Sunday, January 13, 2008

U.S. Surname Distribution

Enter a surname (last name) into the form on this page and you'll get a map of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States.

The sources of the surname data are the 1850 Census, 1880 Census, 1920 Census, and 1990's phone books. Note that the Census data is a sampling of 1 in 100 names, so the 1990 data is the most accurate.

So... how common is your last name and where are the rest of "you" distributed? FIND OUT.

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