View Full Version : Tool: World Surnames Profiler
See here: http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/
How do you create the scores used for the maps and the data tables?
We always use the relative frequency of a name compared to the overall population in an area. This is expressed as a 'Frequency Per Million' people living in an area, and is abbreviated on the website as FPM.
Bittereinder
2010-11-05, 23:00
Interesting. I disagree with its characterization as belonging to the 'French subgroup' as it is obviously West-Flemish in origin (look at its distribution in Belgium), but it does seem to be present in France as well - mostly in French Flanders, of course.
AlexDelarge
2010-11-05, 23:03
Portugal is not a part of this unfortunately. Still, searching my 3 surnames it says 2 of them are galician and only one is portuguese.
Brilliant!
Had often wondered about this. Thanks Warwick!
Maps and all!
Mine, top 3 rounded:
Norway 52.00
Sweden 2.50
Canada 1.40
Shockingly enough, my family surnames predominate in Sicily.
Unurautare
2010-11-09, 12:12
Unexpected(except for the Americas):
Well, Romania's not there, so it makes sense.
Unurautare
2010-11-09, 12:16
Well, Romania's not there, so it makes sense.
Yeah but so high proportion of this name in horseszag. :o Maybe they went to buy horses? xD
NETHERLANDS 38.95
UNITED KINGDOM 24.29
AUSTRALIA 15.79
HUNGARY 14.15
CANADA 7.56
NEW PLYMOUTH DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 262.17
NORTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM 96.81
NOORD-HOLLAND , NETHERLANDS 95.73
ZUID-HOLLAND , NETHERLANDS 64.69
UTRECHT , NETHERLANDS 54.81
Strange, I suppose it could be Dutch as well, but it seems very evenly distributed between north west England and Holland.
Norway 164
new-zealand 25.75
united states 10.04
austria 5.56
united kingdom 5.06
I found a name that is only common in Pomorskie in Poland and in the Provence‑Alpes‑Cote‑D'Azur in France. :s
family of traders?
Ouroborus
2010-12-14, 05:20
Austria 25.4
germany 24.79
hungary 7.07
united states 1.98
canada 1.38
new-zealand 1.06
switzerland 0.64
netherlands 0.54
spain 0.31
belgium 0.29
bayern , germany 101.14
eferding , austria 40.21
wien , austria 39.73
gussing , austria 37.79
baden , austria 35.13
baden-wÜrttemberg , germany 19.69
salzburg , austria 18.56
landeck , austria 17.95
new mexico , united states 17.04
hessen , germany 16.57
Day Tripper
2010-12-16, 16:00
Paternal surname:
4187041871
Maternal surname:
4187241873
Unexpected(except for the Americas):
Gypsies have spread your surname well. :D
Bonaoense
2010-12-17, 00:33
Maternal Surname:
ARGENTINA 812.38
SPAIN 292.3
UNITED STATES 42.1
AUSTRALIA 14.76
FRANCE 11.93
ARGENTINE NORTHWEST , ARGENTINA 2690.73
CUYO , ARGENTINA 1665.57
PATAGONIA , ARGENTINA 1554.99
NEW MEXICO , UNITED STATES 1065.03
EXTREMADURA , SPAIN 700.06
Paternal Surname
SPAIN 1979.97
UNITED STATES 121.02
ARGENTINA 106.43
FRANCE 35.45
SWITZERLAND 34.5
CANTABRIA , SPAIN 5068.44
GALICIA , SPAIN 4064.16
LA RIOJA , SPAIN 3604.93
ISLAS CANARIAS , SPAIN 2992.43
CASTILLA Y LEÓN , SPAIN 2724.86
Pallantides
2010-12-17, 00:48
My surname
41918
Top Countries FPM
NORWAY 3305.79
NETHERLANDS 279.2
AUSTRIA 212.5
GERMANY 201.81
SWITZERLAND 189.12
Top Regions FPM
OPPLAND , NORWAY 8041.27
HEDMARK , NORWAY 7591.79
BUSKERUD , NORWAY 5307.33
AKERSHUS , NORWAY 4392.78
TELEMARK , NORWAY 4173.09
Mother's maiden name
41919
Top Countries FPM
Country FPM
NORWAY 34.78
SWEDEN 3.79
DENMARK 1.3
Top Countries FPM
SOGN OG FJORDANE , NORWAY 358.33
TELEMARK , NORWAY 127.14
OPPLAND , NORWAY 107.49
KRISTIANSTADT LÄN , SWEDEN 75.01
HORDALAND , NORWAY 54.35
Pallantides
2010-12-17, 00:58
My surname in America:
4192041921
WTF! My grandmother's surname is not "South Slavic"!
Unurautare
2010-12-20, 11:31
Gypsies have spread your surname well. :D
No gypsy would have my surname,it's scandinav related. xD
Unurautare
2010-12-20, 16:59
So I asked my mother about her maiden name(although I did knew it):
Unurautare
2010-12-20, 21:04
Forgot to add the specific country map. Interesting what it came out(and if it's true),from what I knew,without research, it was described to me as one of those 100% romanian names,but I guess it makes some sense after all,maybe some roman colonists or medieval italian merchants :unsure: as I'm not aware of any recent italian origins of my family.
