Booth is the 590th most popular surname in the US! It's no Smith or Jones, but it's still fairly common. You would think people have heard it enough that hostesses would not get confused at a restaurant when you say your name is "Booth" and they wonder if a table will be okay or if you insist on a booth.
Posted by christin at August 14, 2003 02:02 PM | TrackBackhaha, my last name is far less common than yours. Shipp is the 2182nd most popular name.
mine is #45 but my mom's maiden name is 18,199th, so averaged im #9,122.
merely saying "booth" could be confusing. speaking as a restaurant veteran, someone saying only the word "booth" even after being asked what their name was, i could see how it might be perceived that the person was requesting a booth.
My last name is the 35th most popular and my maiden name the 3rd...but MY mother's maiden name is the 23,052 most popular...that's RARE! C'mon, who can beat that?
Posted by: Lisa at August 14, 2003 04:22 PMwell i dont have a maiden name but i bet her mom's mom's maiden name thrown in there in lieu of mine could. pbthh!
Posted by: dp at August 15, 2003 01:13 AMMy last name is the 7,278th most popular surname. I'm proud of that...I've got a fairly uncommon name.
What's even cooler is that the surnames of my two best friends (Schwegler and Rossol) don't even show up in that database. I envy them their names.
Not only that, but I just realized that the three of us (my two best friends and myself) have very German surnames. We master-racers hang together...*wink*
Posted by: Pieter Friedrich at August 16, 2003 01:53 PMallright, I've got you all beat(en?). My last name is the 72,485th most popular last name in the country. AHAHAHA! ;)
Posted by: gosey at August 25, 2003 11:56 AM