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From: "Pearl Wilson" <>
Subject: Re: Most Common Surnames, part 2
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 06:03:25 +1300


Terrific .. I've risen in popularity! Climbed from 11th in 1853,
to 9th. in 1971 :-)

But, joking aside, this is a most useful update! Thankyou
for the introduction to that Book Danny!
Cheers,
Pearl.
http://pearlspad.tripod.com/


> As a follow up to New Zealander, Pearl Wilson's list of the most common
> surnames in England and Wales from last week, circa 1853. This is how the
> top 30 looked in 1971, according to the book The Guinness Book of Names, by
> Leslie Dunking, copyrighted in 1974. Published by Guinness Superlatives Ltd,
> in Great Britain.
>
> 1. Smith 16. White
> 2. Jones 17. Walker
> 3. Williams 18. Hughes
> 4. Taylor 19. Hall
> 5. Brown 20. Green
> 6. Davies 21. Clarke
> 7. Evans 22. Lewis
> 8. Thomas 23. Harris
> 9. Wilson 24. Jackson
> 10. Roberts 25. Turner
> 11. Johnson 26. Wood
> 12. Wright 27. Morris
> 13. Robinson 28. Moore
> 14. Thompson 29. Cooper
> 15. Edwards 30. Martin
>
> I believe it was compiled from the most common surnames of all new births in
> England and Wales in 1971. So probably isn't quite the same as the list
> Pearl originally found for us. But its very close in comparison, with the
> big movers being Wood (from 14 down to 26), Edwards (up from 20 to 15),
> Morris (up from 34 to 27), Moore (up from 39 to 28), and Clarke ( the real
> mover from 41 to 21, displacing the Clark name among others out of the top
> 30.
>
> This gives me 7 of the top 30 this time. As oposed to 14 or so in the top 50
> of 1853, not a bad comparison.
>
> If you haven't seen the book I mentioned, check it out at your local
> library. It is a very interesting study of all sorts of names. Not just
> Surnames, but Christian or first names if you prefer. Also places, Inns and
> Hotels, streets, nicknames, even animals and boats. I found my copy in my
> local library in the genealogy section. But if your local doesn't have it,
> it should be available by interlibrary loans or something similar in your
> area.
>
> If you didn't see the original list found by Pearl Wilsons 1853, for England
> and Wales, this is it reproduced below.
> Smith(1st) Harris (26th)
> Jones Clark
> Williams Cooper
> Taylor Harrison
> Davies Ward
> Brown Martin
> Thomas Davis
> Evans Baker
> Roberts Morris
> Johnson James
> Wilson King
> Robinson Morgan
> Wright Allen
> Wood Moore
> Thompson Parker
> Hall Clarke
> Green Cook
> Walker Price
> Hughes Phillips
> Edwards Shaw
> Lewis Bennet
> White Lee
> Turner Watson
> Jackson Griffiths
> Hill (25th) Carter (50th)
>
> Danny Stapleton
> Cooma, New South Wales
> Capital of the Snowy Mountains
> ()
> Researching the following Surnames
> STAPLETON, New South Wales from Ireland
> VINECOMBE, Australia from Guernsey and Devon
> WALLER, THOMAS, Australia from Kent
> ROBERT, DES PERQUES, RABAY, DAVID, FLIGHT, Guernsey in the Channel
> Islands
> GRENFELL, Australia from Cornwall
> MOORE, Australia from Northumberland
> FISHER, Australia from Germany and Hertford
> O'NEILL, MARTIN, MCLAUGHLAN and many more on the Victorian Goldfields, here
> in Australia.
>

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