If your last name is Jones, you missed out on the biggest gala ever held in your honor yesterday. Over 1,200 Joneses gathered Friday in Cardiff to break the world record for the largest assembly of people with the same name.

Gaggles of Joneses flocked to the Wales Millennium Centre for the event, dubbed "Jones, Jones, Jones".

The two-hour television event attracted participants from around the globe, including luminary Joneses like 1980's pop star and icon of androgyny Grace Jones.

To ensure an objective count, participants showed identification before entering the center, with Guinness World Record officials on staff to judge. Hyphenated names did not make the cut.

The previous record-breaker? A gathering of 583 Norbergs in Sweden.