Definition of Surnames. Meaning of Surnames. Synonyms of Surnames

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Definition of Surnames

Surname
Surname Sur*name", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surnamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Surnaming.] [Cf. F. surnommer.] To name or call by an appellation added to the original name; to give a surname to. Another shall subscribe with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name of Israel. --Isa. xliv. 5. And Simon he surnamed Peter. --Mark iii. 16.

Meaning of Surnames from wikipedia

- identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. Compound surnames can be composed...
- Lists of the most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in African countries Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries Lists...
- common Cambodian, ****anese, Korean, and Vietnamese surnames, and to an extent, Filipino surnames in both translation and transliteration into those languages...
- Basque surnames are surnames with Basque-language origins or a long, identifiable tradition in the Basque Country. They can be divided into two main types...
- ****anese 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...
- century, almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnames in Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive...
- 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...
- (white) are the most commonly used as surnames. Source: Armenia's Voter List The forty-one most common surnames in Austria as published in 2006 are shown...
- The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, is a classic Chinese text...