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SURNAME RANKINGS BY COUNTRY
Another service provided by the Surname Specific Family History Research Group
as part of the Index of Surname Resources and Researchers
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/ISRR_surnames.htm
is a list of surname rankings in various countries
and in such instances - links to research resources for that country
so if you were to look at the surname "BLACK"
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/ISRR/B/BLACK.htm
you would find these entries:
SURNAME RANKING/GROUPS
AMONG U.S. SURNAMES RANKS AS # 174 (2010) LINK
COMMON SURNAME RANK OF # 124 IN COUNTRY OF AUSTRALIA LINK
COMMON SURNAME RANK OF # 198 IN COUNTRY OF CANADA LINK
COMMON SURNAME RANK OF # 95 IN COUNTRY OF NEW ZEALAN LINK
COMMON SURNAME RANK OF # 499 IN COUNTRY OF IRELAND LINK
COMMON SURNAME RANK OF # 290 IN COUNTRY OF ENGLAND LINK
COMMON SURNAME RANK OF # 44 IN COUNTRY OF SCOTLAND LINK
INFORMATION ON RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA LINK
INFORMATION ON RESEARCH IN CANADA LINK
INFORMATION ON RESEARCH IN IRELAND LINK
INFORMATION ON RESEARCH IN ENGLAND LINK
INFORMATION ON RESEARCH IN SCOTLAND LINK
also included for each surname is a list of other surnames with similar spellings:
XREF - SIMILARLY SPELLED NAMES
SURNAME: BALK LINK
SURNAME: BELK LINK
SURNAME: BLAKE LINK
SURNAME: BLAKEY LINK
SURNAME: BLOCK LINK
SURNAME: BOLICK LINK
SURNAME: BULLOCK LINK
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