Maps & Geography » Surname Maps

GENS-US Surname Map

Search your surname's distribution in the USA.

German Surname Maps

RootsMap Surname Distribution Maps

Surname distribution maps for the UK and Ireland to help in the search for a particular surname. Maps produced and published by RootsMap can either be downloaded and printed by you immediately after payment, or we can dispatch your map to you by 1st class post. Maps of surnames may be produced based on the 1881 Census or the IGI and can show surname distribution across the entire nation or within a chosen county.

Surname Distribution Analysis and Mapping

A useful tool for those engaged in a One-name Study or more general genealogical research. While this analysis can be done non-graphically, a graphical analysis has much more visual impact, and spatial relationships are more readily discerned. This site permits genealogists to upload data extracted from the LDS Census CDs or other sources and to generate distribution density maps for the UK or the USA.

Surname Origins New!

Surname origins maps historic surname distributions for England and Wales, Scotland, Ireland and The United States. Unlike most surname mapping sites it uses sub county/state units to create highly detailed distributions. Users submit their surname data which are then mapped for a modest fee.

Surnames in Italy / L'Italia dei cognomi

By entering a surname and pressing the red arrow, a distribution map of Italy is generated showing the concentrations of that particular surname in Italy.

U.S. Surname Distribution Maps

Generates online maps of the United States showing the distribution of people with this surname within the 50 United States. The source of this data is the 1850 Census, 1880 Census, 1920 Census, and 1990s phone books. Note that the Census data is a sampling of 1 in 100 names, so the 1990 data is the most accurate