How common are you?

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[ancient_mariner]

Apparently there's 31examples in England.

 

[Suvv]

Not very common then, all in England
I know 14 of them and another one is due in February

 

[Cagey75]

 

[Box Brownie]

Interesting resource....

This is for my surname


Of which there are 13 in England 12 in London and one in Sussex......but I live in Surrey

The prevalence and density was a surprise.

Of note, my father changed his name after WW2 to the derivative my family members use now, as above.

This is the original name figures


And only one in England also a member of the family.

The prevalence & density does not surprise me as we know of some distant cousins in the States

 

[wibbly]

Random!

 

[Garry Edwards]

I'm dead common, but everyone who knows me knows that

"This name is so common that more than two hundred and fifty London traders bear it. In the Registrar-General's List it occupies the twentieth place for frequency, there being for every four Smiths or Joneses about one Edwards, or 25 per cent. Many families of Edwards and Edwardes are of Welsh patrician origin. For example, Edwards of Nanhoron descends from one of the royal tribes of Wales through Sir Griffith Lloyd and Sir Howell y Fwyallt; Edwards of Ness Strange descends from Einion Effel, lord of Cynllaeth, co. Montgomery, 1182; Edwards of Old-Court, co. Wicklow, claims from Roderick the Great, king of all Wales in 843, through his younger son, Tudwall Gloff or "the lame," whose descendants settled in Ireland in the XVII. century. It may seem remarkable that such a thoroughly Saxon name should occur so frequently in Welsh families of ancient blood, but it must be remembered that settled surnames do not appear among the Welsh till within the last two or three centuries, long after the prejudices against our early Edwards had passed away. See Edwardes."

 

[LeeRatters]

20,616th
Most Common
surname in the World


Approximately 26,521 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Gibraltar

 

[lugworm]

 

[andya700]

47,633 mostly in England.

 

[JohnC6]

Lol..When I read the title..'How common are you" I thought you meant the other meaning of 'common' and do we behave or have the attributes of someone we would consider to be 'common'. Then I saw it was about genealogy. "Is your family name common," might have been better

Just shows how we see things differently.

 

[Steep]

Lol..When I read the title..'How common are you" I thought you meant the other meaning of 'common' and do we behave or have the attributes of someone we would consider to be 'common'. Then I saw it was about genealogy. "Is your family name common," might have been better

Just shows how we see things differently.

We don't, it's called clickbait

 

[mj4456]

My wife reckons it’s b*****ks, but also says “thank [PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BYPASS THE SWEAR FILTER] there’s only one like Me!”

 

[JohnC6]

We don't, it's called clickbait

Yes, I'm well aware of clickbait but, in this instance, I'm not so sure tbh. Probably the shortest heading to have. Maybe Alan would answer that ?

 

[mj4456]

My wife reckons it’s b*****ks, but also says “thank [PLEASE DON'T TRY TO BYPASS THE SWEAR FILTER] there’s only one like Me!”

BTW, I was not trying to bypass the swear filter, I was quoting my wife who has her own version at times, but if at times I offend someone they can block me to prevent a repeat, without the nanny state.

 

[saltireblue]

My birth surname:



My adopted surname:

 

[onomatopoeia]

My surname which is about 55000th on the list originally comes from Norman French is apparently most common in Algeria and Morrocco.

 

[welshwizard645]

208th most common. Highest density is in Wales - no prize for guessing.

My other half's surname is of German origin, there are 5 in the UK and I know all of them...

 

[FarrahBull]

9867th in the World.

It’s a Scottish surname, but most prevalent in Sierra Leone

 

[gogleddwr]

208th most common. Highest density is in Wales - no prize for guessing.

My other half's surname is of German origin, there are 5 in the UK and I know all of them...

Well fancy that!!! Somebody from Wales who shares my surname!!! My wife's surname didn't change and that caused all sorts of problems to start with!

Howard

 

[saltireblue]

My wife and I are two of only 16 people in Norway who have my surname, and it is of Norwegian/Germanic origins. I took her surname when I moved to Norway in 1988.

 

[Jelster]

Well that was a surprise.... Highest density is some little iland in the South Pacific...