🤔 Assuming independence between first and last names, we can estimate the number of individuals named "Jeff Atwood" [in the United States] by multiplying the probabilities of each name:
Probability of "Jeff" as a first name: approximately 0.5% (1 in 200)
Probability of "Atwood" as a surname: approximately 0.008% (1 in 12,500)
Estimated number of "Jeff Atwood"s: 0.005 * 0.00008 * 330,000,000 (U.S. population) ≈ 132 individuals
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