Mapping your last name
Reading Spatial Sustain I heard about an application of Dynastree that thematizes a map according to the abundance of your surname. As a reminder that maps are all the rage.
Let's try Álvarez
, in Spain
It's that easy, you type and press the search button; as a result the provinces are painted based on six classes. As expected, a lot of red because that's where the surname comes from.
The service also presents other statistical data such as:
- In Spain there are 284.238 people registered with the surname Álvarez and approximately 757.968 people who carry this last name.
- Alvarez is 16º most frequent surname in Spain.
- These people live in 52 provinces. The largest number of appearances occurs in Asturias: 45.978.
- Other provinces with abundant appearances are Madrid (37.602), Barcelona (21.737), León (18.170), Pontevedra (16.873), Sevilla (12.606), Orense (11.768), Santa Cruz de Tenerife (8.859), Vizcaya (7.028), as well as La Coruña (6.842).
- You can also see by autonomy, similar surnames and know the most popular surnames.
For America only the United States and Canada are available, for Europe there is Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Poland, apart from Spain.
See how Álvarez is popular in the United States, considering a relative number of the phone book:
Right in the border states with Mexico and cities have more Latino immigrants and the area that borders Ontario, Canada.
Not bad, although the page has other uses.
