A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name, which included names of specific locations, such...
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Van Patronymic Toponymic surname "Surname". Britannica. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023. "surname". Oxford Dictionaries...
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Polish names (redirect from Polish surname)
suffix was thus attached to surnames derived from a person's occupation, characteristics, patronymic surnames, or toponymic surnames (from a person's place...
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Berardo. The other family originated in Lombardy and took the name as a toponymic after leaving the region. The Bardi name of the Bardi family originated...
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Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written...
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Poonawalla (category Toponymic surnames)
Poonawalla or Poonawala is an Indian (Parsi/Dawoodi Bohra/Khoja) toponymic surname for someone from Pune (formerly Poona) in India. It may refer to: Adar...
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Miller, one that began as an occupational surname for a miller and another that began as a toponymic surname for people from a locale in Glasgow. Miller...
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the name given to a person upon birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name, or the entire name. Where births are required to be officially...
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/t͡ɕia³⁵/), which originated as a toponymic surname. Jiǎ (賈; IPA: /t͡ɕia²¹⁴/), which also originated as a toponymic surname referring to the State of Jia [zh]...
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Epithet (section Usage prior to surnames)
epithet Makurakotoba Nickname Plant epithet Sobriquet Synecdoche Toponymic surname, a surname derived from a place name Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert...
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Spanish naming customs (redirect from Spanish-language surname)
A toponymic first surname might have been followed by Iglesia(s) or Cruz as a second surname. Nameless children were sometimes given the surname Expósito/Expósita...
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Ayala (Basque: Aiara) is a toponymic surname, originally de Ayala (of Ayala), deriving from the town of Ayala/Aiara in the province of Álava, in the Basque...
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family name affixes Matrilineality Matriname Matronymic Patrilineality Toponymic surname David Hey (2006). Family Names and Family History, pp.92–93. ISBN 1852855509...
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Hawthorne is a toponymic surname of British and Irish origin, originally for someone who lived near a hawthorn hedge or in a place with such a name. Bert...
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Quesada is a Spanish toponymic surname originating from the town of Quesada in Jaén, Andalucia. It was originally the surname of the nobility of the town...
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accordingly to the laws of each State. Oliveira is also a Portuguese toponymic surname, locally originating in Paço de Oliveira, modern-day North province...
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Johnston is in most cases a toponymic surname derived from several places in Scotland. Historically, the surname has been most common throughout Scotland...
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Lithuanian name (redirect from Lithuanian surname)
side") Examples of occupational surnames: Kalvis, Kalvelis, Kalvaitis – from kalvis ("blacksmith") A toponymic surname usually derives from the name of...
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Strickland is an English toponymic surname derived from the manor of Strickland in the historical county of Westmorland, now Cumbria, England, represented...
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Talavera is a Spanish toponymic surname which comes from Talavera de la Reina in the Toledo province of Spain. This surname is occasionally borne as a...
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Nadella is an Indian toponymic surname from Nadendla, a village in Andhra Pradesh, India. Nadendla found primarily among Telugu-speaking Brahmin and Kamma...
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gospels, other than Jesus's family. Mary's epithet Magdalene may be a toponymic surname, meaning that she came from the town of Magdala, a fishing town on...
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Romanian name (redirect from Romanian surname)
given name (prenume) and a family name (surname) (nume or nume de familie). In official documents, surnames usually appear before given names. Romanians...
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Hofstede is a Dutch toponymic surname. A hofstede is a farmhouse with its lands (i.e. a farm). Variant forms are Hofsté, Hofstee and Hofsteede. Notable...
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Norman-Irish gentry family of the toponymic surname de Antōn arose in Co. Kilkenny in the late thirteenth century; their surname was later corrupted to Daton...
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Persian name (redirect from Persian surname)
consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام خانوادگی). Since the Muslim conquest of Persia, some names in Iran...
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Medina is a common Mediterranean toponymic surname of Arabic origin. The surname was derived from several cities and towns of Spain such as Medina del...
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is an Indian toponymic surname from Varad, a village in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, India. Notable people with the surname include: Leo Varadkar...
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Dinsmore is a surname with Scottish and Welsh origins. It is a toponymic surname derived from the lands of Dundemore in Northern Fife, Scotland with origins...
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