# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/121 "2006-10-22T01:33:05Z")
There are approximately 362 of me. I wonder which one I am? šŸ˜• ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/122 "2006-10-22T12:38:05Z")
It says there are zero of me. I know of one other person in the US with the same first & last name as I have. I would say this site is under-informed. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/123 "2006-10-22T13:45:22Z")
**0** using my married name, which was what I expected. **53** using my maiden name. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/124 "2006-10-22T13:55:51Z")
Over 150,000 people in the US with my first name (and Iā€™m not even one of them!) When I plug in my nickname, it goes down to 4500 ('cause I use a relatively unusual form of a common nickname.) The **really** interesting part about my nickname is that ā€œMore than 99.9 percent of people with the first name XXXXXXXX are female.ā€ (and Iā€™m not even one pf **them** , either!) 0 people in the US with my last name (which is uncommon, but not THAT uncommon ā€“ I have a feeling that their DB is not exactly complete!) And, of course, 0 people with my exact name. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/125 "2006-10-22T14:08:35Z")
There are 251 of me if we use my full name. If we use a shortened version there are another 25. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/126 "2006-10-22T15:27:37Z")
I apparently donā€™t exist. First name, check. Last name, check. Both together? Impossible! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/127 "2006-10-22T19:17:07Z")
36, using my real-life first and last names. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/128 "2006-10-22T19:20:13Z")
Thirty-three of me in the US. -foxy ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/129 "2006-10-22T19:36:12Z")
There are only two other people in the U.S. with my exact name. By an astounding coincidence, I know one of them; heā€™s from my small hometown in Texas and is now a professional golf club maker up north. Incidentally: There are 515 people in the U.S. named Michael Bolton. There are 78 people in the U.S. named Charles Manson. There are 6 people in the U.S. named Jesus Christ. (!) There is 1 person in the U.S. named Long Wang. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/130 "2006-10-22T21:36:42Z")
Thereā€™s 11 of me. Iā€™ve met two of them. Regards, Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/131 "2006-10-23T07:12:50Z")
One in the whole wide world. A distant cousin shares my firstname, but our second lastnames are different. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/132 "2006-10-23T07:21:29Z")
Thirty-five of me in the US. I too would have thought more, because of the boring mundaness of both my first and last names. Apparently not though. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/133 "2006-10-23T07:27:00Z")
[QUOTE=DianaG] That site claims that there are \*\*0 \*\* people with my daughterā€™s name! :dubious: [/QUOTE] Yeah, that happened when I typed in my daughterā€™s name too. I didnā€™t realise that **Philippa** was quite so unique. :rolleyes: Where the hell do they get their data from??? ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/134 "2006-10-23T10:07:29Z")
If I use my married name (kept it after the divorce) and my most commonly used first name (itā€™s not my first, itā€™s my fourthā€¦are you keeping up with this?) then there are 846 of me in the US. If I use my maiden name and my genuine first name, there are none of me. In fact thereā€™s only one of me in the UK too. Oh, I feel so special! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/135 "2006-10-23T13:51:55Z")
There are 1162 people in the U.S. that share my first/last name combination. I met two of them in my hometown. Another one was once on a reality show. 99% of people with my first name are female. Iā€™m sure the guy that shares my name is probably an Irish immigrant. I have a ridiculously common last name. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/136 "2006-10-23T14:11:52Z")
> [@](#): > > There are 0 people in the U.S. named MyFirstName MyLastname. Yeah, I really do live in the U.S., but my last name is unusual enough that it doesnā€™t even accept that I exist. ---
**Author:** ![scott62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@scott62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott62)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/137 "2006-10-23T15:10:20Z")
107 apparently. Wonder how many of me in the U.K. ?? ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/138 "2006-10-23T15:19:59Z")
There are 15 of me. My last name isnā€™t as popular as I thought, which is nice, only 16000 people with it. My daughterā€™s name there are only 8000 people with it so she turned up a 0. Of course she is only eight months old. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/139 "2006-10-23T15:40:46Z")
251 of me. Seems low though. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251/140 "2006-10-23T15:50:25Z")
There are 63 folks sharing my front and back name. I suspect middle name would eliminate them all but it didnā€™t ask about that. (OTOH, who the hell would know my middle name? not many folks!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you-are-there/377251.md?page=8)