Mine came back as having a high frequency in parts of New Zealand and the NW of England, as well as Western Australia. A fpm of 79 in the UK versus only 28 in America and 18 in Canada.
cadwallon
2010-12-20, 22:07
This is my surname (Reader/Reeder). My surname was originally Reader, the spelling changed in the late 1800's by error due to poor handwriting on some documents, Reader was listed as "alternative spelling" on the later documents while on the early docs Reader was the only spelling listed.
UNITED KINGDOM 80.22
NEW-ZEALAND 61.37
AUSTRALIA 38.19
CANADA 27.05
UNITED STATES 13.51
IRELAND 2.06
ARGENTINA 1.77
SPAIN 0.84
NETHERLANDS 0.43
GERMANY 0.4
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
KAIKOURA DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 349.9
SOUTH TARANAKI DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 311.09
STRATFORD DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 291.84
GISBORNE DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 220.52
FRANKLIN DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 1
Associated forenames:
PAUL
ROBERT
WILLIAM
MARK
SUSAN
All of these forenames have been used in my family in conjunction with the Reader/Reeder last name.
In England it is most common in the East and Southeast, it's more rare up north where my family is from. Despite an Anglo-Saxon origin for the surname my family more than likely descends from the Britons, what's interesting is while in England we lived along the northern bank of River Ouse where it starts to flow into the River Trent which then goes into the Humber.
Pallantides
2010-12-21, 01:47
No gypsy would have my surname,it's scandinav related. xD
Looking at the distribution it don't seem that Scandinavian to me.:p
Unurautare
2010-12-21, 05:22
Looking at the distribution it don't seem that Scandinavian to me.:p
Because it's a romanian name(so the distribution in Europe is of romanians that emigrated).
My family name can either mean some scandivan related ethnicity,or it can just be some 'coincidental form' of a latin word. I've been searching about it for some time,but I only found some italian version that looks very similar(said this name is common in Lombardia)."Problem" with it is that it looks more like a scandinav ethnic meaning when you read it in modern romanian,although I'm like 50-50 about this possibility,especially since the italian family name has variants that come very close to how the romanian version is written.
Forgot to add the specific country map. Interesting what it came out(and if it's true),from what I knew,without research, it was described to me as one of those 100% romanian names,but I guess it makes some sense after all,maybe some roman colonists or medieval italian merchants :unsure: as I'm not aware of any recent italian origins of my family.
Surnames ending in -u are typical of Sardinia. I suppose your mother's surname is like that too?
Unurautare
2010-12-21, 08:29
Surnames ending in -u are typical of Sardinia. I suppose your mother's surname is like that too?
Her maiden name is Columbanu,I left it in the images. :< Father's name ends with -u too,but it's misleading,as in I don't know if it's about the italian "red" or "redhair" or about this scandinav ethnic group,but it looks exactly like a form of the italian word for "red". But because in modern romanian way of forming "the" when romanians look at this name they associate it with this ethnic group rather than "red",it may be because of how romanian words evolved overall,some example would be Dracula/Drăculea(meaning "son of the dragon" in medieval romanian but now it means "son of the devil" in modern romanian). I couldn't find any information about my father's name composition,either than that is a romanian name and that I found this italian version that looks almost the same.
^ Yeah sorry I didn't realize the surname was there.
Well, Columbanu sounds like a Sardinian surname to me. I couldn't see it anywhere else in Italy. As a matter of fact the Italian form would be Colombani, and incidentally that's my aunt's husband surname (from Piemonte).
I suppose it derives from the name Colomba/Colombano, could the same be in Romania? However I suppose that the Italian (better, Sardinian) branch doesn't necessarily have the same origin of the Romanian branch. Afterall, both Sardinian and Romanian tend to use the "u" a lot in names as they're closer to the Latin root so it may be a coincidence.
It has been posted many times on these boards, though it's probably quite a while since the last time. It looks like they haven't updated their selection of countries one bit, which is a shame.
There are just too many countries left out of that utility, so much that it will be worthless for most people.
Only the grey areas are included:
43055
Unurautare
2010-12-21, 08:46
^ Yeah sorry I didn't realize the surname was there.
Well, Columbanu sounds like a Sardinian surname to me. I couldn't see it anywhere else in Italy. As a matter of fact the Italian form would be Colombani, and incidentally that's my aunt's husband surname (from Piemonte).
I suppose it derives from the name Colomba/Colombano, could the same be in Romania? However I suppose that the Italian (better, Sardinian) branch doesn't necessarily have the same origin of the Romanian branch. Afterall, both Sardinian and Romanian tend to use the "u" a lot in names so it may be a coincidence.
The romanian versions are Columban and Columbeanu,both mean "dove" and are derived from latin. Yes,I'm pretty sure it may be just a coincidence,with father's name and many others that end with "-u" in romanian. But mother's name may be very well be italian according to this site.
The romanian versions are Columban and Columbeanu,both mean "dove" and are derived from latin.
