Monthly Archives: December 2008

Census Data on Last Names

Here are the last names of my Facebook friends, as of 12/24/2008, along with data from the 2000 census. Gives rank and count, e.g., Johnson is the second most popular name in the U.S., with almost 1.9 million people. Bohls, however, is not so popular. Only 282 of us.

Name Rank Count
Johnson 2 1,857,160
Wilson 10 783,051
Martinez 11 775,072
Clark 25 548,369
Scott 36 420,091
James 80 233,224
Hamilton 107 194,331
Boyd 164 149,476
Andrews 206 129,320
Oliver 248 111,641
Dean 250 109,230
Fuller 256 106,682
Schwartz 330 84,699
Ramsey 373 76,625
Saunders 439 67,210
Moody 479 62,344
Cain 516 57,873
Briggs 522 57,297
Randall 574 52,495
Christian 597 51,177
Wyatt 604 50,874
Lin 624 49,360
Kane 636 48,527
Conrad 786 40,102
Tapia 845 37,201
Mayo 965 33,126
Shea 990 32,069
Holliday 1,686 19,488
Pfeifer 3,302 9,963
Gracia 4,371 7,514
Luckett 4,504 7,254
Seely 5,805 5,455
Mickle 8,237 3,702
Bennington 9,835 3,032
Esch 9,998 2,974
Sydnor 10,969 2,662
Eckel 11,423 2,531
Polen 12,088 2,368
Class 13,943 1,985
Cerezo 19,657 1,269
Millay 20,618 1,194
Salam 26,469 867
Weygandt 34,799 614
Cotts 64,385 289
Bohls 65,668 282
Rognlie 114,852 141
Nayer 147,095 103

Got this email. I think it might be fake.

From: Federal Bureau Of Investigation <fbi-robertmueller@fbi.org>
Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 10:53:55 AM
Subject: Federal Bureau Of Investigation. ( Your ATM-CARD Is Ready ).

Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Seattle, Washington.
Telephone Number : (206)-201-2749.

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY.

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that your ATM-CARD is currently  with the (G.P.S.) Global Postal Service in Nigeria.

We have ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to contact FedEx, Dhl, Ups, First Bank, Zenith Bank and other firms to release the bank draft and Atm cards to the GPS (Regular Mail Service), So that they can be mailed out to the rightful owners, because there are too many complains/Rip Off Report coming to the desk of Federal Bureau Of Investigation that people are not getting their Instrument to cash their funds and gratuity, e.g people are not getting their Bank Draft and Atm Cards due to the fact that people are not meeting up with the required demands and amount imposed by some of this delivery companies, firms and other sectors and constant require of fees that are too much for people to handle or pay.

We have completed this investigation and we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that we have been assured that your ATM CARD will be delivered to you once your Full Name and Address is confirmed. Delivery of your ATM-CARD is free!!! You only need to pay $95 for insurance only.

Therefore, you are instructed to contact the Global Postal Service with the Information below:

Full Name: – Mr. Richard Oscar.
Valid Contact: – globalpostalserviceng01@gmail.com
Tel # +234-7025-9828-94.

You will be required to e-mail him with your information such as:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:

Regards.
FBI Director.
Robert Mueller.

NOTE: In order to ensure your ATM-CARDS gets delivered to you ASAP, you are advised to immediately contact Mr. Richard Oscar via contact information provided above.