This talk was presented at the Royal Geographical Society's Annual Conference, London. 2010

1. Analysing and Visualising Social Change: The Case of Surnames RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Thursday 2nd September 2010 James Cheshire UCL Department of Geography [email_address] spatialanalysis.co.uk @spatialanalysis

4. ...we have migrant surnames to consider as well. Surnames in Great Britain

7. Flett Richards www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk

8. How have the spatial characteristics of surnames in Great Britain changed between 1881 and 2001? - At an individual level. - At an aggregate level.

10. Individual Surnames: Density Analysis

11. Individual Surnames: Density Analysis

12. Individual Surnames: Results Approx. 20,000 surnames analysed.

14. Groups of Surnames: Distance Measures Can be thought of as placing the districts in “surname space”.

16. Groups of Surnames: Results 1

17. Groups of Surnames: Results 2 1881 2001

18. Groups of Surnames: Results 3 1881 2001

19. Groups of Surnames: Results 2 1881 2001

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22. Thank You James Cheshire UCL Department of Geography [email_address] spatialanalysis.co.uk @spatialanalysis