# 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:** 2
**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/21 "2008-03-04T16:40:54Z")
[QUOTE=«Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™] 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. [/QUOTE] There are also lots and lots of 'di’s and 'da’s that get the reverse of what they’re after - Francesco da Milano getting turned into Francesco Damilano, for example. It was my cranky grandfather who externalized his stickler to change us from McN. to MacN. As he put it, “Whoever heard of a syllable without a vowel?” (No, he didn’t speak Czech.) As a result, you can tell what branch of the family we’re in from the spelling, not that we seem to have a great need to differentiate. Your brother in the struggle, M. LeMinistre. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/22 "2008-03-04T16:41:50Z")
There is 0 of me. My first name is 1178th most popular first name. And 99.9 people who have it are male. I am that freakish .1 percent. I feel so lonely. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/23 "2008-03-04T16:42:36Z")
1. Only 4250 people with the same last name, but over a 1000X more with my first name. Did you know these names are similar to Robert: \* Bob \* Bobbie \* Bobby \* Rob \* Robbie \* Robby \* Robin \* Rupert Fascinating, no? ETA - Apparently my wife doesn’t exist. And my youngest son is unique (boy howdy, is he ever) ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/24 "2008-03-04T16:43:46Z")
[QUOTE=wolfman] 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. [/QUOTE] Well that’s disappointing. So there may or may not be 2 of me. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/25 "2008-03-04T16:44:08Z")
You’re all doomed. Me and my 3,808 namesakes are going to take over the country. (actually, my namesakes and i, but you know what i mean) ---
**Author:** ![puppygod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@puppygod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puppygod)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/26 "2008-03-04T16:48:08Z")
Huh? I also don’t exist. Well, syrname I’m not surprised about, but even first name? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/27 "2008-03-04T16:51:11Z")
It says only one, but I know there’s another me down in southern California as well as a me running around somewhere in Australia. I’ve thought about starting a club ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/28 "2008-03-04T16:51:23Z")
I have a fairly rare\* last name, yet there are 49 of me. :eek: \*rare as in there is one other person in my section of the LA phone book with that last name. According to the name site there are 5,737 people with that last name in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/29 "2008-03-04T16:52:41Z")
Three of me in the US, apparently. Then again, my last name is Acadian, so my ancestors stuck to the former borders of New France for the most part. Given that my first name is moderately popular, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few hundred of me in the province in Quebec alone, and we probably crack a thousand once you lump in the rest of Canadia. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/30 "2008-03-04T16:59:24Z")
There are 20 of me. At least a couple are uncles and cousins. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/31 "2008-03-04T16:59:40Z")
Just three. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/32 "2008-03-04T17:03:54Z")
341 with the full form of my first name. Only 96 using the shortened form of it. As this is based on U.S. Census data, the difference don’t surprise me. I’d imagine people would tend to make out their census forms with their full legal names, and I’d think the full form of my first name would be much more common for that purpose. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/33 "2008-03-04T17:06:09Z")
36, which seems surprisingly low. The number is technically higher, as both my names have at least three spellings each. ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/34 "2008-03-04T17:06:10Z")
There are 17 when I put in the name I use, but if I put in my hyphenated name, I cease to exist. My wife’s name is German and sort of Spanish and there is only one of her. So the web page got it right at least once. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/35 "2008-03-04T17:08:21Z")
32 of me, but I’m the best one. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/36 "2008-03-04T17:10:37Z")
There are 10 of me. If I die, we’ll be decimated. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/37 "2008-03-04T17:14:40Z")
There’s only one of me and that is true of the posted site and google. Using my nickname for the first name it says there are 3 of us. On google I found only one other and she is in Florida but the last name is her married name so she’s not even an original. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/38 "2008-03-04T17:17:22Z")
13 in America; 1 in the U.K. Change my surname to a common variant and there are 2 more in the U.K. U.K. search site [here](http://www.yournotme.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/39 "2008-03-04T17:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] There are 1,196 of me. [/QUOTE] Dude, there’s only one of you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mycroft\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mycroft\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mycroft_H)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039/40 "2008-03-04T17:26:01Z")
Just the one of me. (It’ s better than the zero answer that many are getting.) There are supposedly 516 with the same last name, which is a higher number than I would have expected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-of-you/440039.md?page=3)