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Anyone seen this new site ? Got a good review on the news here a few days ago and thought I'd have a look.

I thought maybe it would be a fun thing for teachers to use with kids studying geography. Probably not an accurate enough source to be quoted in schoolwork but still a fun visual aid to get them interested as they can apply it to themselves.

http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Main.aspx

You can put in your surname and see a map of global distribution of that name. Then you can zoom in on continents and countries to break it down even further. Looked to be pretty accurate for mine...even had my region of Scotland shaded and I know I'm the only family member living up here.

Still a couple of areas to be added...an 'area search' and an 'ethnicity search'.

Regards
JAS

JAS wrote:Anyone seen this new site ? Got a good review on the news here a few days ago and thought I'd have a look.

I thought maybe it would be a fun thing for teachers to use with kids studying geography. Probably not an accurate enough source to be quoted in schoolwork but still a fun visual aid to get them interested as they can apply it to themselves.

http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Main.aspx

You can put in your surname and see a map of global distribution of that name. Then you can zoom in on continents and countries to break it down even further. Looked to be pretty accurate for mine...even had my region of Scotland shaded and I know I'm the only family member living up here.

Still a couple of areas to be added...an 'area search' and an 'ethnicity search'.

Regards
JAS

Some interesting stats

Most common country for these names

BOONEY
UK
US

BAYMAN
UK
US
CANADA

DUTCHY
US

WEDGIE
US

ECKY
BELGUIM
INDIA

PUNK ROOSTER
NOWHERE

MAL
SLOVENIA
INDIA
BELGUIM

Most Common Country For Thiele

Germany
Australia
Netherlands
New Zealand

Cool stuff, my name's most popular in Germany and then Australia. Amazingly my missus's surname was most popular in South Australia, cool site, the kids enjoyed it, thanks!

Here's the original story on it for anyone that might want to know who's created it and where they sourced their info...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7588968.stm

For those who can't be bothered reading that...

It's by geographers at University College London and they used phone directories and electoral rolls.

Regards
JAS

Most Common Country For Heater

GB
AU
NZ
US
CAN

Most common Region

MARLBOROUGH REGION , NEW ZEALAND
TASMAN REGION , NEW ZEALAND
NELSON REGION , NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AUSTRALIA , AUSTRALIA
NORTHERN TERRITORY , AUSTRALIA

Most common City

AMSTERDAM , NEW YORK , UNITED STATES
ABBOTSFORD , WISCONSIN , UNITED STATES
ALDEN , MICHIGAN , UNITED STATES
ACKERMAN , MISSISSIPPI , UNITED STATES
ABERFELDY , SCOTLAND , GREAT BRITAIN

Most common First Name

TERRY
GERALD
BETTY
BILL
EMMA

and no my first name is not on that list thank God

Wow ! Pretty close for what I know.

TOP CITY
Bred , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

Close to where my Dad comes from which is Bennekom, Ede.

TOP REGION
South Dakota, USA. Plenty of them over there....
My Opa's Uncle was actually a US Senator and won a Grammy in 1968 in the Award for Best Documentary Recording category !!