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JASs Invited Reviews

With most surname research undertaken within the fields of anthropology and population genetics, geographers have overlooked surnames as a credible data source. In addition to providing a review of recent developments in surname analysis, this paper highlights areas where geographers can make important contributions to advancing surname research, both in terms of its quality and also its applic...

Variation in Hispanic Self-Identification, Spanish Surname, and Geocoding: Implications for Ethnicity Data Collection

This study examines the variation in surname analysis and geocoding, and their association with self-identified Hispanics in an HMO. We collected ethnicity data from three studies, and employed Spanish surname software and census tract level geocoding to create proxies for Hispanic ethnicity. We computed sensitivity, specificity, and estimated multivariate logistic regression models to examine ...

Anarchy in International Relations Theory: The Neorealist-Neoliberal Debate<article-title>Neorealism and its Critics.</article-title> <contrib-group><contrib> <name name-style="western" index="Keohane, Robert O."> <given-names>Robert O.</given-names> <surname>Keohane</surname> </name> </contrib></contrib-group><article-title>Neorealism and Neoliberalism: The Contemporary Debate.</article-title> <contrib-group><contrib> <name name-style="western" index="Baldwin, David A."> <given-names>David A.</given-names> <surname>Baldwin</surname> </name> </contrib></contrib-group>

Growing Up Without a Father and a Pursuit for the Right Surname

Young people who grew up without their biological fathers may or may not use their surnames. This paper contributes to an understanding of young people’s views of the relevance of a biological paternal surname. We conducted gender-matched in-depth interviews with 73 volunteers aged 14-39 in two South African provinces and transcribed and translated audio-recorded home language interviews into E...

Footprints of Middle Ages Kingdoms Are Still Visible in the Contemporary Surname Structure of Spain

To assess whether the present-day geographical variability of Spanish surnames mirrors historical phenomena occurred at the times of their introduction (13th-16th century), and to infer the possible effect of foreign immigration (about 11% of present-day) on the observed patterns of diversity, we have analyzed the frequency distribution of 33,753 unique surnames (tokens) occurring 51,419,788 ti...