Part of Project "Surnames of the World"

Surnames of the Baltic States

Regional surname wordcloud maps

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Created during June 2024version partially public draft
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Surnames of the Baltic States (merged region)

Merged surname wordcloud map of the Baltic States

Surname frequency wordclouds for the Baltic States, by administrative unit. Political boundaries are shown according to their “de facto” status. Data came from Forebears.io.

Hub: Project “Surnames of the World”.

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Layout
Estonia

Estonia

Latvia

Latvia

Lithuania

Lithuania

FAQ

How to read these wordcloud maps?
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The bigger the word, the more frequent the surname. Wordclouds are built from aggregated surname frequencies by administrative unit.

Interactive reference example: Apache ECharts wordcloud demo.

References

  • Forebears article (archived): “Accuracy of Surname Statistics on Forebears”
  • Naming customs: FamilySearch Europe

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How to cite this work

For human-readable attribution, please cite this work as:

Surnames of the Baltic States (2024), Vitaliy Yevtushenko (Witold's Data Consulting). https://witold1.github.io/portfolio/blog/project-surnames/viz-surnames-baltic-states/.

BibTeX

@misc{witold_blog_project-surnamesviz-surnames-baltic-states,
  author = {Vitaliy Yevtushenko},
  title = {{Surnames of the Baltic States}},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://witold1.github.io/portfolio/blog/project-surnames/viz-surnames-baltic-states/},
}
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