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|{{surnamemap}} Sometimes it is possible to guess where a surname originated through [[Surname_Distribution_Maps|surname distribution maps]]. These maps graphically display locations where surnames occurred at different periods in time. This strategy provides genealogists with a starting point for research in the birth country, when that information cannot be discovered through sources recorded in the new country of settlement. It works particularly well for less-common surnames and among families that have stayed in the same European locations for centuries.  
|{{surnamemap}} Sometimes it is possible to guess where a surname originated through [[Surname_Distribution_Maps|surname distribution maps]]. These maps graphically display locations where surnames occurred at different periods in time. This strategy provides genealogists with a starting point for research in the birth country, when that information cannot be discovered through sources recorded in the new country of settlement. It works particularly well for less-common surnames and among families that have stayed in the same European locations for centuries.  


===Online Surname Distribution Maps===
==Online Surname Distribution Maps==


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|<center>World (237 countries)</center>
|<center>World (237 countries)</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://forebears.io/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Meaning and Origin]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://forebears.io/surnames Forbears Surname Meaning and Origin]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts Ancestry Surname Information]<br>[https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ MyHeritage Last Name Directory]
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|<center>Austria</center>
|<center>Austria</center>
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[http://namenskarten.lima-city.at/en/ Surname Distribution Maps of Austria]
[https://namenskarten.lima-city.at/en/ Surname Distribution Maps of Austria]
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|<center>Belgium</center>
|<center>Belgium</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.familienaam.be/ Belgium Family Names]<br> [https://www.surnamemap.eu/belgium/ Belgium Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.familienaam.be/ Belgium Family Names]<br> [https://www.surnamemap.eu/belgium/ Belgium Surname Map]
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|<center>Canada</center>
|<center>Canada</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://forebears.io/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ MyHeritage Last Name Directory]<br>[https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts Ancestry Surname Information]<br>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Meaning and Origin]
 
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|<center>Croatia</center>
|<center>Croatia</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://actacroatica.com/en/search?surname=True ActaCroatica]  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.mireo.com/compact-maps/examples/croatia-surnames Mireo]  
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|<center>England</center>
|<center>England</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution] <br>[https://named.publicprofiler.org/ Names, Public Profiler]<br>[https://your-family-history.com/ Your Family History]<br>[https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/index.php UK Surname Map]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://forebears.io/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution] <br>[https://named.publicprofiler.org/ Names, Public Profiler]<br>[https://your-family-history.com/ Your Family History]<br>[https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/index.php UK Surname Map]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Meaning and Origin]<br>[https://your-family-history.com/ Your Family History]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://your-family-history.com/ Your Family History]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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|<center>France</center>
|<center>France</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.geopatronyme.com/ Geopatronyme]<br> [http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/ Filae: Nom de Famille]<br> [http://www.nomdefamille.eu/en/ France Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.filae.com/nom-de-famille/ Filae nom de famille; website language must be changed to French]<br>[http://www.nomdefamille.eu/en/ France Surname Map]
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|<center>Italy</center>
|<center>Italy</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html GENS, Distribution of Surnames in Italy and America]<br>  [https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani Cognomix, Maps of Italian Surnames]<br> https://www.mappadeicognomi.it/en/
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[[Italy Surname Maps]]<br>[https://www.mappadeicognomi.it/en/GENS.html GENS, Distribution of Surnames in Italy]<br>  [https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani Cognomix, Maps of Italian Surnames]<br> [https://www.mappadeicognomi.it/en/ Italy Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html Italian Surnames by Town, Province or Region]<br>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html Italian Surnames by Town, Province or Region]<br>
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|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<center>Netherlands</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<center>Luxembourg</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|https://www.kartezumnamen.eu/<br> http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://lfa.uni.lu/ Luxembourg Family Atlas]
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|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<center>The Netherlands</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.surnamemap.eu/netherlands/ Netherlands Surname Map]<br> [https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng Dutch Family Name Bank]
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|<center>Poland</center>
|<center>Poland</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|https://www.mapanazwisk.eu/en/<br>https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/<br>http://data.jewishgen.org/maps/jrimap.asp
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.mapanazwisk.eu/en/ Poland Surname Map]<br>[https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/ Surnames Polskie]<br>[https://data.jewishgen.org/maps/jrimap.asp Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Surname Distribution Mapper]<br>[https://nazwiska.ijp.pan.pl/ Poland Surname Distribution Map]
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|<center>Romania</center>
|<center>Romania</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|http://www.hartanumeromanesti.eu/en/
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.hartanumeromanesti.eu/en/ Romania Surname Map]
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|<center>Scotland</center>
|<center>Scotland</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution] <br>https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts<br>https://www.barrygriffin.com/surname-maps/scottish/<br>https://britishsurnames.co.uk/
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://forebears.io/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]<br>[https://www.barrygriffin.com/surname-maps/scottish/ Scottish Surname Maps for the 1901 Census of Scotland]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]<br>[https://named.publicprofiler.org/ Names, Public Profiler]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Meaning and Origin]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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|<center>Slovenia</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<br> [https://www.stat.si/imenarojstva/en/#/names/topLastnames Slovenia Statistical Office] (must include diacritics!)
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|<center>Spain</center>
|<center>Spain</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|https://www.mapadeapellidos.eu/index.php<br> https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml<br> http://www.ine.es/apellidos/formGeneral.do?vista=3
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.mapadeapellidos.eu/index.php Spain Surname Map]<br> [https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml National Institute of Statistics (INE) Surname Maps]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.ine.es/apellidos/formGeneral.do?vista=3 National Institute of Statistics (INE) Surname Frequency Statistics]
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|<center>Ukraine</center>
|<center>Ukraine</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|https://ridni.org/?lang=english
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://ridni.org/karta/ Ukraine Surname Map]
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|<center>United Kingdom</center>
|<center>United Kingdom</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/<br> https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/<br>https://britishsurnames.co.uk/
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/ UK Surname Map]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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|<center>United States</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts<br> https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/<br>[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames Forbears Surname Meaning and Origin]
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|<center>Wales</center>
|<center>Wales</center>
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts<br> https://named.publicprofiler.org/<br> http://www.rootsuk.com/
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://named.publicprofiler.org/ Names, Public Profiler]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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===External links===
==External links==


