Origins and Locations of People Who Share Your Last Name

You can locate current and sometimes historical locations of people who share your last name.  It is a great way to help you find where your ancestors originated.

Click on the link below and type in your own name to see the distribution.

ancestry.com/learn/facts

http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org

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Choose the country from the table below you are interested in, click on the link, type in your name, and take a look at the map.


Tracing Immigrant Origins    United States    Emigration and Immigration    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 Names	http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/
Argentina	http://www.miparentela.com/mapas-ar/
Austria	http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx
Belgium	http://www.familienaam.be/
Canada	http://www.dynastree.ca/
Czech Republic	http://www.kdejsme.cz/
England	http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx
England	http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/
England ($)	http://www.rootsuk.com/
France	http://www.geopatronyme.com/
France	http://www.genealogie.com/v2/services-nom-de-famille/
France	http://www.familleunie.fr/cartes
Germany	http://christoph.stoepel.net/geogen/en/Default.aspx
Germany	http://www.verwandt.de/karten/
Germany	http://www.gen-evolu.de/
Ireland	http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/
Italy	http://gens.labo.net/en/cognomi/genera.html
Netherlands	http://www.verwant.nl/kaarten
Netherlands	http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/index.php?taal=eng
Poland	http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/
Spain	https://idapadron.ine.es/fapel/FAPEL.INICIO
Spain	http://www.miparentela.com/mapas
Spain	http://www.ine.es/daco/daco42/nombyapel/nombyapel.htm?L=0
Switzerland	http://www.verwandt.ch/karten/
United Kingdom	http://www.dynastree.co.uk/maps
United Kingdom	http://www.forebears.co.uk/surnames
United States	http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx
United States	http://www.dynastree.com/maps
Wales	http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx
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