Are you one in a Million, or just a Common Joe?

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:11 pm

http://www.howmanyofme.com/

Only One of me...

awp101 · Post by **awp101** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:17 pm

Old Ironsights wrote:http://www.howmanyofme.com/

Only One of me...

OI after they made you they didn't just break the mold, they also scattered the pieces to the far ends of the Earth...

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:24 pm

Just me

(as the board sighs thank heavens)

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:26 pm

Well, so much for being unique. It says there is 9050 of me in the U.S.
Oh well.

Joe

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:29 pm

36 of me, but probably only 1 or 2 with the correct middle.

iceman · Post by **iceman** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:43 pm

There are only 2 of me in the USA and neither of them are me because I live in Canada.

Andrew · Post by **Andrew** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:00 pm

Mine are 345 with "Andrew" and 31 with "Andy".

Funny, "Andrew" had a higher percent of females than "Andy". I always figured it would be the other way around. They were both over 99% though.

JReed · Post by **JReed** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:02 pm

one of 370

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:03 pm

453, but 1445 under my real name. Guess there was a good reason to change. Probably far fewer with the correct middle name under either.

cas · Post by **cas** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:04 pm

Like the old saying goes, if you're one in a million, there's 8 people in NY City exactly like you.

71 of me.

.45 · Post by **.45** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:15 pm

1 OF 15

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:22 pm

one of 48

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:26 pm

awp101 wrote:
Old Ironsights wrote:http://www.howmanyofme.com/

Only One of me...
OI after they made you they didn't just break the mold, they also scattered the pieces to the far ends of the Earth...

Actually, FWIU, they put the mould onto the Surveyor 7 launch vehicle and dumped it into a terminal reentry decaying orbit just to make sure...

rhead · Post by **rhead** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:49 pm

488 with mine one is my son.

bsaride · Post by **bsaride** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:52 pm

Me and eight others.

I hope they don't steal my identity...

They will end up with worse credit...

I was top 5% before ex got ahold of me.

stew71 · Post by **stew71** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:05 pm

5,930.

My wife says one of me is quite enough. Sometimes more than she can take....

From that site...I thought this comment was rather odd...

"99.7 percent of people with the first name James are male."

.3% are female?? Must be quite a few knuckleheaded parents out there....

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:12 pm

There are 591 of my wife ...... OMG thats way too many. But wait, her first name is spelled like a guys so hopefully there's only one of her.

Joe

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:15 pm

I typed in my Mom's name; Jonella Youdisky. She was the only one.

Jonella Youdisky
* There are 1 or fewer people in the U.S. named Jonella Youdisky.

J

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Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:19 pm

stew71 wrote:5,930.

My wife says one of me is quite enough. Sometimes more than she can take....

From that site...I thought this comment was rather odd...

"99.7 percent of people with the first name James are male."

.3% are female?? Must be quite a few knuckleheaded parents out there....

Read the chapter in "Freakonomics" about baby names sometime...

You get to find out all kinds of fun things... like about baby girls named "Chlamidya" because it "sounded pretty"...

1894cfan · Post by **1894cfan** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:20 pm

There's 147 of me!

Buck Elliott · Post by **Buck Elliott** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:40 pm

There ain't NOBODY in New York City even close to bein' like me...

Thunder50 · Post by **Thunder50** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:56 pm

Only one.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:02 pm

Only one of me. My wife said, "thank goodness"! Not sure to take that as an insult or compliment???

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:31 pm

There are 346 of me and only 1or less of the wife.

20cows · Post by **20cows** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:39 pm

Is it just me, or does this look like a marketing data mine?

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:48 pm

I am one of a kind, too. Must be why I fly through the NICS.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:13 pm

OH NO!!!!!!! You guys put your real names in here?? and did it on your very own computers.

Now this is tied in with Census you know what!Guess what??????
Now, not only your computer is owned by them(YOU GUYS ARE)

jkbrea · Post by **jkbrea** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:42 pm

That's weird. If I put Jim as my first name, there are 512. If I put in James, there's 14,450.

CEMENTHEAD · Post by **CEMENTHEAD** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:11 pm

One of 19 here....WHEW! Good thing!

Tom

Post by **Hobie** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:40 pm

madman4570 wrote:OH NO!!!!!!! You guys put your real names in here?? and did it on your very own computers. Now this is tied in with Census you know what!Guess what??????
Now, not only your computer is owned by them(YOU GUYS ARE)

It was ok. I was wearing my aluminum foil beanie and my rubber gloves. I also had the water running in the bathtub...

