Comments on: The Same-Name Game

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:55:31 +0000

0 of me as well. It says that it doesn’t recognize my last name- which to be honest, my family is the only one that I know of in the US. There are only 41,996 other people with my first name (860th in the list of most common first names!), and none with my last name. If you go a little deeper into the site it does say that about 1 in 10 people will have a name that doesn’t appear on the list… So, it’s actually only accurate about 81% of the time (this per the website).

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:02:35 +0000

There is a disclaimer about the accuracy…or

“Q: How accurate is this program?

A: More accurate than a Magic 8-ball. Less accurate than distributing and collecting 300 million surveys.”

and it says 0 ellen lechels :( it is a lonely world. lol.

By: Pointy-Hatted Geek

Pointy-Hatted Geek — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:40:26 +0000

Nope. I’m not there, either. My last name isn’t, at least. Although I do have a fairly rare lst name. The only people I know of with it are related to me. Sigh.

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:32:56 +0000

While 535,444 people have my first name and 510 have my last name, a whopping 1 person has my exact name.
Cool.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 22:00:58 +0000

Well done, Andrew. I think I remember seeing this as a massive Times Square billboard a few years back. What’s the headline? “Deep down, you know you’re him”?

By: Andrew Zimmerman

Andrew Zimmerman — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 21:11:21 +0000

As an everyday reader of the MF blog, I was thrilled to see this Curb your Enthusiasm DVD package. I designed it and created this fake 3D rendering for HBO Video.

By: RYZ

RYZ — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:47:53 +0000

None of my last name either. 300,000+ people have my first name though.

By: Rebecka

Rebecka — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:41:07 +0000

I don’t exist either. My first name (legally spelled Rebecka with many thanks to my parents) combined with my last name statistically comes up with zero.

And sometimes … I feel like I don’t exist … *heavy sigh*

By: Corrine

Corrine — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:01:40 +0000

Another big fat loser here! 0 people with my last name in the US. Then what IS my husband’s last name?!?!? You can’t make accusations without backing them up! I want answers HowManyOfMe.com!!!

:o)

By: Greer

Greer — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:05:34 +0000

There are none of me on the website! I guess I was never born then…