the algorithm isn't factually based.. it's "we know there's roughly X people named Smith in the US. We know they are roughly Y people named john. How many John Smiths in the population? then round it off. It probably underestimates the occurance of the name, because you won't get many Bartholemew Husseins, etc.
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Date: 2006-10-15 10:29 am (UTC)