tree?

A count of 7, and a ranking of 182958!

[youngtug]

From Wilson  201224  ranked =9

to Souls   5  ranked  =230412

 If only my great grandfather had kept the "s" on the end of his surname,
instead we have Soul  315   ranked =15805

[Berlin-Bob]

Just to compare .....

Surname   Count   Ranking
 SMITH    652563    1
 JONES    538874    2
 WILLIAMS    380379    3
 TAYLOR    306296    4
 BROWN    291872    5
 DAVIES    279647    6
 EVANS    222580    7
 THOMAS    202773    8
 WILSON    201224    9
 JOHNSON    193260    10
from http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search_2.php

and
Surname      Count   Ranking
 SMITH      1091      1
 JONES      738      2
 TAYLOR      588      3
 BROWN      575      4
 WILLIAMS      520      5
 WILSON      464      6
 DAVIES      362      7
 WALKER      361      8
 ROBINSON   358      9
 HALL      354      10
from http://surname.rootschat.com/

regards,
Bob

[suek2075]

Keddie - count 572 ranked 10212

[BevStimpson]

Is there a similar search for Scottish names?

I have just searched all the direct line names in my tree with interesting results...

HOGDANE   0   0
HEUGHAN    25   78618
BROTHERDALE     36    62359
McTURK   186   22345
BRIDGWOOD     523    10992
SCRUTON    693    8816
DRAIN    841   7574
NEEDS    1137   5982
BROOMHEAD     1751    4142
McLELLAN   2676   2873
RATHBONE   3178    2451
KIRKPATRICK    3358    2351
DIAMOND   3912   2038
MCCONNELL   5392   1477
BROADHURST   5409    1472
WEIR   7959   990
CRESSWELL     8128   971
STAFFORD    11216    672
HULL   11365    661
LANCASTER    11766    636
BEARD   12811    577
PUGH    21297    339
MORLEY   21533    334
BARLOW   24316    283
WILLIAMSON   36787   169
PARSONS   38388    159
GRAHAM    56026    103
OWEN    65718   84
SHAW    85648    57
JACKSON   136405     25
CLARKE    139654    23
HALL       145231    20
ROBINSON   165193    12
WILSON    201224    9
TAYLOR    306296    4

Taylor I expected to be there, but I did think a couple of the others might be higher up the levels