It’s all in the name!

Surname Map found on Lifehacker via CNET.

In the US there are 27,980 phone book entries with the surname Watts and approximately 74.613 persons with this name.

Thus, the surname Watts the 296th most frequent name in the US. 

Most occurrences are in Texas: 2,265. 

Other states with lots of occurrences are:

2. California  1,932
3. North Carolina 1,743
4. Florida 1,514
5. Georgia 1,291
6. Alabama  1,244
7. Tennessee 1,104
8. South Carolina 1,036
9. Kentucky 974
10. Virginia 972

Today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! ARRrrrr!

Ahoy!  I be Twittering and ye all scally-wags arrrrr questioning me about talk like a pirrrate day!  Look at the official webpage here or ye can walk the plank!

Where are all the single people?

This is a really cool image that displays where there are more single men or women.  Great if you can’t get a date and are willing to move for one.  And if you are looking for something a little more interactive, check this one out.

Found on metafilter.

Lots of Information About Your Last Name (Surname)

Pretty cool site I found called www.publicprofiler.org.  It gives you a ton of information about your last name for instance this is what I was able to find about Watts:

The root of Watts is European/Other Western, the root language for the name is English.  The name is most popular in Australia followed by Great Britian, New Zealand, United States and Canada.  It goes into further detail listing the top regions and Cities.

I also found out that the top Forenames (or first names) for Watts are Ian, Robt, Martin, Frank and Christine.

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