NationStates Jolt Archive

... at least that's what this World Names Profiler says. Assuming you're US-American, and have the most common US surname. And assuming you're into broad overgeneralizations of epic proportions.


So, seriously, I discovered this amazing website (http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx)* and just had to share. You plug in your last name, and it gives you a nice graphic map of relative geographic distribution of your last name in the world. Plus, for those who like details and numbers, it also gives you a ranked list of the top countries, regions, and cities[b] (with regard to relative occurrence of your last name in the population), and, as a gimmick, a [b]list of top first names to go with your last name. (And, if you hadn't known yet, the broad geo-linguistic group your name falls into).

One would think this yields rather obvious results, but the search for the abovementioned "Smith", the uncontested #1 US-American surname, shows that the US is only 4th in top countries, does not appear in the regions list at all, and has to take third place in the cties list after Danish and French towns... and, as an added bonus: the top city is "Aars" :]


*http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx

My name is South-Western-ish German. Such a surprise! (actually, it sorta is).

Cool site, though.


Edit: Oh, that is interesting, with the more common spelling it's an overwhelmingly Austrian name. Didn't know that, always thought it'd be more Dutch or something.

My name is South-Western-ish German. Such a surprise! (actually, it sorta is).

I knew that my name was also common in Sweden, but that Sweden would make up 100% of my top regions list was somewhat surprising. Also, one of the top cities is pretty close to my home city when I was an exchange student, which is cool.


P.S. You've not voted in the poll?! I made a poll, just for click-happy people like you, and you ignore me?! At least send me chocolate then, even without poll-clicking.

Not that surprised that my name is pretty much limited to Holland, but it is funny to see that it's most prolific in the western provinces.

~edit: In the US my last name is most common in the state of Oregon for some reason...

Apparently my kind are really common in Australia...Tasmania to be exact (who calls their son Kirby???)

along with the UK and then New Zealand which I guess means I'm getting deported

~edit: In the US my last name is most common in the state of Oregon for some reason...

Well, Oregon has been rather flooded with German settlers and consorts way back when, so that makes sense.

Apparently my kind are really common in Australia...Tasmania to be exact (who calls their son Kirby???)

Yay, Tasmania! Home of the Wombat! *has a slight wombat-fetish*

Also, "Kirby".. somehow remidns me of a cheap toy McDonalds gave out when I was in my early teens.. people, help me, what was its name again?

along with the UK and then New Zealand which I guess means I'm getting deported


You've gotta follow the trail that's been laid out before you! (Weren't you just wondering where to move to the other day/thread? Here's your answer!)

Also, thanks for the chocolate, CtP! Is there anything I can do for you?





Yes, chocolate option voters automatically become Premium Members and receive preferential treatment

I've put in the names of the most important world leaders, and this reveals some interesting secrets...


Adam:
ADAM - UNCLASSIFIED - MISC.
HUNGARY 1001.08
BELGIUM 405.12
GERMANY 368.82
FRANCE 365.47
CANADA 329.51
Now we know where the humanity started.

Cock (ruler of all men):
AUSTRALIA 46.6
NORWAY 18.38
UNITED KINGDOM 17.24
BELGIUM 12.32
NETHERLANDS 10.06

Israel:
GERMANY 45.5
UNITED STATES 42.47
AUSTRALIA 30.94
NETHERLANDS 28.47
FRANCE 26.13

Jintao (PRC president):
We could not found an exact match for "JINTAO".
Please search again.


Obama:
JAPAN 32.69
SPAIN 1.05
FRANCE 0.2
UNITED STATES 0.11
UNITED KINGDOM 0.02
Top city.
OKINAWA , JAPAN 192.5
Seems like the Japs have won WWII, after all.

Osama:
SWITZERLAND 0.64
INDIA 0.54
IRELAND 0.34
BELGIUM 0.29
FRANCE 0.15
The blame is misdirected.

Putin:
FRANCE 4.44
ITALY 0.94
SPAIN 0.63
UNITED KINGDOM 0.11
GERMANY 0.11
Talk about "French Surrender"...


Queen:
QUEEN - CELTIC - SCOTTISH (!)
UNITED STATES 69.06
UNITED KINGDOM 35.52
CANADA 10.09
NEW ZEALAND 4.29
IRELAND 2.4
Oh yeah, how English.

Satan:
POLAND 0.5
GERMANY 0.35
DENMARK 0.33
INDIA 0.27

And, just to finish the list...

