Winners of significant Premium Bonds prizes are particularly likely to be named David, John, Michael or Susan , analysis suggests.

While the winners are picked completely at random, data from NS&I (National Savings & Investments) indicates that each year since 2022, the name David has been the most common for people winning prizes of £500 or more, followed by John, Michael, Susan, Peter and Paul.

Since 2020, there have been more than 67,000 instances of customers called David winning a prize of £500-plus in a given year.

Some 18,220 customers called David have won at least one £500-plus prize this year so far.

The names Andrew, Robert, Stephen, Margaret , Christopher and James , Elizabeth and Richard also crop up among common names of winners.

Andrew Westhead, NS&I retail di

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