There has been a conversation on the Golden Crown Literary Society list about pseudonyms. Someone posted links to two sites that can help you find all of the people in either the US or the UK that have your name/pseudonym.
There’s the “How Many Of Me” site for the US and the “You’re Not Me” site for the UK.
Folks will be relieved to know that there no mes in the UK and only 5 in the US. Phew. Can you imagine if I were spreading across the pond? shudder at the thought! Oddly, the pseudonym I briefly considered is just as rare.
It was suggested that if you want to know if any of the “yous” out there who are writers, do an Amazon.com search. If anyone knows a website that lists every writer out there, let me know!