title: Geographical distribution of common surnames in England and Wales.
abstract: Analysis of the geographical distribution of 84 common surnames indicated that nearly all surnames are not distributed at random, but show distinctive geographical patterning. Factor analysis also revealed that there were similarities between surname distributions. The first two factors highlighted primarily Welsh surnames while the third and fourth factors were generally north of England names, mainly those ending in 'son'.
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009275:Names; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014852:Wales