Chris. I thought the same! More surname astrology? John On 18 May 2016 at 08:38, Christopher.Gray via <[email protected]> wrote: > Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter has reported on the LocateMyName > website that gives the count of a name in their records and then estimates > what this means for the actual numbers. On looking at it, I am concerned > with what it seems to be telling me. For example, it shows the following > for their top five countries for the name GRAY - the columns being country, > he count in their records and the estimate: > > Country Records Estimate > USA 307,166 382,841 > Canada 8,729 24,995 > UK 1,758 7,884 > Australia 895 11,055 > New Zealand 413 4,812 > > It also indicates that GRAY is ranked as number 222 in the UK. > > While I have no problems with the numbers of people they have in their > databases, the estimate as to how many there are would seem to be wildly > inaccurate. Does anyone know anything about this site? > > Regards > > Chris > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Prof John K Coldwell Aiming to build a worldwide history of Coldwell people. Please join in! Facebook: Coldwell Genealogy Group Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org/profiles/coldwell.html Coldwell & Couldwell surname information: www.coldwell.info