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Guild of One-Name Studies

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Ubahakwe, E. (1998). Igbo names: their structure and meaning. London: Karnac House.
Classification: Africa (Western) -Nigeria (Igbo)

Ubahakwe, E. (1981). Igbo names : their structure and their meanings. Ibadan, Nigeria: Daystar Press.
Classification: Africa (Western) -Nigeria (Igbo)

Uhlenbeck, E. M. (1969). Systematic features of Japanese personal names. Word, 25, 321-335.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -Japan

Ullathorne, G. (1992). The history of a Westmorland name [Ullathorne]. Sheffield: University of Sheffield.
Classification: British Isles- England-Westmorland

Ullathorne, G. (2002). The surnames of High Peak Hundred, Derbyshire. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Sheffield Phd..
Classification: British Isles- England-Derbyshire

Ulloa Eugenín, G. (1992). Apellidos aborígenes chilotes. Ediciones Olimpho.
Classification: America (South) -Chile

Umberto Simionato. (1995-1999). Cognomi padovani e antiche famiglie di Padova e del suo territorio. Padova: presso l’A.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~3~region~ Veneto

Umoren, U. E. U. E. (2001). Niger Delta cultural values. [Port Harcourt?, Nigeria]: Riverside Communication.
Classification: Africa (Western) -Nigeria (Igbo)

Unbegaun, B. O. (1972). Russian surnames. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Russia

Unbegaun, B. O. (1995). Russkie familii. Moscow: Progress.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Russia

United States Social Security Administration. (2006) Popular baby names [Web Page]. URL link to website.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~1-ancillary~Leading names

University of Queensland. (National Library catalogues worldwide [Web Page]. URL link to website.
Classification: 0- International -sources

Upton, C. (1996). Atlas of english dialects. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Classification: British Isles- England

USC. Instituto da Lingua Galega. (Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia [Web Page]. [link no longer available].
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Spain ~3-region~ Galicia


Vallas, M. (1994). Les noms de famille du Canton de Bracieux . Blois: Cercle généalogique du Loir-et-Cher.
Classification: Europe (Western) -France ~3~region~ Centre

Vallejo Ruiz, J. M. (2005). Antroponimia indígena de la Lusitania romana. Vitoria [Spain]: Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco.
Classification: America (South) (Hispanic)

Van der Vorst, P. (1971). Surnoms et sobriquets braconniers. Revue Des Langues Vivantes, (37), 289-298.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Belgium

Van Rooyen, A. (2002). ‘N naam vir my kind. Kaapstad: Pharos.
Classification: Africa (Southern) -South Africa [Afrikaans]

van Straten, J., & Snel, H. (1996). Joodse voornamen in Amsterdam: Een inventarisatie van Asjkenazische en bijbehorende burgerlijke voornamen tussen 1669 en 1850.
Classification: Religion -Jewish -Ashkenazi

van ‘t Hoff, K. (1999). Iranian names.
Classification: Asia (Southern) -Iran

Vasanthakumari, T. (1994). Personal Names of Indian Christians. in: R. R. Mehrotra The Book of Indian Names (pp. 181-203).
Classification: Asia (Southern) -India~2~ethnic~ (Christians)

Vascenco, V. (1975). Concerning the standard system of Romanian surnames. Names, 23, 89-101.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Rumania

Vasconcellos, J. L. d. (1928). Antroponimia portuguesa : tratado comparativo da origem,significação, classificação, e vida do conjunto dos nomes proprios, sobrenomes, e apelidos, usados por nós desde a idademédia até hoje. Lisboa: Imprensa nacional.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Portugal

Vayacacos, D. V. (1968). Noms de famille néogrecs derivant de mots à signification de grades, titres et offices militaires et administratif. Actes Du Premier Congrès International Des Etudes Balkanique Et Sud-Est Européenes, 6, 562-.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Greece

Veka, O. (2000). Norsk etternamnleksikon. Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.
Classification: Europe (Northern) -Norway

Vergin, N. (1985). Social Change and the Family in Turkey. Current Anthropology, (26), 571-574.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Turkey

Verner, A. M. (1994). What’s in a name? of dog-killers, Jews and Rasputin. Slavic Review, (53), 1046-1070.
Classification: Religion -Jewish (Russia)

