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Surnames of the Indian Subcontinent

Regional surname wordcloud maps

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Surnames of the Indian Subcontinent (merged region)

Merged surname wordcloud map of the Indian Subcontinent

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

Hub: Project “Surnames of the World”.

Maps

Layout
Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Bhutan

India

India

Nepal

Nepal

Pakistan

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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 Indian Subcontinent (2024), Vitaliy Yevtushenko (Witold's Data Consulting). https://witold1.github.io/portfolio/blog/project-surnames/viz-surnames-indian-subcontinent/.

BibTeX

@misc{witold_blog_project-surnamesviz-surnames-indian-subcontinent,
  author = {Vitaliy Yevtushenko},
  title = {{Surnames of the Indian Subcontinent}},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://witold1.github.io/portfolio/blog/project-surnames/viz-surnames-indian-subcontinent/},
}
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