Tuesday 27 January 2009

Another Game For A Wet Afternoon.

Following on from our 'Googleable' post of last week, I thought I would find out which of the surnames we used in that one was the most common amongst British surnames.In reverse order,

10. Haydon. The 3,444th most common surname in Britain.

9, Isaac, The 1, 147th most common surname in Britain.

8. Carroll. 315th on the list of the most common British surnames.

7. Fleming. 287th on the list.

6. Frost. 216th on the chart.

5. Fox. 115th on the list.

4. Jackson. 26th on the chart.

3. Lewis 23rd most common.

2. Wilson 7th most common.

1, Williams. 3rd in Britain and winner of the Silvertonia ' Common As Muck' surname
award.

You can have fun with this at:

http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/

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