Vernus, P. The Surname In The Middle-Kingdom – A Catalog Based On The Expression And Structure Of Double Identity From The Beginning Of The 12th-Dynasty To The End Of The 17th.
Classification: xtra- checking

Verstappen, P. (1980). The book of surnames: origins and oddities of popular names. London: Pelham.
Classification: British Isles

Verstraten, F. (2006). Naming practices among the Irish secular nobility in the high middle ages . Journal of Medieval History , 32(1), 43-53.
Classification: Ireland

Vicario, F. (2004). Cognomi triestini. Origini, storia, etimologia . Trieste: Lint Editoriale .
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~3~region~ Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Vickers, O. (1983). Mississippi Choctaw names and naming: a diachronic view. Names , 31(2), 117-122.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2-ethnic~[native]/ America (North) -Usa~3-region~ Mississippi

Vienna, A., Peña Garcia, J., Mascie-Taylor, C. G. N., & Biondi, G. (2001). The ethnic minorities of Southern Italy and Sicily: Relationships through surnames. Journal of Biosocial Science, 33(1), 25-31.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~3~region~ Sicily

Viereck, W. (2005). Towards an atlas of English family names. Romanian Journal of English Studies, 2, 129-159.
Classification: British Isles- England -0- Linguistics

Viereck, W. (2004). Towards an atlas of English surnames. Scripta Neophilologica Posnaniensia, 6, 231-259.
Classification: British Isles- England -0- Linguistics

Viereck, W. (2007). Towards an atlas of English surnames . Bamberger Beitrage Zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft , 50(2), 91-117.
Classification: British Isles- England -0- Linguistics

Viertler, R. B. (1976). Greeting, Hospitality, and Naming among the Bororo of Central Brazil.
Classification: America (South) -Brazil ~2-ethnic~[native tribes]

Vignal, M.-C. (1991). Étude anthroponymique. Prénoms et patronymes à la fin du Moyen àge. Annales De Normandie , XLI, 262-294.
Classification: Europe (Western) -France ~3~region~ Basse-Normandie

Vilret, D. et al. (2006). Les noms de famille du Nord. Paris: Archives & Culture.
Classification: Europe (Western) -France ~3~Region~

Vincent, A. (1952). Les noms de familles de la Belgique. Bruxelles: Librarie générale.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Belgium

Vincent, M. (1987). Noms de famille, familles de noms. Paris: Plon.
Classification: Europe (Western) -France

Violi, F. (1999). Cognomi a Modena e nel Modenese. Modena: Aedes Muratoriana.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~3~region~ Emilia-Romagna

Virtaranti, P. (1991). Finskan i AmericaSpråk i Norden.
Classification: Europe (Northern) -Finland

Virág, G. (1985). Csantavér családnevei. Budapest: ELTE Magyar Nyelvészeti Tanszékcsoport Névkutató Munkaközössége.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Hungary

Visser, H., & Visser, C. (1998). Analysis of Naro names. The proceedings of the Khoisan Identities and Cultural Heritage Conference (pp. 225-231). Institute for Historical Research, University of the Western Cape.
Classification: Africa (Southern) -Botswana

Vivian, S. P. (1932). Some statistical aspects of genealogy (II). Genealogists’ Magazine , 6(482-489).
Classification: British Isles- 0- Statistics

Vlasenko Bojcun, A. (1975). Ukrainian surnames. America, (2-9 Oct).
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Ukraine

Vodanovic, B. (2006). Personal names on Pašman. Folia Onomastica Croatica, 14.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Croatia

Vogel, V. J. (1986). Indian Names in Michigan. University of Michigan Press.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2-ethnic~[African-American]

Voillery, P. (1988). Histoire d’un patronyme: l’origine et le nom d’une famille Bulgare a l’epoque Ottomane. Revue Des Etudes Slaves [France], 60(2), 507-512.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Bulgaria

Voitl, H.A computer archive of present-day British and Early modern English family names. In: H. Voitl (editor), The study of the personal names of the British Isles (pp. 87-110). Erlangen, Germany: Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg .
Classification: British Isles

Volejník, R. (2005). Prezdívky detí a mládeze v Prelouci. Acta Onomastica, 46, 199-212.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Czech Republic

