Any good resources for surname origin research?

[Savant]

The web is full of charlatans who will manufacture a coat of arms and family history etc to sell you for a few dollars, does anyone know of some good resources with some validity and integrity to them?

[Albion]

Type in "Surname DB" on google, its a good surname site for North European surnames.

[Beorn]

Type in "Surname DB" on google, its a good surname site for North European surnames.

You mean?: http://www.surnamedb.com/

They are rather good.

[Psychonaut]

Ancestry.com's surname search engine is quite good.

[Beorn]

Ancestry.com's surname search engine is quite good.

It's shit. Look!

Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)

LOL! Scotland IS UK.

Stupid Amerikwans

[Pallantides]

You mean?: http://www.surnamedb.com/

They are rather good.

This is all I get when I search for my family names 'Please accept our apologies but this surname has yet to be researched.'

[Ibericus]

This website tells you the regions where is most common a surname wich normally it's the region where it originated (not in the New World):
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Main.aspx

[Pallantides]

I think 'world names' is rather good
http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org

My surname


Mother's Maiden name


Also a few other family names

paternal



maternal

[Pallantides]

This one is wrong.
Since there is no Ø/Ö I used just O, but here is with 'OE' instead, wich is more accurate, since my maternal grandmother's maiden name is of Swedish origin.

[Albion]

I think 'world names' is rather good
http://worldnames.publicprofiler.org

My surname


Mother's Maiden name


Also a few other family names

paternal



maternal

Wow, no need to guess where you come from. up