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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]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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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]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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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>
| England, Wales [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]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
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| England
|<center>Czechia</center>
| England, Scotland, Wales [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]
|-
|-
| 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]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| 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]
|-
|-
| 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]
|style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
|-
|-
| 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"|
|-
|-
| 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]
|-
|-
| 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"|
|-
|-
| 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]
|-
|-
| 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"|
|-
|-
| 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]
|-
|-
| 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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Latest revision as of 10:07, 20 April 2024


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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 Distribution Maps
Most websites require entering a surname
before a map is produced. 		Surname Meanings,
Origins, and Frequency
World (237 countries)
 Forbears Surname Distribution Forbears Surname Meaning and Origin
Ancestry Surname Information
MyHeritage Last Name Directory
Austria

Surname Distribution Maps of Austria

Belgium
 Belgium Family Names
Belgium Surname Map
Canada
 Forbears Surname Distribution British Surnames
Croatia
 Mireo
Czechia
 KdeJsme.cz:
Denmark
 Denmark Surname Map
England
 Forbears Surname Distribution
Names, Public Profiler
Your Family History
UK Surname Map
British Surnames 		Your Family History
British Surnames
France
 Filae nom de famille; website language must be changed to French
France Surname Map
Germany
 Geogen
Germany Surname Map
CompGen Name Distribution Map
Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany (DFD) 		Digital Dictionary of Surnames in Germany (DFD)
Ireland
Irish Ancestors
Ireland Surname Map
Irish Surname Maps for the 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland
British Surnames 		British Surnames
Italy
 Italy Surname Maps
GENS, Distribution of Surnames in Italy
Cognomix, Maps of Italian Surnames
Italy Surname Map 		Italian Surnames by Town, Province or Region
Luxembourg
 Luxembourg Family Atlas
The Netherlands
 Netherlands Surname Map
Dutch Family Name Bank
Poland
 Poland Surname Map
Surnames Polskie
Jewish Records Indexing - Poland Surname Distribution Mapper
Poland Surname Distribution Map
Romania
 Romania Surname Map
Scotland
 Forbears Surname Distribution
Scottish Surname Maps for the 1901 Census of Scotland
British Surnames
Names, Public Profiler 		British Surnames
Slovenia
Slovenia Statistical Office (must include diacritics!)
Spain
 Spain Surname Map
National Institute of Statistics (INE) Surname Maps 		National Institute of Statistics (INE) Surname Frequency Statistics
Ukraine
 Ukraine Surname Map
United Kingdom
 UK Surname Map
British Surnames 		British Surnames
Wales
 Names, Public Profiler
British Surnames 		British Surnames

External links

References


Meitzler, Leland. "Surname Distribution Maps for the USA, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Austria & Switzerland on dynastree.com," Genealogy Blog.

Meitzler, Leland. "Surname Distribution Maps For Argentina, the Netherlands & the United Kingdom Are Online," Genealogy Blog.

"Surname map," Wikipedia.

"Surname Mapping," ISOGG Wiki.

Tracing immigrant origins : research outline at FS Library book 929.1 F21ro; film 6105293(*)

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