Running Out of Cocks

I couldn't pass this up.
"Wangs, however, have experienced dramatic growth." Who isn't intrigued? There is apparently a man somewhere in Britain who decided he would do some research on the decreasing number of amusing surnames.
"The number of people in Britain with amusing surnames like Cockshott, Balls, Death and Shufflebottom has declined by up to 75 percent in the last century." The number of people with the name Cock shrank from just over 3,000 to almost 800, Balls lost about 1,700 people, and Deaths were reduced to 605 from 1,133.
The researcher believes a lot of these people are changing their name due to the change in definition of the word. If I had a last name like Cock, Balls or Gotobed there is no way I would change that. Smellie decreased by 70%- that I can understand.
The full article is definitely worth taking a look at!