Topic: World Name Profiler

Sup.
I've had very limited on-line time these past few months but that should start to change now that we are into the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. I'll have to catch up on quite a few threads.
I thought this site Public Profiler - worldnames rather interesting, although I don't like the sound of "Public Profiler"

To my complete surprise Australia is the country with the highest FPM (Frequency Per Million) of my surname "Hodge"

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AUSTRALIA 338.23
NEW ZEALAND 314.37
UNITED KINGDOM 196.41
UNITED STATES 188.32
CANADA 112.32

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The top regions were interesting too

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Area Name FPM
TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA 775.62
TENNESSEE , UNITED STATES 660.96
BAY OF PLENTY REGION , NEW ZEALAND 647.91
SOUTH CAROLINA , UNITED STATES 598.79
OTAGO REGION , NEW ZEALAND 583.4

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So, surprising? Interesting? Waddya think?

While I here I'd like to be the first to digress, rather than start a whole new nuther thread.


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When selected the browser window scrolls up and down of its own accord, at random as far as I can tell. I've checked the connections and they are seated correctly. OK I haven't cleaned the rollerball recently but it doesn't look claggy, yeah ok I'll do that now. Righto we're all declagged and still have twitchy browsers.

Standard PS/2 mouse, wired. I have the wheel set to scroll one line at a time.

Now let's check those pesky electrons out...


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(Edited by Tao on 09-19-2008 22:41)

775 in tasmania
the highest for my name is 7,94 !

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I know I thought that as well Tasmania!. New Zealand appeals to me too


Those who look for monsters should look to it that
they do not become monsters. For when you gaze
long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

<bad interstate rivalry joke>That's because everyone in Tasmania is related to everyone else in Tasmania</bad interstate rivalry joke>

My name comes up with:
CANADA 72.66
UNITED KINGDOM 40.63
UNITED STATES 34.09
NEW ZEALAND 31.12
AUSTRALIA 26.02
IRELAND 2.4


The the top cities:
BELFAST , NORTHERN IRELAND , UNITED KINGDOM
BELFAST , NORTHERN IRELAND , UNITED KINGDOM
BLOOMINGTON , INDIANA , UNITED STATES
BELFAST , NORTHERN IRELAND , UNITED KINGDOM
BRIGHTON , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM


If I didn't know better, I'd think I could trace at least one family line back to Northern Ireland

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Top Countries
Country FPM
UNITED STATES 264.58
UNITED KINGDOM 50.9
CANADA 38.97
AUSTRALIA 38.31
NEW ZEALAND 20.39
IRELAND 1.37
GERMANY 1.33
SWEDEN 1.26
NETHERLANDS 0.86
SWITZERLAND 0.64

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not a big surprise really. My last name is pretty American

Later,

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Seems my last name goes for about 3.2% of the total population here.

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Well, 56.83 in Germany. That's the highest value of 'em. That was to be expected.

UNITED KINGDOM 2969.64
AUSTRALIA 2514.78
NEW ZEALAND 2373.32
UNITED STATES 1609.45
CANADA 1428.05


hmm i do have a VERY common name

hmm... and my fathers name is second in Top Forenames

(Edited by Blacknight on 09-21-2008 18:47)

I see from our sample that it does very much depend on what your surname actually is.
I think I've been getting a little rootsy these past few months because another site which grabbed my attention was Cambridge DNA It really does appeal to me to be able to follow my DNA line through time and space. I'm sure there's a Viking or two lurking in the genetic mix.

not really a 'world' name profiler if it excludes most of the world tho :/ my name is not on the list at all

My surname, spelled correctly, is not in their database. Spelled incorrectly (without a space), shows a result of 0.76 FPM in the United States alone--it apparently doesn't exist anywhere else. Not all that surprising, given the rarity of my surname.


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My name spelled correctly (with 2 'a'-s) doesn't return any results because it's probably specific to my country and derived from the 1 'a' version:

Top Countries
Country FPM
NETHERLANDS 46.44
AUSTRIA 13.49
SLOVENIA 8.7
UNITED STATES 4.25
POLAND 2.9