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How many of me ??
« on: December 27, 2008, 02:34:46 AM »
Kinda like Googleing yourself.  See how many people in the US have the same name as you.

http://howmanyofme.com/search/

There's 9 of me in the US.  :O
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2008, 02:45:44 AM »
According to that site, I am the only person in the country with my exact name.  I'm not surprised.  I have an uncommonly-spelled common first name, and only a handful of people in this country share my last name.

This works to my advantage when I buy firearms, as approvals from BATFE come back in about 1/10th of a second.  =)

EDIT:
A quick internet search brings up my name on a friend's facebook page, and another person whose name is the same as mine, except his first name is the traditional spelling.  I'm Bryan and he's Brian.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2008, 02:59:28 AM »
Just the one. 
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2008, 04:23:03 AM »
It says there are just five people with my name.  I know that's wrong.  Quite a few more than five show up in a basic google search.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2008, 07:03:43 AM »
Wow - there are 4 of me in the US, according to howmanyofme.com.  Google finds one in Grand Rapids, MI, one in Concord, CA, one in Camp Zama, Japan (US Army command in Japan - apparently he's a high-schooler there), one in Mukwonago, WI, and one in Aledo, TX, in addition to me (though I had to dig through 10 pages of the Google search to find all of them), making 6, technically, though only 5 who are actually in North America.  My own ImageEvent photo site, IMDB entry, and various 501st Legion event descriptions and photos with my name attached to them also turned up.  It also showed 2 Myspace pages (one of them mine), and 9 Facebook pages (none of them mine, as I don't have one).

And funniest of all, to me, was a reservoir in Catron County, New Mexico.  There's a LAKE with my name on it.

Thanks for the link - that was interesting!
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2008, 10:29:16 AM »
Just one of me

520 people have my lastname and were all related. :) Same common ancestor from the 1500's.

"Statistically the 48525th most popular last name"
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2008, 10:42:24 AM »
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2008, 10:43:19 AM »
1,256  :O

One of me  :laugh: lived not far from here and committed a few felonies, one being rape :O. Gave me some trouble with NCIS a while back and almost lost me a job at AMD, until I pointed out that our middle names and SSN's were different.

Haven't had any trouble lately.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2008, 10:43:24 AM »
Hmm, according to the site, there are about 73,000 people with my last name, and 970 people with the same first and last name.  I would have thought there would be more people with both names.  Last time I checked, there were about 15 people in Washington state alone; I know this since I on occasion get collection agency calls/letters for some of the others.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2008, 10:46:58 AM »
Just plugged in "John Smith" to see what I would get... 50,000. Doesn't sound right to me.

But anyway...
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2008, 10:56:41 AM »
I tried John Smith, too. I'd have thought it was "so common it's uncommon", but I guess not. For the record, I once worked with one of those 50,000+. I didn't believe it at first. They must get that a lot.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2008, 10:58:00 AM »
254 of me with my actual first name.....

162 of me with the name (middle) that I go by....

Wish it would let you look by first and middle name....that would be interesting....kinda like that CSI: NY episode where the killer was taking out all the Mac Taylors.....
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2008, 10:59:52 AM »
Quote from: seeker_two on December 27, 2008, 10:58:00 AM
....kinda like that CSI: NY episode where the killer was taking out all the Mac Taylors.....

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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #13 on: December 27, 2008, 11:25:50 AM »
There are 12 of me, and three folks named "Jon Smythe."
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2008, 11:35:04 AM »
"There are fewer than 337 people in the U.S. with the last name XXXXXXXXXX"

Which, I'm not sure I believe.  We are scarce though, this side of the Atlantic.

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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #15 on: December 27, 2008, 11:47:48 AM »
There can be only one of me.

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There are fewer than 337 people in the U.S. with your last name.

Same number as for McBan?  Hmmmm.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #16 on: December 27, 2008, 11:56:34 AM »
Just me, even when using Ben instead of Benedict.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #17 on: December 27, 2008, 01:05:07 PM »
How do you know that website isn't compiling a database of IP addresses and names ...?   :rolleyes:

Anyway, there's lot's of people with my first/last name - including one US Congressman  =D

(and my great-great-great-grandfather ...)
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #18 on: December 27, 2008, 02:25:50 PM »
1551 of me.  I didn't think there would be that many.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #19 on: December 27, 2008, 03:35:52 PM »
905

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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #20 on: December 27, 2008, 03:43:05 PM »
only 5 of us.

but the first name, 1,433,560.  ;/ my mother could have been a bit more creative.
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #21 on: December 27, 2008, 03:45:40 PM »
There are five people named Blue Star Lizzard?   :O
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #22 on: December 27, 2008, 03:56:25 PM »
12,863  of "me"
There are 1,588,084 people in the U.S. with the first name
There are 2,478,513 people in the U.S. with the last name
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #23 on: December 27, 2008, 04:02:11 PM »
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Re: How many of me ??
« Reply #24 on: December 27, 2008, 04:06:39 PM »
Just me, according to that site.
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