Everybody likes to think that he or she is one of a kind. But apparently that’s true of few people, save for editor-novelist Duane Swierczynski. Thanks to a Web site called HowManyofMe.com (which bases its information on U.S. Census Bureau statistics), he determined that he’s the only person in the United States walking around with his name.
I can’t say as much for my own moniker. As it turns out, there are 497 U.S. residents named Jeffrey Pierce. (Unfortunately, the software doesn’t allow you to enter your middle name, as well.) At least that makes me rarer than James Bond (1,048), George Bush (503), and John Smith (49,535). But not so rare as Amos Walker (66), Perry Mason (52), John Cuddy (33), Alex McKnight (28), Mike Hammer (20), Elvis Cole (12), James Rockford (10), Derek Strange (10), Philip Marlowe (9), Harry Bosch (7), Jane Marple (3), Samuel Spade (3), Agatha Christie (1), Matt Scudder (1), Carlotta Carlyle (0), or Dashiell Hammett (0).
And believe it or not, there are 249 Raymond Chandlers living in the United States!
Try out your own name here.
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
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People ask why I use Kevin Burton Smith, instead of just Kevin Smith all the time. Now I can tell them (thanks to you, Jeff) that there are 10,155 people in the U.S. named Kevin Smith.
Maybe I should change my name to Kevin Swierczynski Smith to really avoid confusion.
By the way, only 99.7 percent of people with the first name Kevin are male. Makes you wonder about the parents of the other .3 percent, don't it?
Dude, that's my cousin.
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