Vroonen, E. (1957). Les noms de famille de Belgique : essai d’anthroponymie belge. Bruxelles: C. Dessart.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Belgium

Vroonen, E. (2001). Les noms du monde entier et leur significationArchives & Culture.
Classification: 0- International


Wagener, P. (1999). Stellmacher und Wagener. : zur frequenz und geographie der aus der Berufsbezeichnung für den Wagenmacher abgeleiteten deutschen Familiennamen. P. Wagener (editor), Sprachformen : Deutsch und Niederdeutsch in europäischen Bezügen. Festschrift für Dieter Stellmacher zum 60. Geburtstag (pp. 349-356). Stuttgart: Steiner.

Walkden, R. (2003). Notes towards a study of some south Lancashire surnames. Manchester Genealogist , 39(1).
Classification: British Isles- England-Lancashire

Walton, J. (1992). Surnames of County Waterford. Irish Roots , 1, 14-16.
Classification: Ireland – Eire -County Waterford

Wang, C. (1997). Bai Jia Xing: 100 most common Chinese surnames.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Wang, Y. (2000). A look into Chinese persons’ names in bibliographic practice. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 31(1), 51-82.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Wang, Z., & Micklin, M. (1996). The transformation of naming practices in Chinese families: some linguistic clues to social change. International Sociology, 11(2), 187-212.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Wardat, M. (1997). Nicknaming in Jordanian Arabic: A Sociolinguistic Perspective. Interface: Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12(1), 45-58.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Jordan

Warion, R. (1984). Nommer à Fours. in: J. Dupâquier, A. Bideau, & M.-E. Ducreux Le prénom, mode et histoire: Entretiens de Malher, 1980 (pp. 145-158). Paris: Editions de l’Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Classification: Europe (Western) -France

Watanabe, N. (2005). Poetics of Japanese naming practice. Names, 53(1/2 (March/June)), 21-48.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -Japan

Waterhouse, V. G. (1981). Mexican Spanish nicknames. In: A. Gonzalez , & D. Thomas Linguistics across continents: Studies in honor of Richard S. Pittman (pp. 19-23). Manila: Summer Institute of Linguistics and Linguistic Society of the Philippines.
Classification: America (Central) -Mexico

Waterman, S., & Kosmin, B. A. (1986). Mapping an unenumerated ethnic population: Jews in London. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 9(4), 484-501.
Classification: British Isles- England-London

Waterman, S., & Kosmin, B. A. (1986). Mapping an unenumerated ethnic population: Jews in London. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 9(4), 484-501.
Classification: British Isles- England-London

Watkin, I. M. (1960). A Viking settlement in Little England beyond Wales : ABO blood group evidence. Man, (60), 148-153.
Classification: British Isles- Wales

Watkin, I. M. (1961). Welsh surnames. Man, (61), 88-89.
Classification: British Isles- Wales

Watkins, S. C., & London Andrew S. (1994). Personal names and cultural change: A study of the naming patterns of Italians and Jews in the United States in 1910. Social Science History, (18), 169-.
Classification: America (North) -Usa

Watson, R. (1975). A study of surname distribution in a group of Cambridgeshire parishes, 1538-1840. Local Population Studies, (15), 23-32.
Classification: British Isles- England-Cambridgeshire

Watson, R. L. (1969). Pacoh names. Mon-Khmer Studies, 3, 77-89.
Classification: Asia (South Eastern) -Vietnam

Watson, R. S. (1986). The named and the nameless : gender and person in Chinese society. American Ethnologist, 13(4), 619-631.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Webber, R., & Mateos, P. (2006). Using names to classify people and neighbourhoods by their cultural, ethnic and linguistic origins (CASA Working paper No. 116).
Classification: British Isles- 0- Linguistics

Webber, R. Detemining people’s origins from their names – concept and service outlineOrigins Info.
Classification: British Isles- 0 -Cultural Ethnic Linguistic

Webber, R. (2004). Neighbourhood segregation and social mobility among the descendants of Middlesbrough’s 19th century Celtic immigrants . London: University College London, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analaysis.
Classification: British Isles- England-Yorkshire

Webber, R. The Welsh diaspora : analysis of the geography of Welsh names.
Classification: British Isles- Wales