USA (yes, that's a surname):
JAPAN 9
UNITED STATES 0.99
BELGIUM 0.57
NETHERLANDS 0.21
GERMANY 0.19
Proving the Obama case.

Vault:
UNITED STATES 0.64
FRANCE 0.59
Top Forenames:
H B
THEOPHILE

Yay, Tasmania! Home of the Wombat! *has a slight wombat-fetish*

and it looks like the rain has followed my people there :)

Also, "Kirby".. somehow remidns me of a cheap toy McDonalds gave out when I was in my early teens.. people, help me, what was its name again?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_(Nintendo)

You've gotta follow the trail that's been laid out before you! (Weren't you just wondering where to move to the other day/thread? Here's your answer!)

well it would be nice to you' know move to somewhere that isn't just England upside down :tongue:

Also, thanks for the chocolate, CtP! Is there anything I can do for you?

:eek: your birthday surprise is now ruined!

My surname doesn't exist in their database. Yay.

SNIP

you missed out pot being very well established in the Netherlands :wink:

well it would be nice to you' know move to somewhere that isn't just England upside down :tongue:

Well, given your internet anonymity and moniker, I researched "Power" and found that you might get a certain sense of belonging from moving to Argentina or India ( the more exotic options) or nearly all of Western Europe (if you want to stay closer to your current location).



:eek: your birthday surprise is now ruined!
Well, time to find a new one, then!

you missed out pot being very well established in the Netherlands :wink:

Same goes for "Tit", with the incredibly nice first-last-name combination "One Tit". However, if you prefer a double set, "Tits" is a rather common last name in Blgium with 41.27 FPM .

Oh, and Cool also is indisputably most prevalent in Belgium. How's that for a new home, then?

My surname doesn't exist in their database. Yay.

Is there an alternate spelling? And/or one that does not contain characters not usually found in the, say, English alphabet?

... and Cool being indisputably most prevalent in Belgium. How's that for a new home?

"Awesome", however, is a close race between the US and Canada only. But it goes with great first names such as "Shirtworks", "Blossom", "Baskets" and "Escorts".

My name is apparently only found in Canada, New Zealand and the USA. My family originated from a Hessian troop in the Revolution, and my part of the family hooked north into Michigan during the American push to the west. Apparently the rest of them largely stopped in Nebraska, new Mexico and Colorado, with some going north to Alberta.

NEBRASKA , UNITED STATES 10.12
NEW MEXICO , UNITED STATES 8.52
COLORADO , UNITED STATES 6.86
ALBERTA , CANADA 6.82
MICHIGAN , UNITED STATES 6.05
AUCKLAND REGION , NEW ZEALAND 3.5
KANSAS , UNITED STATES 2.18
ARIZONA , UNITED STATES 0.91
INDIANA , UNITED STATES 0.88
MARYLAND , UNITED STATES 0.7

Also, I see that there are apparently quite a few of us in Grandville, Michigan, which would explain why the Army had my home of record as being there (there are 3 people in the US Army with my last name, so I'm fairly sure I know which one it was they mixed my paperwork with).

edit: Also, the most prevalent first name is "Leon", though I've never met anyone with that name.

It appears that the site is missing data for some countries.

I tested the name Da Silva - one of the most common in Brazil - and Brazil remained obstinately white, despite Argentina going yellow.

Does not compute.

But its fun anyway

My name is most common in Australia. However, if Kentucky were ever to secede from the US and form a breakaway, landlocked republic, they would boast the greatest density of people with my last name in the world. By several magnitudes.
After verifying this, I proceeded to spend about 20 minutes trying variants of "Fuck wit," but to no avail. Sadly, there are no "Fahkwit's," "Fawkhewitt's," "Falkwitz's," or even "Fu'Kuit's." This is truly a sad day for mankind.

you missed out pot being very well established in the Netherlands :wink:
Talking about other non-surprises...

EIGHT:
Top Forenames
BALL
BALL LOUNGE
MILE CAMP
TILL LATE CAF
GAGE STREET
CLOTHING
EIGHT STUDENTS HELPING STUDENTS (yes, check it!)
BALL BAR


Sadly, no one has been patriotic enough to name his son Vee Eight.

It appears that the site is missing data for some countries.


Yeah, the website I found the link on commented that lots of Africa and South America were still missing from the picture, which I admit really is too bad.

