Can you name the Country given the most common surname? by BobM

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Countries by Most Common Surname Quiz

by BobM

Created Sep 28, 2009 in Geography
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	Penguin:	Sep 28th, 2009 at 20:09 GMT	4 points
	Great quiz. I hope this gets published officially.

	Sally:	Sep 28th, 2009 at 20:13 GMT	8 points
	You should make people answer each individually, instead of just typing in random countries. Is Canada's most common last name really Li...??

	BobM:	Sep 29th, 2009 at 01:19 GMT	6 points
	I went back and forth on the idea of making people answer each individually. Was looking for some feedback on that idea. I assume Canada has a substantial number of Chinese immigrants, which would explain why Li edges out Smith, according to Wikipedia.

	kdokes:	Oct 1st, 2009 at 02:43 GMT	10 points
	definitely individual answers

	Dr_I_Dont_Know:	Oct 2nd, 2009 at 17:01 GMT	5 points
	Good quiz -- I also vote for individual answers and more geographical coverage -- Africa! Middle East! etc

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	Goober:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 13:28 GMT	1 point
	I like it the way it is. The percentage of correct answers guessed is quite spread out, which indicates it is neither too easy nor too hard.

	lekkermeisje:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 09:32 GMT	3 points
	Ha! Accepting Holland for the Netherlands when the most common last name is De Vries (which means the Frisian) is kind of funny. Holland is two provinces in the Netherlands and Friesland (Fryslan) is one. I always say that I studied in Holland for a year, but that's because I did--I was in the province of South Holland. If I'd been in Utrecht or Gelderland I couldn't really say that.

	lucia:	Jan 31st, 2010 at 03:13 GMT	3 points
	wow santos is the most common last name in the phillippines! I had no idea, strange because its also like the second most common surname in Brazil

	smarty:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 04:33 GMT	6 points
	did anyone else think borg was from somewhere nordic??

	nymous:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 21:18 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz, thanks!

	geodude:	Feb 16th, 2010 at 22:50 GMT	2 points
	li from canada, santos from philippines and not from brazil or portugal, and borg not from sweden? really?

	kittenkat:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 19:52 GMT	1 point
	It would probably be Börg or Berg if it was Swedish... I'd prefer answering in order, it's annoying when you guess something and the answer goes to a bit that you haven't even read yet, you might get answers more easily but it makes the game less fun, IMHO.

	Pit_trout:	Mar 17th, 2010 at 04:19 GMT	2 points
	I kicked myself when I saw that Horvat was Croatian - it's basically just the Croatian for "Croat"...