Where in the World is your Surname From?
In recent years, the Guild has worked hard to increase the registration of surnames whose origins begin outside of the British Isles. We are delighted to announce that we now have 100 of these surnames registered. When our list started 5 years ago there were just 28 surnames.
These surnames and their country of origin are listed in the Members’ Wiki, but also appear at the end of this post in case you cannot spot them all in the image below.
Santee – multiple countries in Western Europe/Scandinavia?
If you are a Guild Member and your study’s surname is missing from this list OR if you would be interested in registering your non-British origin study with the Guild, then please do get in touch.
And I’m delighted to have contributed Koonce/Koontz as the 100th name!!!
Welcome to the Guild Taneya, I hope you enjoy your membership and I look forward to hearing about your study as it evolves.
With some of the surnames it is not clear as to where the origins of the surname is, especially in particular pockets of European countries where the group of countries experienced peaks of migration because their was the influence of an Empire, for example Austrian Hungarian empire. Where more than one has been identified by the study holder they have specified the most likely, but are still undertaking research. That said, I have corrected the entry for Beauvais which is of course, France.
Hi Gary. Don’t forget too that this is a wiki. If you don’t like something, by all means change it.
Central and Eastern Europe is a particular problem area due to changes in borders, occupying powers, migrations and so on.
What a great way to display this information.