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''[[United States]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]  [[Surname_Distribution_Maps|Surname Distribution Maps]]''
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Sometimes, it is possible to guess where where an immigrant ancestor originated through [[Surname_Distribution_Maps|surname distribution maps]]. These maps graphically demonstrate where surnames occurred at different periods in time. This strategy provides genealogists with a research starting point in the birth country, when that information cannot be discovered in American sources. It works particularly well for less-common surnames and among families that have stayed in the same locations for centuries.  
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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.  


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==Online Surname Distribution Maps==
 
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| '''Country'''
!Country
| '''Website'''
!Distribution Maps<br>Most websites require entering a surname<br> before a map is produced.
!Surname Meanings, <br>Origins, and Frequency
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| Argentina
|<center>World (237 countries)</center>
| [http://www.miparentela.com/mapas-ar/ http://www.miparentela.com/mapas-ar/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://forebears.io/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]
|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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| Austria  
|<center>Austria</center>
| [http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
[https://namenskarten.lima-city.at/en/ Surname Distribution Maps of Austria]
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| Belgium  
|<center>Belgium</center>
| [http://www.familienaam.be/ http://www.familienaam.be/]
|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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| Canada  
|<center>Canada</center>
| [http://www.dynastree.ca/ http://www.dynastree.ca/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://forebears.io/surnames Forbears Surname Distribution]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
 
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| England
|<center>Croatia</center>
| [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.mireo.com/compact-maps/examples/croatia-surnames Mireo]
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| England
|<center>Czechia</center>
| [http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/ http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.kdejsme.cz/ KdeJsme.cz:]  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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| France
|<center>Denmark</center>
| [http://www.geopatronyme.com/ http://www.geopatronyme.com/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.surnamemap.eu/denmark/ Denmark Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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| France
|<center>England</center>
| [http://www.genealogie.com/v2/services-nom-de-famille/ http://www.genealogie.com/v2/services-nom-de-famille/]
|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"|[https://your-family-history.com/ Your Family History]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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| France  
|<center>France</center>
| [http://www.familleunie.fr/cartes http://www.familleunie.fr/cartes]
|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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| Germany  
|<center>Germany</center>
| [http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://geogen.stoepel.net/ Geogen]<br> [https://www.kartezumnamen.eu/en/ Germany Surname Map]<br> [https://nvk.genealogy.net/map CompGen Name Distribution Map]<br>[https://www.namenforschung.net/en/dfd/dictionary/list/ Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany (DFD)]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.namenforschung.net/en/dfd/dictionary/list/ Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany (DFD)]
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| Germany
|<center>Ireland </center>
| [http://www.verwandt.de/karten/ http://www.verwandt.de/karten/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.johngrenham.com/ Irish Ancestors]<br> [https://www.surnamemap.eu/ireland/ Ireland Surname Map]<br>[https://www.barrygriffin.com/surname-maps/irish/ Irish Surname Maps for the 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland]<br>[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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| Ireland
|<center>Italy</center>
| [http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/]
|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"|[https://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html Italian Surnames by Town, Province or Region]<br>
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| Italy
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<center>Luxembourg</center>
| [http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://lfa.uni.lu/ Luxembourg Family Atlas]
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| Netherlands  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<center>The Netherlands</center>
| [http://www.verwant.nl/kaarten http://www.verwant.nl/kaarten]
|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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| Poland  
|<center>Poland</center>
| [http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/]
|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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| Spain
|<center>Romania</center>
| [https://idapadron.ine.es/fapel/FAPEL.INICIO https://idapadron.ine.es/fapel/FAPEL.INICIO]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.hartanumeromanesti.eu/en/ Romania Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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| Spain
|<center>Scotland</center>
| [http://www.miparentela.com/mapas http://www.miparentela.com/mapas]
|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"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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| Switzerland
|<center>Slovenia</center>
| [http://www.verwandt.ch/karten/ http://www.verwandt.ch/karten/] &nbsp;
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<br> [https://www.stat.si/imenarojstva/en/#/names/topLastnames Slovenia Statistical Office] (must include diacritics!)
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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| United Kingdom
|<center>Spain</center>
| [http://www.dynastree.co.uk/maps http://www.dynastree.co.uk/maps]
|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"|[https://www.ine.es/apellidos/formGeneral.do?vista=3 National Institute of Statistics (INE) Surname Frequency Statistics]
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| United States
|<center>Ukraine</center>
| [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://ridni.org/karta/ Ukraine Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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| United States
|<center>United Kingdom</center>
| [http://www.hamrick.com/names/ http://www.hamrick.com/names/]
|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"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
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|-
| United States
|<center>Wales</center>
| [http://www.dynastree.com/maps http://www.dynastree.com/maps]
|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"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
| Wales
|}
| [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx]
 
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==External links==
| Wales
 
| [http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/ http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/]
*[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
*[https://isogg.org/wiki/Surname_mapping Surname mapping, From ISOGG Wiki]
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
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''.
 
Meitzler, Leland. [http://www.genealogyblog.com/?p=5826 "Surname Distribution Maps For Argentina, the Netherlands &amp; the United Kingdom Are Online,"] ''Genealogy Blog''.
 
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surname_map "Surname map,"] ''Wikipedia''.
 
[https://www.isogg.org/wiki/Surname_mapping "Surname Mapping,"] ''ISOGG Wiki''.
 
[[pt:Mapas de distribuição de sobrenomes]]
 
{{TracingIO}}
[[Category:Poland Emigration_and_Immigration]]
[[Category:United_States_Emigration_and_Immigration]]
[[Category:Spain Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Wales Emigration and Immigration]]
[[Category:England_Emigration_and_Immigration]]
[[Category:England Surnames]]
[[Category:Scotland Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Wales]]
[[Category:Switzerland_Emigration_and_Immigration]]
[[Category:Poland Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Netherlands Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Italy Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Germany Emigration and Immigration]]
[[Category:Ireland Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:France Emigration and Immigration]]
[[Category:France Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Canada Maps]]
[[Category:Belgium]]
[[Category:Austria]]
[[Category:Argentina Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Czechia Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Spain Emigration and Immigration]]
[[Category:Naming Customs]]
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