Comments on: The browning of Top 10 surnames http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: JohnL http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467867 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:39:07 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467867 My last name is not in the top 151,672. Well then. On the other hand my first and middle names are both in the top 10. My last name is not in the top 151,672. Well then. On the other hand my first and middle names are both in the top 10.

]]> by: Godmonkey http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467799 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:41:25 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467799 I'm a little confused as to what the constructed nature of race has to do with Hispanic surnames. Naming conventions are cultural constructs, too, which hew closely to the cultural constructs of race/ethnicity ... so calling Garcia a Hispanic name is accurate. I’m a little confused as to what the constructed nature of race has to do with Hispanic surnames. Naming conventions are cultural constructs, too, which hew closely to the cultural constructs of race/ethnicity … so calling Garcia a Hispanic name is accurate.

]]> by: ace http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467731 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:11:50 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467731 I didn't make the top 5000. Freepers have to be even more ballistic about trends like this (picked a few names from Wikipedia) Ahmed: 1206 in '00 from 3288 in '90, +2082 Ibrahim: 3786 from 6434 I didn’t make the top 5000.

Freepers have to be even more ballistic about trends like this (picked a few names from Wikipedia)

Ahmed: 1206 in ‘00 from 3288 in ‘90, +2082
Ibrahim: 3786 from 6434

]]> by: atheist http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467689 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:57:39 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467689 My odd Sicilian name isn't in the top 5000, which doesn't surprise me. My odd Sicilian name isn’t in the top 5000, which doesn’t surprise me.

]]> by: Melaka http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467658 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:02:42 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467658 oops. I meant in the 20's. :) oops. I meant in the 20’s. :)

]]> by: Melaka http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467657 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:00:24 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467657 My name is in the top 20. Big surprise! I was thrilled when I met a black person with mylastname. (I'm white). My thinking is that my family aren't just euro-mutts, after all. But then I realized it was probably a slave name. *sigh* My name goes way back, and is so common I share it with a soap opera character and a very famous actress (and her brother). I'm sure you can figure it out. :) My name is in the top 20. Big surprise! I was thrilled when I met a black person with mylastname. (I’m white). My thinking is that my family aren’t just euro-mutts, after all. But then I realized it was probably a slave name. *sigh*

My name goes way back, and is so common I share it with a soap opera character and a very famous actress (and her brother).

I’m sure you can figure it out. :)

]]> by: Caro http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467650 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:23:33 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467650 "O'Shea" gets in there at 3529. I think even more interesting than Garcia and Rodriguez making the top 10 is how many Hispanic names are in the top 30 - 7, by my count. I think that speaks to the fact that it's not because those two are incredibly common Hispanic surnames, but that really is a larger presence of Hispanic/Latino families in America. “O’Shea” gets in there at 3529.

I think even more interesting than Garcia and Rodriguez making the top 10 is how many Hispanic names are in the top 30 - 7, by my count. I think that speaks to the fact that it’s not because those two are incredibly common Hispanic surnames, but that really is a larger presence of Hispanic/Latino families in America.

]]> by: Godmonkey http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467598 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:01:13 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467598 Twenty four hundred and some-odd. I've never heard many of the surnames in the same neighborhood of the list, although I'm still more common than the seemingly widepread "Donohue." Hmm. Twenty four hundred and some-odd. I’ve never heard many of the surnames in the same neighborhood of the list, although I’m still more common than the seemingly widepread “Donohue.” Hmm.

]]> by: maurinsky http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467587 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:19:00 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467587 Mine is not in the top 5000. My husband's is 445. Mine is not in the top 5000.

My husband’s is 445.

]]> by: chingona http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467582 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 11:09:47 +0000 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2007/11/18/the-browning-of-top-10-surnames/#comment-467582 Thinking it over, I guess my reaction - feeling special to not be on the list - is really white. For people descended from immigrants who arrived more recently (or whose numbers have increased greatly in the last few decades), being on the list is an affirmation that they are just as American as the Smiths or the Jones. For those white folks who aren't on the list (and pleased not to be), not being on it affirms that we aren't as generic as we might have feared. I kept my own name when I married for a variety of reasons, but a little piece of it was that I didn't want to trade in my unusual name for one in the top 15. Thinking it over, I guess my reaction - feeling special to not be on the list - is really white. For people descended from immigrants who arrived more recently (or whose numbers have increased greatly in the last few decades), being on the list is an affirmation that they are just as American as the Smiths or the Jones. For those white folks who aren’t on the list (and pleased not to be), not being on it affirms that we aren’t as generic as we might have feared.

I kept my own name when I married for a variety of reasons, but a little piece of it was that I didn’t want to trade in my unusual name for one in the top 15.

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