Here are three very helpful tools for searching for family in Asturias by last names.
The Spanish White Pages
Your first step should be a search in the Spanish phone book:
http://blancas.paginasamarillas.es/jsp/home.jsp
If you don't know which county or town your family was from, the white pages may be helpful because the listings show where your family names are most common.
If you're lucky, you may even locate family members!
You should specific "Asturias" for province.
You can specify the city ("localidad"), or leave it blank. You should leave it blank unless you are certain about where your family lived.
You have to enter at least one name: a first name ("nombre"), or one of the family names ("primer apellido" or "segunda apellido").
You probably shouldn't enter a first name.
But try your family names separately in both the first and second family name fields.
If one of your family names is unusual, start with that. (Names like Fernández, Menéndez, Díaz, Garciá, González, Alvarez, and Rodríquez are extremely common.)
Public Profiler's World Names
This site's name frequency tool is very interesting. The maps are very helpful.
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/FAQ.aspx
If you click on Spain on the world map, then on Asturias on the Spain map, you'll get even more detail.
The FAQ page says they get most of their data from the phone directories, so it's a sampling with some limitations, but it's probably sufficiently accurate for our needs.
There are different ways to search. "Ethnicity" as a category is pretty flimsy, and Asturian doesn't appear, although Galician does.
The area search will show the top first names and last names for a city or area name.
For Avilés:
Top Forenames
MANUEL
JOSE
JOSE MANUEL
JOSE LUIS
ANTONIO
JOSE ANTONIO
FRANCISCO
ANGEL
JESUS
LUIS
Top Surnames
FERNANDEZ
GARCIA
GONZALEZ
ALVAREZ
RODRIGUEZ
LOPEZ
PEREZ
SUAREZ
MENENDEZ
MARTINEZ
The Antroponimia tool of the Sociedad asturiana de estudios económicos e industriales
http://www.sadei.es/
This site has a lot of interesting data. Unfortunately, it's extremely difficult to navigate. It's a little easier with Internet Explorer than Firefox, but still difficult.
To use the last name frequency tool, go to http://www.sadei.es/
On the home page, click on the face image at the lower right side:
On the new page that appears, you can select either first names or last names. You'll probably want last names (apellidos).
On the next page that appears, look at the bottom half where it says, "Dónde es más frecuente el apellido ..."
I'd recommend chosing "Nacimiento" (their birth place) instead of "Residencia" (where they're living).
Then type in a last name and click "Buscar".
It'll show the consejos or counties in Asturias where the names are found, listing in the order of frequency, for both first and second last names.
Some of the percentages are over 100%, so I'm not sure whether to trust this application. Also, it doesn't say what year or years the data are for. Perhaps there's an explanation I didn't see.
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Aquí son tres herramientas muy utiles para la búsqueda para familia en Asturias por apellidos.
Las páginas blancas españolas
Tu primer paso debe ser una búsqueda en el directorio telefónico en español:
http://blancas.paginasamarillas.es/jsp/home.jsp
Si no sabes de cuál consejo o pueblo vino tu familia, las páginas blancas puede ser útil porque la lista mostrará donde aparecen los apellidos.
¡Si tienes suerte, puedes localizar a miembros de la familia!
Debes específicar "Asturias" para la provincia.
Puedes especificar la ciudad ("localidad") o dejarlo en blanco.
Debes dejar en blanco a menos que estés seguro acerca de dónde tu familia vivía.
Debes introducir al menos un nombre o uno de los apellidos.
Probablemente no deberías introducir un nombre de pila.
Pero pruebe los apellidos separadamente, tanto en los campos de nombre primero y segundo de la familia.
Si uno de tus apellidos es poco común, empeza con eso. (Nombres como Fernández, Menéndez, Díaz, García, González, Álvarez y Rodríguez son muy comunes.)
World Public Profiler de nombres
Ese instrumento de la frecuencia de nombres que notas es muy interesante. Los mapas son muy útiles.
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/FAQ.aspx
Si haces clic en España en el mapa mundial, a continuación, en Asturias en el mapa de España, obtendrá aún más detalle.
La página de preguntas frecuentes dice que obtienen la mayor parte de los datos de los directorios de teléfono, así que es una muestra con algunas limitaciones, pero parece que sea suficientemente precisa para nuestro uso.
Hay diferentes maneras de buscar. "Etnicidad" como una categoría es muy endeble, y asturiano no aparece, aunque gallego aparece.
Con la búsqueda por área se muestran los principales nombres y apellidos de una ciudad o de una zona.
Para Avilés:
Nombres de pila más frecuentes
MANUEL
JOSE
JOSE MANUEL
JOSE LUIS
ANTONIO
JOSE ANTONIO
FRANCISCO
ANGEL
JESUS
LUIS
Apellidos más frecuentes
FERNANDEZ
GARCIA
GONZALEZ
ALVAREZ
RODRIGUEZ
LOPEZ
PEREZ
SUAREZ
MENENDEZ
MARTINEZ
La herramienta Antroponimia de la Sociedad asturiana de estudios económicos e industriales
http://www.sadei.es/
Esta página tiene un montón de datos interesantes. Desafortunadamente, es muy difícil de navegar. Es un poco más fácil con Internet Explorer que Firefox, pero sigue siendo difícil.
