Friday 17 August 2007

The Social Standing of Surnames

Using the method in the post below I came up with this:

CHOLMONDELEY (pronounced chumley) 5%
CECIL 3%
FORTESCUE 0%
WADSWORTH 63%
MATHEW 2%
MATHEWS 13%
COCKBURN (pronounced coburn) 51%
WINDSOR 34%
FANSHAWE 0%
GOLDBERG 0%
GOLDSTEIN 0%
GOLDSMITH 13%
KHAN 98%
SMITH 72%
STEIN 1%
STEINBERG 0%
FORD 35%
WILLIAMS 50%
SMELLIE 39%
DICK 60%
COCK 6%
LEIGH 24%
WHITE 40%
BLACK 65%
BLACKADDER 51%
SIMPSON 70%
CADBURY 0%
RILEY 91%
WRIGLEY 36%
JONES 44%
PIMLEY 18%

Luxury Hotel Status

Using this I have found out the average social standing of people with luxury hotel related names.

Sharp (Founder Four Seasons) - 32% with higher social standing
Carlyle - 59%
Carlton - 70%
Marriott - 70%
Sheraton - 78%
Hilton - 84%