# How many of you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039 "2008-03-04T16:12:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/1 "2008-03-04T16:12:44Z")
It appears there are 25 of [me](http://www.howmanyofme.com/search/) . And, good news everybody, there are 2 Hubert Farnsworths! ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/2 "2008-03-04T16:17:18Z")
17 of me. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/3 "2008-03-04T16:19:06Z")
2 of me. Not surprising, as my last name is fairly uncommon. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/4 "2008-03-04T16:20:11Z")
0 of me. I always suspected that I didn’t really exist. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/5 "2008-03-04T16:20:15Z")
According to this site, I don’t exist, nor is there anyone in the US with my last name. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/6 "2008-03-04T16:21:41Z")
None. I happen to know this is untrue - this database says zero - not even people with the same surname. Google finds at least a few. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/7 "2008-03-04T16:22:07Z")
It just calculates the first and last name popularity, and assumes from that from what I can tell. But it can’t compensate for the fact that many names are common together so it will underestimate the number of Jose Martinezes and Olaf Gunnersons and way over- estimate the number of Jose Gunnerson’s and Olaf Martinez’s. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/8 "2008-03-04T16:23:07Z")
Woo-hoo, I am 1 in 303,560,984! My first name is the 547th most popular first name, and my last name is the 10133rd most popular last name, making me completely unique! Except, I’m not. There is a teenager one town over from the town I grew up in who has my name. I like to think he was named after me, but since I don’t know his family, I’ll have to chalk it up to staggering coincidence. Also, my mother will be surprised to learn that she does not exist. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/9 "2008-03-04T16:23:09Z")
There are 840 of me, and 3.05 million people with my last name in the US (I’m not related to any of 'em!). ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/10 "2008-03-04T16:25:47Z")
There are 0 of me in the US; what surprised me is that it changed the orthography of my name by dropping the second capital letter. A pet peeve of mine - I hate computer programs that think they’re smarter than I am. I’ve returned allegedly important ID over that one - if my name is misspelled, then it’s not very good ID, is it? I do happen to know there’s another of me in Canada who deals in heavy equipment… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/11 "2008-03-04T16:26:03Z")
I am a beautiful and unique snowflake. ---
**Author:** ![Borborygmi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/borborygmi/32/217_2.png) [@Borborygmi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Borborygmi)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/12 "2008-03-04T16:27:20Z")
There are 399 of me. Dammit, my plans called for 400 in order to take over the world. Guess I’ll keep the day job. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/13 "2008-03-04T16:29:54Z")
[QUOTE=Le Ministre de l’au-delà] There are 0 of me in the US; what surprised me is that it changed the orthography of my name by dropping the second capital letter. A pet peeve of mine - I hate computer programs that think they’re smarter than I am. I’ve returned allegedly important ID over that one - if my name is misspelled, then it’s not very good ID, is it? I do happen to know there’s another of me in Canada who deals in heavy equipment… [/QUOTE] Preach on! I have the same problem and it drives me nuts. Most places have no problem getting the Mc’s and the St.'s but can’t seem to figure out the Le’s. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/14 "2008-03-04T16:30:49Z")
There are 1,176 of me. So, watch out. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/15 "2008-03-04T16:31:29Z")
There are 1,196 of me. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/16 "2008-03-04T16:32:25Z")
If I use my married name, there are 1442 of me. If I use my maiden name, there are 0. I do know of one other person with my exact maiden name…first, middle, and last. But it wouldn’t surprise me at all if she & I were the only ones. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/17 "2008-03-04T16:32:56Z")
There are 35 of me in the US. I am extremely surprised that my first name is the 52nd most popular. It’s a fairly common name, but I didn’t think it was _that_ common. ETA: There are 85 people in the US named Sarah Connor. That’s gonna take the Terminator a while to get through… ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/18 "2008-03-04T16:33:23Z")
That site is screwy. It says there’s none of my first name, Cormac and my surname although rare should have a few hundred hits. But yeah I’m a zero. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/19 "2008-03-04T16:37:37Z")
[QUOTE=The Chao Goes Mu] There are 1,176 of me. So, watch out. [/QUOTE] You don’t frighten us. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/20 "2008-03-04T16:39:26Z")
There are supposedly 6 of me. I have a somewhat rare last name and a less common spelling of a first name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039.md?page=2)