My older son brought an interesting website to my attention today.
PublicProfiler Worldnames is a site where you can enter your surname and run a search to determine the world-wide distribution of the name. The image above is of the results for a search I ran on the surname "Tew"at http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/Default.aspx.
The search results will provide you with the Top Countries where your surname is found as well as the Top Regions of the world and the Top Cities where the surname is found. It even provides the Top Forenames (first names) that have been found with the surname being searched.
The search results map is interactive and you can click on the highlighted, color-coded regions or countries to zoom in for more detailed information.
Visit PublicProfiler Worldnames and see what it reveals regarding surnames in your genealogy!
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Image from http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org/Main.aspx Copyright 2010 Public Profiler -- All rights reserved.
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2013 John D. Tew
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Thank you for sharing this John, it looks interesting. I will be checking it out.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this resource!
I want to let you know that your blog post is listed in today's Fab Finds post at http://janasgenealogyandfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/09/follow-friday-fab-finds-for-september_27.html
Have a great weekend!
Thanks for sharing this. If you are interested in surnames per se, look at the Guild of One Name Studies - www.one-name.org I have two surnames registered.
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