A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with...
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Portuguese name (redirect from Portuguese surname)
family surname and the father's family surname (rarely only one surname, sometimes more than two). For practicality, usually only the last surname (excluding...
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Spanish naming customs (redirect from Spanish-language surname)
or composite) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the...
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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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most common surnames by continent: List of most common surnames in Asia List of most common surnames in Europe List of most common surnames in North America...
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Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use...
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Smith is an occupational surname originating in England. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada,...
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A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble...
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Dobermann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Karl Friedrich Louis Dobermann (1834–1894), German dog breeder Rudi Dobermann (1902–1979)...
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These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Republic of China (Taiwan)...
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surname 常 (Cháng). It was listed 80th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames...
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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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Double-barrelled name (redirect from Double-barrelled surname)
A double-barrelled name is a type of compound surname, typically featuring two words (occasionally more), often joined by a hyphen. Notable people with...
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Nguyen (redirect from Nguyen (surname))
(sometimes abbreviated as Ng̃) is the most common surname of the Vietnamese people. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as...
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This is a list of Korean surnames, in hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee...
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Bing (redirect from Bing (surname))
Palmer Candy Company Bing (German surname), a German-language surname Bing (Chinese surname) (邴), a Chinese surname Bing Prefecture, an ancient Chinese...
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Surname maps are maps which display and indicate the highest concentration of residents with a particular surname, or set of surnames. This information...
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is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by...
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Luk (redirect from Luk (surname))
not all) Chinese surnames that are romanized as Lu in Mandarin. It may refer to: Lu (surname 陆) Lu (surname 禄) Lu (surname 逯) Lu (surname 鹿) Luk (band),...
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The Surname Law (Turkish: Soyadı Kanunu) of the Republic of Turkey is a law adopted on 21 June 1934, requiring all citizens of Turkey to adopt the use...
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Xiong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 熊 (Xióng). It is 41st in the Hundred Family Surnames, contained in the verse 熊紀舒屈 (Xiong, Ji, Shu...
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Kwong3) is a Chinese surname that originated from central China. Although Kuang is not amongst the 100 most common Chinese surnames, it is common amongst...
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Irish name (redirect from Irish surname)
Irish name consists of a given name and a surname. In the Irish language, most surnames are patronymic surnames (distinct from patronyms, which are seen...
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This article contains lists of the most common surnames in some of the countries of Europe, in alphabetical order of the country. At the moment, listings...
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Xu (redirect from Xu (surname))
Xu or XU may refer to: Xu (surname 徐) (徐 Xú) Xu (surname 許) (许/許 Xǔ) Xu (surname 胥) (胥 Xū) The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but...
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Shim is the surname of the following people Andrew Shim (born 1983), American-born English actor Meleana Shim (born 1991), American soccer midfielder...
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English-language surname. It was the 19th most common surname in Ireland in 1901 with 15,417 members. It is the 34th most common surname in Australia, 32nd...
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Kümmel (redirect from Kümmel (surname))
"caraway" in German. It may refer to: Kümmel is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ernst Kümmel (born 1925), former German and later...
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Jang, Chang and (less often) Zang are romanizations of the common Korean surname 장. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 1,021,107 people by...
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Davis is a surname of English and Welsh origin. As an English surname it may be a corruption of Davy or a reference to King David in the Old Testament...
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