Biggest name is no surprise.BOFFINS spent hours searching for Wales's most common name - before deciding it was Jones. The unsurprising conclusion by University College London “UCL” redirects here. For other uses, see UCL (disambiguation). University College London, commonly known as UCL, is the oldest multi-faculty constituent college of the University of London, one of the two original founding colleges, and the first British reveals there were 400,000 families called Jones in Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , with many in North Wales. Most were upland farmers and lived near Blaenau Ffestiniog. In 1998 there were 431,558 on the electoral roll, up from 336,447 in 1881. Abroad, Tasmania and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. topped the Jones league. The survey found Smith was still the most common surname in Britain. Researchers came from University College London and the universities of Leicester and Nottingham. They studied the distribution of surnames to understand patterns of population movement and cultural identity. Find out more at www.spatial-literacy.org |
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