Webster, W. (1984). Migration trends in Staffordshire from the late thirteenth century to the early fourteenth century (1250-1350), as evidenced by place-name surnames. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University Of Birmingham, Birmingham.
Classification: British Isles- England-Staffordshire

Weekly, E. (1914). Romance of names. London: J.Murray.
Classification: British Isles

Weekly, E. (1936). Surnames. London: Murray.
Classification: British Isles

Weekly, E. (1913). French and Flemish surnames in England. London: Modern Language Teaching.
Classification: British Isles- England

Weekly, E. (1921). Surnames and the chronology of the English vocabulary. Discovery, 2, 2-5.
Classification: British Isles- England -0- Linguistics

Weeks, T. E. (1971). Child-naming customs among the Yakima Indians. Names , 19(4), 252-257.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2-ethnic~[native]

Weil, S. Names and identity among the Bene Israel. Ethnic Groups, (1), 201-219.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Israel

Weiss, K. M., Rossman, D. L., Chakraborty, R., & Norton, S. L. (1980). Wherefore art thou Romeo? Name frequency patterns and their use in automated genealogy assembly. in: B. Dyke, & W. T. Morrill (editors), Genealogical Demography (pp. 41-61). New York.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~1-ancillary~ statistical

Weiss, N. (2002). Origin of Jewish Family namesPeter Lang.
Classification: Religion -Jewish

Weitenberg, J. J. S. (2007). Das armenische Personennamensystem. A. Brendler, & S. Brendler Europäische Personennamensysteme. Ein Handbuch von Abasisch bis Zentralladinisch (pp. 57-66). Baar.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Armenia

Wescott, R. (1974). Bini names in Nigeria and Georgia. Linguistics, (124), 21-32.
Classification: Africa (Western) -Nigeria [Bini]

Wescott, R. W. (2002). The phonology of proper names in English. in: E. W. McMullen (editor), Names New and Old : Papers of the Names Institute (Revised 2nd edition ed., Vol. Volume II-). Lewiston: Lampeter: E. Mellen Press.
Classification: British Isles- England -0- Linguistics

Weslager, C. A. (1971). Name-giving among the Delaware Indians. Names , 19(4), 268-283.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2-ethnic~[native]

West, R. C. (1986). Atlas of Louisiana surnames of French and Spanish originGeoscience Publications LSU.
Classification: America (North) -Usa

Wettinger, G. (1973). “Arabo-Berber influences in Malta: onomastic evidence.” Proceedings of the First Congress on Mediterranean Studies of Arabo-Berber Influence .
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Malta

Wettinger, G. (1978). Non Arabo-Berber influences on Malta’s medieval nomenclature. Actes du deuxiéme Congres International d’étude des cultures de la Mediterraneane Occidentale (pp. 199-213).
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Malta

Wettinger, G. (1980). The place-names and the personal nomenclature of Gozo, 1372-1600. in: M. J. L. Young Oriental studies: presented to Benedikt S.J. Isserlin by friends and colleagues on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday 25 February 1976 (pp. 173-198). Leiden: Brill.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Malta

Weyl, N. (1961). Ethnic and national characteristics of the U.S. Elite. Mankind Quarterly, (1), 242-247.
Classification: America (North) -Usa

Whitaker, I. (1977). Colloquial naming among the Lainiovuoma Lapps (Sami). Jl De La Société Finno-Ougrienne, (75), 45-54.
Classification: Europe (Northern) -Finland [Lappish]

White, G. P. (1981). A handbook of Cornish surnames (2nd ed.). Camborne: G.P. White.
Classification: British Isles- England-Cornwall

Whitehead, G. O. (1947). Personal names among the Bari. Man, 47, 45-46.
Classification: Africa (Northern) -Sudan

Whittle, H. M. (2004). Puritan names in Heathfield and Warbleton (Sussex) Parish Registers. Genealogists Magazine, 28(2), 54-56.
Classification: British Isles- z3- Early Modern

Whykes, J. M. (1971-1972). The development in Derbyshire of surnames derived from place-names, 1086-1485. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Nottingham.
Classification: British Isles- England-Derbyshire

Whyte, D. (2000). Scottish surnames and families (2nd ed.). Edinburgh: Birlinn.
Classification: British Isles- Scotland

