WORLD Statistics for : HAYLEYRoots of this name:
Surname Group Subgroup Language
HAYLEY EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN ENGLISH ENGLISH
As I have mentioned before the genealogy networking community will post activities or contest from time to time and encourage other genealogist to POST TO THEIR BLOGS.
There for a Fellow Chula Vista Genealogist Randy Seaver posted this activity on
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Surname Distributions!
Hey, genealogy fans - it's Saturday Night, and time for some Genealogy Fun!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music...), is:
1) Find out the geographical distribution of your surname - in the world, in your state or province, in your county or parish. I suggest that you use the Public Profiler site at http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/, which seems to work quickly and easily. However, you cannot capture the image as a photo file - you have to capture the screen shot, save it and edit it.
Top Countries
CANADA 21.32
UNITED KINGDOM 5.94
UNITED STATES 2.1
NEW-ZEALAND 1.76
SWITZERLAND 0.64
SPAIN 0.42
IRELAND 0.34
FRANCE 0.15
GERMANY 0.04
Top Regions
NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR , CANADA 179.58
TAURANGA CITY , NEW-ZEALAND 50.7
ONTARIO , CANADA 37.88
TEXAS , UNITED STATES 37.87
NOVA SCOTIA , CANADA 24.94
ARKANSAS , UNITED STATES 23.78
BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA 20.37
WHANGAREI DISTRICT , NEW-ZEALAND 18
ALBERTA , CANADA 13.65
ALABAMA , UNITED STATES 12.74
Top Cities
City
BONAVISTA , NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR , CANADA
COVENTRY , WEST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM
BRISTOL , SOUTH WEST , UNITED KINGDOM
UNKNOWN , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON SE1 , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
SHREWSBURY , WEST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM
RUGBY , WEST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM
GUILDFORD , SOUTH EAST , UNITED KINGDOM
MARKET DRAYTON , WEST MIDLANDS , UNITED KINGDOM
SEYMOUR , TEXAS , UNITED STATES
Top Forenames
DAVID
MARGARET
WILLIAM
ROBERT
SARAH
MARK
JOHN
RICHARD
MICHAEL
JAMES
The activity was an EYE OPENER for me. My first reaction to the data was "This does not seem correct" BUT under further evaluation ---- I have decided this may be an area (CANADA) for me to explore---that I had never explored before.