The One and Only … Really …
Our man in Japan, Robert Brady, found this interesting site called How Many Of Me, which uses a vast database combined with some fancy statistical analysis and predictive algorithms to determine, statistically at least, how many people have your or anyone elses name. Being the terminally curious cuss that I am, I just had to give it a go, of course. Here’s what I learned…
There are 299,968,595 people in the United States of America…
The U.S. Census Bureau statistics tell us that there are at least 88,799 different last names and 5,163 different first names in common use in the United States. Some names are more common than others.
There are 49,535 people named John Smith in the United States. There are 1,048 people named James Bond, 113 people named Harry Potter , 503 people named George Bush, and 31 people named Emily Dickinson. However, Johnny Cash (39 people) songs aside there are, statistically speaking, no boys named Sue.
Statistics for my name…
- There are 28,497 people in the U.S. with the first name Winston.
- Statistically the 1073rd most popular first name.
- More than 99.9 % of people with the first name Winston are male.
- There are 9,479 people in the U.S. with the last name Rand.
- Statistically the 3843rd most popular last name.
And here’s the clincher…
- There is 1 person in the U.S. named Winston Rand.
And you’re looking at him, baby…
My teachers always said they hoped the mold got destroyed after I was made. Seems it did…
12 Comments so far
You neek, man!
Oh, and it says : “There are 0 people in the U.S. named Stuart Savory.” which I’m sure Dubya will be pleased to know
That’s pretty cool - maybe I’ll give it a whirl
Holy Cripes…there’s 3 Joy Des Jardins in this country…I wonder if they blog.
BTW…there really can only be ONE Winston Rand…and WE are lucky enough to have him!
Except, except, except, “Winston” . . .
I suspect there are 8 million Mary Brennans and 6.7 million Mary Fraziers. It’s that “Mary” thing.
I would think there would be more than 113 Harry Potters, both names being so common. Hm.
I must check on Shorty, PJ Shorty.
It seems you are vastly more unique than I. There are THREE of me out there somewhere. Might be cool to meet them someday. A little reunion of me…and me…and me.
I won’t be mentioning what it is but there is only one person with my maiden name… but the question is– is it me?
Isn’t it amazing to live this long before you find out that you are indeed one of a kind?
P.S. When I entered my daughter’s name it said there were 0 people with that name. But when I googled her, I came up with 3 matches that were in fact the right person. So maybe this is just statistics, not fact.
Bonnie is right! There’s no Arnold Schwarzenegger either. Go tell that in Sacramento!
I don’t exist!
“There are 0 people in the U.S. named Aaron Mildenstein.”
Mildenstein is a rare enough name, as it is, (the Census records only 330 people with that last name), but to see that somehow I don’t exist is strange indeed. Maybe it’s because I vaguely remember wanting my name NOT recorded and checking some box on the census forms to that extent.