Surname Distribution Maps

The links below can provide maps to show you concentrations of people with your name in the country of origin.  The area where the largest number of people are located is often but not always the location of the origin of your name. Distribution of people with the surname Cannon in England and Wales.

Distribution of people with the surname Cannon in Scotland in 1841.

Distribution of the Cannon name in the United States in 1840/

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

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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.


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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	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

Irish Name Locator

Mapping the Emerald Isle: a geo-genealogy of Irish surnames

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this Ireland map depicting birth surnames by county from an 1890 census. It uses label size to represent relative birth counts. You can read about the original map on and download a print copy.h

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