Identifying spatial concentrations of surnames

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 309-325

  Cheshire, James A ^a   Longley, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

family names; Great Britain; kernel density estimation; surnames

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENEALOGY; GIS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858610769     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.591291     Document Type: Article

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