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Congratulations to Mr. Dan Carlson for naming "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby" by Counting Crows as the Monday Song of the Day.
According to figures released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau, Scott is the 36th most common surname in our fair country with an average of 156 people in 100,000 possessing the last name of yours truly. The best feature of the NY Times article that I have linked to is the device that allows you to enter your last name and find out where your surname ranks in the United States.
I am issuing a call to Scotts all over this great nation: Rise up and procreate! We fell 2 spots in the name ranking list from 1990 to 2000. Whether you are Today Show weatherman Willard Scott, former Orlando Magic basketball player Dennis Scott, or a student at Scott Avenue Elementary School in Whittier, California, do whatever you can to make the last name of Scott great once again.
Godspeed to Scotts everywhere.
Labels: Upon Further Review
posted by Justin @ 11/19/2007 06:52:00 PM
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So sorry to contribute to the decline of a once-great surname, but When I married my wife, there was one fewer Scott and one more May. Of course, May has fallen on hard times since 1990, declining from 264 to 270 on the list with only 38 per 100,000. Unless I figure out a way to clone myself, or get 25 wives,there's little danger of us catching up to anybody in the top 100 anytime soon. Ohwell, good luck.
Yee is number 1687, up 987 spots from the last census and with 7 in 100K with that name. I suppose it makes sense, as Jon's family has friends with the same last name but no relation. Then there's Rodney Yee, the yogi and there's a children's book writer named Yee. That's all I can think of at the moment though.
My maiden name is not even ranked. Oh, you fortunate souls.
You've all got a long way to go before you catch we mighty Smiths. Even with a 30 percent decline between 1984 and 2000, we've still got almost 200 more occurrences per 100,000 people than the distant No. 2, Johnson.
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