Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A family name (normally patrilineal, although matrilineality is possible, in cases such as divorce, children of a single mother, or if a child didn't want to have the father's surname. The father's family name may be combined with the mother's family name to form a compound family name).
The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [17] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [18]
Cho (Korean: 조, also written as Jo) is a Korean family name, historically Royal family name in Korea [citation needed]. As of 2000, there were 1,347,730 people by this surname in South Korea, about 1% of the total population. [1] The name may represent either of the Hanja 趙 or 曺. [2]
Her taboo name was Trắc, and her family name was Trưng, but was originally Lạc (雒). [ Note 5 ] She was the daughter of a Lạc general from Mê Linh from Phong Châu , and she was the wife of Thi Sách from Chu Diên County.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name.
Ancestral Hall of the Huang Family in Majianglong, Kaiping, China Huang (/ ˈ hw ɑː ŋ /; [1] traditional Chinese: 黃; simplified Chinese: 黄) is a Chinese surname.While Huáng is the pinyin romanization of the word, it may also be romanized as Hwang, Wong, Waan, Wan, Waon, Hwong, Vong, Hung, Hong, Bong, Eng, Ng, Uy, Wee, Oi, Oei, Oey, Ooi, Ong, or Ung due to pronunciations of the word in ...
Family Name or Family name may refer to: Name. Surname, the portion of a personal name that indicates family, tribe or community; Clan name (disambiguation ...