Dictionary of American Family Names

by Patrick Hanks

Where did your surname come from? Do you know how many people in the United States share it? What does it tell you about your lineage? From the editor of the highly acclaimed Dictionary of Surnames comes the most extensive compilation of surnames in America. The result of 10 years of research and 30 consulting editors, this massive undertaking documents 70,000 surnames of Americans across the country. A reference source like no other, it surveys each...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195165594
• ISBN13: 9780195165593
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (sd)
• Length: 3 Pages
• Weight: 4.75 lbs.