map showing last names

Nedrajohnson

I was told their is a map that will show what areas of Germany certain last names are most likely from. How do I find it?

Ulrich Neitzel

@Nedrajohnson

I would suggest this website of the Society for Computergenealogy: https://nvk.genealogy.net/map

It provides the option to look on the distribution of family names as they are derived from the lists of fallen German soldiers in WWI, i.e. the home locations of people born around 1890. That was before the big movements set in during the 20th century due to industralization, war and displacements and gives a good picture of the "original" name distribution.

Nedrajohnson

Thank you for your quick reply.