Poll: How unique is your surname?

[mokes310]

Mine is quite unique. We can trace our family back to a small village on the west coast of France. YAY for my big nose and snootyness

 

[UberMore]

In the UK, Springthorpe isn't too common (outside my family, of course), even though there is a village with the same name, but there's a crap load of "Springthorpe's" in the US, so I'm not sure.

 

[randomrob]

Are there any Leftwich's on the Escapist other than me? probably not, I've never heard of anyone in th U.K outside my family who has that name.

 

[Knight of Cydonia]

very proud of my surname *ahem* "Delhoy"

 

[Stoplesteimer]

mine's Stolpestad, in the states theres only one other family who has the name

 

[EeveeElectro]

Marshall. It's pretty common in Britain.

But apparently:
0.075% of last names in the US are MARSHALL!

Something I pulled of some website. Don't know whether it's true or not.

Mines Marshman.

I'm the only one in Yorkshire, to my knowledge, unless my dad still lives here, which I hope he doesn't.

 

[DoW Lowen]

My last name is Nguyen. There are over 3,000 of us listed in the yellow pages in NSW alone... I'm going to go with not very.

 

[Alarid]

Mine's Owen.
Pretty common, I think.

"Uncle Owen
I know I on probation. I cleaned the droids
Can I go to the hatchi station?
I gotta layaway on the power converter
but now you treatin' me like a scruffy nerf hearder"

It was an opportunity I had to exploit. My last name and social security number are.... Everyone knows it is a bad idea to give away personal information on the web.

 

[chieften]

Massimini. found only in 2 small parts of Central Italy and a small area outside of Naples. I'm in the only Massimini family west of the Mississippi river.

 

[ddon]

schink. only person that that i know who has that name is me and when i looked for the meaning it was near impossible so i say very unique.

 

[Arikarin Aririkamei]

My surname is Shaw, it's nothing special and is common-ish... I want a better surname.

 

[7moreDead_v1legacy]

My name means "woodcutter" in german. It stands out a lot and everyone mispronounces it. Ever single year of high school they spelled it wrong in they yearbook. If you fully translate my name, it means "Brave Weasel Woodcutter."
I can't picture that.

And I thought my name translated out weirdly, "Small Independent Tiny raven".

 

[ljd184]

my surname is boys it was wood in French but i am english but thats a story to be told for another day

 

[Thisbedutch]

My surname's kinda uncommon for England, as far as I know. Mulholland is more common in Ireland what with it being an Irish name, and of course, everyone likes to ask if I've seen a certain film :/

 

[Nemu]

Mine's more common in England, but I won't reveal it on a forum. =P
Hint: It's also a month.

 

[jake09050]

Anyone here know anyone by the name of "Boyes"?

The closest thing I have found was Boyd

The NHL player Brad Boyes
OT: Mines very unique Bernbaum Pronouced (Burnbomb)incase you were wondering

 

[Lord Mountbatten Reborn]

My surname is a common forename, but not a common surname. Marcus. It's probably a changed version of a previous name. My Dad's side of the family come from Russia (this is a few generations ago).

 

[CenturionRyan]

Mine's Dempsey.

It's not quite common, but not all that rare either.

I was on a site once, that let you see how many people in all countries had your surname.

The countries with the most Dempseys were; Republic of Ireland, England, and then Luxembourg, inexplicably.

 

[Ammadessi]

I'm told that my last name is fairly common in Sicily, where my grandparents are from, but here it's so uncommon that when you google it you tend to end up nothing but my family members.

 

[TheZapper]

Went for very unique as I am yet to meet another person with my surname in England, though I'm told it's fairly common in France.