Revealed: How the FIVE most common New York cab driver names are all Mohammed - spelled five..

dailymail.co.uk ^ | Jan. 14, 2015 | Louise Boyle

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Among the 52,131 authorized medallion drivers of taxis and limousines in New York City, the most common first name is Mohammed - in various spellings

The next most popular name among cabbies is Jean while the most common surname is Singh

Thousands of snippets of data have been gathered to provide a detailed look at one of New York City's most iconic sights - the yellow cab.

An info-graphic by Vizual-statistix this week has revealed that the most common first name in 2014 among the 52,131 authorized drivers (those behind the wheel of both yellow cabs and limousines) is Mohammad - and alternate spellings MD, Mohammed, Muhammad, and Mohamed. The next most common names were Jean and Abdul.

The most common surname is Singh followed by Rahman and Islam, according to the wealth of information available for public use through the project NYC Open Data.

According to city statistics, New York cab drivers are the epitome of diversity. Cabbies come from all of the Big Apple's five boroughs; 31 states (and D.C). and more than 175 countries around the world.

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Full Title: Revealed: How the FIVE most common New York cab driver names are all Mohammed - spelled five different ways.

Nothing to see here, folks. I'm sure this is just an unique, extraordinary coincidence.

[proxy_user]

But in surnames, the Sikhs have the Muslims outnumbered!

[miss marmelstein]

Haitians and Sikhs. Both run clean cabs and know what they’re doing. I refuse to ride with any Mohammedan who is dressed in traditional garb - and there are plenty. They will also pass my husband up if I walk him to the cab with our dog. Of course, many of these guys don’t wear traditional clothes until you get in the cab and notice the body odor.

[Feckless]

Common Western mistake.

Moe Hamhead was actually the fourth Stooge......

[MarchonDC09122009]

Wonder if these islam oriented taxi drivers may be sleeper agents, let loose when an Immam gives the word?
Cry havoc, let slip the dogs of war: car-radio-chem-bio-bombs in the name of Allah...

[CdMGuy]

Since I refuse to patronize any Muslim owned businesses, I sure am glad that I left NYC many years ago. I could see myself doing a lot of walking and subway riding if I still lived there.