Smith is an answer for Ireland so without the yellow box I'd have to remove Ireland. Also, there are probably lots of things that could fill in at least one of the Chinese names.
One of only 4 I didn't get. I knew cyclists Guillaume Martin, Julien Bernard and Benjamin Thomas but I wouldn't have any idea that these were popular surnames!
Er...the names for India refer to the most common names for people born in India living in the UK -- yet excludes people actually living in India? This is very specific, and including it here seems a little bizarre -- especially labelled "India". These five names tell us precious little about the most common names in India; many factors have a huge impact on who migrates (e.g. chain migration, urban/rural, caste). The five names don't even tell us anything about the frequency of these names for UK residents of Indian origin; it's specifically Indian immigrants only (I take that to mean first generation). I suggest taking India off the quiz, or getting actual data for India (I realize there are challenges to this given record-keeping practices esp in rural areas). I'm guessing there are lots of countries with data fitting better into this quiz.
Very true, as an Indian immigrant living in the UK, The few hundred thousand of us do not at all represent the most common Indian surnames, largely because an overwhelming majority of Indian immigrants in the UK are either Punjabi or Gujarati, which mean very common surnames in the subcontinent like Kumar, Agarwal, Sharma get severely outnumbered in the UK by Patels and Singhs.
I didn't understood what's up with India. Living in India, the actual data is different for India. The most common surnames are Agarwal, Singh et cétéra and at least not Miah.
Indians living in the US don't classify as Indians because they live in the US. I suggest removing India or using the data for real India
I would remove India. I'm not aware of any such reliable data being available. But 'Miah' is definitely not right last name. It just means 'gentleman' and is usually added after the first name as a way to show respect, mostly by Muslims from Indian subcontinent.
Absolutely correct! The use of Kelly is far more common than O'Kelly (both anglicised version of the original Gaelic name). It's only when people use the Gaelic version of their name that the O would have to go back in (well, for the male version) - Ó Cheallaigh. Female surname is Ní Cheallaigh.
I mean 30 to 40% of the vietnamese population has the last name Nguyen. Less than 20 last names account for 90% of the population, so if you know one of them chances are you'll get the answer correct.
For the french one however, you could know 50 French names and get none of them correct. That being said, I admit that I am surprised by how few people got that question right.
Evgeny Kuznetsov,
Erik Karlsson,
Ichiro Suzuki,
Virgil Van Dijk, etc.
Indians living in the US don't classify as Indians because they live in the US. I suggest removing India or using the data for real India
I'm pretty sure Kelly is in top five surnames. I'm sure O'Kelly isn't.
From today's Irish Independent newspaper.
For the french one however, you could know 50 French names and get none of them correct. That being said, I admit that I am surprised by how few people got that question right.