In Italy "colomba" means dove, too. Today it's quite rare as a given name but once it was different. :)
Unurautare
2010-12-21, 08:59
In Italy "colomba" means dove, too. Today it's quite rare as a given name but once it was different. :)
These names are quite rare in Romania too,and are only as family names,if there is someone with a given name derived from that it would be very rare. There is also a hungarian version of this surname,Kolumban,I searched it up,it's just a magyarized version of this romanian/italian name,it means dove too,but they have other words in hungarian for this word. http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Kolumban Seems this "Kolumban" version was used as given name mainly by (catholic)germans.
Interesting link...
My maiden name:
Roots of this name:
Surname Group Subgroup Language
****** EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN GERMAN GERMAN
Top Countries
Country FPM
GERMANY 6.94
UNITED STATES 1.34
NEW-ZEALAND 0.71
NORWAY 0.57
AUSTRIA 0.4
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
WESTLAND DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 317.86
MECKLENBURG-VORPOMMERN , GERMANY 53.35
NIEDERSACHSEN , GERMANY 30.28
HAMBURG , GERMANY 26.33
BREMEN , GERMANY 17.18
Top Cities
City
MOORMERLAND , NIEDERSACHSEN , GERMANY
HAMBURG , HAMBURG , GERMANY
HESEL , NIEDERSACHSEN , GERMANY
KIEL , SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN , GERMANY
BIETIGHEIM , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
Married name
Roots of this name:
Surname Group Subgroup Language
******* EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN ENGLISH ENGLISH
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Top Countries
Country FPM
CANADA 25.9
UNITED KINGDOM 13.82
UNITED STATES 5.62
SPAIN 0.1
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR , CANADA 212.57
MANITOBA , CANADA 81.95
VERMONT , UNITED STATES 80.21
SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM 49.87
WALES , UNITED KINGDOM 35.58
Top Cities
City
EXETER , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
TAUNTON , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
UNKNOWN , WALES , UNITED KINGDOM
BRISTOL , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
CARDIFF , WALES , UNITED KINGDOM
..... Interesting that there are so many with my married name in Canada, more than in England, where it originated! My husband said that he has "some relatives" that are French Canadian. I should ask him about that. There is also a noted female athlete in Canada with our surname.
EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN PORTUGUESE PORTUGUESE
TOP COUNTRIES:
FRANCE 2.66
UNITED STATES 0.85
UNITED KINGDOM 0.11
TOP REGIONS:
BASSE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE 22.74
HAUTE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE 16.7
NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS , FRANCE 9.05
CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES 4.66
DELAWARE , UNITED STATES 4.55
TOP CITIES:
BOULOGNE SUR MER , NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS , FRANCE
DIEPPE , HAUTE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE
SAN FRANCISCO , CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES
SEVRIER , RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE
BAYEUX , BASSE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE
So my surname is really Portuguese, but is more common in France and is not actually German (I'm historically German of descent).
So...I'm really confused about my surname right now.
El Andullero
2011-07-02, 19:12
Paternal surname:
Top Countries
Country FPM
SPAIN 1900.77
ARGENTINA 301.13
FRANCE 53.2
UNITED STATES 44.72
SWITZERLAND 29.38
LUXEMBOURG 8.5
BELGIUM 7.45
NEW-ZEALAND 4.23
CANADA 3.44
SWEDEN 2.53
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA , SPAIN 3489.19
EXTREMADURA , SPAIN 3474.03
MURCIA , SPAIN 3416.45
ANDALUCIA , SPAIN 2457.47
MADRID , SPAIN 2303.28
ARAGÓN , SPAIN 2277.03
LA RIOJA , SPAIN 2217.19
CASTILLA Y LEÓN , SPAIN 1964
COMMUNIDAD VALENCIA , SPAIN 1823.15
CATALUÑA , SPAIN 1647.73
Top Cities
City
BARCELONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
MADRID , MADRID , SPAIN
ZARAGOZA , ARAGÓN , SPAIN
SABADELL , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
BADALONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
SEVILLA , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
SAN ANTONIO , TEXAS , UNITED STATES
TERRASSA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
HOSPITALET LLOBREGAT , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
MALAGA , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
Maternal surname:
Top Countries
Country FPM
ARGENTINA 1312.63
SPAIN 1056.77
UNITED STATES 101.77
CANADA 35.07
FRANCE 32.54
AUSTRALIA 19.8
SWITZERLAND 14.7
NORWAY 11.88
BELGIUM 4.3
NETHERLANDS 3.21
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
PATAGONIA , ARGENTINA 4814.57
MURCIA , SPAIN 2759.24
MESOPOTAMIA , ARGENTINA 2583.89
GALICIA , SPAIN 2158.54
GRAN CHACO , ARGENTINA 1953.58
LA RIOJA , SPAIN 1850.32
ANDALUCIA , SPAIN 1397.15
ARGENTINE NORTHWEST , ARGENTINA 1329.72
CASTILLA Y LEÓN , SPAIN 1259.06
NAVARRA , SPAIN 1179.24
Top Cities
City
BARCELONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
MADRID , MADRID , SPAIN
SEVILLA , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
CHICAGO , ILLINOIS , UNITED STATES
MIAMI , FLORIDA , UNITED STATES
SABADELL , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
VIGO , GALICIA , SPAIN
JEREZ , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
BADALONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
MALAGA , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
jibarodepr
2011-07-02, 19:14
In Italy "colomba" means dove, too. Today it's quite rare as a given name but once it was different. :)There is a coat of amrs of that surname that have a dove with an olive on his beak.
