Is being 6 foot 4 inches a freak?

Answer 1

It is incredibly tall, but not freakishly. Especially when you consider that the world's tallest ever person was 8'11''.

Answer:

Height of people is distributed in a mathematical manner. If you were to look at the height of American males the distribution would be:

4'7" - 4'10" -4σ 3,200

4'10" - 5'1" -3σ 135,000

5'1" - 5'4" -2σ 2,100,000

5'4" - 5'7" -1σ 13,600,000

5'7" - 5'10" average 34,000,000

5'10" - 6'1" average 34,000,000

6'1" - 6'4" 1σ 13,600,000

6'4" - 6'7" 2σ 2,100,000

6'7" - 6'10" 3σ 135,000

6'10" - 7'1" 4σ 3,200

7'1" - 7'4" 5σ 28

7'4" - 7'7" 6σ 0

From this it may be seen that men from 6'1" to 6'4" fall into a group only one standard deviation away from the normal or average male.