Behind the Name
the etymology and history of surnames
Login   Register
Search

What's New

Name Updates Other Updates

January 25, 2013
Update 85

October 10, 2012
Update 84

November 18, 2011
Update 83 - spelling/grammar corrections

October 30, 2011
Update 82 - clean up, create links into given name database

July 20, 2011
Update 81 - clean up

June 1, 2011
Update 80 - clean up

July 28, 2012
Namesakes added to the surnames site.

June 2, 2011
Site redesign, giving the surnames site many of the same features as the given name site. For example comments can be now be left for surnames.

March 3, 2010
Site redesign.

November 22, 2006
Added statistics for Belgium, England/Wales and Hungary to the most common surnames page.

November 21, 2006
Added statistics for Sweden, Norway, Argentina and France to the most common surnames page.

February 14, 2005
Added statistics for Scotland to the most common surnames page.

July 5, 2004
Upgraded the interface to PHP.

May 31, 2002
Site launch!

Home About | Copyright © | Terms | Contact
Advertising served by SheKnows Family