---------- Post added 2011-07-02 at 14:14 ----------
Colon is found mostly in America and Valencia in Spain.
Papa Anodyne
2011-07-02, 22:40
My surname.
My French ancestor surname:
Top Countries
Country FPM
FRANCE 68
SWITZERLAND 0.64
CANADA 0.46
BELGIUM 0.29
GERMANY 0.28
NETHERLANDS 0.21
UNITED KINGDOM 0.11
ITALY 0.06
UNITED STATES 0.01
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
BASSE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE 566.52
HAUTE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE 540.02
PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE , FRANCE 243.39
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE 48.22
LIMOUSIN , FRANCE 45.7
BRETAGNE , FRANCE 43.45
POITOU-CHARENTES , FRANCE 41.4
CENTRE , FRANCE 33.89
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES , FRANCE 30.17
PICARDIE , FRANCE 28.47
Top Cities
City
PARIS , ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE
LE HAVRE , HAUTE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE
LE MANS , PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE , FRANCE
ANGERS , PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE , FRANCE
CAEN , BASSE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE
ROUEN , HAUTE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE
LA FLECHE , PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE , FRANCE
RENNES , BRETAGNE , FRANCE
LILLEBONNE , HAUTE-NORMANDIE , FRANCE
DURTAL , PAYS-DE-LA-LOIRE , FRANCE
---------- Post added 2011-07-02 at 22:51 ----------
My maternal surname (Portuguese) apparently is very popular in Argentina
Top Countries
Country FPM
ARGENTINA 202.07
LUXEMBOURG 170.04
SPAIN 129.18
SWITZERLAND 57.5
INDIA 54.62
UNITED STATES 32.61
FRANCE 30.77
CANADA 17.19
AUSTRALIA 16.83
DENMARK 10.08
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
ASTURIAS , SPAIN 922.37
PATAGONIA , ARGENTINA 442.49
LA RIOJA , SPAIN 334.97
MESOPOTAMIA , ARGENTINA 298.04
CASTILLA Y LEÓN , SPAIN 279.6
DIEKIRCH , LUXEMBOURG 273.86
RHODE ISLAND , UNITED STATES 259.12
THE PAMPAS , ARGENTINA 212.09
NAVARRA , SPAIN 189.94
PAÍS VASCO , SPAIN 183.16
Top Cities
City
MUMBAI , MAHARASTRA , INDIA
BARCELONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
MIAMI , FLORIDA , UNITED STATES
MADRID , MADRID , SPAIN
LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA , UNITED STATES
GIJON , ASTURIAS , SPAIN
SEVILLA , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
POLA SIERO , ASTURIAS , SPAIN
HIALEAH , FLORIDA , UNITED STATES
CHICAGO , ILLINOIS , UNITED STATES
Habesha20
2011-07-02, 22:53
My surname is prominent in Italy, US and Germany. The top regions were Maryland and Washington though :lol:
ITALY: 0.13
UNITED STATES: 0.11
GERMANY: 0.04
El Andullero
2011-07-02, 22:58
My maternal surname (Portuguese) apparently is very popular in Argentina
It's the same case with me, although in my case I got it from a Puerto Rican maternal grandfather.
Persian Guy
2011-07-02, 23:04
evidently Iran is not well represented, I tried all 4 surnames, and most of the hits were in Germany and Sweden.. lol
Surnames which are not of Latvian origin:
The first surname is the one which I am bearing and the results are:
93886 93897
The second one:
93895 93896
Couldn't do that with two more non Latvian surnames, because some countries are not included. ;)
kilometro7
2011-07-02, 23:35
Paternal surname:
Top countries
SPAIN 3701.06
ARGENTINA 2455.98
UNITED STATES 88.29
SWITZERLAND 79.87
FRANCE 68.88
Top regions
EXTREMADURA , SPAIN 8628.2
GALICIA , SPAIN 8076.35
ISLAS CANARIAS , SPAIN 6144.03
ANDALUCIA , SPAIN 5915.82
CASTILLA Y LEÓN , SPAIN 4812.57
Top cities
BARCELONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
MADRID , MADRID , SPAIN
SEVILLA , ANDALUCIA , SPAIN
LAS PALMAS , ISLAS CANARIAS , SPAIN
VIGO , GALICIA , SPAIN
My French surname:
Top countries
FRANCE 241.56
SWITZERLAND 11.5
BELGIUM10.32
LUXEMBOURG 8.5
ARGENTINA 6.89
Top regions
PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE 740.23
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE 450.67
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES , FRANCE 404.66
RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE 339.99
CENTRE , FRANCE 316.66
Top cities
PARIS , ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE
MARSEILLE , PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE
LYON , RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE
ST ETIENNE , RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE
NIMES , LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE
Many countries don't seem to be included in their database.
Paternal:
WhoWhatWhenWhere
2011-07-03, 01:17
My last name is ridiculously British, so not surprisingly, the only countries which have any frequency are Anglo countries. They are, in order of highest population to lowest, the US (south), Ireland (Northern Ireland border), Canada, the UK (N. Ireland, northern England), and Australia. My surname is an uncommon variant of another surname most common in Australia, the UK (all of England), New Zealand, Canada (Anglo areas, again), then Ireland.
