Scottish surname

C133
concept

A Scottish surname is a family name originating from Scotland, often derived from Gaelic, Norse, or Anglo-Norman roots and reflecting ancestral occupations, locations, or clan affiliations.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Scottish surname canonical 199
Scottish family 10
Scottish aristocratic family name 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Scottish surname
Generated description
A Scottish surname is a family name originating from Scotland, often derived from Gaelic, Norse, or Anglo-Norman roots and reflecting ancestral occupations, locations, or clan affiliations.

Instances (211)

Instance Via concept surface
MacPhail
Davidson
MacTavish
McDiarmid
Kerr
Buchanan
MacDouglas
Hogg
MacDougall
Chisholm
Muir