Surname Distribution Maps

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Surname Distribution Maps

Sometimes it is possible to guess where a surname originated through 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 Country Website World (237 countries) http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames World (26 countries) http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/ Argentina http://www.miparentela.com/ Austria http://namenskarten.lima-city.at/en/ Belgium http://www.familienaam.be/ Canada https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts Canada https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ Croatia https://actacroatica.com/en/search?surname=True Czech Republic http://www.kdejsme.cz/ England https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts England http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/ England ($) http://www.rootsuk.com/ France http://www.geopatronyme.com/ France http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/ France http://www.familleunie.fr/ Germany http://geogen.stoepel.net/ https://nvk.genealogy.net/map Ireland ($) http://www.johngrenham.com/ Italy http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html Italy http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html Italy https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani Netherlands http://www.verwandt.de/karten/ Netherlands http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng Poland https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/ Scotland https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts Spain https://www.mapadeapellidos.eu/index.php Spain https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml Spain http://www.ine.es/apellidos/formGeneral.do?vista=3 Switzerland http://www.verwandt.ch/Start.action   United Kingdom https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ United States https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts United States https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ Wales https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts Wales http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/ Wales http://www.rootsuk.com/ External links Geogenealogy surname mapping website Stephen Archer's Surname Atlas CD for detailed mapping of British surnames in the 1881 census References 1. "Familienname," Wikipedia. Available online. 2. Meitzler, Leland. "Surname Distribution Maps for the USA, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Austria & Switzerland on dynastree.com," Genealogy Blog. Available online. 3. Meitzler, Leland. "Surname Distribution Maps For Argentina, the Netherlands & the United Kingdom Are Online," Genealogy Blog. Available online. 4. Murphy, Nathan W. "Localize Your Surname with Distribution Maps," Price and Associates Genealogical Services. Available online. 5. "Surname map," Wikipedia. Available online. 6. "Surname Mapping," ISOGG Wiki. Available online.

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