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  2. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    Combined names come from old traditional families and are considered one last name, but are rare. Although Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country, it is also composed of other varied European influences, such as Italian, French, Russian, German, etc. Children typically use their fathers' last names only.

  3. List of country-name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The Indo-Aryan suffix Desh is derived from the Sanskrit word deśha, which means "land" or "country". Hence, the name Bangladesh means "Land of Bengal" or "Country of Bengal". [82] Sanskrit language influenced the name of Bangladesh. The term Vanga was used in the Sanskrit texts. The term Bangla denotes both the Bengal region and the Bengali ...

  4. Lists of most common surnames in European countries

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    The top ten surnames cover about 20% of the population, with important geographical differences. The regional distribution of surnames within Spain was homogenized mostly through internal migrations, especially since 1950. Names typical of the old crown of Castile have become the most common all over

  5. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    de – "the" 's – "of the"; contraction of des, genitive case of the definite article de.Example: 's Gravesande. 't – "the"; contraction of the neuter definite article het.

  6. Lists of most common surnames - Wikipedia

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  7. González (surname) - Wikipedia

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    González is a Spanish surname of Germanic origin, the second most common (2.16% of the population) in Spain, [1] as well as one of the five most common surnames in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela, [2] and one of the most common surnames in the entire Spanish-speaking world.

  8. Basque surnames - Wikipedia

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    The earliest documented Basque surnames occur on Aquitanian inscriptions from the time of the Roman conquest of Hispania and Gallia Aquitania.For the most part these can be easily identified with modern or medieval Basque surnames, for example ENNECONIS (the personal name Eneko plus the Latin genitive ending -IS, stem augmented by -N) > Enekoitz.

  9. García (surname) - Wikipedia

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    It may have been a Basque surname "Gaztea" which later was Castilianized in the medieval Kingdom of Castile to become "García".. It is attested since the High Middle Ages north and south of the Pyrenees (Basque Culture Territories), with the surname (and sometimes first name too) thriving, especially in the Kingdom of Navarre, and spreading out to Castile and other Spanish regions.

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