A surname is a hereditary family name shared by members of a family, typically passed down through generations and used to identify lineage or ancestry.
Observed surface forms (41)
- family name ×529
- English-language surname ×119
- German-language surname ×41
- Chinese surname ×18
- patronymic surname ×16
- occupational surname ×15
- Irish surname ×14
- Indian surname ×10
- Italian-language surname ×10
- Japanese surname ×10
- Jewish surname ×5
- Russian-language surname ×3
- hyphenated surname ×3
- Bengali-language surname ×2
- Chinese-language surname ×2
- Roman family name ×2
- cognomen ×2
- dynastic surname ×2
- surname of Japanese origin ×2
- Belgian surname ×1
- Bengali surname ×1
- Burmese surname ×1
- Cantonese romanization of surname Chen ×1
- Cantonese romanization of surname Tan ×1
- Central Asian surname ×1
- Gujarati surname ×1
- Khatri surname ×1
- Norman surname ×1
- Scandinavian surname ×1
- Serbian-language surname ×1
- Vietnamese surname ×1
- Vietnamese-language surname ×1
- compound surname ×1
- ethnonymic surname ×1
- family name combination ×1
- family name group ×1
- familyName ×1
- fictional surname ×1
- habitational surname ×1
- married surname ×1
- surname of Norman origin ×1
Instances (753)
- Mendaña
- Van Brunt
- Loomis
- Bader
- Goodhue
- Cook
- Levi
- Nelson
- Colwell
- Stowe
- Yamamoto via concept surface "Japanese surname"
- Djawadi
- Nilsen
- Clive
- Kirk
- Hollein
- Mill
- Clemens
- Chan
- Marić
- Key
- Bronk
- Ruckelshaus
- Gay
- Marshall
- King
- Newsom
- Hoover
- Reid
- Hunt
- McDouglas
- Roberts
- Salzman
- Gates
- Robart via concept surface "family name"
- Dyson
- Barkley
- Wells
- Hamilton
- Zimmerman
- bin Talal via concept surface "family name"
- Navarro
- Mori via concept surface "Japanese surname"
- Cleveland
- Jackson
- Auchinleck
- Fleming
- Aitken
- Luce
- Warner