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{{TIO-sidebar}}''[[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tracing_Immigrants_Country_of_Origin_Records|Country of Origin]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]''  [[Surname_Distribution_Maps|Surname Distribution Maps]]<br><br>
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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&nbsp;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>'''Country'''</center>  
!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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| <center>World (227 countries)</center>  
|<center>World (237 countries)</center>
| [http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames]
|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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| <center>World (26 countries)</center>  
|<center>Austria</center>
| [http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/ http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
[https://namenskarten.lima-city.at/en/ Surname Distribution Maps of Austria]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>Argentina</center>  
|<center>Belgium</center>
| [http://www.miparentela.com/Start.action http://www.miparentela.com/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.familienaam.be/ Belgium Family Names]<br> [https://www.surnamemap.eu/belgium/ Belgium Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>Austria</center>
|<center>Canada</center>
| http://namenskarten.lima-city.at/
|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]
| <center>Belgium</center>
 
| [http://www.familienaam.be/ http://www.familienaam.be/]
|-
| <center>Canada</center>  
| [http://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ http://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/]
|-
| <center>Czech Republic</center>
| [http://www.kdejsme.cz/ http://www.kdejsme.cz/]
|-
| <center>England</center>
| [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx]
|-
| <center>England</center>
| [http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/ http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/]
|-
| <center>England ($)</center>
| [http://www.rootsuk.com/ http://www.rootsuk.com/]
|-
| <center>France</center>
| [http://www.geopatronyme.com/ http://www.geopatronyme.com/]
|-
| <center>France</center>
| [http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/ http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/]
|-
| <center>France</center>
| [http://www.familleunie.fr/Start.action http://www.familleunie.fr/]
|-
|-
| <center>Germany</center>  
|<center>Croatia</center>
| [http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.mireo.com/compact-maps/examples/croatia-surnames Mireo]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>Germany</center>  
|<center>Czechia</center>
| [http://www.verwandt.de/karten/ http://www.verwandt.de/karten/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[http://www.kdejsme.cz/ KdeJsme.cz:]  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>Germany</center>  
|<center>Denmark</center>
| [http://www.gen-evolu.de/ http://www.gen-evolu.de/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.surnamemap.eu/denmark/ Denmark Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>Ireland</center>  
|<center>England</center>
| [http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/ http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/]
|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]
|-
|-
| <center>Italy</center>  
|<center>France</center>
| [http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html]
|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]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>Netherlands</center>  
|<center>Germany</center>
| [http://www.verwandt.de/karten/ http://www.verwandt.de/karten/]
|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)]
|-
|-
| <center>Netherlands</center>  
|<center>Ireland </center>
| [http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng]
|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]
|-
|-
| <center>Poland</center>  
|<center>Italy</center>
| [http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/ http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/]
|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>
|-
|-
| <center>Spain</center>  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<center>Luxembourg</center>
| [https://idapadron.ine.es/ https://idapadron.ine.es/]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://lfa.uni.lu/ Luxembourg Family Atlas]
|
|-
|-
| <center>Spain</center>  
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|<center>The Netherlands</center>
| [http://www.miparentela.com/Start.action http://www.miparentela.com/Start.action]
|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]
|
|-
|-
| <center>Spain</center>  
|<center>Poland</center>
| [http://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/nombyapel/nombyapel.htm?L=0 http://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/nombyapel/nombyapel.htm?L=0]
|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]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>Switzerland</center>  
|<center>Romania</center>
| [http://www.verwandt.ch/Start.action http://www.verwandt.ch/Start.action] &nbsp;
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|[https://www.hartanumeromanesti.eu/en/ Romania Surname Map]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| <center>United Kingdom</center>  
|<center>Scotland</center>
| [http://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ http://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/]
|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]
|-
|-
| <center>United States</center>  
|<center>Slovenia</center>
| [http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx]
|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"|
|-
|-
| <center>United States</center>  
|<center>Spain</center>
| [http://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ http://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/]
|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]
|-
|-
| <center>Wales</center>  
|<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"|
|-
|-
| <center>Wales</center>  
|<center>United Kingdom</center>
| [http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/ http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/]
|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]
|-
|-
| <center>Wales</center>  
|<center>Wales</center>
| [http://www.rootsuk.com/ 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"|[https://britishsurnames.co.uk/ British Surnames]
|}
|}


=== External links ===
==External links==


*[http://members.shaw.ca/geogenealogy/ 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]


=== 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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[[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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[[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:Czech_Republic Maps and Gazetteers]]
[[Category:Spain Emigration and Immigration]]
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