South American (plus Mexico) countries with the highest frequency of non-Iberian European surnames

[Costas]

This is just a game so don't take it seriously.

I used the most common surnames in Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy according to Wikipedia. I didn't use surnames that were common in many countries (e.g. Thomas is common both in France and Britain).

Then I saw the frequency by country in South America & Mexico.

And after that I ranked them and gave them points according to the Eurovision system.

Here are the results:





GERMAN

1. Brazil = 154 points

2. Paraguay = 126 points

3. Argentina = 125 points

4. Chile = 111 points

5. Uruguay = 95 points

6. Bolivia = 87 points

7. Mexico = 46 points

7. Venezuela = 46 points

9. Ecuador = 32 points

10. Peru = 31 points

11. Colombia = 17 points



Details:




Biggest surprise is probably Paraguay coming in second place. Bolivia is also higher than expected, likely due to the Mennonite communities. The rest is pretty much as expected.

[Costas]

BRITISH

1. Chile = 129 points

2. Argentina = 121 points

3. Uruguay = 107 points

4. Mexico = 77 points

5. Paraguay = 75 points

6. Venezuela = 73 points

7. Ecuador = 72 points

8. Bolivia = 65 points

9. Brazil = 58 points

10. Colombia = 55 points

11. Peru = 38 points



Details:




No surprises here. The Southern Cone pretty far away from the rest of the group. Probably the only unexpected thing is Brazil coming so low. I would've thought it'd be ranked higher.

[Costas]

FRENCH

1. Argentina = 143 points

2. Uruguay = 109 points

3. Chile = 102 points

4. Mexico = 98 points

5. Venezuela = 93 points

6. Brazil = 88 points

7. Peru = 74

8. Paraguay = 51 points

9. Bolivia = 41 points

10. Colombia = 39 points

11. Ecuador = 33 points



Details:




Again the Southern Cone filling up the podium. The biggest surprise is probably Mexico almost reaching the 3rd place. Also Peru is quite high compared to the other rankings.

[Costas]

ITALIAN

1. Argentina = 174 points

2. Uruguay = 146 points

3. Brazil = 124 points

4. Venezuela = 90 points

5. Chile = 73 points

6. Paraguay = 60 points

7. Bolivia = 47 points

8. Peru = 46 points

9. Mexico = 39 points

10. Ecuador = 36 points

11. Colombia = 35 points



Details:




No surprises here. Argentina absolutely smashed it. Venezuela comes in 4th but that was expectable. Maybe Bolivia is higher ranked than expected – it'd be the only upset.

[Costas]

I've been doing this for over 2 weeks

Finally finished it.

So yeah, pretty interesting in my opinion. Some unexpected things.

Feel free to comment.

[Spyy]

Italian seems very accurate
German: A bit surprised with Paraguay, the german community in Paraguay is very known, but I thought Argentina or Chile had a higher frequency.
I am not expert in British or French influence, but it's probably accurate as well.

[Peterski]

What about Polish surnames?

There are quite a lot of Polish-Brazilians and Polish-Argentinians, check this data:

http://polmap.pdg.pl/mapy/polonia_na_swiecie.htm

But I guess that they are changing their surnames, because Polish ones are often hard to pronounce. Also there are quite a lot of Poles with surnames of German origin (for example my mom's maiden name).

[Argentano]

What about Polish surnames?

There are quite a lot of Polish-Brazilians and Polish-Argentinians, check this data:

http://polmap.pdg.pl/mapy/polonia_na_swiecie.htm

But I guess that they are changing their surnames, because Polish ones are often hard to pronounce. Also there are quite a lot of Poles with surnames of German origin (for example my mom's maiden name).

a lot of the "Polish Argentines" are jews and a lot of the "Russian Argentines" are Volga Germans. IF you check surnames databases (forebears) its pretty evident.

I have met some jews at work who were "polish"

[Argentano]

Costas this is an amazing work. I hadnt seen this thread before. I think the charts are pretty accurate and show a very reasonable result.

This surname pages are great because they take into account millons of people. Genetic studies normally have samles of 50-2000 people in heterogeneous countries of 40-200 millons.

[Tooting Carmen]

Interesting findings indeed.