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How Many of Me?
We all know that names aren’t unique identifiers, but just how many people share your name? HowManyOfMe.com gives you an answer. I benefit from having an unusual last name and a fairly uncommon first name as well. There are three of me:
The numbers estimated from statistical and demographic US Census Bureau data.
Posted by windley on February 13, 2007 6:21 PM
Comment from Fazal Majid at February 13, 2007 6:44 PM
Heh, it claims there are 0 people with my name, therefore I must not exist, or San Francisco has seceded from the Union while I wasn't looking...
Comment from Michael A. Cleverly at February 13, 2007 11:24 PM
Statistically it says there are four of me in the US--coincidentally that is how many American Michael Cleverlys I am aware of.
Comment from Cid Dennis at February 14, 2007 7:26 AM
I guess I am not around either. There are a lot of Dennis's but no Cid's or Cid Dennis's.
Comment from Hyrum Mills at February 14, 2007 8:55 AM
HowManyOfMe.com:
There are 0 people with my name in the U.S.A.
Comment from darusha at February 14, 2007 12:25 PM
As I suspected, I get 0 with only my first name and 0 with only my last name. If this were global, it wouldn't be so easy, but I'm quite confident I'd be the only one with my full name. Ah, it is good to be truly unique.
Comment from sarah at March 26, 2007 4:03 PM
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Second, the data is old. The data for this program comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's 1990 census. That makes the data about 17 years old or so.
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