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Map of Surnames in Europe

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Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by archi42 »

tompagenet2 wrote: post #2

Is this normalised at all? It always seems to look like a map of where cities are, although there are some interesting trends, especially if you pick surnames that have more recently become prevalent in a country.

Doesn't seem like it is, and the sibling xkcd is spot on. For rare surnames it's still possible to see trends, especially if you know the high-density areas. I tried some random surnames for Germany, and while Klein ("Small") is pretty popular, the Latin variant Minor has some obvious hotspot: https://www.kartezumnamen.eu/en/index.php?sur=minor

Also, TIL: "Ficken" (=to f...k) seems to be a (rare) surname in the northern parts of Lower Saxony.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by rootbear »

jonenst wrote: post #80

This website is overloaded with adds. It almost feels like a scam. Based on the fact that almost all other comments are not talking about it, I guess at least one of the following hypotheses is true (if not all of them): - most people here use an efficient addblocker - The website changed since its first appearance on the first page (maximize revenue?) - some comments are sponsored - on mobile it feels overwhelming b…

I gave up as soon as I realized that the form at the top was an ad and not part of the page. What a mess!

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by jason-phillips »

jonenst wrote: post #80

This website is overloaded with adds. It almost feels like a scam. Based on the fact that almost all other comments are not talking about it, I guess at least one of the following hypotheses is true (if not all of them): - most people here use an efficient addblocker - The website changed since its first appearance on the first page (maximize revenue?) - some comments are sponsored - on mobile it feels overwhelming b…

Brave browser ftw

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by toyg »

jonenst wrote: post #80

This website is overloaded with adds. It almost feels like a scam. Based on the fact that almost all other comments are not talking about it, I guess at least one of the following hypotheses is true (if not all of them): - most people here use an efficient addblocker - The website changed since its first appearance on the first page (maximize revenue?) - some comments are sponsored - on mobile it feels overwhelming b…

> - most people here use an efficient addblocker

Yup. I was like, "this is a very oldschool site, super-essential, bare styling..." I guess all that whitespace is covered in ads for you, lol.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by Nashooo »

jonenst wrote: post #80

This website is overloaded with adds. It almost feels like a scam. Based on the fact that almost all other comments are not talking about it, I guess at least one of the following hypotheses is true (if not all of them): - most people here use an efficient addblocker - The website changed since its first appearance on the first page (maximize revenue?) - some comments are sponsored - on mobile it feels overwhelming b…

It also tried to autocomplete CC data.. Feels like a scam.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by manuelabeledo »

melenaboija wrote: post #55

It is sad that most, if not all, of the databases don’t take into account accents and other phonetic signs. My last name is completely different with and without and accent. Actually in my case different languages, without accent is a Spanish last name and with the accent is Catalan. That means that people like me have to keep record of our real names. Also curious that databases have been one step backwards, in Spai…

> ... in Spain Catholic churches kept record of all the babies born in their towns with correct spelling and that is lost now with modern technologies.

I found this to be the opposite.

My church record contains a hispanicized version of my name, whereas the government has the proper one. Reason given was that the church wouldn't admit certain regional spellings.

Also, acute accents have been recorded in the census databases since forever, at least in Spain.

Re: Map of Surnames in Europe

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Post by marcodiego »

jonenst wrote: post #80

This website is overloaded with adds. It almost feels like a scam. Based on the fact that almost all other comments are not talking about it, I guess at least one of the following hypotheses is true (if not all of them): - most people here use an efficient addblocker - The website changed since its first appearance on the first page (maximize revenue?) - some comments are sponsored - on mobile it feels overwhelming b…

I haven't seen any ad. Thanks adblockers!
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