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What's in a Name?
Most Common Female Names In England And
Wales.
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Name
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Number
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1. Margaret Smith.
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7,640
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2. Margaret Jones.
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7,068
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3. Susan Smith.
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6,531
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4. Susan Jones.
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5,108
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5. Mary Smith.
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5,049
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6. Patricia Smith.
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4,743
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7. Margaret Williams.
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4,636
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8. Elizabeth Jones.
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4,604
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9. Mary Jones.
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4,522
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10. Sarah Jones.
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4,359
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First Names In England And Wales,2000
|
Girls/rise or fall
|
|
Boys/rise or fall
|
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Chloe
|
1
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Jack
|
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Emily
|
2
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Thomas
|
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Megan
|
3
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James
|
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Charlotte(+2)
|
4
|
Joshua
|
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Jessica(+3)
|
5
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Daniel
|
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Lauren(+1)
|
6
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Harry(+8)
|
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Sophie(-2)
|
7
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Samuel
|
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Olivia(-4)
|
8
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Joseph
|
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Hannah
|
9
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Matthew(-3)
|
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Lucy(+2)
|
10
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Callum(-1)
|
+Indicates rise in popularity since
previous year. - Represents decline
in popularity since previous year.
First
Names In Scotland,2000
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Girls/rise
or fall
|
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Boys/rise or fall
|
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Chloe
|
1
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Jack
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Amy(+3)
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=2/2
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Lewis
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Lauren(+2)
|
=/3
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Ryan
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Emma(-1)
|
4
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Cameron
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Rebecca(-3)
|
5
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James(+2)
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Megan
|
6
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Andrew
|
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Caitlin
|
7
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Matthew(+6)
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Rachel
|
8
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Liam
|
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Erin
|
9
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Callum(+3)
|
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Hannah(+2)
|
10
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Jamie(+6)
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+Indicates rise in popularity since previous year.
Represents decline in popularity since
previous year.
Surnames
In Scotland.
1.Smith 2.Brown 3.Wilson 4. Thomson 5. Robertson
6. Campbell 7. Stewart.8.Anderson 9. Macdonald 10. Scott.
Word
Power.
Most Widely Spoken Languages.
|
Language
|
Approximate
no. of speakers
|
|
1.Chinese(Mandarin)
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1,075,000,000
|
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2.Hindustani
|
602,000,000
|
|
3.English
|
514,000,000
|
|
4.Spanish
|
425,000,000
|
|
5.Russian
|
275,000,000
|
|
6.Arabic
|
256,000,000
|
|
7.Bengali
|
215,000,000
|
|
8.Portuguese
|
194,000,000
|
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9.Malay-Indonesian
|
176,000,000
|
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10.French
|
129,000,000
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Mother Tongues Most Spoken By London School
Children.
|
Language
|
Speakers
|
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1.English
|
608,500.
|
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2.Bengali and
Silheti
|
40,400.
|
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3.Punjabi
|
29,800.
|
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4.Gujarati
|
28,600.
|
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5.Hindi/Urdu
|
26,000.
|
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6.Turkish
|
15,600.
|
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7.Arabic
|
11,000.
|
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8.English-based
Creole
|
10,700.
|
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9.Yoruba
|
10,400.
|
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10.Somali
|
8,300.
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Languages
Officially Spoken In the Most Countries.
|
Language
|
Countries
|
|
1. English
|
57
|
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2. French
|
33
|
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3. Arabic
|
23
|
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4. Spanish
|
21
|
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5.Portuguese
|
7
|
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6.=Dutch
|
5
|
|
=German
|
5
|
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8.=Chinese(Mandarin)
|
3
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=Danish
|
3
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=Italian
|
3
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=Malay
|
3
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Countries
With The Most English- Language Speakers.
|
Country
|
Speakers
|
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1. USA
|
237,320,000.
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2.UK
|
58,090,000.
|
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3.Canada
|
18,218,000.
|
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4.Australia
|
15,561,000.
|
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5.Ireland
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3,720,000.
|
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6.South Africa
|
3,700,000.
|
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7.New Zealand
|
3,338,000.
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8.Jamaica
|
2,460,000.
|
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9.Trinidad and
Tobago
|
1,245,000.
|
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10.Guyana
|
764,000.
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Future
Shock.
Most
populated countries in Europe in 2050.
|
Country
|
Est.Population
in 2050.
|
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1.Russia(including
in Asia)
2.Germany
3.France
4.U.K.
