Fun with names

[brendy_éire]

This site lets you check where in the world your surname is most popular.

http://publicprofiler.org/worldnames/

Let's you zoom into a country and check out the popularity in different counties/regions. Waste a wee while in work sure, ye deserve a break.

Apparently there's over 20,000 Carroll's in Ireland. I've never met a non-related Irish Carroll though. :(

[passinginterest]

My name is pretty common in Ireland with a Frequency per million of 484.79, not so much elsewhere, I was surprised that Australia is just ahead of Britain in second with 35.98.

It's fairly obvious where the name comes from though, with a frequency of over 1000 in the South East of Ireland. (That stat was there when I did this a few days ago, but seems to have gone now).

Who says we're all inbred's? :)

[pineapple stu]

we could not found an exact match for "stu". Please search again.

:(

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[MysticMon]

1126.90 with my Surname, oh how popular! :p

[sligoman]

How does it work it out because it didn't pick up a name I tried?

[MysticMon]

Sligoman, put your or a surname in the box provided and hit search, it brings it up straight away.

[brendy_éire]

How does it work it out because it didn't pick up a name I tried?

I think there's still a few bugs in it. Hit search twice and that might sort it.

[superfrank]

Does it not recognise "O'..." names?

My O-less name is most common here at 1937.78, then Australia. Apparently, it has a low commonality in Argentina (11.92) and India.

[Sligo Hornet]

Mine came up with a world wide frequency of 0.00!:eek:.........so I don't exist right?:confused:

[passinginterest]

Does it not recognise "O'..." names?

My O-less name is most common here at 1937.78, then Australia. Apparently, it has a low commonality in Argentina (11.92) and India.

Ya I think that's a problem my great Granny was an O'Gorman and it just gives an error with the O' in front works fine as just Gorman.

[noby]

For O' names leave out the apostrophe (no space either). Seemed to work for me.

[Magicme]

Thats brill. It shows the highest concentration in the UK of my family name in the area where my uncles and cousins live but its not the same with the US. Doesnt show any where I know my family are! That said the places in Florida where there seems to be a high concentration are the areas my dad owns land/property. Do they not realise he is the same man??

My sons' surname is fairly rare. Only 98.4 in Ireland and 1.83 in Canada which is the 5th place they are mentioned out of 5 countries!

[superfrank]

For O' names leave out the apostrophe (no space either). Seemed to work for me.
Nice one noby. My commonality shot up from 1937.78 to 8474.52 (33329.53 in the South-West).

[sligoman]

I think there's still a few bugs in it. Hit search twice and that might sort it.I tried a name of a family I know in Australia but it doesn't show up that there's any of that name in Oz...so that's why I'm wondering how does it actually work?

[passinginterest]

I tried a name of a family I know in Australia but it doesn't show up that there's any of that name in Oz...so that's why I'm wondering how does it actually work?

You've just discovered that they're illegals and should report them to the relevant authorities :eek::p

[Schumi]

Seems to give plausible results anyway.

441.93 in Ireland, up to 3241.96 in the West.

[gustavo]

Country FPM
IRELAND 2038.57
AUSTRALIA 526.31
CANADA 332.37
UNITED STATES 330.82
GREAT BRITAIN 305.34

[Pauro 76]

STAPLETON...

IRELAND 479.64
AUSTRALIA 202.06
GREAT BRITAIN 106.9
NEW ZEALAND 95.49
CANADA 39.88

Low amount in India and Argentina too. Interesting!

[Maz]

Country FPM
IRELAND 2286.45
AUSTRALIA 366.58
NEW ZEALAND 213.51
GREAT BRITAIN 196.91
CANADA 121.49


Interesting... high areas around the midlands and east of Ireland

[Stevo Da Gull]

My name, which in Irish means (of/from) sea-protector, is most common in the midlands :D

[stann]

Mine isn't that common by the looks of it, but seems to be very much confined to here even at that. Pretty steep drop-off to 2nd spot.

Country FPM
IRELAND 924.66
CANADA 94.67
UNITED STATES 40.71
GREAT BRITAIN 40.23
AUSTRALIA 35.08

Quite tickled to find there's 5.68 per million in Argentina! :D

Hugely more popular here in the South East which is spot on as it is a Wexford name originally.

[deecay]

My name is great

Ireland 13330.96
Australia 2683.19
Britain 1762.44
New Zealand 1472.06
Canada 1286.39

[ollie]

IRELAND 5670.36
AUSTRALIA 882.14
CANADA 521.48
NEW ZEALAND 508.57
GREAT BRITAIN 506.13

some good breeding there..

[Red&White Rover]

Surprisingly enough, my name, after Ireland, is most common in New Zealand...

[gilberto_eire]

This site lets you check where in the world your surname is most popular.

http://publicprofiler.org/worldnames/

Let's you zoom into a country and check out the popularity in different counties/regions. Waste a wee while in work sure, ye deserve a break.

Apparently there's over 20,000 Carroll's in Ireland. I've never met a non-related Irish Carroll though. :(

Assuming you live in Derry, i'd have a guess that it's the area you live, i know a good few Carrolls down here, also my name is Gilligan i've only ever met one non-related person with the same name, it's meant to be a Derry name, so i'd assume you'd know a few up there aswell?!

[shakermaker1982]

Country FPM

IRELAND 655.53
UNITED KINGDOM 45.95
AUSTRALIA 40.26
CANADA 34.38
UNITED STATES 29.12
NEW ZEALAND 25.75

God there isn't many of us!!!!

[Pauro 76]

Wow. interesting!

There's as many Stapletons in the Limousin region of France, Norway and Sweden as there is in Scotland!!!!

[brendy_éire]

Assuming you live in Derry, i'd have a guess that it's the area you live, i know a good few Carrolls down here, also my name is Gilligan i've only ever met one non-related person with the same name, it's meant to be a Derry name, so i'd assume you'd know a few up there aswell?!

Well, my da's from Fermanagh and my granda from Leitrim. It's a Carlow/Kilkenny name originally though. Spent the weekend in Offaly, and there seems to be a few round there actually, judging from business names.

Gilligan is County Derry name really. I know one Gilligan, and he's from Donegal. :D

[DmanDmythDledge]

Top Countries
Country FPM
IRELAND 2247.37
AUSTRALIA 315.84
UNITED KINGDOM 290.34
CANADA 226.24
UNITED STATES 212.57

Most popular in the Donegal, NW and W.