Can you name the Most Common Surnames For Each Letter (USA)? by markdashark12

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Most Common Surnames For Each Letter Quiz

by markdashark12

Created Oct 26, 2009 in Miscellaneous
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	markdashark12:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 20:42 GMT	1 point
	What do you guys think I should make the time limit?

	rockgolf:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 20:48 GMT	-2 points
	Can you check your link? I'm getting a different answer on "O" (#111, ahead of #120) and "R" (#20 ahead of #22).

	markdashark12:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 21:00 GMT	2 points
	That is what it was on the 1990 cencus, on the 2000 census the "R" name is #9 and the "O" name is #94.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Oct 26th, 2009 at 21:13 GMT	1 point
	I think the time limit is about right but you could go up to 10 minutes to give people more time to guess. I was ready to give up when time ran out at 8 though. Great idea for a quiz.

	mybeaglebelle:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 01:14 GMT	1 point
	fun game.

	punelle:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 02:20 GMT	8 points
	excellent quiz. really illustrates the evolving demographics of the US.

	Sneuticles:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 03:18 GMT	2 points
	^^ well phrased. time limit is perfect... got 14 and had a lot of fun!

	oldkent:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 05:29 GMT	3 points
	A fun and good game, helpful for guessing random names on quizzes where you don't know anybody.

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 20:02 GMT	11 points
	I was personally surprised that "Ochocinco" was not the most common "O" name.

	gpro22:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 20:05 GMT	10 points
	One of those quizes that makes you feel really dumb when you see the answers

	bigal4:	Oct 29th, 2009 at 20:52 GMT	-1 points
	I think we could probably do with another minute or two. Hope this one gets verified by sporcle!

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	maio:	Oct 30th, 2009 at 13:13 GMT	14 points
	Yeah! Not enough native American names.

	max123:	Oct 30th, 2009 at 15:30 GMT	-3 points
	glad to see i have a common surname, wouldnt want to be different from the pack lol. also half my friends have these surnames - and we all live in uk lol

	rockgolf:	Oct 30th, 2009 at 21:29 GMT	3 points
	You should probably change your link to the original source: http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/freqnames2k.html

	ConorONeill:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 23:03 GMT	2 points
	WOW 8 hispanic names

	AtoneMENT:	Nov 3rd, 2009 at 01:57 GMT	2 points
	I guess the time is fine, you could change it to 3 days and I STILL wouldn't have gotten a couple of them :) Thanks for this, it's fun, I hope Sporcle publishes it...

	3ismorethan2:	Nov 15th, 2009 at 00:18 GMT	1 point
	Most of theese names are baseball players. There's brown, king, johnson, garcia, hernandez, lopez, miller, rodriguez, ortiz, smith, vasquez, williams, young, and zimmerman.

	mtlynch13:	May 28th, 2010 at 00:43 GMT	-1 points
	ok us is being run over by hispanics and i have never heard about anyone with some of these names