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...

family surname and the father's family surname (rarely only one surname, sometimes more than two). For practicality, usually only the last surname (excluding...

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...

Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written...

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...

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...

Smith is an occupational surname originating in England. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada,...

A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

A double-barrelled name is a type of compound surname, typically featuring two words (occasionally more), often joined by a hyphen. Notable people with...

children of a single mother, or if a child didn't want to have the father's surname. The father's family name may be combined with the mother's family name...

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...

Palmer Candy Company Bing (German surname), a German-language surname Bing (Chinese surname) (邴), a Chinese surname Bing Prefecture, an ancient Chinese...

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),...

Surname maps are maps which display and indicate the highest concentration of residents with a particular surname, or set of surnames. This information...

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...

Tiu, Tio, Thio, and Tiew. The romanization "Teo" is the 11th-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans, with 46,800 bearers making up 1.9% of that...

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...

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...

Shim is the surname of the following people Andrew Shim (born 1983), American-born English actor Meleana Shim (born 1991), American soccer midfielder...

the common Chinese surnames 王 (Wáng). It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than...

Korea[citation needed]. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea, about 1% of the total population. The name may represent...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...