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# What’s in a surname?
- URL: https://jasontucker.blog/whats-in-a-surname/
- Published: 2006-01-17T13:36:58.000Z
- Updated: 2006-01-17T13:36:58.000Z
- Author: Jason Tucker
- Tags: #wordpress

From BBC:

**Everyone’s got a surname, but now a website which maps names against areas of the country where they are most common helps shed light on where our families come from.**

[![](http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/magazine_enl_1137513639/img/laun.jpg)](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4620786.stm?ref=jasontucker.blog)

See how Tuckers, Walkers and Fullers have dispersed

Its weird to see your last name on a website like BBC. Once the site calms down a bit I’m going to look up Tucker and see what it says. I had no clue that many Tuckers were there.  
[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/](http://www.spatial-literacy.org/?ref=jasontucker.blog)