2006-11-02 21:04:57 · 18 answers · asked by gdreaper_uk 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
the Welsh are trying to break the record for the same number of Jones under one roof, i think it's on TV tonight.
2006-11-02 21:11:47 · answer #1 · answered by Heather 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard on the tv about six weeks ago of a village in Italy where everyone of the inhabitants has the same surname. They are all married to someone with the same surname and in the little school there was no-one with any other surname. Unfortunately, I can't remember what it was called or what the surname was but it was on BBC Breakfast News so it will probably have it on their website.
2006-11-02 21:08:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gorazdevac Kosovo. The whole village has 3000 people with the same surname Maksimovic!
And all the villages in Montenegro. There people still live in patriarchate. The entire cities are inhabited by only one, maybe two families. The sam thing is in Albania. Both countries are in Europe, but are considered to be very hostile towards outsiders!
2006-11-03 07:49:11 · answer #3 · answered by Rozel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world record is 583 people in sweden with the same surname, I can't remember what the name was though
2006-11-02 21:14:42 · answer #4 · answered by liz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All Sikhs in Punjab, India has the same surname. Guys are called Mr. Singh (pronounced as in singlets) and Girls are called Ms. Kaur (as in apple core).
2006-11-02 21:09:45 · answer #5 · answered by unnga 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A quarter to a half of the people in Korea (North and South both) have surname "Kim".
2006-11-03 01:26:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just a wild guess but I'm thinking it Nguyen. Seems every other Vietnamese person has that last name. My company is huge and I can search the employee database and Nguyen is more prolific than Smith.
2006-11-02 21:09:11 · answer #7 · answered by m-t-nest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TODAYS NEWS:
Check out Saturday (5th November) BBC1 TV news broadcast in England. New record just been set.
2006-11-04 02:56:04 · answer #8 · answered by A Teesside Smart**** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the northern part of south africa you will find hundreds of thousand of people with the surname Malatji.
I think it's a clan name for one of the tribes or something, not sure but there are A LOT OF THEM!!
2006-11-03 05:54:29 · answer #9 · answered by Belle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not politically correct but it used to be said of someone who was overweight -'Got more Chins than a Hong Kong telephone directory.'
2006-11-02 21:56:00 · answer #10 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