Website that gives info on last names in the US? (saw it here, can't find it again!)

Factual Questions
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A little bit ago (maybe a month or so), there was a thread that had in it a link to a website. This website let you put in a last name and it would give information like:

  • how many people with that name are in the US
  • how many times the last name has been in newspapers
  • the origin of the word

I mentioned it to my mom, and she’s eager to use it, since she’s doing geneology research on our family. Unfortunately, I can’t remember what it was or where to find it! :smack:

Does anyone know where this site is?

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Google ?

3

This link should get you to the U. S. Gov Genealogy site

4

This answers only one of your three questions, but it scores points for interactivity!!

5

Well, I couldn’t figure out the right phrases to use in google, Duckster (had a brain fart; usually I am quite skilled at google-fu), but I managed to find it on Ancestry.com

But forget that, lookit aaelghat’s link! THAT IS SO BLEEPIN COOL!