British surnames
The distribution of the surname Gautier in Great Britain in 1998.
Now I’ve found one for Great Britain.
Unfortunately, there are too few Widmanns to show up, but there are more than a hundred Gautiers, it seems. 
Surname equality
There’s an article in The Independent today about a guy who’s taken his wife’s surname.
Although this practice is not that common in Denmark, I think the UK is quite a bit behind Denmark in this regard. I definitely find it utterly bizarre that anybody would assume that a wife had taken her husband’s surname without asking her.
I also think Mr. Myddelton (né Dyer) should go to the European Court of Human Rights to get his £34 back – surely that’s a clear case of sex discrimination if a woman in the same situation wouldn’t have to pay!