Para utilizar la herramienta de frecuencia de apellidos, ve a http://www.sadei.es/
En el inicio, haz clic en la imagen de una cara en el lado inferior derecho:
En la nueva página que aparece, puedes seleccionar nombres o apellidos. Probablemente querrás apellidos.
En la siguiente página, busca en la parte inferior donde dice: "Dónde es más frecuente el apellido ..."
Recomiendo que elijas "Nacimiento" (su lugar de nacimiento) en lugar de "Residencia" (donde están viviendo).
A continuación, escriba un apellido y haga clic en "Buscar".
Va a mostrar los consejos en Asturias donde se encuentran los apellidos, en el orden de frecuencia, tanto por los apellidos primero como segundos.
Algunos de los porcentajes son más de 100%, así que no tengo mucho confianza en esta aplicación. Además, no dice de cuál año o cuales años pertenecen los datos. Quizás haya una explicación que no vi.
Searching by family names - Buscando por apellidos
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Hola Art
Ya vi el link y bueno,lo que veo que dise que son actualizados desde el 2004,lo otro es que tengo hasta los padres de los Bisabuelos,Raquel me recomienda esperar a que tenga la Fé de Baustimo para asi tener mas datos que dar en las llamdas que haga,aunque les confiezo que me da como un poquito de cosas llamar,porque la famila dira a estas alturas de la vida jejeej,pero bueno me ariesgare.Bueno muy agradesida de todos,seguimos en contacto.
Saludos Ahudys
If you're wondering how to use the Spanish White Pages because you don't read Spanish or understand Spanish names, here's a tip sheet for searching for possible relatives.
Go to:
http://blancas.paginasamarillas.es/jsp/home.jsp
First, you may have to click on "cerrar" to close the ad. It may reappear every time you go to the blank form.
Then choose: Particulares y empresas, and not Organismos públicos.
Particulares means "individuals".
The instructions say, "Rellena, al menos, 1 de los 3 campos:"
Which means, "Fill in at least one of these three fields."
Nombre / Razón social
These mean "first name" (for nombre) and "business or organization name" (for razón social).
Leave them blank, unless you know the first name of the person you're looking for.
Primer apellido
This means "First last name".
The people this search finds will be children of a male with your forebear's last name (or the specific person who you already know with this first last name).
Start by adding one of your family member's last names here. If your family member was José Canga Velasco, his first apellido is Canga, which is from his father's side.
You should do this search again with Velasco, his second apellido, to find other possible relatives from his mother's side.
Note that you should search for Canga under both first and second last names because you will find relatives under both options. (But only put the last name in one field at a time.)
Segundo apellido
This means "Second last name".
The people this search finds will be children of a female with your forebear's last name (or the person who you know with this second last name).
So, do another two searches by adding one of your family member's last names here. If your family member was José Canga Velasco, his second apellido is Velasco.
Remember to use both first and second last names (Canga and Velasco) in this field to find possible relatives. (Leave the first apellido field blank, unless you are looking for someone you already know).
Provincia
This means "state or province".
Here put asturias.
Localidad
It basically means "county".
Here put langreo.
Calle
This means "street or road".
Leave this blank, unless you know the street they lived on and think the family may still live there.
Nº
Leave this blank, unless you know the house number of someone who may live in a specific home.
Go to:
http://blancas.paginasamarillas.es/jsp/home.jsp
First, you may have to click on "cerrar" to close the ad. It may reappear every time you go to the blank form.
Then choose: Particulares y empresas, and not Organismos públicos.
Particulares means "individuals".
The instructions say, "Rellena, al menos, 1 de los 3 campos:"
Which means, "Fill in at least one of these three fields."
Nombre / Razón social
These mean "first name" (for nombre) and "business or organization name" (for razón social).
Leave them blank, unless you know the first name of the person you're looking for.
Primer apellido
This means "First last name".
The people this search finds will be children of a male with your forebear's last name (or the specific person who you already know with this first last name).
Start by adding one of your family member's last names here. If your family member was José Canga Velasco, his first apellido is Canga, which is from his father's side.
You should do this search again with Velasco, his second apellido, to find other possible relatives from his mother's side.
Note that you should search for Canga under both first and second last names because you will find relatives under both options. (But only put the last name in one field at a time.)
Segundo apellido
This means "Second last name".
The people this search finds will be children of a female with your forebear's last name (or the person who you know with this second last name).
So, do another two searches by adding one of your family member's last names here. If your family member was José Canga Velasco, his second apellido is Velasco.
Remember to use both first and second last names (Canga and Velasco) in this field to find possible relatives. (Leave the first apellido field blank, unless you are looking for someone you already know).
Provincia
This means "state or province".
Here put asturias.
Localidad
It basically means "county".
Here put langreo.
Calle
This means "street or road".
Leave this blank, unless you know the street they lived on and think the family may still live there.
Nº
Leave this blank, unless you know the house number of someone who may live in a specific home.