This work, containing more than a thousand maps and commentaries, is the first to document the surname stock of Germany by statistical occurrence and geographical distribution. There is a grammatical part dealing with the phonematics, graphematics, morphematics, and syntagmatics, while cultural historiansare served with a lexical part (surnames by place of origin, by occupation, by nicknames, by given names).

This essential work with its more than a thousand maps and commentaries is the first to document the surname stock of the Federal Republic of Germany by statistical occurrence and geographical distribution. It meets the interests of linguists with a grammatical part (three volumes) dealing with the phonematics, graphematics, mor-phematics and syntagmatics of family names, while cultural historians and population historians are served with a lexical part (three volumes - surnames by place of origin and domicile, by occupation and by nicknames, by given names). The atlas provides a new basis for onomastics. It also presents an indispensable aid to other disciplines from social history through research into settlement and migration to genetics.

Dieser Band vereint 20 BeitrAge aktueller Forschungen zur Familiennamengeographie in Europa und bietet damit erstmals einen Aoeberblick A1/4ber die internationale Forschung. Das Spektrum reicht von lAnderA1/4bergreifenden Untersuchungen (Skandinavien) A1/4ber lAnderspezifische Darstellungen (z. B. A-sterreich, Deutschland, Niederlande, England, Polen, Spanien, Portugal) bis hin zu kleinrAumigen PhAnomenen (z. B. Alemanisch, Westmitteldeutsch). Zahlreiche Verbreitungskarten dokumentieren die arealen VerhAltnisse.