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Title: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lil Me on Jan 05 08 02:23
[a href="vny!://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/surnames/index.html"]vny!://www.canada.com/vancouversun/features/surnames/index.html[/a]

Check out how many of YOU there are in Southwestern BC.
Top Names:
[table class="top10list" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"][tbody][tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"][td]LEE[/td]       [td align="right"]7,256[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"]       [td]WONG[/td]       [td align="right"]6,034[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]       [td]SMITH[/td]       [td align="right"]5,384[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"]       [td]CHAN[/td]       [td align="right"]4,383[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]       [td]BROWN[/td]       [td align="right"]2,969[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"]       [td]KIM[/td]       [td align="right"]2,927[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]       [td]CHEN[/td]       [td align="right"]2,813[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"]       [td]JOHNSON[/td]       [td align="right"]2,694[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"]       [td]WILSON[/td]       [td align="right"]2,616[/td]    [/tr][tr style="background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"]       [td]GILL[/td]       [td align="right"]2,520[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]


 
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: P.C. on Jan 05 08 02:30
Wow....not very many of mine.  I'm almost unique. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lil Me on Jan 05 08 02:33
Only 34 of me in the region.  But absolutely thousands of my maiden name.  lol  
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: P.C. on Jan 05 08 02:38
I would have thought there would have been even less of my maiden name, but surprisingly there are more.  I only met one other person in my life with my maiden name and that was only a few years ago.  Interesting.
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: JJ on Jan 05 08 07:25
There are only 12 of my maiden name and two of which are relatives, and there are over 1000 of my present name and only one of those is related?
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 06 08 09:57
hehehehe

TOTAL SURNAMES FOUND IN: ENTIRE REGION
                                       [table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"][tbody][tr align="center"][td width="50%"]                   [table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"]                      [tbody][tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="center"]                         [td]ENTIRE REGION[/td]                         [td]RANK[/td]                      [/tr]                      [tr align="center"]                         [td]0[/td]                         [td]0[/td]                      [/tr]                   [/tbody][/table]                [/td]                [td width="50%"]                   [table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"]                      [tbody][tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="center"]                         [td]REGION[/td]                         [td]RANK[/td]                      [/tr]                      [tr align="center"]                         [td]0[/td]                         [td]0[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table][/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]
My name's special. :P
 
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lil Me on Jan 06 08 10:11
Uh oh.  No other SDs in BC.  Is your last name Gonzo or The Great?!

(//vny!://mynameisearlkress.com/weblog/gonzo.jpg)
 
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 06 08 10:23
nope and there's no one in Canada or Asia, Austrailia, Africa, South America or Europe with my last name. Its up to me or my cousin or the name dies.

it's sooooo
[a href="vny!://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104691/"]vny!://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104691/[/a]
 
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Gopher on Jan 06 08 10:58
191 Gophers in the entire region!
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: purelife on Jan 06 08 01:18
hmm, I've got 46, but when I marry my guy, my last name will rank 383.  neat - o! :)))  
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lil Me on Jan 06 08 03:47
Or you could hypehnate your two names, purelife!  Then you can be your own unique animal!  
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Sportsdude on Jan 06 08 04:41
lol that would sound hysterical.  
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lise on Jan 06 08 05:32
No dice! My surname's popular. I'm related to my neighbor!!!
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: TehBorken on Jan 06 08 06:49
I'm unique!!!!!

TOTAL SURNAMES FOUND IN:
ENTIRE REGION
                                       [table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"][tbody][tr align="center"][td width="50%"]                   [table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"]                      [tbody][tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="center"]                         [td]ENTIRE REGION[/td]                         [td]RANK[/td]                      [/tr]                      [tr align="center"]                         [td]1[/td]                         [td]563[/td]                      [/tr]                   [/tbody][/table]                [/td]                [td width="50%"]                   [table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"]                      [tbody][tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="center"]                         [td]REGION[/td]                         [td]RANK[/td]                      [/tr]                      [tr align="center"]                         [td]1[/td]                         [td]563[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table][/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: P.C. on Jan 06 08 10:29
Funny....and yet TehBorken doesn't sound that uncommon. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lil Me on Jan 06 08 10:37
Yesh, I'm wondering if you look it up under "T" or "B"  
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: P.C. on Jan 06 08 10:39
Yesh ?

  Are you in to the cough syrup again Lil Me ?
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lil Me on Jan 06 08 10:41
No, but I probably should be!  The cough is quite bad tonight.  Such that I wonder if I'm going to run out of clean, dry underwear by morning!!!  
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: P.C. on Jan 06 08 10:44
Awwww.  You're making it hard to be sympathetic while I'm laughing.

  I'll throw on a pot of homemade chicken soup for you and send you a weeks supply of depends.

  ( joking aside.....take good care Lil Me ) [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/d038.gif" border=0]  
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Lil Me on Jan 06 08 10:47
Tanks kindly.
 
 Here's a potato clock to go with your potato mitts and Rotato
 
 (//vny!://physics.ucsc.edu/lecturedemonstrations/images/e_m/potato%20clock.jpg)
   
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: P.C. on Jan 06 08 10:50
That's very attractive.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/frech/p026.gif" border=0]  

      Anyways....I'm off to bed. [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/muede/g050.gif" border=0]      
Title: Re: How Popular is your Surname?
Post by: Orik Basher on Jan 08 08 12:13
[div style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(101, 48, 63); font-size: 11pt;"]LAST NAME SEARCH RESULTS[/div]
          [!-- Result for search --]                    NAME: Basher
          TOTAL SURNAMES FOUND IN: VANCOUVER
                                       [table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"][tbody][tr align="center"][td width="50%"]                   [table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"]                      [tbody][tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="center"]                         [td]VANCOUVER[/td]                         [td]RANK[/td]                      [/tr]                      [tr align="center"]                         [td]1[/td]                         [td]248[/td]                      [/tr]                   [/tbody][/table]                [/td]                [td width="50%"]                   [table style="border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170);" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"]                      [tbody][tr style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" align="center"]                         [td]REGION[/td]                         [td]RANK[/td]                      [/tr]                      [tr align="center"]                         [td]2[/td]                         [td]562[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table][/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]