US Voter Names Prevalence by County

[RI]

Some political surnames:

Biden
Booker
Bush
Buttigieg
Clinton
Cruz
Cuomo
Gingrich
Haley
Harris
Huckabee
Kasich
Kennedy
Klobuchar
Landrieu
Matheson
McCain
Obama
Pelosi
Pence
Rockefeller
Romney
Rubio
Sanders
Santorum
Trump
Warren
Yang

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Thanks, RI.  Really neat stuff.

Elmer and Gertrude are the oldest male and female names, respectively, according to a 538 article, so I'm surprised their maps look so different.  Heck, I'm surprised they're so prevalent in those maps at all, as >90% of people who've been given those names since 1900 are now dead.

The Udall distribution out West is expected.  Delaware County, NY stands out in the Smirnoff map as there doesn't seem to be a prevalent Russian culture there, but maybe that surname isn't the best proxy for Russian-Americans.  Cohen is Jews and the distribution there is about what I expected.

Bergen is a Norwegian name although it is more common in the Northeast than in Minnesota and the Dakotas, though I think I know why.  Nosal is Polish and seems to be a good proxy for the Polish-American population.

[bagelman]

Georgina (first name)
Greg (first name)
Gregory (first name)
Tammy (first name)

I'd love to search for my last name with this but I'm not giving it out here.

[RI]

Some other surnames which might be interesting proxies:

Archuleta (Hispanos): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Archuleta.png
Dejong (Dutch): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dejong.png
Hansen (Danish(?)/Mormons): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Hansen.png
Landry (French): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Landry.png
Nagy (Hungarians): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Nagy.png
Novak (Czechs): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Novak.png
Olsen (Norwegians/Mormons): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Olsen.png
Roybal (Hispanos): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Roybal.png
Yazzie (Native Americans): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Yazzie.png

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Four more political surnames: Lincoln, Taft, Hutchison, and La Follette.

[RI]

Georgina (first name)
Greg (first name)
Gregory (first name)
Tammy (first name)

I'd love to search for my last name with this but I'm not giving it out here.

Georgina: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Georgina.png
Greg: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Greg.png
Gregory: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Gregory.png
Tammy: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Tammy.png

You can PM me your last name if you'd like.

[Kingpoleon]

Should be denoted that the only states with real Rockefeller’s are New York, West Virginia, and Arkansas, as far as I can ascertain.

[jimrtex]

Mary

Emily is probably a map of college towns and maybe Millennial urban hubs? 

University of Texas, Texas A&M, S.F.Austin, Sam Houston, Texas State, Texas Tech, Tarleston State, North Texas and Texas Women's, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

Pretty good.

[jimrtex]

Last name: May

May (surname): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/May_last.png

Interesting clustering.

[jimrtex]

Elmer (first name): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Elmer.png

Hillbillies didn't realize he was a a cartoon character.

[SInNYC]

erik/eric.

Interesting maps! I think I can guess how eric/erik is going to turn out.

[nclib]

Locklear (Lumbee Native Americans)

[Sol]

Moretz (Last Name)
Winebarger (Last Name)
Moua (Last Name)
Speiden (Last Name)

[Tintrlvr]

Surprised no one has asked for Smith (surname) yet.

[💥💥 brandon bro (he/him/his)]

What is the data set where this data comes from? Do you have access to some gigantic voter file?

Yes, I recently got access to a national voter file.

This is super cool. Is this through one of your academic projects or did you obtain it through other means?

Anyway, I want to see a map for the name Peniston for obvious reasons.

[RI]

Four more political surnames: Lincoln, Taft, Hutchison, and La Follette.

Lincoln: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Lincoln.png
Taft: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Taft.png
Hutchison: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Hutchison.png
LaFollette: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LaFollette.png

erik/eric.

Interesting maps! I think I can guess how eric/erik is going to turn out.

Eric: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Eric.png
Erik: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Erik.png

Alden (last name)
Cabot (first and last)
Tucker (first)
Benedict (first)
Philomena (first)
Agnes (first)
Cecilia (first)

Alden (surname): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Alden.png
Cabot (first name): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Cabot_first.png
Cabot (surname): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Cabot_last.png
Tucker (first name): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Tucker.png
Benedict (first name): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Benedict.png
Philomena: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Philomena.png
Agnes: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Agnes.png
Cecilia: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Cecilia.png

Locklear (Lumbee Native Americans)

Locklear: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Locklear.png

Moretz (Last Name)
Winebarger (Last Name)
Moua (Last Name)
Speiden (Last Name)

Moretz: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Moretz.png
Winebarger: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Winebarger.png
Moua: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Moua.png
Speiden: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Speiden.png

Surprised no one has asked for Smith (surname) yet.

Smith: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Smith.png

What is the data set where this data comes from? Do you have access to some gigantic voter file?

Yes, I recently got access to a national voter file.

This is super cool. Is this through one of your academic projects or did you obtain it through other means?

Anyway, I want to see a map for the name Peniston for obvious reasons.

Yes, I acquired it through academic means for academic purposes, but I thought I'd share some interesting things from it with the forum.

Peniston: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Peniston.png

[SInNYC]

A couple more:

Patel
Shankar (first or last)

[RI]

A couple more:

Patel
Shankar (first or last)

Patel (surname): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Patel.png
Shankar (surname): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Shankar_last.png
Shankar (first): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Shankar_first.png

[Sozialliberal]

Bonnet (French surname, particularly common in historically Huguenot areas)
Kowalski (Polish surname)
Mueller (German surname)
Murphy (Irish surname)
Russo (southern Italian surname)
Suzuki (Japanese surname)
Yilmaz (Turkish surname)

[RI]

Bonnet (French surname, particularly common in historically Huguenot areas)
Kowalski (Polish surname)
Mueller (German surname)
Murphy (Irish surname)
Russo (southern Italian surname)
Suzuki (Japanese surname)
Yilmaz (Turkish surname)

Bonnet: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Bonnet.png
Kowalski: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Kowalski.png
Mueller: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Mueller.png
Murphy: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Murphy.png
Russo: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Russo.png
Suzuki: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Suzuki.png
Yilmaz: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Yilmaz.png

[7,052,770]

What about Adolf and other forms like Adolph? I predict it's most common in Kentucky.

[Tintrlvr]

What about Adolf and other forms like Adolph? I predict it's most common in Kentucky.

I would assume it's most common in areas with lots of very old ethnic Germans, like rural Wisconsin.

[RI]

What about Adolf and other forms like Adolph? I predict it's most common in Kentucky.

Adolf: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Adolf.png
Adolph (more common and correlates well with Czechs): http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Adolph.png

[jimrtex]

What is the data set where this data comes from? Do you have access to some gigantic voter file?

Yes, I recently got access to a national voter file.

This is super cool. Is this through one of your academic projects or did you obtain it through other means?

Do you think he would admit that he works for the GRU?

[jimrtex]

Moua (Last Name)

Moua: http://rynerohla.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Moua.png

Moua is a Hmong name?