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re: Smith is in the Top 3 surnames in 45/50 states - can you name the other 5?

Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:02 pm to
Posted by Sentrius
Fort Rozz
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:02 pm to
I feel sorry for any poor bastard named John Smith.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:03 pm to
Minnesota
Hawaii
Alaska
New Mexico
Something
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:07 pm to
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Minnesota
Hawaii
Alaska
New Mexico
Something




3 of the 5.
This post was edited on 8/16/17 at 8:08 pm
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
159078 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:09 pm to
Hawaii
Alaska
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Posted by JG77056
Vegas baby, Vegas
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:11 pm to
I'll help everybody out...California is 1 of the 5
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:11 pm to
I think you got 4 of them, I don't think Arizona is one.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:13 pm to
Hawaii
Alaska
New Mexico
California
Oklahoma
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

I feel sorry for any poor bastard named John Smith.




As of the 2000 Census, there were 47,059 people with the name John Smith - roughly .015% of the population.
Posted by PhillipJFry
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:13 pm to
Cali
new Mexico
Minnesota
Hawaii
North dakota
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

Hawaii
Alaska
New Mexico
California
Oklahoma




3 of the 5.
Posted by slackster
Houston
Member since Mar 2009
91874 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:17 pm to
quote:

Cali
new Mexico
Minnesota
Hawaii
North dakota



That's the 5. I'm sure you looked it up, as Minnesota and North Dakota are pretty random guesses, but there is no prize for winning, so who cares.

California and New Mexico make sense, Hawaii does as well, but it is easy to forget since it is outside of the lower 48. Minnesota's top 3 are Johnson, Anderson, and Nelson, while North Dakota has Johnson, Anderson, and Olson in the top 3.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:19 pm to
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As of the 2000 Census, there were 47,059 people with the name John Smith - roughly .015% of the population.
quote:

John Smith (March 6, 1931 - January 25, 1995) was an American actor remembered in particular for his leading roles in two NBC western television series, Cimarron City and Laramie.


And it wasn't even his real name
quote:

A descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch governor of New Netherland in the 17th century, Smith was born in Los Angeles, California, to Errol and Margaret Van Orden. Robert Errol Van Orden, as he was named at birth, graduated from Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles and enrolled at the University of California at Los Angeles
Posted by PhillipJFry
Member since Sep 2016
1059 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:21 pm to
Nice! I did process of similarities in your hints throughout thread to get first 4. North dakota was just a guess.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:24 pm to
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I did process of similarities in your hints throughout thread to get first 4. North dakota was just a guess.
sure it was
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
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Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:30 pm to
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Minnesota and North Dakota are pretty random guesses


Not really, not many Norwegians are named Smith. I'm surprised that North Dakota is in the top 5 though with the influx to the oil fields.
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