Wentworth
2011-07-03, 19:40
Great find, and same with the poster above mine is obviously British, surprised about the frequency in Wales though!
Top Countries:
UNITED KINGDOM 44.46
UNITED STATES 40.88
AUSTRALIA 30.81
NEW-ZEALAND 6
CANADA 5.96
Top Regions:
ALABAMA , UNITED STATES 445.22
KAIKOURA DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 349.9
TASMANIA , AUSTRALIA 272.9
GEORGIA , UNITED STATES 217.29
MISSISSIPPI , UNITED STATES 215.84
Top Cities
NEWPORT , WALES , UNITED KINGDOM
BRISTOL , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
UNKNOWN , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
BATH , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
SALISBURY , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
Prince Chupacabra
2011-07-03, 19:53
evidently Iran is not well represented, I tried all 4 surnames, and most of the hits were in Germany and Sweden.. lol
I hear yeah, not even a single one in Lebanon hah.
mine is mainly isolated in argentina and spain.
jibarodepr
2011-07-04, 18:17
mine is mainly isolated in argentina and spain.Wow, and you are mexican/filipino. :|
dbbrainer
2011-07-04, 18:25
Mine (Carrion) is most predominately in Southern Spain (first Murcia, then Vlencia and then Andalucia) and Argentina. Very low in P.R.
jibarodepr
2011-07-04, 18:26
Mine (Carrion) is most predominately in Southern Spain (first Murcia, then Vlencia and then Andalucia) and Argentina. Very low in P.R.Low?it is a very common surname here.
AlexDelarge
2011-07-04, 18:37
Portugal isn't listed but anyway:
Surname 1 (listed as spanish):
GALICIA , SPAIN 4275.51
MESOPOTAMIA , ARGENTINA 1858.13
MAHARASTRA , INDIA 1538.47
CUYO , ARGENTINA 1296.02
ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE 939.01
Surname 2 (listed as spanish):
GALICIA , SPAIN 265.05
GENFERSEEREGION , SWITZERLAND 42.05
CENTRE , FRANCE 22.2
ESPACE MITTELLAND , SWITZERLAND 20.55
THE PAMPAS , ARGENTINA 18.83
Surname 3 (listed as portuguese):
RHODE ISLAND , UNITED STATES 103.65
ESPACE MITTELLAND , SWITZERLAND 10.27
PATAGONIA , ARGENTINA 8.96
RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE 8.51
GENFERSEEREGION , SWITZERLAND 7.89
According to this i'm some sort of pseudo-galician :unsure:
I didn't expect these results, I actually got information on mine and it only comes from a small area in spain and france, but there is more instances of that last name in spain than USA which shows that its a small group.
Also didn't expect to see some in Canada.
Now I know where I will visit when I go to Spain!
Thanks for this tool!
According to this I have the most family members in Barcalona Spain and Andora la Vella France
in Cataluna spain! Which means, could I have Catalan blood?
These people might even look like me since there are very few people with my last name compared to others.
I didn't expect these results, I actually got information on mine and it only comes from a small area in spain and france, but there is more instances of that last name in spain than USA which shows that its a small group.
Also didn't expect to see some in Canada.
Now I know where I will visit when I go to Spain!
Thanks for this tool!
According to this I have the most family members in Barcalona Spain and Andora la Vella France
in Cataluna spain! Which means, could I have Catalan blood?
These people might even look like me since there are very few people with my last name compared to others.
Lucky you! My surname is one of the oldest in the world, so I cannot find my relatives with the help of it, but in your case it is quite possible. ;)
dbbrainer
2011-07-05, 00:14
Low?it is a very common surname here.
According to the search engines results. But then again it is not very common in P.R. either however it is not uncommon either. It's not a Garcia, Correa, Perez or Rodriguez, not even a Fernandez.
Mine (Rivera) is highly common in Spain and the United States, and also moderately common through out the rest of Europe, Canada, and Australia. That's no fun, lol.
The most interesting is my maternal grandmother's surname (Avilez) which is moderately common in Galicia, Madrid, Catalonia, and South Western France (Midi-Pyrenees, Languedoc-Roussillon).
jibarodepr
2011-07-06, 04:20
According to the search engines results. But then again it is not very common in P.R. either however it is not uncommon either. It's not a Garcia, Correa, Perez or Rodriguez, not even a Fernandez.Okay.
Nordenskjöld
2011-07-06, 04:40
It can't be found.. :/
impasible
2011-07-06, 13:53
I didn't expect these results, I actually got information on mine and it only comes from a small area in spain and france, but there is more instances of that last name in spain than USA which shows that its a small group.
Also didn't expect to see some in Canada.
Now I know where I will visit when I go to Spain!
Thanks for this tool!
According to this I have the most family members in Barcalona Spain and Andora la Vella France
in Cataluna spain! Which means, could I have Catalan blood?
These people might even look like me since there are very few people with my last name compared to others.
You seem to have a 'only catalan' surname.
There're catalan surnames that are common in others areas of spain too, but there're others that exist only in cataluña and in 'catalan countries' (ethnically catalans, but not politically), Valencia, Balearic Islands and Roselló in France.
