UK Surnames website

[Shanko]

I used the UK Surname website
http://www.county-surnames.co.uk
a bit to look to see if anyone else was doing the same surnames as me and I got an email today stating you can still search BUT to view the surnames there is now a fee
I tell you what people just grab any chance they can to make a buck!

Shanko

}:-[
hehe looks like Dracula

[Rick]

Shanko

Genuki still offers free surname lists.

Rick

http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SurnamesLists.html

[Berlin-Bob]

Don't know if this belongs here, or on "The Lighter Side" ...., but here it is !

Ever wondered how many people in GB with your surname, or with the surname you are currently researching ??

Found this on another web-site:

http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php

"ONS Names - Search the List

THIS DATABASE is an extract of an Office of National Statistics database, and contains a list of surnames in use in England, Wales and the Isle of Man in September 2002. The list contains almost 270,000 surnames, shared by 54.4 million people. The entire database contains over a million surnames, shared by 55.9 million people, but names shared by fewer that five people have been excluded from this list."

There's me !!

Surname Count Ranking
 COLEMAN  32169  200

One of them is my dad, and 4 are my brother and his family, that only leaves 32164 to ask ...

[Rick]

Ever wondered how many people in GB with your surname, or with the surname you are currently researching ??

Found this on another web-site:

http://www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php

"ONS Names - Search the List

THIS DATABASE is an extract of an Office of National Statistics database, and contains a list of surnames in use in England, Wales and the Isle of Man in September 2002. The list contains almost 270,000 surnames, shared by 54.4 million people. The entire database contains over a million surnames, shared by 55.9 million people, but names shared by fewer that five people have been excluded from this list."

Bob

Great site!  This is another interesting one based on the location of surnames on the 1881 census, it is a work in progress, so many names are not yet loaded.

Rick

http://members.lycos.co.uk/ancestors/surnamedistribution.html

[Berlin-Bob]

Here's another one, interesting for Brits. with european jewish ancestors:

http://www.jewishgen.org/Galicia/surdex/si_ma.htm

[trystan]

Well RootsChat will always be free anyhow.

We also have a part for "One Name Studies" (that's surnames!)
http://www.rootschat.co.uk/forum/index.php?board=151.0

Trystan
RootsChat Admin

[Hackstaple]

Dear Sir
I visited the Taliesin site and searched for Nethway - one of my name interests. There were none. Do you think that accounts for the fact that nobody ever cotacts me about the surname Nethway?

Yrs truly
Puzzled of Wigan

[Ticker]

Bob.  Like the ONS names list.  My surname (Tymon) was ranked number 13522!  Thanks for the link.

[Fittygen]

i've just checked the webiste this is what it says on the front page of UK surnames
Usage of ALL the facilities on the site is free of any charges, however if you find the site useful, you are encouraged to make a donation of at least £10 per annum to my PayPal account