Tycer · Post by **Tycer** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:56 pm

9,534

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:57 pm

Hobie wrote:It was ok. I was wearing my aluminum foil beanie and my rubber gloves. I also had the water running in the bathtub...

You too! Pheww, at least a couple of us are safe.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:58 pm

madman4570 wrote:OH NO!!!!!!! You guys put your real names in here?? and did it on your very own computers. Now this is tied in with Census you know what!Guess what??????
Now, not only your computer is owned by them(YOU GUYS ARE)

I used my special TEMPEST secured Swiss Linux laptop running triple encrypted WAP to access the 'net through a foreign server running a Sanscrit variant of PGP.

That and I ate the tracking cookie. It was delicious.

alnitak · Post by **alnitak** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:11 pm

Johnson is the second most common surname in the USA, with more that 2M. There are 404,000+ of me.

Hard to believe that one in six has the name Bruce, though.... Is this accurate?

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:25 pm

829 of me!

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:30 pm

alnitak wrote:Johnson is the second most common surname in the USA, with more that 2M. There are 404,000+ of me.

Hard to believe that one in six has the name Bruce, though.... Is this accurate?

We're ALL Bruces....

Second Bruce: G'day, Bruce!
First Bruce: Oh, Hello Bruce!

Third Bruce: How are you Bruce?

First Bruce: A bit crook, Bruce.

Second Bruce: Where's Bruce?

First Bruce: He's not 'ere, Bruce.

Third Bruce: Blimey, it's hot in here, Bruce.

First Bruce: Hot enough to boil a monkey's bum!

Second Bruce: That's a strange expression, Bruce.

First Bruce: Well Bruce, I heard the Prime Minister use it. "It's hot enough to boil a monkey's bum in here, your Majesty," he said and she smiled quietly to herself.

Third Bruce: She's a good Sheila Bruce, and not at all stuck up.

Second Bruce: Here! Here's the boss-fellow now! - how are you bruce?

(Enter fourth Bruce with English person, Michael)

Fourth Bruce: 'Ow are you, Bruce?

First Bruce: G'day Bruce!

Fourth Bruce: Bruce.

Second Bruce: Hello Bruce.

Fourth Bruce: Bruce.

Third Bruce: How are you, Bruce?

Fourth Bruce: G'day Bruce.

Fourth Bruce: Gentleman, I'd like to introduce man from Pommeyland who is joinin' us this year in the philosophy department at the University of Walamaloo.

Everybruce: G'day!

Michael: Hello.

Fourth Bruce: Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael Baldwin, Bruce.

First Bruce: Is your name not Bruce?

Michael: No, it's Michael.

Second Bruce: That's going to cause a little confusion.

Third Bruce: Mind if we call you "Bruce" to keep it clear?

pokey · Post by **pokey** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:12 pm

one of 8.

kinda surprised it's so high.

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:05 am

Hobie wrote:
madman4570 wrote:OH NO!!!!!!! You guys put your real names in here?? and did it on your very own computers. Now this is tied in with Census you know what!Guess what??????
Now, not only your computer is owned by them(YOU GUYS ARE)
It was ok. I was wearing my aluminum foil beanie and my rubber gloves. I also had the water running in the bathtub...

Now that's just silly.

Everyone knows the tin foil hat is not supposed to be in the shape of a beanie but in the classic "Tipi" shape to better shed the satellite signals. Come on! Bread and butter Gub't evasion techniques that we shouldn't have to go over again......

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:11 am

Stop obsessing,
we are all on the death list,
take consolation in the fact the government is so incompetent, we will all die of natural causes long before they catch up to us.

Doc Hudson · Post by **Doc Hudson** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:44 am

stew71 wrote: .3% are female?? Must be quite a few knuckleheaded parents out there....

I used to know a lady named James. She was born in 1919 or 920, just after her Dad died in the Spanish Influenza Epidemic. Her Mom swore to name her child for her father and she did, even though it was a daughter.

BTW, if you think James is a strange name for a woman, you ought to be a home service insurance agent for a while. Some of the names people pin on poor defenseless kids make you want to slap them.

Doc Hudson · Post by **Doc Hudson** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:50 am

alnitak wrote:.... Is this accurate?

I have my doubts as to the accuracy.

