Foo - This is cool.

Where does yours rank?
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2001/thesweetestsound/popularityindex.html

What, are you trying to steal our identities here? If we tell you our ranking, you might be able to figure out our surnames...

Step 1. Find out surname
Step 2. ?
Step 3. Profit

Mine was 19866, so what is my surname and can I have 5% of your profits if you make money off my surname?:D

Consarnit. How is it I never see the money-making opportunities in these types of things??

Wow, 31

Alright, I give up...134

lol

248...I'm a nobody, eh?

196

49,686 out of 55,000. My uncle's last name wasn't even listed in the top 55,000

I didn't make the list, but it's probably cos I'm British :D

2409. There's hispanic surnames that rank higher than mine.

true enough plugging in smith turns up "1"
Johnson---> 2
Doe ---> 9996

*Not that i'm a smith, johnson or doe hahha

3318. Not shabby. Guess I have a few more Christmas cards to send this year....

477

234 here

12001 for me

- darn! the last three names i've used while in the Witness Protection Program aren't even in the on-line database!

- oh wait...

310

Heh. That site is. . . flippin' SWEET! :D

My surname is 9022. I could tell you what it is, but then I'd have to kill you. :(

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I'm in the top 7500...not bad for having a Polish last name eh? :D

If I use my current surname (step dad adopted me at age 9): 8127

If I use my original surname (mom's maiden name):
<name>, as a surname, does not exist in this database, because it is not among the top 55,000 most common names in the US.

585

I thought my mother's maiden name wouldn't make it, but sure enough it's number 53525.

My surname comes in at 3413.

41895

But "Burns" is 127! :D

I wanted to find the most common. Okay, Smith is 1, Johnson is 2, Brown is 5. I wonder what 3 and 4 are.

I wanted to find the most common. Okay, Smith is 1, Johnson is 2, Brown is 5. I wonder what 3 and 4 are.
LOL...I was trying to find the most common and those were the exact 3 that I found too.

Ah, Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=most+common+surnames+america&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)...

Ah, Google (http://www.google.com/search?q=most+common+surnames+america&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)...
Good example of just how much you can trust the accuracy.

First website rated my name at 81xx. That website, rated me at 69xx. Over 1000 rank points different.

Off the charts, name does not exist in the database. Hah!

1500

(Nguyen is 124)

Lowe is 274. ;)


Otherwise, I'm about 18,000+ down the list. Sweet sweet uniqueness!

1045

Has anyone beat 31 yet? :)

I wanted to find the most common. Okay, Smith is 1, Johnson is 2, Brown is 5. I wonder what 3 and 4 are.

Williams and Jones were my guesses right after Smith. They popped up as 3 and 4

Has anyone beat 31 yet? :)

Hmmm, us cyclists must have weird names...

Has anyone beat 31 yet? :)
What do you mean by "beat"?

Lower number means more common name....so I figure higher numbers are better.

smith is surname number 1 in the USA.

My surname is in the 8,000's, it is all lies. Only people that know us or someone with the same last name gets it right. No way could my surname be in the top quarter. Before caller ID, we could sniff out telemarketers with how they said our last name. Everytime I meet someone new it take three months to get them to say the name right. No way could my surname be in the top quarter.

let me break out my violin and play a sad song for ya, Spidey.

No ranking, i am the one and only "Mr. Gear Jammer".