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07/02/2009 David Jones

Okay, I was bored and as some of you know I don’t like being bored.  So to help me cope with my boredom, I decided to look up the name “David Jones”.  I came across a site that had statistical data (I kid you not) for the name David and the name Jones.  Check out what I found:

From the website: http://www.pokemyname.com 

  • DAVID is the most popular 2.nd name in USA (… 1.john , 2.david , 3.michael , 4.robert , 5.james …). One in every 28 Americans are named as DAVID and popularity of name DAVID is 35.23people per thousand.
  • If we compare the popularity statistics of DAVID to USA’s population statistics, we can estimate that as of July.01.2009 23:38 there are 10,818,604people named as DAVID in the United States and the number of DAVID’s are increasing by 92,597 people every year.
  • Usage of david as a first name is 70.13% and its usage as a middle name is 29.87%. The sum of alphabetical order of letters in DAVID is 40 and this makes DAVID arithmetic buddies with words like Capable, Neat, Feted.
  • JONES is the most popular 847.th name in USA (… 845.ram , 846.janine , 847.jones , 848.cyril , 849.charlene …). One in every 5,573 Americans are named as JONES and popularity of name JONES is 179.44 people per million.
  • If we compare the popularity statistics of JONES to USA’s population statistics, we can estimate that as of July.01.2009 23:34 there are 55,094people named as JONES in the United States and the number of JONES’s are increasing by 472 people every year.
  • Usage of jones as a middle name is much more common than its usage as a first name. The sum of alphabetical order of letters in JONES is 63 and this makes JONES arithmetic buddies with words like Educated, Gentle, Godlike, Divine, Huggable, Lanky, Wacky, Amused.

Man, do I need a hobby.