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Odia names follow the First name – Middle name – Surname or First name – Surname pattern. Odia surnames come from caste based on human occupation. For example, the common surnames Kar, Mohapatra, and Dash (as opposed to Das) are Brahmin surnames. Similarly, Mishra, Nanda, Rath, Satpathy, Panda, Panigrahi, and Tripathy are all Brahmin ...
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).
The patronymic custom in most of the Horn of Africa gives children the father's first name as their surname. The family then gives the child its first name. Middle names are unknown. So, for example, a person's name might be Bereket Mekonen . In this case, Bereket is the first name and Mekonen is the surname, and also the first name of the father.
Sikh names often have the following format: First name – Religious name – Family name. [1] [2] Sikh first names serve as personal names and are selected through the Naam Karan ceremony, where a random page of the Guru Granth Sahib is opened by a granthi (Sikh priest) and the first letter of the first prayer on the opened page is used as the basis for the first name as an initial.
Pakistani surnames are divided into three categories: Islamic naming convention, cultural names and ancestral names. In Pakistan a person is either referred by his or her Islamic name or from tribe name (if it is specified), respectively.
In English and other languages, although the usual order of names is "first middle last", for the purpose of cataloging in libraries and in citing the names of authors in scholarly papers, the order is changed to "last, first middle," with the last and first names separated by a comma, and items are alphabetized by the last name.
A common Indian surname with variations Sheth, Sethi, all derived from Sanskrit word Shreshthi. Aftab Seth, former ambassador of India to Greece, Vietnam and Japan; Ashok Seth, Indian interventional cardiologist; Bishanchander Seth, Indian politician; Chinubhai Chimanlal Seth (1901-1993), Indian industrialist and cotton textile mill owner
Dutta, also spelled Datta (/ ˈ d ʌ t ə /), is an Indian family name. [1] Its variation is Dutt. The surname is commonly found among Bengali Kayasthas, [2] [3] Suvarna Baniks, Gandhabaniks and others in Bengal. [4] [5] The surname is also used by the Mohyal Brahmins of Punjab. [6]