I see there’s another thread about hyphenated names in which a lot of people are posting their experiences regarding what decisions they made about their family names after marriage.
I didn’t face that problem. My wife and I had the same family name already!
So, who are the Dopers who were fortunate enough to marry someone with the same family name and didn’t have to deal with this minefield of modern society?
Anyone?
Brother/sister or coincidence? 
Ha!
(It is, of course, illegal in all states of the United States for a brother and sister to marry.)
Well, not a doper, but my great aunt married the same last name. They were, in fact, cousins.
Is it a very common name? I cannot think of a single acquaintance who shares your distinction. Were there any negative repercussions?
Hmm, interesting way to dodge the question there. 
Well, it could happen. I went to school with a girl that had the same last name as me, but was not related. Well, she was related, but we did the math and I think she was my 22nd cousin. Good thing we didn’t marry - she was prety cool in high school, but she’s looked like a pretty dedicated meth head last time I saw her.
I do have a friend who married a woman with the same first name as him. Different spelling, but same pronunciation.
It is not common in the United States. It is not common in the world at large. But as it happens, we are Indian and of the same ethnic group and the same caste and there are less than a dozen common family names in our caste group, so it’s not unusual for this situation to arise.
Negative repercussions? I can’t even imagine what kinds of negative repercussions would be possible. What kinds of negative repercussions did you have in mind?
I imagine in places like China and Korea, where a lot of people share a small set of family names, it’s quite common.
(Okay, okay, just to relieve your concern: No, she’s not my sister. We have no known blood relationship.)
Nope. But I had no problem taking his last name, and it wasn’t out of any sexism issues. My maiden name is a very common man’s first name, so my files, prescriptions, etc. were always filed incorrectly everywhere I went. Imagine I was “Susan John” and you’ll see the problem. No one knew if I was Susan John or Susan, John or John, Susan. In my unscientific study, I found that 98% of the time, people would make the masculine assumption, and I’d get filed under last name “Susan”, even though it doesn’t sound remotely like a last name!
Husband’s (and now my) last name is very stately and properly British last-name-sounding, so I’m quite happy with it.
I did give my son my maiden name as his middle name so it’s not exactly the end of the line, but since it doesn’t sound like a last name, I don’t think he’s really noticed. I don’t expect him to perpetuate it.
I once briefly dated a guy with the same last name as me, and in fact shared my first and middle names with his sister. That was creepy, and actually part of the reason we didn’t last. Seriously. (Yes, I was young and shallow, but he was not so amazing as to overcome the ick factor.)
Well, most newlyweds have to go through name changes with the DMV, and for taxes and the like. I just wondered if any entities questioned your situation. And I hope you realize the brother/sister question was in jest. I figured someone would ask and it might as well be me.
How could they? They were never faced with any change of any kind. All they ever saw was a married couple with the same family name. Who would think to ask any questions?
My great-aunt married a man with the same last name. They were not related in any way.
But then, last name in question is “Jones”.
I didn’t have to deal with the name change problem, but that’s because the Québec government has made the choice for me!
Taking his name wasn’t even an option for me - although there is that “socially” allowance, that basically amounts to using his name as a nickname, and that’s just a pain in the butt to get people to do!
It really says “however, women are free however…”?
Patti Smith married Fred “Sonic” Smith.
A nice girl in my high school graduating class married her high school sweetheart who was one year older. They both had the last name “May”. Our town and school were tiny but there are two distinct “May” lineages so there were no issues.
there is the famous roosevelt wife and husband duo. of course they pronounced it differently…
i know of quite a few jensen/jensen marriages. sometimes there will be pronounciation differences in english speaking countries.
Not exactly what was asked, but my wife had the same maiden name as my great grandmother. It’s fairly uncommon, too.
Yes, my wife and I have the same birth surname. And no, we’re not related.
I can’t think of any possible negative repercussions, and we’ve been married nine years now.
I imagine that it’s a fairly common situation; after all, there are some surnames out there that millions of people share.
It’s probably related to geography as well: there are plenty of Murphys in Ireland, McDonalds in Scotland, and Smiths in England.
I don’t fit the OP, but I also didn’t have a problem since I got to change from a German surname that seems to be completely unpronounceable to 98% of Americans to “Carter.”
I’ve told my husband that even if we divorce I’m keeping Carter. Forever.