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#1 Post by Sir_Galahad » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:34 am

Find out the distribution of your name across the globe.

http://www.mapyourname.com
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#2 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:39 am

It doesn't have my surname at all.
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#3 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:57 am

Bob Juch wrote:It doesn't have my surname at all.
I'm shocked.
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#4 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:59 am

My surname is sort of on the globe. There is a city in Germany called Bielefeld.
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#5 Post by ulysses5019 » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:18 am

Hmmm. My name is very big in Spain as to be expected. But it is more popular in regions adjacent to the area/city which is my namesake. There is one anomaly. There is a pocket in the northern reaches of Sweden, Jamtland and Vasternorrland.
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#6 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:56 am

Almost none of my name on the continent.

Biggest concentrations in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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#7 Post by sunflower » Sat Mar 28, 2009 10:58 am

There was no distribution information for my last name.
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#8 Post by Sisyphean Fan » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:56 am

sunflower wrote:There was no distribution information for my last name.
Who knew it was such a rare name? You'd think Ireland would be lousy with Hooligans....
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