Map Your Name’s Frequency Across the Globe

by Nathan Danforth on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 · 1 comment

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Find out what where in the world your family name is most common with Public Profiler’s WorldNames search and map.

Enter your last name and you’ll get back a world map with the countries where your name is most common colored in.

The World Map also allows for further drill down. The color coded map is also accompanied by statistics on your Surname.

Thanks to LifeHacker for the link.

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1 Cédric Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 9:14 am: Le lien ne marche pas chez moi…
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