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Question: Whats a good website where u can find out the distrubition areas of your surname in the US!?
its for a school project, i have to find the history of my surname, my given name
the distribution areas of my surname in the US, including the percentage in each state

i need some good free websited i can go to that can help me find this out:DWww@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Try behindthename!.com and surnamedb!.com for help!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm assuming by your user name that Shay is your last name, so according to http://www!.ancestry!.co!.uk:

"Shay Name Meaning and History
Irish: variant spelling of Shea!."

And SHEA means: "Irish: reduced form of O'Shea, Anglicized form of Gaelic ó"O' Seaghdha" ‘descendant of Seaghdha’, a byname meaning ‘"fine’ or fortunate"’!.

For Cassie, it says: "English: medieval and modern short form of Cassandra, now often used as an independent given name!. Pet form: Cassie (common in Scotland)!.
And Cassandra is from Greek legend!. Cassandra was a Trojan princess blessed with the gift of prophecy but cursed with the fate that nobody would ever believe her!. She was brought back to Greece as a captive concubine by Agamemnon, but met her death at the hands of his jealous wife Clytemnestra!. This was one of the most popular girls' names in the Middle Ages, and has recently been revived by parents looking to the pages of classical mythology for distinctive girls' names!."

http://www!.howmanyofme!.com/search/
1!. There are 35,103 people in the U!.S!. with the first name Cassie, the 975th most popular first name!.
2!. There are 10,134 people in the U!.S!. with the last name Shay!. ,
the 3695th most popular last name!.
3!. There is 1 person in the U!.S!. named Cassie Shay!. (Must be you, huh!?!?)

http://www!.hamrick!.com/cgi-bin/names!.cgi!.!.!.
Shows a map of the 50 states with the distribution of the surname Shay as of 1990!.

http://www!.gens-us!.net/map/genera!.html also shows a map with surname distribution

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You can also try http://howmanyofme!.com/, it has interesting stats on a lot of names in the US!.

Ancestry!.com also has this type of information, several of us here have a subscription to that site!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com