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Is this normalised at all? It always seems to look like a map of where cities are, although there are some interesting trends, especially if you pick surnames t
by tompagenet2 5y ago
Is this normalised at all? It always seems to look like a map of where cities are, although there are some interesting trends, especially if you pick surnames that have more recently become prevalent in a country.
- pwg 5y agohttps://xkcd.com/1138/ https://xkcd.com/1138/
- aasasd 5y agoPresumably not normalized—but I still can see the trends, e.g. of top two surnames in Ireland, one is more popular in south and the other in north.
- archi42 5y agoDoesn't seem like it is, and the sibling xkcd is spot on. For rare surnames it's still possible to see trends, especially if you know the high-density areas. I tried some random surnames for Germany, and while Klein ("Small") is pretty popular, the Latin variant Minor has some obvious hotspot: https://www.kartezumnamen.eu/en/index.php?sur=minor https://www.kartezumnamen.eu/en/index.php?sur=minor Also, TIL: "Ficken" (=to f...k) seems to be a (rare) surname in the northern parts of Lower Saxony.
- asveikau 5y agoMight vary a lot based on the country and the name chosen. Eg. Italy has only been a single state since the 1860s, and regional languages can surface a lot of differences. I entered my mom's southern Italian maiden name and got pretty high correlation to places where her dad's family had ties...
- nickysielicki 5y agoMy surname is Polish, sort of, and it’s typically more associated with what was historically northeast Poland/Vilnius. If you search my surname (Sielicki) you can see how there was a resettlement between the lands lost on the east and gained in the west after WWII.