familyName

P18
predicate

Indicates that one entity is the family (last) name associated with another entity (typically a person).

All labels observed (72)

Label Occurrences
familyName canonical 99,248
hasFamilyName 5,311
hasSurname 3,513

Description generation (PDg)

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

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: familyName
Generated description
Indicates that one entity is the family (last) name associated with another entity (typically a person).

Sample triples (109,779)

Subject Object
Lawrence Lessig Lawrence Lessig self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lessig
Frank Gehry Goldberg
Frank Gehry Frank Gehry self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gehry
John Parker Parker
The Lord Sainsbury of Turville Sainsbury
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bartholdi
Fannie Farmer Farmer
Dorothea Dix Dix
Tyrone Power Power
Mary Burwell Burwell
James Cook Cook
Marie Tharp Tharp
Martha Washington Washington
Stephen Strasburg Strasburg
Cactus Jack
surface form: John Nance Garner
Garner
Joe Tsai Joe Tsai self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tsai
Jordi Fernández Fernández
Henri Matisse Henri Matisse self-linksurface differs
surface form: Matisse
Salvador Dalí Salvador Dalí self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dalí
Ivanka Trump Trump
Will Rogers Rogers
Jimmie Rogers Rogers
Lord Selborne
surface form: Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
Palmer
Lord Selborne
surface form: William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Palmer
James Callaghan Callaghan
Koos de la Rey Koos de la Rey self-linksurface differs
surface form: de la Rey
Lord Roberts Roberts
Thomas Mann Mann
Benedict Cumberbatch Benedict Cumberbatch self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cumberbatch
Kasner
surface form: Angela Merkel
Kasner via predicate surface "familyNameAtBirth" self-linksurface differs
Kasner
surface form: Angela Merkel
Kasner via predicate surface "maidenName" self-linksurface differs
Gerhard Schröder Schröder
Mikhail Bakunin Mikhail Bakunin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bakunin
Hanan Ashrawi Ashrawi
Joseph Stiglitz Joseph Stiglitz self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stiglitz
Seán Lester Lester
Paola Ruffo di Calabria Ruffo di Calabria
Pope Paul III Farnese
Ed Helms Helms
Fred Astaire Austerlitz
Meryl Streep Meryl Streep self-linksurface differs
surface form: Streep
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney self-linksurface differs
surface form: McCartney
Joni Mitchell Anderson
Lorne Michaels Michaels
David Douglas Douglas
Charles Malik Malik
Ralph Nelson Nelson
Nathanael Greene Greene
Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hawthorne
Samuel
surface form: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Clemens