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)
- Kraftt
- Nielson
- Aldridge
- Addy
- Howells
- Goldberg via concept surface "family name"
- Knox
- Stanley via concept surface "family name"
- Sainsbury via concept surface "family name"
- Farmer
- Power
- FitzRoy
- Tharp
- Mann
- Schröder via concept surface "family name"
- Washington
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Anne Lie
surface form: Lie
- Fernández
- Ley
- Stadt der Wissenschaften via concept surface "cognomen"
- Helms
- Wilson
- Löwenstein via concept surface "family name"
- Malik
- Michaels
- Callaghan
- Greene
- Mac Giolla Phádraig via concept surface "Irish surname"
- Burwell
- Parker
- Ashrawi via concept surface "family name"
- Bell
- Vest
- Montagu
- Langer
- Fletcher
- Phips
- Loscutoff
- Lamar
- Austerlitz
- Fisk
- Roebling via concept surface "family name"
- Cochrane
- Grove
- Roussel
- Turner
- Löwenthal
- Kutyna
- Palmer
- Jones