Oh, and of course you also get official Premium Member status for your vote.

After verifying this, I proceeded to spend about 20 minutes trying variants of "Fuck wit," but to no avail. Sadly, there are no "Fahkwit's," "Fawkhewitt's," "Falkwitz's," or even "Fu'Kuit's." This is truly a sad day for mankind.

Try "moron". However, no Kentucky connection I can detect; they seem to mostly concentrate in Spain, Argentina, Poland, and France (though the highest local moron density is in Barnsley, UK). "Ape"s are suspiciously common in Argentina, too.

P.S.: They've no "McLovin" in their database, but "Lovin" on its own is there, and guess which city is on the top list? Yes, that's right.. Kissimmee! (FL, USA)

I'm having way too much fun with this, I know. "Fun", by the way, is also found mostly in the Netherlands*, along with pot and tits, as we found out earlier. I detect a pattern.


*At least as long as they have not yet included most of Asia in their database

After my failure to find any fuck wits, I tried searching for some other dirty words (well, what else do you expect people to do with it?).
Anyway, my faith in parental cruelty has been restored:
Surname: ASS

Top Forenames:
JACK
OREN
DAVID
MANUEL
SARA

Is there an alternate spelling? And/or one that does not contain characters not usually found in the, say, English alphabet?

Augh, I really don't understand why it never remembers me (I have cookies enabled for the site as far as I know).

Anyway, no, there's only the one spelling, a transliteration of its Hebrew spelling. IIRC, the story behind the name is that my grandfather had a falling out with his brother, so made up a new surname for himself, probably the reason it doesn't exist anywhere else.

After my failure to find any fuck wits, I tried searching for some other dirty words (well, what else do you expect people to do with it?).
Anyway, my faith in parental cruelty has been restored:
Surname: ASS

Top Forenames:
JACK
OREN
DAVID
MANUEL
SARA

Actually, I believe that their first name lists have been compiled with the help of search engines or the like, or at least that's the impression I get from some of the more erratic results. But still..

It's a letdown after letdown...

LAFFER:
CHARLES
EUGENE
IRVING
DENISE

NATION:
PAMELA
PAT
RAY

LEADER:
JASON
DOUGLAS
ELAINE

WHO:
KENNY
DAVID
DAYNOR
SAMUEL
LOREN
KAT
DALE
INGENIEURGESELLSCHAFT MBH
STEPHANE
1-1 AMM SOMEBODY
No Doctors.

MASTER:
BARBARA
RASHIDA
STEVE
ROGER
BARRY

And on the matter of Barry...
IRELAND 2873.41
AUSTRALIA 538.35
NEW ZEALAND 302.57
CANADA 275.98
UNITED KINGDOM 250.66

Top Forenames
MAUREEN
EUGENE
CHRISTINE
DOUGLAS
WM

Anyway, no, there's only the one spelling, a transliteration of its Hebrew spelling. IIRC, the story behind the name is that my grandfather had a falling out with his brother, so made up a new surname for himself, probably the reason it doesn't exist anywhere else.

That's hilarious and sad at the same time. I wish I had a more exciting last name, too (but a spellable one, please - I'm cursed with a unique "Umm, can you spell that please?" first name already and have no desire to repeat that experience with my last name).

Actually, I believe that their first name lists have been compiled with the help of search engines or the like, or at least that's the impression I get from some of the more erratic results. But still..

What data do you use to create the name maps?

All our names and location data are derived from publicly available telephone directories or national electoral registers, sourced for the period 2000-2005.

And on the matter of Barry...
IRELAND 2873.41
AUSTRALIA 538.35
NEW ZEALAND 302.57
CANADA 275.98
UNITED KINGDOM 250.66


Yeah, and the last name "Government" only yields results in India and Belgium. No first names available. :[

Huh, okay, I decided for fun to check with an 'a' instead of an 'e', and apparently there's some people called 'Naori' in Japan.

It appears that the site is missing data for some countries.

I tested the name Da Silva - one of the most common in Brazil - and Brazil remained obstinately white, despite Argentina going yellow.

Does not compute.

But its fun anyway
yeah. my husband's last name is sanchez. it shows in the US and argentina but nothing in between. it seems pretty light in its coverage of latin america.

Huh, okay, I decided for fun to check with an 'a' instead of an 'e' [...]

