Their grammar skills make me question their name research skills.

I got the same message. Meh.

Country FPM

IRELAND 85.37
CANADA 3.9
UNITED STATES 2.1
UNITED KINGDOM 2.1
SWITZERLAND 0.64

(FPM=Frequency/million)

Country FPM
AUSTRIA 155.55
GERMANY 122.87
CANADA 83.9
UNITED STATES 70.19
NEW ZEALAND 69.74

and here I thought my last name wasnt that big.

Country FPM

NORWAY 0.85
UNITED STATES 0.38

GERMANY 97.61
AUSTRIA 27.38
LUXEMBOURG 25.51
UNITED KINGDOM 7.99
UNITED STATES 7.4

It only comes up with Holland for me, so that's pretty much right.
NETHERLANDS 8.88


GELDERLAND , NETHERLANDS 37.41
UTRECHT , NETHERLANDS 19.26
ZUID-HOLLAND , NETHERLANDS 7.42
GRONINGEN , NETHERLANDS 6.19
NOORD-HOLLAND , NETHERLANDS 5.82

I tried my mother's maiden name

NORWAY 49.77
UNITED STATES 0.59
CANADA 0.23

BELGIUM 72.08
NETHERLANDS 47.19
UNITED STATES 36.61
UNITED KINGDOM 12.26
CANADA 10.77

This web site says that my last name Japanese. That can't be right, my last name is an English verb with an "s" tacked on at the end.


UNITED STATES 12.6
CANADA 1.38
DENMARK 0.49
GERMANY 0.07
UNITED KINGDOM 0.07
ITALY 0.06
FRANCE 0.05

I'm a little suspect of their data, because I got this:

Top Countries:

DENMARK 5952.29
NORWAY 791.74
SWEDEN 73.31
NEW ZEALAND 65.45
UNITED STATES 40.9

Top Regions:

UTAH , UNITED STATES 852.16
IDAHO , UNITED STATES 313.09
WYOMING , UNITED STATES 176.64
NEVADA , UNITED STATES 134.87
ARIZONA , UNITED STATES 125.61

Didn't think to copy paste, but I put in my new married name and it seemed to be quite accurate - at least with the pockets around the US. I was quite surprised. Germany, Germany, Germany...Iowa?! Huh. I'llbedamned!

Top Countries
Country FPM
FRANCE 7.74
CANADA 3.67
UNITED STATES 1.4
SWITZERLAND 0.64
GERMANY 0.49

Top Regions
Area Name FPM
FRANCHE-COMTE , FRANCE 195.75
MONTANA , UNITED STATES 43.49
BASSE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE 20.84
MANITOBA , CANADA 20.49
BRANDENBURG , GERMANY 13.8

Top Countries Country FPM
IRELAND 228.34
NEW ZEALAND 9.66
UNITED KINGDOM 6.94
UNITED STATES 6.76
CANADA 5.73

That was the name my family had before someone got pissed at someone and changed a letter. So my real last name has hardly any real results.

Dead on:
Top Country - Italy
Top Regions - New Jersey, New York

...and John isn't a top Forename for Doe.

My maiden name brought up German. Which I am.
My married name brought up Polish. Which he is.
Hmmmm....gonna go do my mom's maiden name. I am so easily amused.

My surname is Scottish through and through but it only came up with Australia. Scotland didn't make the top 5 in the list.

NETHERLANDS 5.14
CANADA 0.69
UNITED STATES 0.38
SPAIN 0.1
UNITED KINGDOM 0.09
FRANCE 0.05

Turns out, My name's not that common. I'm a little skeptical, though, because China doesn't even begin to register when you type in Chan, Chang, or Wong. Either way, though, I have an uncommon Chinese last name about which they have no background information. This satisfies me.

I think their data is off for my maiden name....its actually German

However, it says

SOUTH ASIAN INDIAN HINDI

Cool - I searched my mama's maiden name, and apparently there's a better chance of finding one of us in Saskatchewan than in Austria and Italy, which is where the name is from.