Whyte, D. (1981). What’s in your name? Scots Magazine, (115), 161-166.
Classification: British Isles- Scotland

Wierzbicka, A. (1996). Russian Personal Names: The Semantics of Expressive Derivation. International Journal of Slavic Linguistics and Poetics, (39-40), 313-354.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Russia

Wieschhoff, H. A. (1941). Social significance of names among the Ibo of Nigeria. American Anthropologist, (43), 212-222.
Classification: Africa (Western) -Nigeria [Ibo]

Wiesemann, U. (1960). Semantic categories of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ in relation to Kaingang personal names. Revista Do Museu Paulista, 12, 177-184.
Classification: America (South) -Brazil

Wijsman, E., Zei, G., Moroni, A., & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (1984). Surnames in Sardinia II : Computation of migration matrices from surname distributions in different periods. Annals of Human Genetics, 48(Jan), 65-78.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~1~ancillary~ genetics

Wiken, E. (1982). When did Swedish patronymics become surnames? Swedish American Genealogist, 2(1), 31-33.
Classification: Europe (Northern) -Sweden

Wilhelm de Moesbach, E., & Meyer Rusca, W. (1953). Los huilliches a través de sus apellidos : estudio etimológico de los patronímicos aborígenes sureños. Osorno: W. Meyer Rusca.
Classification: America (South) -Chile

Wilkinson, H. i. P. a. (1926). The family in classical China. Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Williams, D. E. (1961). A short inquiry into the surnames in Glamorgan from the thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, (2), 45-87.
Classification: British Isles- Wales

Williams, D. E. (1954). A survey of surnames in the county of Glamorgan from the thirteenth century to the eighteenth century. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of London.
Classification: British Isles- Wales

Williams, R. L., Binkin, N. J., & Clingman, E. J. (1986). Pregnancy outcomes among Spanish-surname women in California. American Journal of Public Health, 76(4), 387-391.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2-ethnic~[Spanish] –health

Williamson, R. G. (1998). Some aspects of the history of the Eskimo naming system. Folk, (30), 245-263.
Classification: America (North) -Canada ~2-ethnic~[Inuit]

Willingham-McLain, L. (1997). Arrosoir,oui, Manhattan, non: naming and the law in France. Names, 45(3), 185-202.
Classification: Europe (Western) -France ~1~ancillary~ Name Law

Willson, K. (2002). Political Inflections: Grammar and the Icelandic Surname Debate. in: A. R. Linn, & N. McLelland Standardization: Studies from the Germanic Languages. (pp. 135-152). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Benjamins.
Classification: Europe (Northern) -Iceland

Wilson, G. Sr. (1973). Origins of the people of the Mammoth Cave region as shown by their surnames and regional words. Kentucky Folklore Record , 17(1), 10-18.
Classification: America (North) -Usa~3-region~Kentucky

Wilson, S. (1998). Means of naming : A social historyU.C.L. Press.
Classification: British Isles- England

Winkler, J. De Nederlandsche Geslachtsnamen in oorsprong, Gerschiedenis en BeteekenisHaarlem.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Netherlands

Winkler, J. (1900). Studiën in Nederlandsche namekunde. Haarlem: H.D.Tjeenk Willink & zoon.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Netherlands

Wolf, H. J. (2001). Types de noms de famille sardes. Rivista Italiana Di Onomastica, 7(2), 459-476.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~3~region~ Sardinia

Wolffsohn, M., & Brechenmacher, T. (2000). Nomen est omen: vornamenwahl als demoskopischer indikator – das beispiel München (1787-1876). Geschichte in Wissenschaft Und Unterricht [Germany], 51(5), 313-332.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Germany~3-region~Bavaria

Wolnicz-Pawlowska, E. (1980). Eighteenth century Ukrainian anthroponomy. Onoma, (24), 75-78.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Ukraine

Woods, R. D., & Alvarez-Altman, G. (1978). Spanish surnames in the southwestern United States : a dictionary. Boston: G.K. Hall.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2-ethnic~[Spanish]

Worm, H.-L. (1989). Familiennamen im Hüttenberger Land von 1470 – 1900 / . Darmstadt : Hess. nigung: Familiengeschichtl. Verei.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Germany~3-region~Hesse

