A simple new map lets you search how common your surname is in different parts of the UK and could even reveal where your family originates from. Named has been developed by geographers at the ...

Surnames often tell the story of a person's family history and ethnic roots and give an indication of cultural and geographic shifts that have taken place over the centuries. The U.S. is almost ...

there are more than 100,000 surnames representing family and family names in Japan alone. It is also known that there are regional differences in the distribution of surnames, and a ' surname map ' ...

‘Sloinne’ is a series that explores the history of Irish surnames and it returns to TG4 on Sundays at 8.30pm from May 11. In the third episode Yvonne Ní Chatháin from Cill Chiaráin, Co Galway ...