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Surnames of Balkan Peninsula

โ€ข version: public โ€ข created: Mid-2024

Introduction

This post explores the most common surnames across the Balkan Peninsula through wordcloud visualisation. Region includes selected countries of Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, and Western Asia (the European portion of Tรผrkiye, a.k.a East Thrace, not shown here) from "UN M49, Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49)" โŽ‹. Political boundaries shown according to their "de facto" status โŽ‹. Data came from Forebears.io.

Charts and figures

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Fig 1. Surnames of Balkan Peninsula.

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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ<br>Surnames of Balkan Peninsula - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo<sup>โ€ </sup>, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece (raster, .jpeg | converted from .svg with vincerubinetti.github.io/svg-to-png/) [method 1]
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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ<br>Surnames of Balkan Peninsula - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo<sup>โ€ </sup>, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece (vector format, .svg)๏ธ [method 1]
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๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ<br>Surnames of Balkan Peninsula - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo<sup>โ€ </sup>, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Greece (raster format, .png)๏ธ [method 2]

Read more about local naming customs at Familysearch.org's wiki โŽ‹: Albania Naming Customs โŽ‹, Bosnia and Herzegovina Naming Customs โŽ‹, Bulgaria Naming Customs โŽ‹, Croatia Naming Customs โŽ‹, Kosovo Naming Customs โŽ‹, Montenegro Naming Customs โŽ‹, North Macedonia Naming Customs โŽ‹, Romania Naming Customs โŽ‹, Serbia Naming Customs โŽ‹, Slovenia Naming Customs โŽ‹, Greece Naming Customs โŽ‹. Also, for some countries and regions you can find academic papers that explain how names were forming there.

Fig 2. Surnames of Balkan Peninsula, by country.

ALB_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania ๐Ÿ”—

GRC_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece ๐Ÿ”—

MKD_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia ๐Ÿ”—

SRB_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia ๐Ÿ”—

BGR_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria ๐Ÿ”—

HRV_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia ๐Ÿ”—

MNE_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro ๐Ÿ”—

SVN_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia ๐Ÿ”—

BIH_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina ๐Ÿ”—

MDA_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova ๐Ÿ”—

ROU_wordcloud (raw vector, .svg)๏ธ

๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania ๐Ÿ”—

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