# Where does your last name rank? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584 "2003-11-27T16:10:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/81 "2003-11-28T00:08:52Z")
Ellis: 114 Real Name: 52600s ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/82 "2003-11-28T00:12:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*My last name is not listed. \*\* Well Tai Chi of Tricorder isn’t a very common name. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/83 "2003-11-28T00:30:15Z")
Mine’s #4555, a little higher than I would have guessed. Even more surprisingly, though, my mom’s maiden name (which I won’t reveal since I use it as my “security question answer” in case I forget a password) is in the #25,000 range – I wasn’t sure it would even appear on the list! ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/84 "2003-11-28T00:45:35Z")
Chisholm is ranked #2773. ---
**Author:** ![RotorHead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@RotorHead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RotorHead)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/85 "2003-11-28T02:14:40Z")
First name in the 200’s. Last name in the 2,300’s. ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/86 "2003-11-28T02:25:59Z")
My last name is not on the list at all. This fits with what we know about my name. My wife (who has been deep in genealogical research for over a decade) figures there are maybe 40 or people with my last name in the US. And 25 or so of those are me, my brothers and sisters, and our wives, ex-wives, and children. However, my first name (Richard) is number 7, and my middle name (James) is number 1. So I have a very uncommon last name, combined with two very common given names. ---
**Author:** ![Kyann22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@Kyann22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyann22)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/87 "2003-11-28T02:35:53Z")
My last name in #31. My first name is in the low 100s, which REALLY surprises me. I hardly EVER meet anyone with my name. Sometimes people mention they know someone w/ my name, but I never meet them myself. Interesting. I have however met 2 people with my first and last name. One was a lady who worked in the town where I went to college. The other is employed at my current workplace. She gets my email sometimes as our addresses are almost the same. I guess there are several of us out there. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/88 "2003-11-28T02:42:39Z")
Parrish is 600. The evil, alternate spelling that I always seem to be confused with around these parts (Parish) is 2127. Now I wonder why my name is always confused. First name is 77. ---
**Author:** ![jkusters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/fbc32d/32.png) [@jkusters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkusters)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/89 "2003-11-28T02:43:49Z")
Hm, closest to mine is 9544. I thought it would be much lower. JOhn. ---
**Author:** ![Petrichor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@Petrichor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrichor)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/90 "2003-11-28T03:03:00Z")
6th for my last name. Thats not to supprising, but my first name in the top 1000 is. I have never met anyone with it as a last name, and few with it as a first. Out of boredom I checked the customer database at work, and out of 250,000 names it came up 62 times. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/91 "2003-11-28T03:24:53Z")
Mine didn’t appear at all. I figured there were at least a couple dozen “Ambekars” wandering America’s streets. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/92 "2003-11-28T03:25:48Z")
First name = Top 275 Middle = top 130 Maiden = top 475 married = almost 45,000 I had it fairly easy for the first 21 years … ☹ FWIW, my mom’s maiden name isn’t on the list (an alternate spelling is top 200) - neither is her sister’s married last name. ---
**Author:** ![boofy\_bloke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@boofy\_bloke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boofy_bloke)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/93 "2003-11-28T03:46:45Z")
My first name (craig) is 90 but I don’t have a last name and that doesn’t appear to be on the list. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/94 "2003-11-28T03:59:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*My last name is not listed. \*\* Honestly how long did it take you to figure that out? I could look at that list for hours and probably pass over my name many times. All while getting a massive headache. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/95 "2003-11-28T04:04:57Z")
My last name is not on there at all. Hmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Lockz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Lockz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lockz)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/96 "2003-11-28T04:25:36Z")
My anglcisized last name (sorry about spelling, I’m tired!!) comes in at 23780 on the list. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/97 "2003-11-28T04:30:39Z")
My surname is not on there either. As far as I know, the only people that have it are related to me, however distantly. But if I take off the “T” on the end it is ranked. Also the name of a mathematician. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/98 "2003-11-28T05:11:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by boofy\_bloke \* > \*\*My first name (craig) is 90 but I don’t have a last name and that doesn’t appear to be on the list. \*\* Hiya, Craig, I’m Craig too. My last name is in the high 3500’s - it surprised me, actually; I’d thought it a relatively common surname, and my first relatively uncommon. Huh. Learn something new every day. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/99 "2003-11-28T05:38:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by boofy\_bloke \* > \*\*My first name (craig) is 90 but I don’t have a last name and that doesn’t appear to be on the list. \*\* You don’t have a last name? How did that come about, and how do you manage, if you don’t mind my asking? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584/100 "2003-11-28T05:44:22Z")
I too must question the validity of this list. My name is a variation of 76654, but I’m pretty sure that my spelling is at least as common as the one in the list, yet it doesn’t appear there at all. A fifth cousin did a genealogy of the family, and according to his research there are bout 3000 of us in the U.S. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-your-last-name-rank/215584.md?page=6)