Surname distribution.

[The Grockle]

Anyone out there wondered where other people with the same surname live across the U.K?

People who are have researched their ancestry may be aware of this website All about surnames - soFeminine.co.uk

? If you type in your surname it will not only tell you how many people in the UK share your surname but in which region the name is most common.

My surname is shared by 3320 people in the UK 3064 of them in Portsmouth and Bournmouth!!!

Sorry if ‘fixtures’ thought it might be of interest?

 

[Wardy]

Sorry, your search didn't return any results because we don't have enough data for this surname (nonexistent or less than 1300 records).

Well that makes me special then. Though I can tell them that it is most common in the South East part of Kent.

 

[Da Man Clay]

15,647 share my surname and most are from Leicestershire (3,360).

 

[Don Quixote]

They did not have enough Data for mine since i think there are only a few hundred people with my surname in England anyway.

 

[The Grockle]

Anyone out there wondered where other people with the same surname live across the U.K?

People who are have researched their ancestry may be aware of this website All about surnames - soFeminine.co.uk

? If you type in your surname it will not only tell you how many people in the UK share your surname but in which region the name is most common.

My surname is shared by 3320 people in the UK 3064 of them in Portsmouth and Bournmouth!!!

Sorry if ‘fixtures’ thought it might be of interest?

This website might cover more unusual surnames.....

National Trust Names

 

[Heffle Gull]

1548 People share my surname. it is the 7485th most common surname in the Country

 

[Wozza]

This website might cover more unusual surnames.....

National Trust Names

Indeed.

where's your surname from? a great little site to find out.... - North Stand Chat

 

[Don Quixote]

This website might cover more unusual surnames.....

National Trust Names

Yeah that one worked better, name is imported from southern Italy, Most are from the South and Scotland.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

1 623 people share the surname according to our estimation
The surname is the 5 610th most common name in Great Britain mainly in the West Country.

Would make sense as dad was a Gloucester boy

 

[The Grockle]

Indeed.

where's your surname from? a great little site to find out.... - North Stand Chat

Sorry! Did a quick search but didn't see that!

 

[skipper734]

I'm not on their list either. But according to the Mormons there's about 500 families around the world in the former colony's. Most of them are or were in...... Brighton.

 

[sten_super]

My surname is Stenning, and somewhat bizarrely according to that site there are more of us in Surrey than West Sussex.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

111,306 share my surname.

Is the most common surname in Pembrokeshire (3336 people) and second most common in Hertfordshire (11,264)

 

[porkdog]

My surname is Stenning, and somewhat bizarrely according to that site there are more of us in Surrey than West Sussex.

Thats my mums maiden name.

 

[captainmorganrum]

In Great Britain : 578 261 people share your surname according to our estimation
It is the 2nd most common name in Great Britain.

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[pasty]

39th. 129,805 of us, the most being just over 8000 in South Yorkshire. Makes sense as my father was from Barnsley. Spookily, my partner has the same surname (though I refer to her as Mrs P, we're not married).

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Well, that was a quick way to find out that Bin Laden isn't in the UK

 

[porkdog]

6,530 people share my surname with majority of them in Kent, Norfolk and Scotland.

Strange really as i have no relations that i know of in any of these parts

 

[strings]

9 090 people share the surname Stringer according to our estimation
The surname Stringer is the 1 146th most common name in Great Britain.

I have the 5th most common name in the Isle of Man!

 

[Smithy]

As my surname is Smith, pretty pointless doing this isn't it. There are Smith's everywhere.