{"id":6846,"date":"2011-01-22T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/22\/thedailywhat-whats-in-a-surname-phone\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T01:05:38","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T01:05:38","slug":"thedailywhat-whats-in-a-surname-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/22\/thedailywhat-whats-in-a-surname-phone\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-6846 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/22\/thedailywhat-whats-in-a-surname-phone\/attachment\/6847\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lfc773L7Wx1qzpwi0o1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lfc773L7Wx1qzpwi0o1_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lfc773L7Wx1qzpwi0o1_640-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thedailywh.at\/post\/2845662381\" target=\"_blank\">thedailywhat<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>What&rsquo;s in a Surname?\u00a0<\/strong>Phone directories and some computer software helped a team of University College London geographers <a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2011\/02\/geography\/usa-surnames-interactive\" target=\"_blank\">compile a US map<\/a> of most common last names by region.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ngm.com\/blog_central\/2011\/01\/whats-in-a-surname.html\" target=\"_blank\">From NatGeo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Many of these names came from Great Britain, reflecting the long head start the British had over many other settlers. The low diversity of names in parts of the British Isles also had an impact. Williams, for example, was a common name among Welsh immigrants\u2014and is still among the top names in many American states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ngm.nationalgeographic.com\/2011\/02\/geography\/usa-surnames-interactive\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to get interactive.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymodernmet.com\/profiles\/blogs\/infographic-united-states-of\" target=\"_blank\">mmm<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>thedailywhat: What&rsquo;s in a Surname?\u00a0Phone directories and some computer software helped a team of University College London geographers compile a US map of most common last names by region. From NatGeo: Many of these names came from Great Britain, reflecting the long head start the British had over many other settlers. The low diversity of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2011\/01\/22\/thedailywhat-whats-in-a-surname-phone\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6848,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6846\/revisions\/6848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}