How can u find the origin of your last name on the internet w/out paying?

See my last name is always the hardest to find so I would really like to know where i'm really from!

How can u find the origin of your last name on the internet w/out paying?
Hi there-


There is this interesting website that gives you information as well as variations of your last name and a general idea of the origin. I too have a hard last name, so I did get a website a long time ago that had some information but I can't seem to find it in my links. I'll have to look again.





However, here are a few to start you off:





http://www.last-names.net/Articles/Place...


http://www.nameseekers.co.uk/surname.htm


http://genealogy.about.com/od/surnames/a...





Hope this helps! Good Luck!
Reply:Have you tried doing a web search? I just did one for my maiden name %26amp; discovered that it is Welsh (from Wales). And I found web sights for several other people with the same last name spelt the same way. So try that, it doesn't cost anything except a few min. of your time.


By the way my name was Mattocks!!
Reply:You can go to Ancestry.com and do basic searches and get information on names without paying for a membership.


http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/defa...
Reply:There are a lot of sites that will tell you the different countries a suname has come from; however, you will need to do a little more research to see which country you are actually from. If nothing else, you can try to find other last-name search engines online.





Here are a few sites to start with:


http://genealogy.about.com/library/surna...


http://www.searchforancestors.com/surnam...


http://www.last-names.net/Articles/Anato...
Reply:I wish I knew...
Reply:Mine is too! Sorry to tell you this, but I don't think there is one. You could try the free trial version at the link below, but to keep going back to it will cost you money after a while. Good luck finding one though!
Reply:babynames.com
Reply:Depending on what the last name is, you may be able to find it in a dictionary.


Or, you could try doing a wikipedia search for it.