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\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\nHowManyOfMe.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\n\n\n\n
\n\"Logo\"<\/a><\/td>\n\nThere are:<\/span>
\n
\n6,644<\/span>
\n
\npeople with my name
\nin the U.S.A.<\/span>
\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

How many have your name?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\n<\/div>\n

That’s using “David.” Add in another 149 that have “Dave” as the given name. Hmmmm … no wonder my International Man of Mystery status is so pervasive (if you leave my middle name out).<\/p>\n

Ostensibly this is based<\/a> on US Census data (1990). I’ve seen some folks be less than sanguine about the quality of the results, at any rate. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

(via Doyce<\/a>) <\/p>\n

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