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What is the most common surname you have got in yo
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Margaret | Report | 24 Apr 2004 21:42 |
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Mine is Jones 70463 |
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Rach | Report | 24 Apr 2004 21:47 |
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Simpson If I never see the name written again it will be too soon! |
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Natalie | Report | 24 Apr 2004 21:48 |
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I have Smiths & Browns (no Jones' so far though!) Natalie |
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Debbie | Report | 24 Apr 2004 21:58 |
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Mine is Davis with 18,820 I did come across a smith somewhere but I refuse to put that on my tree until I have come to the conclusion that I cannot go back any further. That name must be a nightmare to find. Debbie |
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Len of the Chilterns | Report | 24 Apr 2004 23:30 |
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Jones. I never bother to follow leads now. Always get bogged down. Len |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 24 Apr 2004 23:57 |
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Yes Theresa I totally agree there....and my Murphy's are in London!!! |
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Kathleen | Report | 25 Apr 2004 03:07 |
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Mine is Brown - 55,641 on this site! The odd 1 is mine. Closely followed by King and Davies. Won't even mention the Irish side. Kathleen |
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JALimestonePlains | Report | 25 Apr 2004 03:28 |
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Mine are Smith, followed by the Yorkshire equiv. of Smith, Armitage! Then Allen and Ellis...all very common it would seem!!! JA |
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Nicholas | Report | 25 Apr 2004 07:12 |
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Mine is White, although this is on my other halfs side, on my side it is Riach |
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Foxyfeline | Report | 25 Apr 2004 07:17 |
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Well, I have to say that mine isn't any of these common names. My commonest name is Bagley, closely followed by Davenport, Beards and Briars. However, my birth name was Burke, and that is an absolute night mare to look up, especially since my family are not Irish, but Jewish Burkes! The name originated as Berk in Lithuania. Consequently, I don't look my name up any more, only the particular first names with it, and then in America where I think the rest of the family went. If you just look Burke up, you get thousands of Irish people! Lisa xx |
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Diane | Report | 25 Apr 2004 07:19 |
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My tree is quite strange:- Both my maternal grandparents before marriage were HARRISON.. Both my paternal great grandparents before marriage were WOODCOCKS.. As you can imagine this has made searching quite tricky,especially has they all originated from the same places |
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Sarah | Report | 25 Apr 2004 14:30 |
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Definately Williams from Wales. The least common is veryard I don't know which is worse sarah |
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SueinKent | Report | 25 Apr 2004 14:53 |
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I have just started researching hubbys tree. Had a long chat with his mum yesterday, her maiden name was Davies, then found out her mum was a Davies who married a Davies, I think I will be pulling my hair out soon!! Sue |
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K | Report | 25 Apr 2004 14:58 |
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Smith 115,731 (they get everywhere) Brown 55,681 Taylor 53,748 Keren |
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Jacqueline | Report | 25 Apr 2004 14:59 |
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mine is jones and from wales, no wonder i cant find them, well not the ones i want anyway. |
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AlleyCatLane | Report | 25 Apr 2004 16:10 |
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Rose with 9464 on this site, I do have some Browns with over 55500. Alison... |
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Bobtanian | Report | 25 Apr 2004 16:15 |
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Well, 29,646 Evans's 25,488 Harris's 26,356 Martin's 31,296 White's 39,108 Wilson's BUT I have the ONLY Ballisat on the site, any one else with "Unique" names? |
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Devon Dweller | Report | 25 Apr 2004 17:56 |
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Yes Bob I have Bainsfair, 11 on GC and Broomham 8 |
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Lynda | Report | 25 Apr 2004 17:57 |
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Ah now, how about Smith!!!!!!!!! Lynda |
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purplehaze | Report | 25 Apr 2004 18:03 |
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greaves is the most common, then greenwood and baker r the most difficult (most essex way) grrrr only got 3 on each jo |
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