Les noms de famille au Québec : aspects statistiques et distribution spatiale

This publication contains a list of main family names and their occurrence in Québec, the regions, and RCMs. Those names are also the subject of several overall statistical analyses, like concentration indexes. Also included are historic and international comparisons, namely with France and Great Britain.

You will find featured :

• The first 1,000 names by rank;
• The first 5,000 names in alphabetical order;
• The first 50 most common names by RCM and administrative region;
• Maps of regional occurrence of 130 names;
• Trends in occurrence of composite names since 1980;
• Length of names and initials;
• A comparison with names in the 17th and 18th centuries and in 1881;
• A comparison with names in France, Great Britain and the United States.