If you have such a rare last name and have given away your location, you might want to not make the exact name public on the internet. Just sayin'.

Yeah, and the last name "Government" only yields results in India and Belgium. No first names available. :[
Yeah. Seeing as Jennifer has been the most popular name in US, I hoped to see at least one Government.

By the way, Nike:
POLAND 1.25
UNITED KINGDOM 0.79
GERMANY 0.58
DENMARK 0.33
BELGIUM 0.29
Names - fail.

Mitsui:
YUTAKA
MAMI
SHERRY
D M
ANGELLE
C M
MANO
MELANIE
MARK
CLAYTON

Same with all other names, nothing good. Exxon yields only companies, Mobil gives simple names, even Bechtel doesn't give a single Bill.

I've Fiddlebottomian chocolate. All my dreams are fulfilled; I can now die a happy woman. Oh, yes.

Irritatingly, my name is most common in my home country. Hurrah for inbreeding!

Irritatingly, my name is most common in my home country. Hurrah for inbreeding!

So I guess it's time you moved to some obscure country and spawned copiously with a native to enrich the [DrunkenDove] gene pool? Make sure to get listed in the phone directory though so you can show up in some later version of this page.

CELTIC / IRISH / ENGLISH

Top Countries
IRELAND - 336.33
UNITED KINGDOM - 50.24
AUSTRALIA - 34.3
UNITED STATES - 27.76
NEW ZEALAND - 11.8
FRANCE - 5.28
NORWAY - 1.13
DENMARK - 0.65
NETHERLANDS - 0.64
SPAIN - 0.42



Top Regions
SOUTHLAND REGION , NEW ZEALAND - 130.41
VERMONT , UNITED STATES - 80.21
PENNSYLVANIA , UNITED STATES - 78.57
DELAWARE , UNITED STATES - 72.87
NORTH DAKOTA , UNITED STATES - 71.12

So I guess it's time you moved to some obscure country and spawned copiously with a native to enrich the [DrunkenDove] gene pool? Make sure to get listed in the phone directory though so you can show up in some later version of this page.

The women of Kyrgyzstan won't know what hit them.

The women of Kyrgyzstan won't know what hit them.

A beer bottle?

A beer bottle?

The australian aphrodisiac.

The women of Kyrgyzstan won't know what hit them.

Oh no, not the poor Kyrgyzstan women! They've already got enough suffering on their plate from the traditional ways of getting hitched (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride_kidnapping#Africa).

My maiden name is apparently Irish (big surprise :rolleyes:) and is prevalent in Ireland and Oklahoma......(really?!, that's where my family came from and to! wow!).

My husband's name actually was a surprise since it's popular in New Zealand and the U.S.

Well, it sort of found me and some other members of my family.
It would appear that my surname is unique worldwide.

My maiden name is apparently Irish (big surprise :rolleyes:) and is prevalent in Ireland and Oklahoma......(really?!, that's where my family came from and to! wow!).

My husband's name actually was a surprise since it's popular in New Zealand and the U.S.

There are no Smunkees, but there's a small but proud Smunk population in the US and Berlin, Germany :]

Well, it sort of found me and some other members of my family.
It would appear that my surname is unique worldwide.

Your first name is the most popular first name for both my father's and my mother's last name. I actually thought of you when I saw that :]

P.S. Only realized just now: My father's tiny birth town as well as my parents' current town of residence are listed among the top cities for his last name.. that's creepy.

Using the current spelling of my last name reveals little results(except in the United States). The older spelling, however, reveals a different story...

Top Countries
GERMANY - 30.13
HUNGARY - 3.54
AUSTRIA - 2.38
UNITED STATES - 1.81
SWITZERLAND - 1.28

Top Regions
THURINGEN, GERMANY - 98.44
HESSEN, GERMANY - 58.67
BERLIN, GERMANY - 49.78
SACHSEN, GERMANY - 47.25
BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY - 41.14


This is compared to the current spelling below:

Top Countries
UNITED STATES 8.93
DENMARK 0.33
INDIA 0.27

Top Regions
PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES - 58.67
IOWA, UNITED STATES - 57.31
ALASKA, UNITED STATES - 22.58
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - 17.71
INDIANA, UNITED STATES - 14.09

Your first name is the most popular first name for both my father's and my mother's last name. I actually thought of you when I saw that :]

P.S. Only realized just now: My father's tiny birth town as well as my parents' current town of residence are listed among the top cities for his last name.. that's creepy.

