For those of you who are questioning the accuracy of the Names website...
Check out their "disclaimer": http://ww2.howmanyofme.com/accuracy/
Their data is from the 1990 Census and they state that "not every name is on the
list. A certain number of instances of a name were required to even make the list.
About 10% of all responses were not included on the list because they appeared too
few times. So, uncommon names are not represented on the list."
The disclaimer is fairly humorous and worth reading.
Barb
Barbara J. Shoemaker
School Media Specialist
Mill Road Primary, K-2
9 Mill Road
Red Hook, NY 12571
bshoemaker@rhcsd.org
845.758.2241 x2114
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of Mary Ludwick
Sent: Sun 10/29/2006 10:05 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: OT: Names
http://ww2.howmanyofme.com/
This site lets you know how many people in the US have your exact name, also
how many have the surname. ...kind of fun. My maiden name is not in the
database...
Mary Croix Ludwick, Librarian K-5
Thomas Haley Elem, Irving, Texas (near Dallas)
ludwick@swbell.net (home address)
mludwick@irvingisd.net (school address)
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