Common surname areas: Austria and the Czech Republic

Abstract

Over many centuries, family name areas developed across borders between the Archduchy of Austria and the Kingdom of Bohemia. While historical events destroyed any trace of some of these areas, other can, at least to some extent, still be detected. Some of these areas were destroyed by historical events, while others are still extant or can be traced in remnants. These are illustrated and interpreted using distribution maps from KdeJsme and Geogen Austria. Three types of areas are shown:
(1) small-scale areas that extend across both sides of the national border (examples Putschögl/Pučegl, Jungbauer)
(2) areas that extend from south to north across the state border (examples Binder/ Pinter, Draxler/Traxler)
(3) areas that extend from north to south across the state border (example Doležal).