Hehe, well my first name is common enough, although it's a pain in any English-speaking county. It's apparently absolutely impossible to pronounce, and the spelling confuses the hell out of people. ;)

I had long suspected that my last name was somewhat exclusive.. ah well, come april, I shall be blessed with one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking world.

I had long suspected that my last name was somewhat exclusive.. ah well, come april, I shall be blessed with one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking world.

Congrats!

Happy deed-poll day to you?

Hehe, well my first name is common enough, although it's a pain in any English-speaking county. It's apparently absolutely impossible to pronounce, and the spelling confuses the hell out of people. ;)
I can see how that is :] On second thought, why don't you abbreviate it so something catchy, maybe something that rhymes with the infamous abomination of a name that Sarah Palin bestowed upon her youngest son? *flees*

I had long suspected that my last name was somewhat exclusive.. ah well, come April, I shall be blessed with one of the most common surnames in the English-speaking world.

Wow, you're getting married? Never knew nor suspected. Congrats!


Happy deed-poll day to you?
Oh yeah, unless you lied on your profile like countless others do and did, Happy Belated Birthday :]

Congrats!

Happy deed-poll day to you?

Thanks!

What's a deed-poll?

I can see how that is :] On second thought, why don't you abbreviate it so something catchy, maybe something that rhymes with the infamous abomination of a name that Sarah Palin bestowed upon her youngest son? *flees*



Wow, you're getting married? Never knew nor suspected. Congrats!


Well, I just anglicised it... maybe I'll change the spelling as well somewhere down the line. We'll see.

Yup, got engaged on the 29th of Febuary. And yes, I did ask him. :D
He's English, but with his last name and my anglicised first name, I'll sound like I'd been born in Ireland. ;)

Thanks!

What's a deed-poll?

It be the legal way of changing your name. I included it to kid around the way you only mentioning changing your name and not getting hitched.


He's English, but with his last name and my anglicised first name, I'll sound like I'd been born in Ireland. ;)

Could there be anything finer?

Yup, got engaged on the 29th of Febuary. And yes, I did ask him. :D


Good for you! :]

I like the site however it is limited to really the Western world as far as the searches go. Even Portugal wasn't represented. Good idea however needs some major data entry.

Jintao (PRC president):
We could not found an exact match for "JINTAO".
Please search again.



I'm pretty sure Jintao is his given name homes, i think his surname is Hu.

Shocking. My name is from exactly where I'm living.

I'm pretty sure Jintao is his given name homes, i think his surname is Hu.

This would be correct.

Shocking. My name is from exactly where I'm living.

Shocking indeed. Now why didn't I get chocolate from you?

Wow, apparently in France there are 0.05 'Hitler's per every million. Interestingly, it is most popular in India.

EDIT: Also, as I am such a mature person - Anus

POLAND 4.24
BELGIUM 4.16
FRANCE 0.74
GERMANY 0.67
INDIA 0.54

Actually, that was freakishly close.

Countries: #1 - United States of America
Regions #2 - Alabama

Are they looking in my window?

My surname is quite common in Southern England (where I live), Wales, Northern Ireland, and in Australia, particularly in the South. However, its most common area is the Gisborne region of New Zealand. Very low across the whole of the rest of the world (0.1 per million in the United States the only other place that has any). Random.

Actually, that was freakishly close.

Countries: #1 - United States of America
Regions #2 - Alabama

Are they looking in my window?

Of course 'they' are. The only question always is whose turn it is right now (the number of people potentially looking in your window always outnumbers the number of window places you offer)

Shocking indeed. Now why didn't I get chocolate from you?

Why didn't I get sex from you?

There's your answer.

The distribution of my surname pretty much makes it a German name. Especially if spelled (as it should be!) with an Umlaut.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/WorldDistribution.jpg

Group: EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN
Subgroup: GERMAN
Language: GERMAN
Top Country: GERMANY
Top Region: NIEDERSACHSEN, GERMANY

That's where I am. However, I'm not so much surprised at my name's roots and distribution - just how few people I've met who share that name. So far, it's only be one other person in real life and three others online (who also have the same name and surname).

Great site you've found there - but I'll eat the chocolate I have myself now. :p

Why didn't I get sex from you?

There's your answer.
I'll tell you the answer, fair lady: It's because you never showed up when I invited you that one day. Or at any other time, for that matter.