I searched my Mom's name and it came up with "1 or fewer." Unless he's died recently, there is another Clemmie Hudson in this county, a black guy generally called "Clemmie D."

mescalero1 · Post by **mescalero1** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:59 am

Watch National Geographic Sunday night.
The human family tree,
we are all related.

El Chivo · Post by **El Chivo** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:02 am

4,236

My Dad's name is right there on the front page as an example, there are 44,429 of him.

madman4570 · Post by **madman4570** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:08 am

Hobie wrote:
madman4570 wrote:OH NO!!!!!!! You guys put your real names in here?? and did it on your very own computers. Now this is tied in with Census you know what!Guess what??????
Now, not only your computer is owned by them(YOU GUYS ARE)
It was ok. I was wearing my aluminum foil beanie and my rubber gloves. I also had the water running in the bathtub...

OK,there is 159 of me! I did what you did Hobie to be safe!

Post by **Hobie** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:17 am

Doc Hudson wrote:
stew71 wrote: .3% are female?? Must be quite a few knuckleheaded parents out there....
I used to know a lady named James. She was born in 1919 or 920, just after her Dad died in the Spanish Influenza Epidemic. Her Mom swore to name her child for her father and she did, even though it was a daughter.

BTW, if you think James is a strange name for a woman, you ought to be a home service insurance agent for a while. Some of the names people pin on poor defenseless kids make you want to slap them.

You should write an article about that. It is something else again.

Doc Hudson · Post by **Doc Hudson** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:43 am

Hobie wrote:
Doc Hudson wrote:
stew71 wrote:You should write an article about that. It is something else again.

Hobie,

The worst instance I can't spell or pronounce any better than her mother could.

I had a customer, a black girl in her late teens or early 20's, who had a baby. I sold her a dependant child rider to add to her policy and filled out the paperwork.

When I asked the child's name, the mother replied, "Let me go get the paper>" I had a bad feeling.

The girl came back with one of the cutesy frilly unofficial birth certificates given heer by the hospital. She gave it to me and I read it in amazement as she told me she couldn't spell the name. The poor child had a first name 21 letters long and the middle name was 18 letters long.

I looked at the name, then looked at the mother and said, "You ought to be slapped for giving a poor defenseless child a name like that!" Grandma on the otherside of the room laughed and said, "Telle her about it!"

Young mother piped up and said, "My sister came up with it. And sister chimed in with "It a Africa name."

By that time I was on a roll and gave little sister a good blast to.

"Just when was the last time you were in Africa?" I ranted. "And where the hell is this child going to grow up? Africa? Or Belzoni, Mississippi?

"You've saddled this child with a name that is unpronounceable and unspellable. Hell, she'll be a Senior in high school before she learns to spell it and none of her friends or teachers will ever learn it. You've given this poor child a name that is too long to fit into standardized forms. She will have problems with this name until she is old enough to change it!

"Both of you ought to be slapped senseless!"

The whole time I was ranting, the child's grandmother was laughing and cheering me on with comments like, "Tell about it Mr. Larry!" "That's the truth!", and "I tried to tell 'em the same thing!" Grandma thoroughly enjoyed hearing give her girls down the road. Apparently it had been a sore point for some days.

Funny thing is, even after I gave the girl hell, she took the insurance and kept the premiums paid as long as I was with the company. As for my forms, I just called the baby A.K. lastname.

bogus bill · Post by **bogus bill** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:09 pm

I am one in 350 million as no one shares my name. Actualy there is one more merril werch, I spell my name "wrong", and merrill wuerch spells his probley right. We are probley 3rd or 4th cousins. Our grandfathers came to this country as 1st cousins about the same time. My grandpa and many of his brothers all spelled their name different to each other. The other merrill and I are both from the same area of wisconsin. There is only about 400 various spelled werchs or wuerchs put together in the country. One is george wuerch ex mayor of ankorage alaska. He was one of the biggest pusher of that "bridge to nowhere" in alaska. I have a picture of him and sara palin poseing together on the project.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:12 pm

You Go Doc!

Buffboy · Post by **Buffboy** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:46 pm

It says there are only 99 of me, which leads me to question the numbers. I know 5 people with the same name as me in SD and none of them are related. I can look in the "local" phone book and besides me there are 2 and neither are among those I know.

pharmseller · Post by **pharmseller** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:36 pm

One of three.

But the other two ain't levermen!

P