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From: WBDave <>
Subject: [DNA] Surnames Projects - June 30, 2007 - Part 1 of 3
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2007 23:11:08 -0400
On June 30, I visited FTDNA's Projects page and copied into a spreadsheet all the names of the surname projects along with the number of participants. I then sorted them in order from the largest to the smallest. Since the number of projects with 50 or more participants is now 375, it has become too large to post all of them on this list. Even the number with over 75 has grown to 215. So instead, in a separate email, I will list those surname projects with 100 or more. The full 50+ list can be seen at the Worldfamilies.net website. The other testing companies don't supply participant numbers, but a few administrators have supplied me with their figures. If anyone with projects using the other companies, or multiple companies, would like to be placed on the list next time, please contact me privately.
The chart below shows the totals from FTDNA projects and how they have grown since the previous quarter. Those who use other companies and have notified me, are listed in the "50 plus" list but not in the summary charts.
This is the thirteenth quarter I have pulled these figures. The quarter ending June 30 added 132 new surname projects and 5,690 new participants. The previous quarter numbers were 159 new projects and 5,766 new participants. Participants in projects of 50 or participants represent about 54% of the total. While 30% of the total were in 100+ projects. For the quarter March 1 through June 30, there was an average 62.53 new participants per day which is slightly lower than last quarter's 64.07. For the same quarter last year, the average was 63.12. So the number of new participants joining surname projects is still high and remaining steady. However, the number of new surname projects per quarter continues the decline since its peak in the second half of 2005. We are hitting a saturation point for surnames.
There may also be some duplication since individuals are allowed to participate in more than one project. But I suspect most second projects are geographical. I also colleted the geographical project numbers, and will post them in a separate email.
New to the 400 participant club - Williams, Brown
New to the 200 participant club - Lewis, Martin, Carter
New to the 100 participant club - Hall, Roberts, Davidson, Smith-Worldwide, Evans, Young, Berry, Graham, Hooper, MaClean, Clements, Watts/Watson
Date Total Total Ave Med 50+ Proj 100+ Proj
Part. Proj. Total Ct Total Ct
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Jun 22 2004 15,643 963 16.24 9 5,045 63 1,878 14
Sep 25 2004 17,810 1,121 15.89 8 6,298 79 2,361 17
Dec 31 2004 20,606 1,297 15.89 8 7,233 87 2,739 19
Mar 31 2005 23,688 1,508 15.71 7 8,455 98 3,404 23
Jun 30 2005 26,935 1,690 15.94 7 10,021 115 3,893 25
Sep 30 2005 31,698 2,007 15.79 7 12,652 144 5,456 36
Dec 31 2005 36,557 2,265 16.14 6 15,148 168 6,812 44
Mar 31 2006 42,439 2,491 17.04 7 18,775 206 8,067 50
Jun 30 2006 48,183 2,730 17.65 7 22,790 246 10,476 66
Sep 30 2006 54,014 2,963 18.23 7 26,387 275 13,275 85
Dec 31 2006 59,426 3,222 18.44 7 29,772 303 15,107 93
Mar 31 2007 65,192 3,381 19.28 7 33,809 337 18,516 115
Jun 30 2007 70,882 3,513 20.18 8 38,185 375 21,163 128
Total Part = Total Participants
Total Proj = Total Surname Projects
Ave = Average number of participants per project
Med = Median, most common number of participants per project
50+ Proj Total = Total number of participants in projects with 50 or more participants
50+ Proj Ct = Number of projects with 50 or more participants
100+ Proj Total = Total number of participants in projects with 100 or more participants
100+ Proj Ct = Number of projects with 100 or more participants
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Bill Davenport
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