Woulfe, P. (1967). Irish names and surnames. Baltimore: Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co.
Classification: Ireland

Wren, C. A problem for the Chinese : Millions of namesakes. New York Times, p. A20-A20.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Wu, E. D. (1999). "They call me Bruce, but they won’t call me Bruce Jones": Asian American naming preferences and patterns. Names, 47(1), 21-50.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2-ethnic~[Asian]

Wu, J. (1984). Riben xingshi renming dacidian . Taipei, Taiwan: Mingshan Chubanshe.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -Japan

Wyatt, G. (1989). Population change and stability in a Cheshire parish during the eighteenth century. Local Population Studies, (43), 47-54.
Classification: British Isles- England-Chesire/ British Isles- England -0- stability\dispersal


Yada Arunwet. (2001). Laklai chu nai chiwit. Krung Thep : Akson Sophon.
Classification: Asia (South Eastern) -Thailand

Yassin, M., & Azziz, F. (1978). Personal Names of Address in Kuwaiti Arabic. Anthropological Linguistics, 20(2), 53-63.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Kuwait

Yassin, M. A. F. (1986). The Arabian way with names : a sociolinguistic approach. Linguist, 25(2), 77-82.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Saudi Arabia

Yemane, E. (2004). Amharic and Ethiopic onomastics : a classic Ethiopian legacy, concept, and ingenuity. Lewiston, N.Y.; Lampeter: Edwin Mellen Press.
Classification: Africa (Eastern) -Ethiopia

Yong-shik, C. (Surnames : microcosmic icon of Korea’s Confucian order [Web Page]. URL link to article [link no longer accessible] [2007, July 4].
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -Korea

Youmans, C. L. (1955). Diccionario de apellidos Castellanos, origen y significado.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Spain ~3-region~ Castille-Leon

Yuhas, B. M. (1991). Surnames in Berks countyBerks County Genealogical Society.
Classification: America (North) -Usa

Yuka, C. (2007). Sentence names in Lamnso’. Iranian Journal of Language Studies, 1(4).
Classification: Africa (Middle) -Cameroon

Yule, V. (1979). Party names. British Psychological Society Bulletin, (32), 455-456.
Classification: British Isles


Zabriskie, G. O. (1962). Genealogist gives help on early Dutch American names. The Genealogical Helper, (16), 251-251.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~2~ethnic~[Dutch]

Zagraniczny, S. J. (1963). Some reasons for Polish surname changes. Polish American Studies, (?), 12-14.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Poland

Zamora, J. (1992). Hugenottische familiennamen im DeutschenHeidelberg.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Germany

Zanette D.H., & Manrubia S.C. (2001). Vertical transmission of culture and the distribution of family names. Physica A, 295(1), 1-8.
Classification: 0- International -statistical

Zara, G. P. (1994). I cognomi sardi di origine ebraica. Cagliari: Artigianarte.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~3~region~ Sardinia

Zarkias, C. (1998). Name and inheritance on the island of Skyros. in: P. H. Stahl Names and social structure: Examples from Southeast Europe (pp. 179-192).
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Greece

Zawawi, S. M. (1998). African muslim namesAfrica World Press.
Classification: Religion -Muslim

Zawawi, S. M. (1993). What’s in a name? Unaitwaje? A Swahili book of names. Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press.
Classification: Africa (Eastern) -Swahili

Zawaydeh, B. A., & Davis, S. (1999). Hypocoristic Formation in Ammani-Jordanian Arabic. in: E. Benmamoun Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics (Vol. 12pp. 113-139).
Classification: Asia (Western) -Jordan

Zei, G., Barbujani, G., Lisa., A., Fiorani, O., Menozzi, P., Siri, E., & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (1993). Barriers to gene flow estimated by surname distribution in Italy. Annals of Human Genetics, 57(2), 123-140.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~1~ancillary~ genetics

Zei, G., Guglielmino, C. R., Siri, E., Moroni, A., & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (1983). Surnames as neutral alleles : observations in Sardinia. Human Biology, 55(2), 357-365.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~1~ancillary~ genetics

