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EPISODE · Nov 16, 2020 · 3 MIN

How many people could share my surname?

from Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists · host Dr Chris Smith

Beata asked "If three hundred years ago there was one person with a certain surname, how many people could have their surname today?" Eva Higginbotham got mathematician James Grime to crunch the numbers... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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