Poll: How common is your name?

[OldRat]

My first name is common enough. Out of the 5,3 million people in this country, 22347 are named Teemu. So, around 4.2%. No other country really uses that name.

My surname, however, is really, really rare and almost none but my relatives have it. There are 90 living people with my last name. In the world. 171 in the whole world, at any point, ever, have had that surname.
So the chances are I'm the only one with that exact name. Even disregarding my middle name.

 

[Revolution -X-]

super duper common.
My first name is sarah, and if you're in a mildly crowded room right now I can pretty much guarantee there are like 9 Sarahs/Saras in that room with you right now.

I had three in my classes from Kindergarten on up, and two Jessicas.

 

[stefman]

Stefan is not too common. met two others online, none in life (at least, spelled like that)

 

[Ninjasander]

My first name, Vetle, is a somewhat rare name in my country, and outside it's pretty much non-existent. There are about 3000 people with the same name as me in the world, if the statistics are to be believed.

I'm the only person with my full name though.

 

[Eicha]

My name is Ari-Matti. It's Finnish, but even for Finnish standards it's pretty rare. I haven't met, or heard of, a single person with my name in my entire life.

I'm with you on that one, kinda. Just the Ari, though. Fairly rare in the U.S., but my uncle and I have the fortune to be named after the same person. Oh, the LOLs.

 

[The Grim Ace]

I'm too lazy to look it up but I could swear the only name more common in the US than Benjamin is Jose. I can't find many Bens around where I live but I remember hearing some study that said it was the most common name until Jose usurped it. Yay?

 

[Jake0fTrades]

Common for my age group? Or common for newborns?

In my age group, it is rare, however in the recent years it has become the most common name for newborn boys.

 

[Hisshiss]

My first name is Hobbes, which aside from the obvious comic book characters, writers, and those fat things in fable, I have yet to ever meet another human being with that same name. I know they are out there, but I cannot for the life of me find one.

 

[Sicram]

The only other "Marcis" I know of are Latvians and even then it's rare, so a very rare name indeed.

 

[StBishop]

OP Your name is because of Top Gun. Without a doubt.

OT: My name is not that common in Australia, but is more common in the UK apparently.
My name is Jonathon.

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

My name is very rare, but there is also a male model with my name (first AND last), Jamin Thompson (not afraid to post first and last, since any internet search will only result in lots of hits for the famous one). I just wish i looked that good. Also, my name is probably much more common in, say, Israel, since it's a Hebrew name.

 

[Booze Zombie]

I know a few other people exist with the name "Eirian", but I've never met any of them.

 

[tahrey]

IRL forename: Biblically common.

IRL surname: Very rare. I didn't know of anyone with it outside my immediate family until I was about 10, and no-one can spell it properly. Only with the rise of the internet have I since found the odd pocket of them here and there, and fully three other people with the exact same "full" name (but different middle names, at least) on the whole planet. One's a semi-pro cyclist, another is a middle-aged banker, and the third appears to be a small time serial killer. So all in all, I don't think I'm doing too badly in terms of vices.

Handle: Rare as hell, which is why I've hung onto it for a decade and a half. The one time I've ever had a site refuse it was youtube, of all places. Tried to make an account (for work reasons... I have no funny videos worth showing the world) about 6 months ago only to find some egyptian guy registered using it about 3 years ago, favourited one video, then presumably realised he'd spelt his own name wrong (tahrir maybe?) and ragequit FOR EVAR. Grr.

 

[Revolution -X-]

Matthew. It's fairly common. In my circle of friends there's three of us, so we have to be referred to as Little Matt, Medium Matt, and Big Matt (based on height). I'm the Big one.

Oh yes. Last name.
Begins with a G.
Go to Scotland for a fuckload of us.

 

[mental_looney]

First name currently not so common but still popular, last name so common Wilson >.<

 

[Gravy Boat Gary]

Although my user name is Gravy Boat Gary, my real name is Garrett Thomas, two fairly common names however the problem is Garrett is usually a last name and Thomas is usually a first name. Teachers at school would always call me Thomas, assuming that was my real first name and perhaps there had been a typo on the role or something.

Garrett is a hard name to call out in a loud place so when introducing myself allot of the time people think I say Gary, so it's like a second name or maybe I can't pronounce my own name right, muh doesn't matter.

Had a young family friend who couldn't pronounce my name correctly, he was a big Pokemon fan so he just called me Gyarados.

 

[sean360h]

In my country of birth or the name's country of origin? Because in my country of birth there are about three people who have Fionnuala/Fionnula as a first name. There are a one or two more with simpler spellings.

In its country of origin however I have no idea; all I can tell you its not among the top 25 names in the country. I think it's pretty uncommon there too.

Results?

Sweden: Very rare

Ireland: Uncommon/Rare

I think. Any Irish who can tell me?

EDIT: Took away joke that upon re-reading made no sense. I am sooooo tired... -_-;

i have never heard of that name im Irish that seems to be a very rare name.

 

[GeorgW]

Well, on this site I'd say I'm alone with GeorgW, but there are a select few sites where I've had to use another screenname. Oh, you meant my real name? Yeah, it's pretty rare. I've never met anyone with it in my country, but have in other.

 

[hannan4mitch]

Crap, Double Post.

 

[hannan4mitch]

I believe that my name is somewhat rare, it's Mitchell
But I use my nickname much more, Mitch.