soubriquet 0 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 A report in the Torygraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jht...nsurnames31.xml "..the study of 20,000 British surnames over five generations has enabled researchers to do for the first time is to track the migration of people with British names and to see where the largest concentration of people of that name lives." "The reasons for names disappearing extend beyond migration. There were 3,211 Cocks in Britain in 1881 — when most were centred around Truro — but only 826 in 1996. Likewise, the number of Handcocks, Smellies, Haggards, Slows, Willys, Piggs, Hustlers, Nutters and Glasscocks has fallen." Search for your name here: http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx There are 2300 people share mine, and it's the 2,555th most common name Link to post Share on other sites
misorano 1 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Only 165 with mine in the UK. It's easy to fine my families phone numbers in NZ as all you do is enter the name (no area etc needed) and they all pop up on the first page. Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 There's a similar surname check for America . Link to post Share on other sites
bettyx 0 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 jesus, mine doesn't even make in into the top 55,000 in america, nor has it been recorded after the 1881 survey in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites
misorano 1 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Betty When did you move to Hakuba? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 31, 2006 Author Share Posted August 31, 2006 Shortly after 1881 Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 I wonder why there were so many cocks in Truro. I suppose you'd have to be to live there though. Interesting info that. Looks like I have a fairly northern name. Link to post Share on other sites
ibk6020 0 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 number 2 on the list well thats a suprise innit miss jones! Link to post Share on other sites
ibk6020 0 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 number 4 in america well we seem to be good breeders and travellers also! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 not on the list at all. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 m either ... but I know they were there - they were the Norman Conquerers who decided to stay. Not a lot of us in Perth - until recently every one was from our nuclear family - but the Melbourne branch have decided to head for more pleasant surrounds and now there are a number of people with the same surname that I do not know. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 I'm not on the list either. In fact after considerable research over the years I'm pretty sure that there is no one else in the world currently with the same first and surname as myself! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 John Smith? Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Richard Head? Are we playing Bart Simpson? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Looks like my Surname is on the list, more than I thought for, but not so many! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 these of ourse are English names which are very limited. And therefore can be studied. Link to post Share on other sites
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