Now you know where you will visit when you come to spain.... and also you know where you must not visit when you come to spain.... the rest of spain :D
only joking... or not. Catalans are not the the most beloved people in spain precisely
dbbrainer
2011-07-06, 13:58
Rosello is Catalan? lol enjoy this. Warning. It's Embarrasing. I think Jibaro posted it before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmNG8cJDcdk
jibarodepr
2011-07-06, 18:09
Rosello is Catalan? lol enjoy this. Warning. It's Embarrasing. I think Jibaro posted it before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmNG8cJDcdkLol!
I think the one I posted about him was his 1994 campaign of "Manu "dura contra el crimen"
impasible
2011-07-06, 23:48
Rosello is Catalan? lol enjoy this. Warning. It's Embarrasing. I think Jibaro posted it before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmNG8cJDcdk
Roselló es un cognom genuina i exclusivament d'origen catalá.
supongo que no hace falta traducir para que se entienda no?
dbbrainer
2011-07-07, 00:03
Para nada. El català s'entén bastant facil (?). Elite en P.R. no como otros apellidos como Puig que se ve mas comun y de gente elite pero no tan elite (que se pronuncia como puch no?) increiblemente en Puerto Rico lo pronuncian tal cual escrito. Por cierto una amiga de Gandia, Valencia es Puig Puig (padre y madre).
El Andullero
2011-07-07, 00:25
Para nada. El català s'entén bastant facil (?). Elite en P.R. no como otros apellidos como Puig que se ve mas comun y de gente elite pero no tan elite (que se pronuncia como puch no?) increiblemente en Puerto Rico lo pronuncian tal cual escrito. Por cierto una amiga de Gandia, Valencia es Puig Puig (padre y madre).
Over here the surname Puig seems to be from the elite too, its most conspicuous representative being a politician form the party in power (PLD):
95140
As for my paternal surname (Lozano), it's not common at all on this island, while it seems to be legion in Mexico, Central America and Venezuela, besides its own Castillian origin.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1145/marotta.png
Marotta - sems very Italian.
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4801/abreu.png
Abreu - Since there's no portugal or Brazil, sems very Iberian cause Spain are dark blue.
http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/8057/feller.png
Feller - Looks it's from switzerland, but also German. It's makes sense cause my mother's family are from southern Germany.
impasible
2011-07-07, 02:08
Para nada. El català s'entén bastant facil (?). Elite en P.R. no como otros apellidos como Puig que se ve mas comun y de gente elite pero no tan elite (que se pronuncia como puch no? Si) increiblemente en Puerto Rico lo pronuncian tal cual escrito. Por cierto una amiga de Gandia, Valencia es Puig Puig (padre y madre).
incredibe??? :D
normal I would say. In spain they pronounce it 'puijj'.
There're tons of catalan names of people and places that are pronounced very different in catalan or spanish.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1145/marotta.png
Marotta - sems very Italian.
Indeed, it is a very typical Neapolitan surname.
I'v always wondered about surname Didrikson/Didriksson. I'v always thought that it is Swedish an this site confirms it:
Didrikson:
95155 95156
Didriksson:
95157 95158
But, when I asked about this to a Swedish lady, she told me that it is a not a Swedish surname, so I'm kind a confused. :confused:
Maybe it's from a different part of Sweden and she's ignorant to that?
Maybe it's from a different part of Sweden and she's ignorant to that?
She was a teacher in her 60ties, she should have known the origin, I think...
Day Tripper
2011-07-07, 18:09
She was a teacher in her 60ties, she should have known the origin, I think...
Some teachers can be pretty stupid and/or ignorant...
Pioterus
2011-07-08, 12:50
We shall overcome :p
The guys sharing my surname seem to be travelling a lot... Stats point to North-Central-Western Poland as the epicenter... Maps shows it's concentrated in... central Poland (sic!).
Yep, boring...
EDIT: I just noticed this website has a problem with polish geography, see the stats picture
Princess Jasmine
2011-07-08, 13:50
Mine(not too surprising):
Lemminkäinen
2011-07-08, 14:20
My Finnish name is most common in Brussels :p Finnish invasion to Belgium.
Area Name FPM
BRUSSELS , BELGIUM 3.05
MICHIGAN , UNITED STATES 2.65
MINNESOTA , UNITED STATES 1.8
edit
My second common surname gave this
STOCKHOLMS LÄN , SWEDEN 15.54
ALBERTA , CANADA 5.85
MINNESOTA , UNITED STATES 4.2
MONTANA , UNITED STATES 3.35
BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA 2.55
I'v always wondered about surname Didrikson/Didriksson. I'v always thought that it is Swedish an this site confirms it:
Didrikson:
95155 95156
Didriksson:
95157 95158
But, when I asked about this to a Swedish lady, she told me that it is a not a Swedish surname, so I'm kind a confused. :confused:
Anything combined with "son" or especially "sson" could be Swedish. It's not a "real" surname, but something from the old naming convention "son of Didrik" which has been converted to a surname at some point. If we go far back, then the Nordic countries didn't use surnames at all - I suspect it was slowly diffused from the presence of Germans and elites in some way, although it could also be occupational (like "Baker"). I don't know the origin of "Didrik" but I believe it's a name found in almost all Germanic speaking countries except the English speaking countries (though they may have a variation of the name, not sure).