Especially if spelled (as it should be!) with an Umlaut.
Yes! Fellow Umlauters unite!
However, I'm not so much surprised at my name's roots and distribution - just how few people I've met who share that name. So far, it's only be one other person in real life and three others online (who also have the same name and surname).


Yeah, same here. I'm supposed to have a piss-common (last) name, and I've yet to meet an actual person who shares it. Weird, that.

If you have such a rare last name and have given away your location, you might want to not make the exact name public on the internet. Just sayin'.

Oh no, they've got a last name and a country. I'm doomed.

I'll tell you the answer, fair lady: It's because you never showed up when I invited you that one day. Or at any other time, for that matter. Blame Big Oil. And my lack of winning the lottery.

This of course means that when I finally can afford it, you owe me sex. Even if I'm 70.

Blame Big Oil. And my lack of winning the lottery.

This of course means that when I finally can afford it, you owe me sex. Even if I'm 70.

No, I blame you. Personally. For choosing to live in a country that makes coming here pricey, and for not managing to win the lottery / secure a billionaire husband / whatever.

Oh no, they've got a last name and a country. I'm doomed.

Not necessarily. You're just not as cautious as I am, and as I presume is good for one. I'm sorry if I offended you in my bid to make a helpful suggestion for you.

no,it's not there!Kovaljeff isn't there!

BTW,i searched the most common finnish surname Virtanen and everything is good till you see the top cities.fourth is Guildford!

For fun I typed in "Evil," and found it is concentrated in St. Louis. Not too surprising, from what I've heard.

EDIT: "Good"'s center is Aldershot in South East UK.

The scary part is I had no surprises.

My surname is not very uncommon, and is German adopted in the Alsace region during the period when everyone in Europe was Germanizing their names (hundreds of years ago). The top countries/regions for my name are all over Germany, Austria, France and surrounding regions. No surprise there. Even good old Alsace-Lorraine got onto the list. (The motherland. *sniff*) I'm not exactly sure why Ireland is on the list, but then the US regions listed for my name include places where I know I have distant relatives living, so who knows? I may have relatives in Ireland, too. Hell, it even lists the place I live now. Maybe all it takes is one or two of us in a place to register on this thing.

EDIT: I checked my mom's family's name, too, which is so freaking Italian it's not even funny, and guess what? No surprises there, either. The Profiler read like the character list of the "Sopranos." The vast majority of places listed are Italy and in Italy. There are a lot of us in Argentina for some reason, too -- those must the ones who were fascists. :p And yep, it lists the region where my mom and I and a whole clan of distant cousins live, too.

UNITED STATES 541.44
AUSTRALIA 317.52
UNITED KINGDOM 312.57
NEW ZEALAND 224.24
IRELAND 181.02
CANADA 166.87
LUXEMBOURG 8.5
INDIA 4.04
SPAIN 3.46
SWITZERLAND 3.19

Not too surprising, for a word that is most definitely a word of the English language.

What surprised me was Luxembourg.

My last name exists in the UK, the US, and NZ, and that's it. This isn't much of a surprise.
I'm surprised that 2.26 UKians per million have my last name (who'd have thought it'd be that high?) and a couple of the names in the top first names *giggles at "Fanny"* but otherwise it told me basically what I already knew.

*giggles*

Surname : VAGINA

Top Countries
Country FPM
ITALY 1.38
FRANCE 0.05
GERMANY 0.04
UNITED KINGDOM 0.02

Top Forenames
ANNA
WICTORIO
LARISA
MARTIN
MARIO

Surname : PENIS

Top Countries
Country FPM
SPAIN 3.67
BELGIUM 0.86
FRANCE 0.49
ARGENTINA 0.04

Top Forenames
Forename
ELZA RAQUEL
CAROLE
JOLY
BRUNO
MARGUERITE

i searched Dent,Prefect and Beeblebrox.fifth for Prefect:Ford.second for Beeblebrox:Zaphod.somebody has read Hitchhiker's.

Well, it sort of found me and some other members of my family.
It would appear that my surname is unique worldwide.

similar story for me, though there have apparently been a couple separate shortenings from the ridiculous and unspellable original (and fairly common) polish name that has resulted in a couple independent pockets of people with mine.

but who the fuck lives downstate?

Gee.... my Surname is very popular in Asia as well as the western US.

