Most common names on Facebook revealed

Are you one of the 75,980 John Smiths?

23 June 2009 13:38 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

The most common names on Facebook have been revealed, from a 100 million sample of the 200 million members the social networking site boasts.

The research, from "social search solutions provider" Rapleaf, looks at the most common first names, last names and combinations of both.

The most common first name is John, the most common surname is Smith, and unsurprisingly then the most common name is John Smith.

Men's names feature heavily in the most common list with only "Maria" making it into the top ten as far as female names go, although Chris is a unisex moniker.

Here's the three top ten lists for your perusal:

First names

1. John 1,037,972
2. David 966,439
3. Michael 798,212
4. Chris 647,966
5. Mike 535,065
6. Mark 526,198
7. Paul 511,504
8. Daniel 504,203
9. James 494,945
10. Maria 484,693

Last names

1. Smith 1,049,158
2. Jones 520,943
3. Johnson 440,978
4. Lee 392,709
5. Brown 375,444
6. Williams 372,486
7. Rodriguez 328,984
8. Garcia 311,477
9. Gonzalez 277,987
10. Lopez 269,896

Full names

1. John Smith 75,980
2. Joe Smith 14,648
3. Bob Smith 13,846
4. Mike Smith 11,199
5. Juan Carlos 10,254
6. Jane Smith 10,023
7. Mike Jones 10,014
8. David Smith 9322
9. Sarah Smith 8534
10. James Smith 8397

Via: techcrunch.com

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