So, as it's probably not a common name in the UK/Ireland, and the other Scandinavian countries use "sen" instead of "son/sson", I think it's probable that it is Swedish. In Germany I think they mostly spell the name "Dietrich", but I'm not sure if that's always the case.
Anything combined with "son" or especially "sson" could be Swedish. It's not a "real" surname, but something from the old naming convention "son of Didrik" which has been converted to a surname at some point. If we go far back, then the Nordic countries didn't use surnames at all - I suspect it was slowly diffused from the presence of Germans and elites in some way, although it could also be occupational (like "Baker"). I don't know the origin of "Didrik" but I believe it's a name found in almost all Germanic speaking countries except the English speaking countries (though they may have a variation of the name, not sure).
So, as it's probably not a common name in the UK/Ireland, and the other Scandinavian countries use "sen" instead of "son/sson", I think it's probable that it is Swedish. In Germany I think they mostly spell the name "Dietrich", but I'm not sure if that's always the case.
Ohh, I am aware of all of these facts, but thanks for reminding. ;)
It's probably from Sweden, because here in Latvia quite a lot of people have surname ending with 'son', but the stem is purely Latvian, for example, Jansons, Pētersons or Indriksons, but this stem Didrik is definitely not Latvian.
I need to explore more about this side of my family. ;)
Day Tripper
2011-07-08, 18:03
Anything combined with "son" or especially "sson" could be Swedish. It's not a "real" surname, but something from the old naming convention "son of Didrik" which has been converted to a surname at some point. If we go far back, then the Nordic countries didn't use surnames at all - I suspect it was slowly diffused from the presence of Germans and elites in some way, although it could also be occupational (like "Baker"). I don't know the origin of "Didrik" but I believe it's a name found in almost all Germanic speaking countries except the English speaking countries (though they may have a variation of the name, not sure).
So, as it's probably not a common name in the UK/Ireland, and the other Scandinavian countries use "sen" instead of "son/sson", I think it's probable that it is Swedish. In Germany I think they mostly spell the name "Dietrich", but I'm not sure if that's always the case.
Derek, I think.
City
GLASGOW , SCOTLAND , UNITED KINGDOM
BELFAST , NORTHERN IRELAND , UNITED KINGDOM
ARMAGH , NORTHERN IRELAND , UNITED KINGDOM
EDINBURGH , SCOTLAND , UNITED KINGDOM
PAISLEY , SCOTLAND , UNITED KINGDOM
Pot-Kettle
2011-10-18, 01:11
Never mind my other post, the origin finder seems to be accurate. Theres another name finder on the net that searches with soundex and messes up for that reason.....;)
snowwhite
2011-11-21, 12:33
Mine:
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http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h157/animebooklover/my%20genetic%20stuff/surname1.png
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h157/animebooklover/my%20genetic%20stuff/surname2.png
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h157/animebooklover/my%20genetic%20stuff/surname3.png
mine is interesting :D:D:D:D
Country
AUSTRIA 14.29
SLOVENIA 2.9
ARGENTINA 2.3
POLAND 2.12
GERMANY 1.65
UNITED STATES 0.78
FRANCE 0.59
NORWAY 0.57
ITALY 0.06
UNITED KINGDOM 0.04
Area Name FPM
WIEN , AUSTRIA 39.73
BADEN , AUSTRIA 19.76
WIELKOPOLSKIE , POLAND 8.3
WASHINGTON , UNITED STATES 7.94
EFERDING , AUSTRIA 7.1
City
WIEN , WIEN , AUSTRIA
MÜHLACKER , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
BERGLEN , BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG , GERMANY
KARLSFELD , BAYERN , GERMANY
BRAUNAU AM INN , BAYERN , AUSTRIA
Forename
JOSEF
HELMUT
HANS JOACHIM
CARLOS ALBERTO
HAWEYE
TODD
JORGE
FRIEDRICH
THOMAS
STEVE
http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/2500/worldf.png
http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/2302/europee.png
For me :)
Country
SWEDEN 218.67
NORWAY 31.67
DENMARK 10.57
CANADA 3.44
UNITED KINGDOM 0.31
Area Name FPM
VÁSTERBOTTENS LÄN , SWEDEN 3107.72
VÁSTERNORRLANDS LÄN , SWEDEN 645.91
NORRBOTTENS LÄN , SWEDEN 416.84
HEDMARK , NORWAY 334.53
JÁMTLANDS LÄN , SWEDEN 290.95
City
NES PÅ HEDMARK , HEDMARK , NORWAY
BRUMUNDDAL , HEDMARK , NORWAY
GAUPEN , HEDMARK , NORWAY
OSLO , OSLO , NORWAY
MOELV , HEDMARK , NORWAY
Forename
PER
MARIA
ANDREAS
ARNE
ANDERS
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9296/italyz.png
Mine
Group: CELTIC Subgroup: IRISH Language: ENGLISH
Top Region: NORTHERN IRELAND , UNITED KINGDOM 526.15
Top City: GLASGOW , SCOTLAND , UNITED KINGDOM
