In which states is your last name most common ?

[Tender Branson]

Since I have an arch-Austrian/Bavarian last name, obviously in Austria.

In the US, my last name is most common in Wisconsin.

The last name from my mother's side is also an arch-Austrian/Bavarian last name and most common in Iowa.

http://forebears.io/surnames

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

There are only 134 worldwide with my last name.

[Tender Branson]

Interestingly, my last name's relative frequency is 2nd-highest in Israel, after Austria. And the frequency almost matches the Austrian level ...

I thought it would be the US or Germany ...

Using Google, there are actually a ton of people in Israel with my last name.

[Tender Branson]

There are only 134 worldwide with my last name.

There are probably more than that, because these websites often use phonebook entries and many people are not in a phonebook.

[Torie]

Kentucky has the highest percentage with my surname, Dunn, close to 0.1% of the population. In New York, it's less than 0.05%.  The "country" with the highest percentage is Scotland, with Australia close behind. Northumberland, England, in its NE corner, has the highest frequency on earth, about .33% of the population.

[LLR]

USA, Myanmar (?), Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria, England, Iraq, Syria, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia

No idea why my name is so common in the middle east (It's a completely white name, afaik)...


And in the US: California by number, Tennessee by frequency. (And by rank, West Virginia)

[Cranberry]

There are (apparently) 796 people in total on earth that bear my last name, 550 of which in Austria and 235 in Germany, which is not really surprising. Other than that, there are four in Canada, two in Czechia, and one in each in Switzerland, England, the US, New Zealand, and, surprisingly, Burkina Faso.

[DC Al Fine]

Appalachia, which is unsurprising given it's heavily Scottish and Northern Irish incidence. Within the UK it is most common in Argyll, again unsurprising, since that is where my ancestors are from

[Tender Branson]

Here you can look in which Austrian districts your last name is most common:

http://namenskarten.lima-city.at

My last name is most common in Zell am See district (what a surprise ), my mother's last name in Innsbruck-suburbs.

Don't know really how exact that is, because I typed in "Van der Bellen" and there seem to be only a few VdB's in Burgenland and nowhere else.

But our next President actually lives in Vienna now and lived in Tyrol before ...

[Wells]

By amount: Texas
By frequency: Kentucky

By country, it is most common in the US by amount, and most common in Northern Ireland by density.

Also, about 130,000 people have my last name.

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Prevalent country: U.S.A. (102767)
Dense country: Ireland (1:234)
Prevalent state: New York (11672)
Dense state: Massachusetts (1:581)

[Figueira]

Maine, but I already knew that. My name isn't very common.

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Prevalent country: USA
Dense country: Turks and Caicos
Prevalent state: Texas
Dense state: Mississippi

My last name is also common in England, South Africa, Australia, Canada, Nigeria, Ghana, Scotland, and Jamaica.

[Classic Conservative]

Most Prevalent Country: Italy
Most Prevalent State: New York followed by New Jersey

[LLR]

Also tried this with my original (un-Americanized) name

Most common in Germany and the US

Densest in Israel

By state:
Common: New York
Density: Wisconsin

The name is Lithuanian, so of course the Lithuanian population with it is 0

Weirdly different results from my actual last name, go figure.

[This account no longer in use.]

Anyways,

Tried this with my mother's maiden name:

Prevalent country: USA
Dense country: French Polynesia
Prevalent state: California
Dense state: Nebraska



Also tried with my mother's last name at birth (she changed her last name at some point. I'm not sure why, but I never asked why.)

Prevalent country: Germany
Dense country: Germany
Prevalent state: New York
Dense state: New Hampshire

[morgieb]

Prevalent country: England
Dense country: Wales
Prevalent state: Pennsylvania
Dense state: Wyoming

[politicallefty]

Country:
United States (by far)
England
Australia
Canada
Spain

State:
Texas
California
Georgia
Florida
New York

Counties:
Los Angeles (by far)
Harris
Cook
Maricopa
Dallas
San Diego (I went 6 because it was close and it's the county of my birth.)

[kcguy]

I did all 4 grandparents.

H:  41,000 worldwide.  An English surname, so no surprises.  45% of incidents are in the United States, 19% in England, and 18% in South Africa.

B:  12,000 worldwide, 98% in the United States.  I thought this name was Scottish--my immigrant ancestor's first name was Duncan--but the website records only one incident in Scotland.  (Apparently, I should be looking for my ancestry in Essex.)

Z:  I combined two equally-common spellings to get 6100 worldwide.  45% were in Germany, 24% in the United States, and 23% in Austria.  The name originates near Germany's border with Luxembourg, so I'm wondering if the Austrians are descended from post-WWII Eastern European refugees.

K:  1300 worldwide.  The name originates in Czechia, near the Polish border, but it seems to have died out there.  Current distribution is 35% in Austria, 24% in the United States, 21% in Hungary, 11% in Germany, and 9% in Brazil.

[The Other Castro]

78 people have my last name, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's all people in my family. It has an unusual spelling caused by an error at Ellis Island, so it doesn't really have natural spelling roots. The 77 people in the state level map are only in states where I have known family living, so that's probably my family members with the exception of one person from Brazil.

[The Dowager Mod]

Texas no big surprise.

[Goldwater]

California. I'm not surprised, it's pretty common last name, and California is the most populous state.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

Here you can look in which Austrian districts your last name is most common:

http://namenskarten.lima-city.at

My last name is most common in Zell am See district (what a surprise ), my mother's last name in Innsbruck-suburbs.

Don't know really how exact that is, because I typed in "Van der Bellen" and there seem to be only a few VdB's in Burgenland and nowhere else.

But our next President actually lives in Vienna now and lived in Tyrol before ...

mine is most common in "deutschlandsberg"

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

California beats New York by 2! Grrrrrrr. Very upset about that. At least Italy beats out Israel (though not in density).

I should just change to my mom's name already, where Italy, PA, and NY are the decisive winners. One day.

[Higgs]

Maine