People with the same surname as you but not related to you.

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo · 09-09-2013 01:50PM

Anyone wrote: »

Ward or Connors?

Has to be O'Sullivan IMHO.

09-09-2013 01:50PM

I'm the only person with my name in the country - for sure (and I have an irish first name). I'm most likely the only one of me in the world according to google.

As for someone with the same surname that isn't related to me - I haven't met one yet

MurdyWurdy · 09-09-2013 01:50PM

Anyone wrote: »

Ward or Connors?

Ah, I see what your getting at. You're a bit far away though. It's Singh

MadsL · 09-09-2013 01:52PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm most likely the only one of me in the world according to google.

Google has confirmed that you do not have a clone??

Reassuring, I suppose.

Dravokivich · 09-09-2013 01:53PM

I was in Germany for a festival my mates where playing at. One German lad working at it spent a lot of the weekend trying to find the Irish group because he had the same surname as me.

If only he started close to the beer tents. He'd have finished his quest sooner.

09-09-2013 01:55PM

MadsL wrote: »

Google has confirmed that you do not have a clone??

Reassuring, I suppose.

Well google shows up nothing except stuff related to me, and even at that it is limited enough!

Considering I have a very uncommon non surname, and an Irish first name, if there isn't another of me in the country (confirmed by PPS people!!) then it's fairly possible that there isn't another of me in the world!

COYVB · 09-09-2013 01:56PM

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »

Oh yeah, so because you live in the sprawling metropolis of Dubalen you've never met someone with the same surname as you ever???

I don't think there are any people with my surname in Ireland that I'm not related to, so the above would actually apply to me

Earthhorse · 09-09-2013 02:00PM

When I was in Vegas I decided to buy tickets to the Penn & Teller show at one of the concession stands. To use your credit card in America you need your passport so I handed it over to the clerk. He looks at it and says, "Aw, you're kidding me, man!"

Thinking there's something wrong I ask what's the matter. He points at his name-badge. Turns out, we share a surname, so I say "Well, maybe we're long lost brothers!"

He's black, I'm white. He took a long, hard look at me before deciding I was joking with him.

Hoop66 · 09-09-2013 02:02PM

Yeah, I don't think I'd like to go out with a girl whose first name was mammy. It'd just be awkward.

Irish Guitarist · 09-09-2013 02:04PM

My surname is pretty unusual and isn't Irish in origin. I don't think there's anyone in Ireland who shares the same surname that isn't related to me. It's so unusual that when I see someone else with the same surname (which has only happened a couple of times, once being in the end credits of a film) that I wonder if they're related to me.

lubie76 · 09-09-2013 02:09PM

I have a very rare surname ( although its well known in boardsies world thanks to my bro) and common as muck first name. There is obviously one person with same full name in uk tho as I often get pm's on Facebook from people with posh double barrelled names asking if I'm her.

ONeill2013 · 09-09-2013 02:11PM

in my area it is crowded with the same old surnames. O'Neill, Quinn, Doyle, McLaughlin, etc.
My next door neighbour has the same as me but we aren't closely related (judging by the 6 generations of ancestry i know)

A friend of mine has had sex with his 3rd cousin, the way i see it is they aren't family, they just share a distant relative to you.

Rasheed · 09-09-2013 02:12PM

My surname originated in the county I live in and it's still common around here so there are loads of us. I've been with three different lads with the same surname as me, didn't bother me, they were fine things.

Legs.Eleven · 09-09-2013 02:20PM

MadsL wrote: »

Thinly veiled "what's your surname" thread

I was just about to say I've probably got the second most common surname in the world, so I can ride whoever I please, but I was afraid I'd give myself away.

Woops!

Have an uncommon first name and according to Google, no one else shares my name.

rainbowdrop · 09-09-2013 02:33PM

I know a lesbian couple that both had the same first name! Now THAT is a bit freeky.....

citytillidie · 09-09-2013 02:43PM

Guess it would be ok for girls, dont have to change your name

The Backwards Man · 09-09-2013 04:05PM

I share my name wwith a famous racing driver in Texas. He's a bit of a knob, by all accounts.

Vito Corleone · 09-09-2013 04:35PM

I'm probably the only person in Ireland with my name.

Rasheed · 09-09-2013 04:37PM

Vito Corleone wrote: »

I'm probably the only person in Ireland with my name.

I'd love that. I know three other people with my name. And a black soul singer.

Galwayguy35 · 09-09-2013 06:03PM

My surname wouldn't be too common in Galway but it would be in the midlands and up the north as well.

09-09-2013 06:08PM

Pretty certain the chances of someone having the same name as me in Ireland is slim.

Ever been to Derry? Chances are someone is Doherty or McLaughlin.

_Kaiser_ · 09-09-2013 06:08PM

Never met anyone that shares my surname - even my first name is rare enough.

09-09-2013 06:08PM

Rasheed wrote: »

I'd love that. I know three other people with my name. And a black soul singer.

Chris Clark.

Goodshape · 09-09-2013 06:32PM

circadian wrote: »

Ever been to Derry? Chances are someone is Doherty or McLaughlin.

Inishowen, in Donegal just over the border. I'd say over half the town is either MacLochlainn or Doherty. A lot of them tend to use family nicknames instead.

Both tend to be all sorts of proud of the illustrious heritage. I'm happy enough to belong to neither group :P. Reckon is would be a bit strange hooking up with someone of the same surname.

Only one other family in town shares my surname, and I'm pretty sure there's no relation whatsoever.

jester77 · 09-09-2013 06:44PM

I never gave much thought to my surname until I met a miner in Coober Pedy who happened to have the same name as me. He gave me the whole history of where the name originated from (Scottish) and how it would have spread to Ireland. It was actually very interesting and made me look more into it. Regretted that I never looked into it sooner, so if you don't know much about the history of your surname, then you should look it up

_Whimsical_ · 09-09-2013 06:47PM

Once kissed someone whose mum had the same first and surname as me before she got married!
No relation though.

ONeill2013 · 09-09-2013 06:49PM

circadian wrote: »

Pretty certain the chances of someone having the same name as me in Ireland is slim.

Ever been to Derry? Chances are someone is Doherty or McLaughlin.

I assume you mean the city and not the county? There seems to be a big difference in surnames between the north of the county and the south, there's a lot of O'Donnells, Dohertys and O'Kanes up there whereas in the south is filled with names like Doyle, Devlin, Quinn and O'Neill.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 09-09-2013 06:51PM

No,not too many of us Humperdincks around these parts.

Sir Osis of Liver. · 09-09-2013 06:54PM

rainbowdrop wrote: »

I know a lesbian couple that both had the same first name! Now THAT is a bit freeky.....

Ulick?

cantdecide · 09-09-2013 06:59PM

I have only come across another of me once. My name ain't inconceivably unusual. I found my doppelgänger through a mutual FB friend when I found myself making a highly offensive retort to someone I didn't know all that well. It took a few seconds to realise it was playful banter between two close pals! I thought I was losing my mind and posting all kinds of stuff online and forgetting about it!!

People with the same surname as you but not related to you.

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