the name game

Check out this cool website that gives you the geographical distribution of your surname in the US. I compared my maiden name and my new name.

Bourke:

• In the US there are 920 phone book entries with the surname Bourke and approximately 3,315 persons with this name.
• The surname Bourke the 10443. most frequent name in the US.
• People with this surname live in 46 states. Most occurrences are in California: 107.
  

Geyer:

• In the US there are 2,953 phone book entries with the surname Geyer and approximately 10,641 persons with this name.
• The surname Geyer is the 3569 most frequent name in the US.
• People with this surname live in 51 states. Most occurrences are in Pennsylvania: 426.

Looks like Geyer is more popular than Bourke. I would have guessed that, though! However, Bourke is much more common in Australia. Check out Bourke, New South Whales.