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The United Kingdom’s Most Common Names

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 15, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 11.

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The United Kingdom’s Most Common Names

In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, according to the last census, there are in England 18,404,421 souls. Of these the Smiths number 253,000; Jones comes next with 242,000; Williams third with nearly 160,000; and then follow, in the order named, Taylor, Davis, Brown, Thomas, Evans, Roberts, Johnson. Smith also leads in Scotland, while in Ireland the name Murphy stands at the head. Smith stands sixth in Ireland. The army of Smiths in the whole United Kingdom numbers 330,900.