*[http://geogenealogy.ca/ Geogenealogy surname mapping website]
*[https://geogenealogy.ca/ Geogenealogy surname mapping website]
*[http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/satlas01.htm Stephen Archer's Surname Atlas CD] for detailed mapping of British surnames in the 1881 census
*[http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/satlas01.htm Stephen Archer's Surname Atlas CD] for detailed mapping of British surnames in the 1881 census
*[https://isogg.org/wiki/Surname_mapping Surname mapping, From ISOGG Wiki]
*[https://isogg.org/wiki/Surname_mapping Surname mapping, From ISOGG Wiki]


===References===
==References==


<references />  
<references />  
1. [http://www.gen-evolu.de/ "Familienname,"] ''Wikipedia.'' Available online.


2. Meitzler, Leland. [http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=5566 "Surname Distribution Maps for the USA, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Austria &amp; Switzerland on dynastree.com,"] ''Genealogy Blog''. Available online.  
Meitzler, Leland. [http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=5566 "Surname Distribution Maps for the USA, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Austria &amp; Switzerland on dynastree.com,"] ''Genealogy Blog''.  


3. Meitzler, Leland. [http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=5826 "Surname Distribution Maps For Argentina, the Netherlands &amp; the United Kingdom Are Online,"] ''Genealogy Blog''. Available online.  
Meitzler, Leland. [http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=5826 "Surname Distribution Maps For Argentina, the Netherlands &amp; the United Kingdom Are Online,"] ''Genealogy Blog''.  


4. Murphy, Nathan W. [http://www.pricegen.com/localizesurname.htm "Localize Your Surname with Distribution Maps,"] ''Price and Associates Genealogical Services''. Available online.  
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname_map "Surname map,"] ''Wikipedia''.  


5. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname_map "Surname map,"] ''Wikipedia''. Available online.  
[https://www.isogg.org/wiki/Surname_mapping "Surname Mapping,"] ''ISOGG Wiki''.


6. [http://www.isogg.org/wiki/Surname_mapping "Surname Mapping,"] ''ISOGG Wiki''. Available online.
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