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)
- Cowens
- Harrold
- Shubskaya
- Sampson
- de Neve
- Kohl via concept surface "family name"
- Banga
- Khan
- Blix
- Cooke
- Mara
- Pitt
- Burnham
- Ford
- Julius via concept surface "Roman family name"
- Wu via concept surface "Chinese surname"
- Le Nôtre via concept surface "family name"
- Pei
- Bojaxhiu via concept surface "family name"
- Leigh
- Cameron
- Page
- Rolen
- Kasner
- Braun
- Parton
- Murphy
- Brin
- O’Flaherty
- Weiss
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Kilpatrick (surname)
surface form: Kilpatrick
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Kirkland (surname)
surface form: Kirkland
- Tiso
- Buck
- Perceval
- Barca via concept surface "family name"
- Mercalli
- Kingston
- Dyer
- Oliphant
- Zola
- Mantle
- Tisch
- Huff
- Irving
- Kinney
- Baldwin
- Fox
- Fulks
- Stoffels