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Offline SeaThreePeeO

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #54 on: Sunday 15 July 07 20:21 BST (UK) »
Silly question.  What is the address of this site that ranks surnames?
Hannah - Isle of Man, Kensington.  Cousins - Northamptonshire, Kensington.  Poulsum - Monmouthshire.  Carpenter - Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Kent, Hertfordshire.  Turner - Berkshire.  Vincent - Wiltshire.  Beachus - Wales

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #55 on: Sunday 15 July 07 20:45 BST (UK) »
This gives the rankings -
http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php

This gives more details on surnames-
http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/

Betty
KENT:
Stutely - Wittersham & Stone
Padgham - Wittersham
Wanstall - Northbourne
Taylor - Ringwould & Ash
Skinner - Deal
Bushell - Walmer
Spain - Walmer
Also
Schloss - Poland, Nottingham, Massachusetts & New Zealand.
Cohen - Birmingham

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #56 on: Sunday 15 July 07 20:47 BST (UK) »
Thanks  ;D

POULSUM  11  =134717
BEACHUS  78  =38693
Hannah - Isle of Man, Kensington.  Cousins - Northamptonshire, Kensington.  Poulsum - Monmouthshire.  Carpenter - Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Kent, Hertfordshire.  Turner - Berkshire.  Vincent - Wiltshire.  Beachus - Wales

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #57 on: Sunday 15 July 07 21:21 BST (UK) »
Oh goody, I'd lost that one, in the great crash...
Thanks Betty, forgotten it even existed.

Denchfield  103...32540
Caponhurst...no records.........
now why am I not surprised at that one  :D
Bartlett/Henley on Thames
Caponhurst/Buckinghamshire and?
Denchfield/North Marston/Bucks
Webb/Winchester
Mathias/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
John/Pembroke/Pembroke Dock
Smith/Portsmouth/Portsea
Purchas/Bucks and?
Olliffe/Bucks

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #58 on: Sunday 15 July 07 21:30 BST (UK) »
I have MABBLE - only 2 on the FreeBMD as of the last time I checked, about 3 on Familysearch.org, and no sign of my Louise in 1841 or 1851 - goodness knows what they've mistranscribed her as!
GRACE, HADLEY, ION,MURFET(T), SIZER, WALTERS, WISE - Tasmania,

BATTY, COLE,  GIBBS, GIBBINS/GIBBONS, GODDARD, GURNEY, HUGHES, JONES, LEE, PENNY, TROWER, WHALE, WILSHAW, WOODCOCK
New Zealand,

LEONARD, ROLLINGS, SIZER/SIZAR and many others - Cambridgeshire


BLACKBURN, CUNNINGHAM, DEAN, DOWGILL, GILL,HAINSWORTH, HUSBANDS, LOWE,  MABBLE, MARSHALL, MOORHOUSE, MYERS, PEARSON,PRESTON,  RAYNER, RILEY, SHOESMITH, SIGSTON, SKINN, TURNER, WARD, WILDMAN, WRIGHT

Yorkshire

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #59 on: Monday 16 July 07 16:26 BST (UK) »
im laughing it says on the british surnames and surname profiles im a genuine rarity and i should try to breed to avoid the name becoming extinct

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #60 on: Monday 16 July 07 16:45 BST (UK) »
Galgrove, sometimes Galgrave from Essex, both rarer than hens teeth.

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CHILD Glos/London, BONUS London, DIMSDALE London, HODD and TUTT Sussex,  BONNER and PATTEN Essex, BOWLER and HOLLIER Oxfordshire, HUGH Lincolnshire, LEEDOM all.

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #61 on: Monday 16 July 07 16:54 BST (UK) »
Quote from: harrywrag on Monday 16 July 07 16:26 BST (UK)
im laughing it says on the british surnames and surname profiles im a genuine rarity and i should try to breed to avoid the name becoming extinct

So you'll be busy for a while then Harry?  :o

I have Firnkorn and Rapkin in my tree,and a friend of mine has Urling and Barleycorn.

At least if we find one,we know it's one of ours  ;D

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Re: most uncommon surnames in your tree
« Reply #62 on: Tuesday 17 July 07 14:15 BST (UK) »

Hello All,

I have both Smith and Jones in my tree. And, I have hit brick walls with them both.  ::)

Kojack  ;D
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