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Every road in America, searched by the theme:

Don Quixote Characters

We searched every named street in America for Don Quixote Characters. 7 names turned up. A rare one we found is Lothario Circle in Monroe County, NY.

71 roads in 15 states are named after Don Quixote Characters

New Mexico is the densest

States have a different total number of roads, so we compare by a percent of roads.

1 out of every 17,700 roads in New Mexico resonates with this theme.

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Each dot is one county, sized by how many of its roads resonate with the theme. A small dot is a handful; a big one is hundreds.

Sizes are relative to this search: the biggest dot is this theme's busiest county, so a big dot here and a big dot in another theme are not the same number.

One of just 2 streets called Sancho Panza Court

Sancho Panza

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Don Quijote Lane

Don Quixote (character)

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

One of just 2 streets called Rocinante

Rocinante

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

The only Lothario Circle in America

Lothario

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

Dulcinea turns up in 18 counties

Dulcinea del Toboso

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Rarely used names, across the whole country: the spotlight on the map is the one you are reading.

Every public street name in the country was counted against the theme's subjects. A name used three or fewer times nationwide is rare; these twelve are the rarest, starting with the ones Wikipedia can introduce.

1 street exists only in Monroe County, NY

Lothario Circle

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Every name in the theme was counted against every other named road in the country. These appear exactly once: tap a thumbnail to walk them.

The county shown here holds the most of singular roads. Somebody named these roads, and nobody anywhere copied.

Most popular: Sancho Panza Court

2 roads 2 counties ~337.5k views last year

Sancho Panza

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Don Quixote

32 roads 18 counties ~330k views last year

Don Quixote (character)

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Most popular: Dulcinea

24 roads 18 counties ~222.2k views last year

Dulcinea del Toboso

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Lothario Circle

1 road 1 county ~136.2k views last year

Lothario

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

Least popular: Rosinante Run

12 roads 6 counties ~212.2k views last year

Rocinante

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Fame is the entity's yearly Wikipedia readership, rolled up across every spelling the streets use.

all but the most common: all the streets, minus the most common roads in the country. This lets us see the 'long tail' of interesting roads in the country.