Name a popular surname that you've somehow missed in your life.

[XNASA]

I'll start.

Monroe.

We've had presidents named Monroe, and there was Marilyn Monroe and Earl "The Pearl" Monroe....

But I've never met anyone in my entire life with the last name of "Monroe".

Maybe it's a regional thing?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. I never have met a "Monroe" either

I don't think I've met a "Jones" either.

[XNASA]

3. Really? I've met plenty of Jones'.

And Smiths and Johnsons and even Kennedys.

[obreaslan]

18. I work in a hospital, and everyone who comes through

this place is named Jones. It's almost comical.

[XNASA]

25. Delete

Wrong post replied to.

[bif]

2. Garbanzo

I think there was a big band leader named Gump Garbanzo but I've never met anyone with that last name.

[XNASA]

5. I just checked the list of the 100 most popular surnames in the US.

Garbanzo wasn't on it. But neither was Monroe.

[Lavender Brown]

4. I knew a Munro

[XNASA]

6. Come to think of it.....so did I.

I went to 8th grade with somebody named Munro.

[Boswells_Johnson]

7. Welk

Lawrence is the only Welk I've ever heard of.

[XNASA]

10. But Welk is not a popular name.

Somebody well-known had the name "Welk", but the name itself is rare.

[Boswells_Johnson]

14. Is Monroe?

[XNASA]

17. Well, I named three popular Monroe's off of the top of my head.

And there are many, many cities and counties named Monroe.

Oh, and there's "Bill Monroe" the father of bluegrass music.

But I can only think of one person or place named "Welk".

[Boswells_Johnson]

20. Well, it's a bit different up here in Canada, so we'll put it down to

"regional" differences.

Also, Bill Monroe was born "William Smith". Marilyn also changed her name to Monroe.

[bif]

8. I met Erv Monroe who plays with the Detroit Symphony

I think he was originally from the south.

[XNASA]

19. Oh yeah, I've heard of him.

Erv "The Perv" Monroe.

What instrument did he play? :shrug:

[kick-ass-bob]

9. Bush.

And they better hope I never do!

:P

[XNASA]

15. Same here. Never met anyone named "Bush".

I would remember if I had because I would have tormented them unmercifully.

[Xipe Totec]

11. Gandhi, Nehru n/t

[booley]

12. never met anyone named Smith

not even a menacing dark suited guy in shades.

weird...

[underpants]

13. Gupta

:shrug:

[johnnie]

16. I don't remember ever meeting a Kennedy

Another one is a Kowawiniski, I can't believe I never met one of those.

[Skittles]

21. haven't known any Andersons

nt

[XNASA]

23. We got a whole bunch up here.

The old German/Scandinavian neighborhood on the Northside is called "Andersonville".

'Course, I suspect that there's about a gazillion Andersons up in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

[Skittles]

28. strange

I'm half Norwegian and did live in Scandi country in both Wisconsin and Minnesota and still didn't know any; been a long time though, perhaps I just don't remember.

[Tafiti]

22. Hmmm, now that you mention it...

...I've never met a Monroe either! Seems common enough, though.

[XNASA]

27. It's weird.....ain't it?

I think it's one of those "showbiz" names that just sounds like it's popular, but in reality, not many people are named "Monroe".

Kinda like "Hudson" or "Gable".....

[terrya]

24. I've never met anyone named Madison.

[XNASA]

26. Another name that's everywhere.......

But I can only think of one person named Madison.