The Ukrainian diaspora in the US is one of the oldest and strongest. Today, the surnames of Ukrainian descendants can be ...

Nothing represents the melting pot of America better than the tapestry created by its surnames. Surnames, or family names or last names, reflect people’s heritage and can provide a glimpse into ...

National Geographic posted this map of the United States last week showing the geographic distribution of common surnames in our fine land. Geographers at the University College London scraped all ...

Even after that calculation, it was clear that although many first names come in and out of fashion, surnames tend to change at a much slower rate. America’s most common surname by a mile is ...

Irish or Welsh roots because people from those countries were among the first Europeans to settle in North America. Last names were not commonly used in England until 1066, when population growth ...

these are nine of the most common Irish surnames in America. At the end of the 19th century, Murphy was the most prevalent surname in Ireland and was particularly associated with Counties Cork and ...