{"id":3092,"date":"2006-04-17T09:18:46","date_gmt":"2006-04-17T14:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=3092"},"modified":"2006-04-17T09:19:24","modified_gmt":"2006-04-17T14:19:24","slug":"whats-the-mormon-est-surname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2006\/04\/whats-the-mormon-est-surname\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s the Mormon-est Surname?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I stumbled upon this website <\/a>that allows you to map the prevalence of a given surname, by state, in the United States for the years 1850, 1890, 1920, and 1990. Of course, I immediately thought of looking at which names are most disproportionately represented in Utah and adjacent states, with the goal of identifying uniquely (Utah-) Mormon names. <\/p>\n

I used maps for 1920, when Mormons had had some time to settle and reproduce, but were still highly concentrated in the mountain west. Let’s start with maps for some likely suspects:
\nSmith<\/a>, Young<\/a>, Kimball<\/a><\/p>\n

Hmmm, not too impressive….let’s try some T&S permabloggerish names:
\nOman<\/a>, Haglund<\/a>, Harris<\/a>, Welch<\/a>, Evans<\/a>, Call<\/a><\/p>\n

Still mostly disappointing, with the except for Call, which looks pretty Mormon. How about,
\nCannon<\/a>, Tanner<\/a>, Allred<\/a><\/p>\n

Still not so great. Let’s try,
\nMerrill<\/a>, Hinckley<\/a>, Pratt<\/a><\/p>\n

Now we’re getting somewhere…<\/p>\n

In the end, after a non-exhaustive and un-systematic search, I announce that my nominations for the award for Mormon-est name go to:
\nRomney<\/a> and Nielsen<\/a><\/p>\n

(We’ll see if the Massachusetts governor finds it as easy to capture the Republican nomination as it was for his name to capture this nomination.)<\/p>\n

P.S. – Here’s a similar site<\/a> for counties in Britain. Happy tax day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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