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04 Jul 03
Originally posted by Jay PeateaI don't know about books, but assuming the text on the internet is a representative sample:
Any evidence to support ?
A google search for John gets 77,500,000 hits
the next best I could find was David - 47,400,000 hits
"Mark", which is a normal word as well, does surprisingly badly - only 39,700,000 hits
Strangely, women's names are not as common as mens names on the internet
I am assuming you mean a common first name - I bet there is someone called "The" or "And" in Britain!
04 Jul 03
Originally posted by iamatigerYes you are right I do mean common first names. Actually the more I think about it the more I am not completely sure that my idea is right . Anyway one of the names that I was thinking of had 240,000,000 hits on google. I've also conservatively estimated that this name will be used 246,000,000 this year outside the internet in the UK alone although the figure could be much more. Also it was a female name. Anybody else got some ideas ? 😀
I don't know about books, but assuming the text on the internet is a representative sample:
A google search for John gets 77,500,000 hits
the next best I could find was David - 47,400,000 hits
"Mark", which is a normal word as well, does surprisingly badly - only 39,700,000 hits
Strangely, women's names are not as common as mens names on the ...[text shortened]... ming you mean a common first name - I bet there is someone called "The" or "And" in Britain!
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04 Jul 03
Originally posted by Jay PeateaMy clever wife suggested "May" 🙂
Yes you are right I do mean common first names. Actually the more I think about it the more I am not completely sure that my idea is right . Anyway one of the names that I was thinking of had 240,000,000 hits on google. I've also conservatively estimated that this name will be used 246,000,000 this year outside the internet in the UK alone although the figure could be much more. Also it was a female name. Anybody else got some ideas ? 😀
04 Jul 03
Originally posted by iamatigerSmart wife you got there😉 I was thinking along the lines of April, May, or June
My clever wife suggested "May" 🙂
According to the Royal mail website, 82 million pieces of post are delivered in the UK each day assuming that 10% of them would have the month written on them in full then 8.2 m X 30 days = 246,000,000.
But May should be the top as it is also an everyday word🙂
04 Jul 03
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Originally posted by Jay PeateaThat can't be right, that would mean that 1/24 of the whole world is named like that....😕
Yes you are right I do mean common first names. Actually the more I think about it the more I am not completely sure that my idea is right . Anyway one of the names that I was thinking of had 240,000,000 hits on google. I've also conser ...[text shortened]... more. Also it was a female name. Anybody else got some ideas ? 😀
Olav
05 Jul 03
Originally posted by iamatigeranyone know any weird names? for instance, i heard of someone who changed their name to "H560 HSG". they said it was cheaper than getting a personalised number plate...i'm not too sure if this was a joke or not, but...yeah...😛
I don't know about books, but assuming the text on the internet is a representative sample:
A google search for John gets 77,500,000 hits
the next best I could find was David - 47,400,000 hits
"Mark", which is a normal word as well, does surprisingly badly - only 39,700,000 hits
Strangely, women's names are not as common as mens names on the ...[text shortened]... ming you mean a common first name - I bet there is someone called "The" or "And" in Britain!