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What is the most unusual surname you have heard.

506 replies

Noidea2114 · 07/09/2020 23:00

I'll start.
I went to school with someone called Crumplehome.

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Lobsterquadrille2 · 08/09/2020 06:15

Crapp. He was a group manager at one of the big four (years ago so big eight) and they were the Crapp group.

RosieLemonade · 08/09/2020 06:15

God I wish this forum let you edit posts
Mr Rainbow-Baker

TroysMammy · 08/09/2020 06:26

Sourbutts

Chicchicchicchiclana · 08/09/2020 06:28

Wardrobe

WhatInFreshHell · 08/09/2020 06:29

Trollope.

stoneysongs · 08/09/2020 06:30

Wardrobe
Fuchs

Also a Dr Doctor

MikeUniformMike · 08/09/2020 06:31

Trebelcock
Cockhead

Fuckingfuckssake · 08/09/2020 06:37

Screech

FredaFlinstone · 08/09/2020 06:40

My Dh used to work with a European called Dick Arseparter. I kid you not. I've met him.

Howcanwehelp · 08/09/2020 06:41

Mine is pretty rare. At uni I found another one (nearly got her parking pass) and found out she was a distant cousin!

MerylBleep · 08/09/2020 06:43

There was a customer of a place I used to work called Miss S Tench.

BaldAndWild · 08/09/2020 06:56

Nightscales
Handisides

ZeldaSmelda · 08/09/2020 07:09

Wardrobe (female)
Tortoiseshell (male).

scaryfrogfish · 08/09/2020 07:09

@Midwife1997

Pispan. Her first name was even worse... struggled to know how to call her in from the waiting room. Midwife
I went to uni with a Supaporn Pispan.
MsWonderful · 08/09/2020 07:18

Croot
Gash

gingajewel · 08/09/2020 07:20

Mr dr is called dr de’ath! Pronounced Dee-ath.
I went to uni with someone whose surname was Cockburn -pronounced co-burn and went to school with a family of onions who all said it like o-niyon

RiseUpWiseUpEyesUp · 08/09/2020 07:22

My maiden name is Butt. Weirdly enough, I barely got teased at school for it, but I did as an adult. Only a few years ago, before I got married, a co-op staff member laughed in my face as I produced ID Hmm

lurkingfromhome · 08/09/2020 07:22

Pizza. (She was French of Italian origin.)

MsWonderful · 08/09/2020 07:23

@RiseUpWiseUpEyesUp

My maiden name is Butt. Weirdly enough, I barely got teased at school for it, but I did as an adult. Only a few years ago, before I got married, a co-op staff member laughed in my face as I produced ID Hmm
I work with a Butt
TooExtraImmatureCheddar · 08/09/2020 07:24

Grocock
Wanklin
Hamrogue

BlueThursday · 08/09/2020 07:26

Never met him but our staff directory had a Vinnie Carbonara which sounded fabulous

JingleCatJingle · 08/09/2020 07:29

Wankhed

IsAnybodyListening · 08/09/2020 07:32

Her surname is Wankling. When she got married she then kept her maiden name also.

WhippetyStourie · 08/09/2020 07:33

Minge

Kpo58 · 08/09/2020 07:34

Bumstead and also Wenk