A comprehensive guide to American surnames | American Surnames

A comprehensive guide to the origins, etymologies and distribution of over 150,000 American surnames.

ABCgenealogy: Surnames

About.com: Genealogy - Glossary of Last Name Meanings & Origins

Find meanings, origins, and related genealogy resources for hundreds of surnames from around the world.

Absolutely Family! - A Guide to Editing and Publishing a Family Newsletter

A book by Jeanne Rundquist Nelson.

Acadian Genealogy Homepage - List of Surnames on the Acadian CD

Acadian/French-Canadian SURNAME Researchers

From the Acadian Genealogy Homepage.

Advice from the Experts: Running a Family Association

All Irish Clans and Names

Find out about Clans dealing with your Irish Surname.

Alternative Surnames & Surname Variations

A table of common surname variations & surname misspellings.

Ancestor Guide: Genealogy and Surname Search

Simply browse through the listing of over 47,000 surname categories or find it fast with our surname search engine.

Ancestor Search Quick Search - Free Genealogy and Free Family Tree Surname Search Engine

AncestralFindings.com - Post Your Hard To Find Surnames Here !

Ancestry Connections Surname Registry

Surname Registry for submitting and researching surnames.

Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Surnames

British Surname Studies

Calabria Surnames

Submit or look up your Calabrian surnames.

Changing Immigrant Names

From the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Includes a list of reasons for name changes and links to stories about how names were changed.

Chinese Surnames

[The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

Common Threads

A searchable database with e-mail addresses for submitters

Council of Scottish Clans and Associations' (COSCA)