Mom's Maiden
Group: EUROPEAN OTHER WESTERN Subgroup: ENGLISH Language: ENGLISH
Top Region: WESTLAND DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 1748.25
Top City: BIRMINGHAM , WEST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM
DragonRouge
2012-01-13, 08:03
Surname Group Subgroup Language
******* NORDIC DANISH DANISH
Country FPM
DENMARK 30.25
NORWAY 4.52
Area Name FPM
STADEN KØBENHAVN , DENMARK 83.62
ROSKILDE , DENMARK 68.59
RIBE , DENMARK 63.95
FREDERIKSBORG , DENMARK 50.71
VESTSJÆLLAND , DENMARK 33.51
City
KØBENHAVN , STADEN KØBENHAVN , DENMARK
ESBJERG , RIBE , DENMARK
HELSINGØR , FREDERIKSBORG , DENMARK
FREDERIKSHAVN , NORDJYLLAND , DENMARK
BRØNSHØJ , STADEN KØBENHAVN , DENMARK
Mom's Maiden Name:
Surname Group Subgroup Language
******* EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN FRENCH FRENCH
Country FPM
CANADA 1101.64
FRANCE 106.8
UNITED STATES 68.26
BELGIUM 2.58
SWITZERLAND 1.28
Area Name FPM
NEW BRUNSWICK , CANADA 6638.07
NOVA SCOTIA , CANADA 2307.11
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND , CANADA 1665.5
LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES 1064.17
MASSACHUSETTS , UNITED STATES 628.51
City
MONCTON , NEW BRUNSWICK , CANADA
LAFAYETTE , LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES
LEOMINSTER , MASSACHUSETTS , UNITED STATES
GARDNER , MASSACHUSETTS , UNITED STATES
CROWLEY , LOUISIANA , UNITED STATES
Anthraxinsoup
2012-01-13, 08:46
Country FPM
NETHERLANDS 6.31
GERMANY 5.71
UNITED STATES 4.84
AUSTRIA 2.38
UNITED KINGDOM 0.24
German Surname.
Top Countries
Country FPM
DENMARK 51992.45
NORWAY 5725.4
SWEDEN 836.76
UNITED STATES 529.39
NEW-ZEALAND 522.7
Danish
Grēne could not be found. It's Northern Irish.
Country FPM
AUSTRALIA 20.45
UNITED KINGDOM 11.34
CANADA 7.34
UNITED STATES 5.59
NEW-ZEALAND 4.23
British(by adoption though, Grēne was the original last name).
moonlight
2012-01-13, 10:34
Mine:
EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN ENGLISH
Top Countries
UNITED KINGDOM 100.61
CANADA 60.74
AUSTRALIA 47.89
NEW-ZEALAND 22.22
UNITED STATES 14.85
Top Regions
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE , UNITED KINGDOM 382.47
HOROWHENUA DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 264.14
CENTRAL OTAGO DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 219.96
TIMARU DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 201
DELAWARE , UNITED STATES 200.39
Maternal Side
Top Countries
Country FPM
FRANCE 1022.8
SWITZERLAND 115.63
BELGIUM 34.82
CANADA 28.19
LUXEMBOURG 17
ARGENTINA 13.01
UNITED STATES 12.87
NEW-ZEALAND 7.05
ITALY 6.15
NETHERLANDS 5.78
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE 2192.83
RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE 1918.29
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE 1857.86
LIMOUSIN , FRANCE 1725.98
AUVERGNE , FRANCE 1689.35
POITOU-CHARENTES , FRANCE 1399.68
BOURGOGNE , FRANCE 1310.75
FRANCHE-COMTÉ , FRANCE 1055.02
AQUITAINE , FRANCE 976.29
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES , FRANCE
Top Cities
City
PARIS , ÎLE-DE-FRANCE , FRANCE
LYON , RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE
MARSEILLE , PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE
NIMES , LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE
ST ETIENNE , RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE
MONTPELLIER , LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE
GRENOBLE , RHÔNE-ALPES , FRANCE
BORDEAUX , AQUITAINE , FRANCE
ALES , LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE
NICE , PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D'AZ , FRANCE
Paternal Side
Top Countries
Country FPM
SPAIN 15.71
ARGENTINA 11.19
SWITZERLAND 1.28
FRANCE 0.64
UNITED STATES 0.07
Top Regions
Area Name FPM
CATALUÑA , SPAIN 61.86
ARAGÓN , SPAIN 50.08
THE PAMPAS , ARGENTINA 14.68
COMMUNIDAD VALENCIA , SPAIN 11.01
MESOPOTAMIA , ARGENTINA 9.05
ISLAS BALEARES , SPAIN 8.89
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON , FRANCE 7.04
ARGENTINE NORTHWEST , ARGENTINA 6.95
GENFERSEEREGION , SWITZERLAND 5.26
MIDI-PYRÉNÉES , FRANCE 3.12
Top Cities
City
BARCELONA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
LLEIDA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
SITGES , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
POAL , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
IGUALADA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
VILAFRANCA PENEDES , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
ARTESA SEGRE , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
STA. MA. MEIA , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
SASTAGO , ARAGÓN , SPAIN
PLA SANT TIRS , CATALUÑA , SPAIN
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