5.Italy
6.Ukraine
7.Poland
8.Spain
9.Romania
10.Netherlands
|
118.233.243.
79.702.511.
58.967.418.
58.210.627.
45.016.465.
37.726.401.
33.779.568.
32.562.163.
18.340.400.
16.721.036.
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Top 10 Most Populated us states in 2025.
(state/estimated
population in 2025)
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1.California,
49.285.000.
2.Texas,27.183.000.
3.Florida,20.710.000.
4.New
York,19.830.000.
5.Illinois,13.440.000.
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6.Pennsylvania,12.683.000.
7.Ohio,11.744.000.
8.Michigan,10.078.000.
9.Georgia,9.869.000.
10.New
Jersey,9.558.000.
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Most
Populated Countries in 2005
|
Country
|
Estimated Population in 2005
|
|
1.China
2.India
3.USA
4.Indonesia
5.Brazil
6.Pakistan
7.Russia
8.Bangladesh
9.Nigeria
10.Japan
U.K.
|
1.315.507.068.
1.092.502.123.
287.972.263.
242.799.696.
180.395.927.
156.689.148.
143.736.793.
139.794.159.
139.779.647.
127.404.212.
60.129.050.
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Most
Populated Countries in 2025
|
Country
|
Estimated Population in 2025
|
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1.China
2.India
3.USA
4.Indonesia
5.Pakistan
6.Nigeria
7.Brazil
8.Bangladesh
9.Russia
10Mexico
U.K.
|
1,464,028,860.
1,377,264,176.
338,070,951.
301,461,556.
213,338,252.
204,453,333.
200,606,553.
177,499,122.
135,951,626.
133,834,712.
60,613,482.
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Most Populated World Cities in 2015
|
City
|
Country
|
%Growth 2000-15
|
Estimated
Population in 2015
|
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1.Tokyo
2.Bombay
3.Lagos
4.Dhaka
5.Sao Paulo
6.Karachi
7.Mexico City
8.New York
9.Calcutta
10.Jakarta
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Japan
India
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Brazil
Pakistan
Mexico
USA
India
Indonesia
|
0,0.
2,4.
3,7.
3,6.
0,9.
3,2.
0,4.
0,3
1,9.
3,0.
|
26,400,000.
26,100,000.
23,200,000.
21,100,000.
20,400,000.
19,200,000.
19,200,000.
17,400,000.
17,300,000.
17,300,000.
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Most Populated Countries in 2050
|
Country
|
Estimated Population in 2050
|
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1.India
2.China
3.USA.
4.Indonesia
5.Nigeria
6.Pakistan
7.Brazil
8.Bangladesh
9.Ethiopia
10.Dem. Rep. Of
Congo
U.K.
|
1,619,582,271.
1,470,468,924.
430,943,147.
337,807,011.
303,586,770.
267,813,495.
206,751,477.
205,093,861.
187,892,174.
181,922,656.
58,210,627.
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Lifestyle.
Countries With The
Heaviest Smokers.
|
Country
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Average annual cigarette
consumption per smoker
(1988-98)
|
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1.Iraq
2.Belgium
3.Australia
4.Hungary
5.USA
6.Greece
7.Switzerland
8.Poland
9.Singapore
10.Japan
U.K.
|
5,751.
5,300.
4,951.
4,949.
4,938.
4,877.
4,618.
4,544.
4,250.
4,126.
3,706.
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Most Undernourished Countries.
|
Country
|
Approximate
percentage
undemourished
(1995-97)
|
|
1.Somalia
2.Eritrea
3.Burundi
4.Mozambique
5.Afghanistan
6.Haiti
7.Dem.Rep.of
Congo
8.Ethiopia
9.Mongolia
10.North
Korea
|
73.
67.
63.
63.
62.
61.
55.
51.
49.
49.
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Fat Consumers.
|
Country
|
Daily
Consumption
|
|
1.France
2.Austria
3.Belgium
4.Italy
5.Greece
6.Switzerland
7.Germany
8.Spain
9.USA
10.U.K.
World
|
164,7. 5,80.
159,9. 5,64.
158,6. 5,58.
152,3. 5,37.
151,7. 5,35.
147,3. 5,19.
147,0. 5,18.
146,8. 5,17.
146,4. 5,16.
143,7. 5,06.
73,5. 2,59.
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