Friday, May 1, 2009

#15 World Name Profile

http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/

First,
Little: I tell everyone its English, it sounds English. Reality, there are more Little's in Australia and New Zealand, then in the UK. The top ten list shows that it is most common in Western Europe, Australia/New Zealand and US/Canada, which makes senses geographically and historically, because they were all settled by the same people.

Second,
Spreng: It is my grandmother's maiden name, she immigrated from Germany after WWII.
Results: 1. Germany, 2. Switzerland, 3. Austria, 4. France, 5. US, 6. Argentina, 7. Serbia, 8. Cananda, 9. UK, 10. Italy.

Third, (Doctor Who)
I always thought that the creators of Doctor Who were a bit lazy with the surnames. The Doctor often goes by John Smith, the series three companion is names Martha Jones, and Sarah Jane Smith and Mickey Smith are both reoccurring characters.
Results:
Smith:
  1. Australia 12254
  2. UK 12176
  3. New Zealand 9009
  4. US 9000
  5. Ireland 4559
  6. Canada 3093
  7. Norway347
  8. Denmark 302
  9. Netherlands 235
  10. Sweden 161
Jones:
  1. UK 9298
  2. Australia 6132
  3. US 4954
  4. New Zealand 4002
  5. Canada 1668
  6. Ireland 1316
  7. Argentina 84
  8. Sweden 79
  9. Luxembourg 76
  10. Spain 69
I think that they weren't being lazy, they were just picking, common, identifiable names...
Also, for fun...
Tyler: UK 276 & US 224
Harkness: New Zealand 99 & UK 65
Noble: Australia 428 & UK 399

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