Poll: How unique is your surname?

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TJF588

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"Fuller". Not terrible unique, and I've seen it in movie and game credits, but I don't think I've run into a Fuller IRL (that I know of) who wasn't related to me. And, off course, I point it out or make pun of it whenever I can.
 
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Well I have yet to meet another person with the surname Sherlock outside of my family so I'd say my surname is fairly unique atleast where I am from.
 

soladrin

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Mertens.... and i know at least 3 company's who go by that name, and my best friend is even called Mertens, and we arent related, lol
 

superbleeder12

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My last name is quite rare. Its meaning is pretty awesome too. Its Dutch for "Bull in a House".

We're known for being klutz's.
 

US Crash Fire

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Mine is Duran.
Not very common in Hawaii but I'm sure it's very common in Mexico or the south western US mainland
(I swear pain upon anyone who makes a certain 80's band reference!)
 

VomitPie

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If its my Maiden Name, then Rodriguez was pretty unique when I was in school, till about high school, then there were a few more of us.

But my Married name is really common, Simmons.
 

soladrin

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superbleeder12 said:
My last name is quite rare. Its meaning is pretty awesome too. Its Dutch for "Bull in a House".

We're known for being klutz's.
Stier in het huis? riiiight
 

Skuffyshootster

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Mine's fairly unique for America, but it's fairly common for the shul my family goes to. It's Chernoff. It's ok, but I wish it didn't sound so much like turn off.
 

Fbuh

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Allen. It's common, but I did a bit of digging around anyway. Apparently, it comes form an old Scottish word meaning "fair or handsome." The actual group of people it was applied to were supposed to be huge and blonde, which works well, since I am both.

MY grandmother's surname is Mudge, which I think is pretty uncommon, though there is a road with that name, named from her family. We've tracked her genealogy all the way back to Geoffrey Chaucer.
 

PAGEToap44

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My name is fairly rare (I haven't met many others), although I do have the same name as the lead guitarist of Bullet For My Valentine. So yeah, maybe not so rare.