Welcome to Map My Surname

Map My Surname uses data from the United Kingdom Census of 1881 to provide surname distribution maps and statistics for the different counties of England, Scotland and Wales, as well as the Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Data is available for 419,814 different names, from AABER to ZZAFFELD. Find out how common your surname is, and how its distribution changes across the country. Where your surname distribution is highest may indicate where your ancestors originated.

Search Surnames

Enter a name to see how its distribution varies across the country.

Alternatively browse a list of surnames.

Most Common Surnames

View the most common names in different counties and locations.

Rank Surname Count Percentage of Population

Visit the most common surnames tables page to view the tables in full.

Example Map

Bedfordshire BDF Buckinghamshire BKM Berkshire BRK Cambridgeshire CAM Cheshire CHS Cornwall CON Cumberland CUL Derbyshire DBY Devon DEV Dorset DOR Durham DUR Essex ESS Gloucestershire GLS Hampshire HAM Herefordshire HEF Hertfordshire HRT Huntingdonshire HUN Kent KEN Lancashire LAN Leicestershire LEI Lincolnshire LIN Middlesex MDX Northumberland NBL Norfolk NFK Northamptonshire NTH Nottinghamshire NTT Oxfordshire OXF Rutland R Shropshire SAL Suffolk SFK Somerset SOM Surrey SRY Sussex SSX Staffordshire STS Warwickshire WAR Westmorland WES Wiltshire WIL Worcestershire WOR Yorkshire YKS Aberdeenshire ABD Angus ANS Argyll ARL Ayrshire AYR Banffshire BAN Berwickshire BEW Bute B Caithness CAI Clackmannanshire C Dumfriesshire DFS Dunbartonshire D East Lothian ELN Fife FIF Inverness-shire INV Kincardineshire KCD Kirkcudbrightshire KKD Kinross-shire K Lanarkshire LKS Midlothian MLN Moray MOR Nairnshire N Orkney OKI Peeblesshire PEE Perthshire PER Renfrewshire RFW Ross and Cromarty ROC Roxburghshire ROX Selkirkshire SEL Shetland SHI Stirlingshire STI Sutherland SUT Wigtownshire WIG West Lothian W Anglesey AGY Brecknockshire BRE Caernarfonshire CAE Cardiganshire CGN Carmarthenshire CMN Denbighshire DEN Flintshire F Glamorgan GLA Merionethshire MER Montgomeryshire MGY Monmouthshire MON Pembrokeshire PEM Radnorshire RAD Guernsey GSY Jersey JSY Isle of Man IOM

The distribution maps and statistics have been created using the historic county borders as they were at the time of the 1881 Census. Visit the county information page to view information about the different historic counties.