I will admit my surprise at the level in Australia, Europe and South America...

but whodathunk that Asian Firstnames would make up the majority of appropriate fore names... :rolleyes:

... at least that's what this World Names Profiler says. Assuming you're US-American, and have the most common US surname. And assuming you're into broad overgeneralizations of epic proportions.


So, seriously, I discovered this amazing website (http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx)* and just had to share. You plug in your last name, and it gives you a nice graphic map of relative geographic distribution of your last name in the world. Plus, for those who like details and numbers, it also gives you a ranked list of the top countries, regions, and cities[b] (with regard to relative occurrence of your last name in the population), and, as a gimmick, a [b]list of top first names to go with your last name. (And, if you hadn't known yet, the broad geo-linguistic group your name falls into).

One would think this yields rather obvious results, but the search for the abovementioned "Smith", the uncontested #1 US-American surname, shows that the US is only 4th in top countries, does not appear in the regions list at all, and has to take third place in the cties list after Danish and French towns... and, as an added bonus: the top city is "Aars" :]


*http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx

Mine is most common in India, which is a duh, because I am a second-generation Indian. It's also around in Canada, America (New England, New York, New Jersey, Iowa, Washington, and bits of the South [last three were interesting]), and the UK too (no surprise) but Belgium (nothern) and Denmark surprised me. Actually, the fact that it appears mostly in Alberta (Canada) surprised me, considering how many things I've heard from Canadians.

Not necessarily. You're just not as cautious as I am, and as I presume is good for one. I'm sorry if I offended you in my bid to make a helpful suggestion for you.

Heh, not offended, I found it funny. :) Thanks for the concern though.

Edit: Wow, this smily is horrible.

Having done research into my paternal family history I was not particular surprised of the places where they were, mainly Bavaria. I was surprised however of the regions that my family name was in America, North Dakota was the American region with the highest FPM. I suppose a bunch moved over at one point in time and settled there.
Quite a few in Argentina too which did surprise me though that was 6th on the list behind Germany, Austria, USA, Ireland and Spain respectively.

I would not be surprised that Australia is last on the list considering that there are only 5 of us in the entire country.

I also placed in my mother's maiden name and with this the results did surprise me I was always under the impression that it was Irish though the FPM was fairly low, though to tell you the truth my parents visited the town in Ireland and there was quite a few people and even some business' with that surname in that region. Australia and the UK are the highest countries respectively, which does lead credence to it being a name from the British Isles as many Irish and poms have come to Australia.

I must question the accuracy of this I placed in my mothers maiden name and in the list of regions it had Western Australia 53.04FPM then ACT 47.35FPM and then Western Australia again with 46.19 FPM

Interesting... Despite the fact that top country for my surname was Aus (makes sense as I'm from there), the top two states for my name were American and all of the top cities were in the UK. The names were even weirder... sure, most of them were sensible enough, but how many people call their son Horace these days? And what kind of name is "Danl"?

Hm. Looks like Belgium is Crabbe country. Not sure what I think of that. :)

Germany, Hesse.

40 FPM, there.

The top city, though, was Pennkausen NJ.

Me, I'm from Ohio.

My last name appears to be decidedly Midwestern (though it's one of the most common in the English-speaking world overall), but the top city is in Germany.

Yes! Fellow Umlauters unite!
Hear hear!
Yeah, same here. I'm supposed to have a piss-common (last) name, and I've yet to meet an actual person who shares it. Weird, that.
Indeed strange.
I wonder if they try to hide from us...

Top countries for my last name:

POLAND 403.47
SLOVENIA 142.1
AUSTRIA 60.71
HUNGARY 60.14
GERMANY 28.98
UNITED STATES 17.47
AUSTRALIA 17.09
LUXEMBOURG 17
FRANCE 15.43
CANADA 12.61

What's the picture supposed to be? It doesn't show up for me.

What's the picture supposed to be? It doesn't show up for me.

I think you are talking about the map, it shows a map of the world and the countries are coloured with a table to show the density of the name in that country.

I think you are talking about the map, it shows a map of the world and the countries are coloured with a table to show the density of the name in that country.
This is possible since I have no such map. :(

My name doesn't exist!

My name doesn't exist!

That's because you don't really exist.:p

My name doesn't exist!Did your parents Anglicize it when they immigrated?

My name is Jewish... Since this map doesn't show Israel or Russia, the highest concentration of people with my last name is actually in Austria followed by Canada.