Surname Distribution Maps

Tracing Immigrant Origins

Country of Origin

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 Argentina http://www.miparentela.com/ Austria http://namenskarten.lima-city.at/en/ Belgium http://www.familienaam.be/ https://www.surnamemap.eu/belgium/ Canada https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ Croatia https://actacroatica.com/en/search?surname=True Czechia http://www.kdejsme.cz/ Denmark https://www.surnamemap.eu/denmark/ England https://named.publicprofiler.org/ https://your-family-history.com/ England ($) http://www.rootsuk.com/ France http://www.geopatronyme.com/ http://www.genealogie.com/nom-de-famille/ http://www.familleunie.fr/ http://www.nomdefamille.eu/en/ Germany http://geogen.stoepel.net/ https://www.kartezumnamen.eu/en/ https://nvk.genealogy.net/map Ireland ($) http://www.johngrenham.com/ https://www.surnamemap.eu/ireland/ Italy http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html http://italia.indettaglio.it/eng/cognomi/cognomi.html https://www.cognomix.it/mappe-dei-cognomi-italiani https://www.mappadeicognomi.it/en/ Netherlands https://www.kartezumnamen.eu/ http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng https://www.surnamemap.eu/netherlands/ Poland https://www.mapanazwisk.eu/en/ https://nazwiska-polskie.pl/ Romania http://www.hartanumeromanesti.eu/en/ Scotland https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts Spain https://www.mapadeapellidos.eu/index.php https://www.ine.es/widgets/nombApell/index.shtml http://www.ine.es/apellidos/formGeneral.do?vista=3 http://www.mapadeapellidos.eu/en/ Ukraine https://ridni.org/?lang=english United Kingdom https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/ United States https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts https://lastnames.myheritage.com/last-names/ Wales https://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts https://named.publicprofiler.org/ 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.

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

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