www.CostaRicaTicas.com

http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Main.aspx

Pretty interesting.

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Interesting, but I wonder about the accuracy. Only 48% of the people in Ireland are Irish? And O'Brien didn't even register there, though Argentina did. Hmmm.

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Yeah it's in its infancy and only lists 26 countries and relies on peoples honesty. Still a nice start though. I'm thinking that a lot of Europeans may have dual residency in other countries ect. That may be a reason for some of the odd places, although not always the case, that you find O'Brien's in other parts.

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Was dead on for me. All my grandparents were born in Ireland. Plugging in my fathers surname and my mothers Ireland was number 1 on the list for both of them.

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Seemed pretty legit for me.

My surname came up only in the U.S. This is true since when the old farts got to Ellis Island they didn't like the original and gave them an Americanized name, with a part of which was a word formed in the U.S.

The city where the name is most prominent was the town that my father was born in. He had twelve brothers/sisters. My father was the only one to move to California, all the rest stayed in Ohio. I guess that their Ch*ldren multiplied greatly.

Virtually ever time someone reads my last name, they are amazed, and usually don't believe it. It has been a lifetime of, "How did you get that last name?" Just like virtually everyone else, it was passed down from my father!!!!!

Health & happiness to all................

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In my case it was right on as well. All over France and a few in Belgium, then hear in the US and Canada. My sister recently had me do a DNA test for getting further back into family bloodline history and that was really wild. Turns out our next closest matches are in various parts of Italy, mainly Sicily, then all over the Mediterranean.

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Funny thing--no data for what I'm sometimes called--"Scheiskopf". Just funnin"--my tribe sure got dispersed; on the run to the U. S. or "transported" to Australia.

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scheiskopf lol

Had to look it up but I am LMAO.

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Yeah, my Irish last name has 4 times the amount in the USA than in Ireland. All thanks to bad potatos!

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And English rapacity. There was plenty of food in Ireland, it was just controlled and shipped out by the English aristocrat landlords, and thus my/our people starved, had to live in ditches after eviction, etc. etc. Now don't get me started about Black 47--I still get a bit nuts. No offense meant to present English Brothers, aristocrats or not--but we Celtics have very long memories, somewhat akin to Sicilians/Corsicans/ Catalans, and for quite the same reasons--being oppressed by overlords who didn't appreciate language/cultural differences but saw us as a net supplier of cheap labor and raw materials. Damn shame about Lord Mountbatten's boat though--it was swell and innocent.

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Of interest:

gens-us.net/map/genera.html

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Cool. both parents Italy 1st, Argentina 2nd.. USA 4th or 5th. always wondered why so many Italians in Argentina. someday I may visit even if I hate that jackass Maradona.

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