Who are you?

[pjthompson]

There is only one person with the last name of Filkington in the United States. He or she lives in Colorado. The name Filkington is ranked 2,160,600th.

Twenty-six people have the last name of Skywalker. I find myself wondering if they all acquired that name sometime after the 1970s. The biggest concentration (4 people) are in Massachusetts, followed by Texas (3 people), and various ones and twos scattered through a handful more states. Skywalker comes in at 386,842nd.

There are 110 people in the United States with the last name of Bilko, most along the eastern seaboard and eastern Mid-West, but with the largest concentration in Pennsylvania. But there are also some in Oklahoma and Arizona, too. Bilko is ranked 132,177th.

Thompson, by contrast, is ranked 14th in the United States. They exist all over the damned country, with the largest concentrations in California, Texas, and Florida. Pennsylvania is well represented here, too, and my father's peeps did come from PA. I have Thompsons on my mother's side of the family, too. They came from one of the Carolinas, but I can't remember which one.

These fascinating facts brought to you by the White Pages and too much time on my hands.

Comments

[hominysnark.livejournal.com]

Our ranking is 8,322. Looking at the map, it's kind of cool to see how it matches up with the known genealogical facts about where we got off the boat and spread to afterwards. (We got off the boat in the Carolinas and pretty much stayed in the Southeast/Southern Midwest. There are none of us in most of New England, and none in South Dakota, oddly.)

[pjthompson]

Yeah, I found the genealogical aspect of it quite interesting, too.

Carolinas, huh? Maybe we're cousins. ;-)

[helios137.livejournal.com]

There are only five people with my last name, four here in NJ and one sole holder of the surname in NY.

[pjthompson]

A rare name! As someone whose surname is as common as grass, I think that's pretty cool.

[(Anonymous)]

And, since I had been "informally" - i.e. not legally, adopted by my aunt and her husband, when I was 20 I legally changed my to one of those hyphenated names which included both my birth surname and my "adopted" last name. So I have a last name that no one ever had nor ever will again. My children, wife and ex-wife only went with the rare name (i.e. they are the other 4 people in NJ). Hope I'm not boring you with this, but it is unbelievably rare to find anyone interested in the rarity of surnames to begin with. :)

[pjthompson]

No, I've always found names interesting.

[helios137.livejournal.com]

Don't know why I was anonymous. But it compels me to say it loud and strong: I am the only Shahrooz-Scampato in the world! ;)

[pjthompson]

lol--yes, it was rather ironic that you would be anonymous on a post about names.

[pjthompson]

No, I've always found names interesting.

(I replied here because your last entry was Anonymous.)

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

If I run into Filkington out here, do you want me to kick them?

[pjthompson]

No, just ask them if they know any good songs.

[geniusofevil.livejournal.com]

nuts

[pjthompson]

You can throw nuts if you like.