Ever wondered how Welsh your surname really is? One quick and easy way to find out is via a heatmap that aims to give users an idea of where their surname is popular. Enter your surname and the ...

Jim Wells, a longtime University of Kentucky mathematics professor, went to bed one night pondering a maddening and fruitless decades-long search for the origins of an ancestor. He woke up the next ...

Have you ever wondered about the origins of your surname? Are you a Plymothian through and through? Now there's a way to discover just how Plymouth your surname really is with a clever website. With ...

A simple new map lets you search how common your surname is in different parts of the UK and could even reveal where your family originates from. Named has been developed by geographers at the ...

Male adoptees are using consumer DNA tests to predict the surnames carried by their biological fathers, the BBC has learned. They are using the fact that men who share a surname sometimes have genetic ...

We all have at least one first name and one surname. However, very few of us know about the origin and meaning of the latter. With the help of artificial intelligence, many people want to find out ...