<http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/>Link (via <http://www.languagehat.com/>language hat)
--Posted By johannes to <http://www.monochrom.at/english/2008/05/uk-family-names-1881-and-1998.htm>monochrom at 5/19/2008 12:06:00 PM
A <http://www.linguism.co.uk/language/my-name>post at 'Linguism'
links to a useful-looking site that "tracks the distribution of
family names in Great Britain in 1881 and 1998":
This gives the absolute frequency of a name, and also its relative
frequency (occurrences per million of the population) and ranking
(where its frequency stands in relation to all other family names).
There is also a map which shows the areas where the name appears most
frequently.
