Distribution of Your Surname in the UK

February 2nd, 2006 · No Comments

I have a Celtic surname, Welsh to be precise. While this isn’t so strange, a lot of the English/Welsh/Scots/Irish are Celts after all, my forname means ‘War’, and my surname also means ‘War’.

War War.

It explains a lot about my life.

www.spatial-literacy.org has come up with a distribution pattern for UK citizens that have the same surname as you. Unsurprisingly my surname is still mostly in Wales and West England, the most still in Swansea. Link for may name below, link for the search is here.

Your Mosiac type defines your history, your closest affiliation to a specific group of people who defined your name. My surname was defined by Upland Hill Farmers, which explains my love of hills I guess. Which is true, spookily some of the blurb from the Mosiac type rings true as well:

Upland Hill Farmers contains people who would not continue to struggle against the elements if they did not obtain great satisfaction from life in the open country and independence from the control of corporate routines. Most residents are too busy trying to make a living and are too infrequent visitors to large cities to pay much attention to consumer choices. Most purchase products on the basis of price …

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