Zei, G., Matessi, R. G., Siri, E., Moroni, A., & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (1983). Surnames in Sardinia. I : Fit of frequency distributions for neutral alleles and genetic population structure. Annals of Human Genetics, 47(Oct), 329-352.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~1~ancillary~ genetics

Zei, G., Piazza, A., Moroni, A., & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (1986). Surnames in Sardinia -3 :The spatial-distribution of surnames for testing neutrality of genes. Annals of Human Genetics, 50(May), 169-180.
Classification: Europe (Southern) -Italy ~1~ancillary~ genetics

Zeiden, H. G. (1998). Khazar/Kipchak Turkisms in Yiddish: Words and surnames (Exploring the Slavic ethnogenetic word origins of East European Jewry). Yiddish, 11(1), 81-92.
Classification: Religion -Jewish (East European)

Zelinsky, W. (1970). Cultural variation in personal name patterns in the eastern United States. Annals of the Association of American Geographers , 60(4), 743-769.
Classification: America (North) -Usa ~3-region~ The eastern states

Zgusta, L. (1964). Kleinasiatische Personennamen. Prag: Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Turkey

Zheng, Y. (2008). From Live Righteously to Small Orchid and Construct China: a Systematic Inquiry into Chinese Naming Practice. Y. Zheng (editor), Personal names in Asia : history, culture and identity . University of Hawaii Press.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Zheng, Y. (2008). Personal names in Asia : history, culture and identity. National University of Singapore Press: University of Hawaii Press.
Classification: Asia

Zhongti, L. (1989). Chinese given names since the Cultural Revolution. Names, 37(3), 265-.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Zhu, B., & Millward, C. (1987). Personal names in Chinese. Names, (35), 8-21.
Classification: Asia (Eastern) -China

Ziegler, B. (2007). Müller vs. Andersson: Eine kontrastive Analyse von deutschen und schwedischen Familiennamen. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Stockholm University.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Germany/ Europe (Northern) -Sweden

Ziller, L. (1986). Die Salzburger Familiennamen : ihre Entstehung, Herkunft und Bedeutung. Salzburg: Gesellschaft fur Salzburger Landeskunde%! Die Salzburger Familiennamen : ihre Entstehung, Herkunft und Bedeutung.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Austria

Zoder, R. Familiennamen in Ostfalen. Hildesheim: G. Olms.
Classification: Europe (Western) -Germany

Zonabend, F. (1984). Prénom et identité. in: J. Dupâquier, A. Bideau, & M.-E. Ducreux Le prénom, mode et histoire: Entretiens de Malher, 1980 (pp. 23-27). Paris: Editions de l’Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Classification: Europe (Western) -France

Zubatsky, D. S. (1982). Sources for Jewish genealogies, family histories, and individual Jewish names : a bibliography arranged by surname. Champaign, Illinois: D. Zubatsky.
Classification: Religion -Jewish

Zubatsky, D. S., & Berent, I. M. (1996). Sourcebook for Jewish genealogies and family histories. Teaneck, N.J.: Avotaynu.
Classification: Religion -Jewish

Zubizarreta, H. (2002). Apellidos vascos en Paraguay : sus significados. Lambaré, Paraguay: H.Zubizarreta.
Classification: America (South) -Paraguay

Zuercher, K. (2007). Personal Names in Azerbaijan: A Quantitative Analysis . Names, 55(2), 87-192.
Classification: Asia (Western) -Azerbaijan

Zunz, L. (1971). Namen der Juden : eine geschichtliche untersuchung. Hildesheim: Gerstenberg.
Classification: Religion -Jewish

Zwernemann, J. (1971-1972). Personennamen der Moba. Afrika Und Ubersee, 55.
Classification: Africa (Western) -Burkina Faso

Zyla, W. T. (1970). Adjectival surnames in the Kharkov reister of 1660. Names, (18), 89-96.
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Ukraine

Zyla, W. T. (1975). Kharkiv Register of 1660 : Surname derivation from place names. Vol. 1975. Berichte des XVII Internationaler Kongresses für Namenforschung (pp. 495-506).
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Ukraine

Zyla, W. T. (1966). Ukrainian anthroponomy in the Kharkov register of 1660. Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Onomastic Sciences (pp. 596-604).
Classification: Europe (Eastern) -Ukraine


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