Open AccessThe Most Common Spanish SurnalDes in the United States: Some New Data Sources
Author(s) -
Ira Rosenwaike
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
names
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1756-2279
pISSN - 0027-7738
DOI - 10.1179/nam.1991.39.4.325
Subject(s) - distribution (mathematics) , ranking (information retrieval) , geography , index (typography) , demography , genealogy , history , sociology , mathematics , computer science , information retrieval , mathematical analysis , world wide web
Data from two sources not available until recently, the National Death Index and the Medicare enrollment files, reveal patterns in the distribution of Spanish surnames in the U.S. not observed by previous investigators. The Medicare data Permit ranking of surnames for specific geographic areas, showing, in the case of Spanish surnames, that the frequency distribution in the U.S. reflects the distribution among Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans.