Identifying spatial concentrations of surnames
Identifying spatial concentrations of surnames
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DOI：
10.1080/13658816.2011.591291
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Longley, Paul A.
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作者：
Cheshire, James A.;Longley, Paul A.
姓氏（家族名称）作为空间参考人口数据的宝贵来源一直被忽视。这里提出了一种基于核密度估计的方法，用于确定英国姓氏最集中的地区。这不仅表明一个姓氏在这个国家的地理起源，而且表明它目前的空间范围以及与其他姓氏和地名的空间关系。我们认为，这种分析可以提供基线和变化度量，并为变化预测提供经验基础。这种分析提供了对国家、区域和地方人口结构变化的宝贵见解，并证明了gisscience与人口遗传学、历史地理学和家谱的相关性。
Surnames (family names) have been overlooked as a valuable source of spatially referenced population data. Presented here is a methodology, based on kernel density estimation, which is used to identify the areas of Great Britain where any surname is most concentrated. This not only indicates a surname's geographic origin in the country but also its current spatial extent and spatial relationship with other surnames and place names. We argue that such analysis can provide baseline and change measures, and an empirical basis to change forecasting. Such analysis offers valuable insights into national, regional and local changes in population structure, and testimony to the relevance of GIScience to population genetics, historical geography and genealogy.