Don't be sad; apparently I don't exist, either. So you're not alone.

That's an interesting thought. I mean, that someone who doesn't exist can cause someone else who doesn't exist to be not alone in his non-existence.

However, since you can accomplish this wonderful thing I welcome your company. Pull up a chair and set a spell…

Hrm. There are more than that. Unless they're not counting things like Mariann, Mary Anne, and Maryrose as being Marys. And my brother's ex-wife may no longer use our last name, not sure.

There must be more than 52 of my clones around. I saw a handful of them just in one list when I was getting some warranty work done at Circuit City. One of them has a music store 60 miles from our old place in Virginia. I wonder if the statement that 100% of those firstnamed "Kip" are male? (And how many are real Kips? It always turns out to be somebody's nickname.)

Who are you and what have you done with Fred!?

I'll see that and raise you one -- it says my surname doesn't exist. That will surprise several dozen relatives!
. . . and then the fine print says that since this stuff is derived from census figures, about 10% of people's first names will be missing, and about 10% of people's last names, 'cause that might make it too easy to identify individuals.

Meanwhile, once, doing an 800-number job, I encountered a "Sean Javid" with a Celtic first name and a Persian last name, like me. His mother was Irish and his father was Persian . . . (unlike me)

You broke it!

Well, I really think they mean "How many other people in the US have your name?"

They figure since you already have your name, then you know about that.:)

Heh. You'd think they'd update their database with names as they are submitted. They don't know about me, either.