Mapping Surnames

This is a great find by Dan Germain

It is has been created as part of a post-grad research project Spatial Literacy. The aim of the project, which has won all sorts of awards, is to help understand the concept of Britishness by mapping surnames.

This map shows the distribution of the Torode name across the UK. I am amazed. I knew that we had relatives in Newcastle and Norfolk, but it seems that there are a lot more of us than I thought.

Have a go.

There's an interesting article by an Observer journalist (who shares my first name) and one that goes slightly deeper into attempting to understand the movement of names and families by the New Statesman, both are worth a read.

(Note: When I spell checked this posting, it suggested replacing "Britishness" with "Brutishness". Hmmmm)