Loiseau Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I just came across this extraordinary website on French surnames when searching for something on the internet!You can either type in a name and it tells you how popular it is generally, or click on a departement and it will list the names therein by order of popularity...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 There are over 4000 people with my surname... [blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 There are more people in France called Smith than with the surname of my French neighbours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 None of mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 not one of mine either[:(] It's nice to be unique[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ysatis Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 There are 605 with my name, more than my notaire, estate agent and maire. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 There are 27,500 people in France with my (German) surname, and only 360 with my mum's (French) maiden name; the latter group all in the same dept.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I am beginning to suspect that the site can't be right. There are 562 of my married surname and all in the same department, and about the same number with my French farmer neighbour's surname and again all the same department but not the one they are located . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 [quote user="jetlag"]not one of mine either[:(] It's nice to be unique[:D][/quote]That makes three of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 428 of mine! Wonder where they can be? Rather more of my "nom de plume" (sorry), of course...Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumziGal Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 There are over 1000 of me, isn't that nice? There are about 300 of Mr SB, strangely all up near Belgium........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 None with my Irish married name but over 100 with my Scottish maiden name. All in Somme. Perhaps they didn't go home after WW1! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Interesting, 158 of the French spelling of my surname (Supposed to have come from Normandy in 16th centuary) and 1110 of my mother's maiden name (also of French decent).I think I'll pass this amongst my French colleagues and see what they think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistral Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 There are 941 people in France with my husband's surname (and all of them seem to live in Brittany-they're probably cousins) But there are 2,724 people with my English surname.When we got married I chose to take his surname thinking that French people would recognize it and I wouldn't have to spend my time spelling it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossumGirl Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 As far as I know, there are only my in-laws in Paris and bizarrely, one other person who lives a block away from them (weird coincidence) and is not related and us with our name.PG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted February 4, 2007 Share Posted February 4, 2007 There are 2,582 people in France with my husband's surname. Funny, my French neighbors have only 301 people with their surname and they are all in the same dept. 84. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 [quote user="Loiseau"]I just came across this extraordinary website on French surnames when searching for something on the internet!You can either type in a name and it tells you how popular it is generally, or click on a departement and it will list the names therein by order of popularity...Angela [/quote]Does anyone know of an equivalent site for German surnames? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I might do some research on this with my neighbours. I thought their name sounded as if it should be quite common but, according to the website, there are fewer than 20 with their surname in the whole of the Allier dept. I know 4 families with the name in my small village and as I am always bumping into one or other of them, I may have been misled into believing they were everywhere! I'm curious now about how many relatives they know in Allier with their name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 I doubt if there are many in France with my OH's maiden name - Hourigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Only 260 of me - and it's common in France, being the name of a large French company (and is written on the front of many TV sets and other household appliances). Probably because of that the French always spell it correctly, wheras the English invariably add an extra letter in the middle, which is the more common / less select spelling there.Interesting to see that Smith is 979th, yet Schmitt is 68th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naps Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 [blink] just over 65,000 with my maiden name! and, no - my father isn't french! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 So Will's surname is Viewsonic N2600W (known as Viewsonic NE2600W in the UK)? I suspected as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crépuscule Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 For what it's worth, the 5 most common surnames amongst last Saturday's French rugby team were:Marty 27,000, Clerc 14,000, Ibanez 5,700, Vermeulen 3,600 and Nallet 1,600.A surprisingly large number of Vermeulens? If Harinordoquy had played instead, the result would have been much different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Cassis ...........I think wills name is Danset..........or.... Dansette .............they made a good record player..........right Will ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Close, but not close enoughWill Sony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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