Thursday, June 26, 2008

Who is Who ...


According to the 1990 census, the top ten most common last names;

Number % Frequency Rank
SMITH 2,501,922 1.006 1
JOHNSON 2,014,470 0.81 2
WILLIAMS 1,738,413 0.699 3
JONES 1,544,427 0.621 4
BROWN 1,544,427 0.621 5
DAVIS 1,193,760 0.48 6
MILLER 1,054,488 0.424 7
WILSON 843,093 0.339 8
MOORE 775,944 0.312 9
TAYLOR 773,457 0.311 10

For the whole list, go here.

It is worth noting, I think, that in the top twenty, you get to Garcia, Martinez, and other n0t-so-whitebread names, and I'm guessing those have moved up and will keep doing so.

Perry is at 84 ...

4 comments:

steve-vh said...

Interesting. Apparently, I'm so insignificant (speshul?), I don't even make the list.

Steve Perry said...

Yeah, you did -- #2784 ...

List goes on quite a ways ...

steve-vh said...

Nope, it's actually "Van Harn".
I didn't correct you the other day because I try not to be anal about it.

Steve Perry said...

Ah. Mea culpa. I knew that, dunno why the misspelling. Brain fog ...
Sorry.