Cool map.
It's interesting to see how certain names are spread out across the world.
Did some checking on some surnames in my family, including Holmes, Scobee (& its variants), West, & Moore. The most interesting thing I found was the origin listed for Scobee & Moore, and it makes me wonder how accurate this site is in regards to name origin? 
For Scobee it was unknown, for Scobie it was Scottish, & Scoby English -- all 3 appear in my linage / Scoby is a variant also found in Scotland though it does appear in England & is said to be taken from a Norse place name for 'farm' (the Scottish Scobie's etc said to take their name from Rescobie, however this is in Forfar & not Perthshire, where the name is said to orginate 
).
For Moore - English, O'More - unknown, & O'Moore - English 
(Moore & O'More are also variants in my family from Ulster - my O'Mores traced to the pre-plantation era).
Interesting.....
Last edited by BoldHighlander; 17th October 08 at 04:38 PM.
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