I think when I was younger and in school everyone in town heard of me. But now I moved far away and I really do not know many people here and I like it that way.
In the town I live in I am known by many people, especially in the area that I live. I have lived in the same area most of my life so most of the people who I live near have known me for many years.
At work, there are a couple of people that have mentioned that they like coming through my line specifically and it makes my day because they are nice customers.
Its hard to be well known when you live in a city with hundreds of thousands of people but I did grow up here so I often run into people I went to school and things like that on occasion.