# How Many Of You Are There? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251 "2006-10-20T17:29:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Foldup\_Rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Foldup\_Rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foldup_Rabbit)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/81 "2006-10-20T23:19:19Z")
Based on their data, there are only three of me down there. But there are FIVE MILLION of my boyfriend. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/82 "2006-10-20T23:29:53Z")
I am the only me that exists!! Also only 537 other people in the US share my last name (although I am told it is more common in Canada, don’t know why) My first name is relativly popular, ranking around #100 or so. All in all I am fairly unique. Tre cool, nice link Hal. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/83 "2006-10-20T23:33:14Z")
It says there are no people with my last name. Maybe I’m not who I think I am. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/84 "2006-10-20T23:38:03Z")
596 of me, and I am also not one of me. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/85 "2006-10-20T23:53:00Z")
There’s just over 5,000 folks with my last name. Put it together with my first name, and there’s just me. If I used the full-length version of my first name, there are 31 of us. ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/86 "2006-10-21T00:05:49Z")
Um…there are zero of me. Actually, there are zero people with my last name, period. Huh. Apparently, I don’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/87 "2006-10-21T00:09:15Z")
I don’t exist, according to that web site Well, okay, my first name is common. But my last name is sufficiently unusual that, at last count, there were 109 of us in the world. (Web site says 0 – but I’m pretty sure I exist!) Needless to say, if you type my first+last names into Google… you get me. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/88 "2006-10-21T00:10:56Z")
[QUOTE=Ruffian] Um…there are zero of me. Actually, there are zero people with my last name, period. Huh. Apparently, I don’t exist. [/QUOTE] \ Are we related? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/89 "2006-10-21T00:13:31Z")
There’s only “one” of me out there…and I’m assuming that’s me. But from repeated googlings of my name, I suspect that there are at least two other me’s out there. My first name happens to be their nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/90 "2006-10-21T00:22:35Z")
First + last name = 112 First name only = 1,397,654 Surname only = 112,000 ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/91 "2006-10-21T00:32:44Z")
There are five people in the US with my name. Blowed if I know how many Aussies there are with my name, though. We don’t have such a website, as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/92 "2006-10-21T00:36:16Z")
Zero. Apparently, I am not me. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/93 "2006-10-21T00:42:41Z")
There are 0 people with the first name Happy in the United States. There are 0 people with the last name Lendervedder in the United States. There are 0 people with the name Happy Lendervedder in the United States. LIARS! ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/94 "2006-10-21T00:43:55Z")
first name – 1,009,300 last name – 15,700 both names togther – 53 ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/95 "2006-10-21T00:55:17Z")
If you use my first and married name, there is one other person with my name in the US, plus one in Africa. If you use my first, maiden, and married names all together (as I do for formal use), I’m the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/96 "2006-10-21T01:04:24Z")
1. But when I revert to my maiden name, there will be 1,302 of me. None of them are actually me. I just searched on my parent’s names, and it says there is no one in the US called Graeme. I’m surprised and skeptical. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/97 "2006-10-21T01:08:18Z")
There are four people with my name in this country. Fairly common last name, but absolutely uncommon last name. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/98 "2006-10-21T01:17:20Z")
There are no people with my last name. That apparently includes me, my wife and children, two uncles and their wives, a couple of cousins and at least five non-related people whom I’ve found on Google. Suddenly we’ve become a science fiction story. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/99 "2006-10-21T01:22:30Z")
Hm, it seems that there are 28 people in the USA named Donald Duck. There are also 6 people called **Michael** Mouse. But none of them answer to Mickey. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/100 "2006-10-21T01:27:07Z")
There are 67K people in the US named **Me**. There are 1,600 people with **My last name**. There are ZERO people in the USA with my name. Hey waitaminute… shouldn’t there be at least one?? Bastards! What am I, chopped liver? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251.md?page=6)