Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: Computational analysis of pairings between surnames and forenames in “A Diagnostic Database of American Names” reveals a number of significant associations. These can be used as evidence to help pinpoint the most likely source language of an unfamiliar and unresearched surname, and to provide a framework for historical and genealogical research. The data can also be studied geographically since a number of surnames are associated with particular states or regions. A study of present-day distribution of surnames can be correlated’ with historical and other evidence regarding settlement patterns.
Source: Names
Authors: Patrick Hanks, D. Kenneth Tucker
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1989404273