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Sounds like another (anecdotal) data point for nominative determinism:

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20180404-do-our-names-p...




Those are two people from a group of at least several hundred. I'm not sure that's strong evidence. I count it as one those weird coincidences that make life interesting.

Of course, they might be a lot more insurance agents with my surname, but I wouldn't know one way or the other. Also, I like weird coincidences, so I'm rather biased.

That doesn't mean you're wrong, though. I just don't have enough data to support your idea.




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