The name game

[shadowkat]

So, I went to the internet site to see how many people in the US, this is just the US by the way, who have my given name (not the lj one):

HowManyOfMe.com

There are people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

My first name: 586,381 people - the 87th most popular first name

My last name: 69,597- the 493rd most popular last name (again in the US, if we were doing this in Wales - different story. My last name in Wales is what Smith is in the US. Made life easy when I was traveling around Wales collecting folktales in the 1980s, that and the fact that I was American and not English. The Welsh back then did not like the English. This may have changed, can't tell. Although watching Torchwood makes me think not so much.)

There are 133 people in the US with my first and last name. I actually think there are more, but again they are just counting the census and the ones in the US. I found someone who is a folklore specialist, with a PHd in Mythology and Folklore, living in Wales, with the same name as mine. Was a weird experience.

As an aside, would love to know how many people in the world have my name.

Comments

[darbyunlimited.livejournal.com]

It said there were two of me, but I actually know of at least three of us.

I'm pretty sure there are more than 165 folks with my last name as well...

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I think it only counts the people on the internet or in its records and specific to the US. Because I know for a fact there are at least 600 people with my name.