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University College London Geography professor James Cheshire has mapped the 15 most common surnames and their places of residence in London. Sunames are colour coded by their origin and scaled by their frequency.
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This map mostly shows which communities tend to share a small number of surnames – which includes the Welsh (Jones, Williams) as well as South Asian communities.