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
Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia House of Romanov
surface form: Romanov
Antonio de Villarroel de Villarroel via predicate surface "hasFamilyName"
botanist George Lincoln Goodale
surface form: George Lincoln Goodale
Goodale
Hugh Marlowe Hipple
Cole Porter Porter
Tony Hancock Hancock
Graham Hancock Hancock
Shannon Lucid Lucid
Shannon Miller Miller
Jacob Bjerknes Bjerknes
José Gervasio Artigas José Gervasio Artigas self-linksurface differs
surface form: Artigas
Pico della Mirandola Pico
Philip Melanchthon Schwartzerdt
Ibram X. Kendi Kendi
Charles Munch Edvard Munch
surface form: Munch
Charles Baudelaire Charles Baudelaire self-linksurface differs
surface form: Baudelaire
Ezra Pound Pound
Sophie Thompson Thompson
Richard Attenborough Attenborough family
surface form: Attenborough
John Attenborough Attenborough family
surface form: Attenborough
Earl Hines Hines
Junius Brutus Booth Booth
T. V. Soong T. V. Soong self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soong
Henri Giraud Giraud
John Strange Spencer-Churchill Spencer-Churchill family
surface form: Spencer-Churchill
Ivana Marie Zelníčková Zelníčková
Mahadev Desai Desai
Barnett Newman Newman
Pedro de Alvarado Pedro de Alvarado self-linksurface differs
surface form: de Alvarado
Antonio José de Sucre de Sucre
Lorenzo Valla Valla
Tim Cook Cook
Verna Fields Hellman
Verna Fields Fields
W. H. Auden W. H. Auden self-linksurface differs
surface form: Auden
Phyllida Law Law
Abraham Rycken (Riker)
surface form: Abraham Rycken
Rycken
Abraham Rycken (Riker)
surface form: Abraham Rycken
Riker
Gumm Judy Garland via predicate surface "birthSurnameOf"
Gumm Judy Garland via predicate surface "birthSurnameOf"
surface form: Frances Ethel Gumm
Frank Gumm Gumm
Rufus Wainwright Wainwright
Louise de La Vallière de La Baume Le Blanc
Jerry Goldsmith Goldsmith
Lucile Salter Packard Packard via predicate surface "hasLastName"
Aurel Stein Stein
Alexander Pushkin Pushkin
Mamie Eisenhower Doud
Mamie Eisenhower Eisenhower
George
surface form: George Washington
Washington