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The share of women opting to change their name has declined in recent decades, but only gradually: A 2015 Google Consumer Survey conducted by The New York Times found that just 22 percent of women ...
The practice remains popular in the 21st century. According to a Pew Research Center survey published in September 2023, nearly 4 out of every 5 women in heterosexual marriages in the United States changed their last names to those of their husbands. On the other hand, 92% of all men in these marriages kept their last names. [41]
And an even larger majority of men don’t change their names… The vast majority of women continue to take their husband’s surname when they get married: 79 percent, according to a recent Pew ...
In case of adoption, the adopting family cannot change the child's name unless the court ruled otherwise. In case of marriage, a person can change their last name, change back to the maiden name or add their spouse's last name to theirs at any time. A minor whom parents changed their last name gets the new last name of their parents, and a ...
Rephrasing to, "Traditionally in the Anglophone West, only women do so, but occasionally men change their last name after marriage as well." 199.184.238.194 23:42, 29 August 2008 (UTC) The external source (More men taking wives' last names) says "more", of which "growing" is a synonym. We don't need the external source to state numbers with ...
Women changing their last name when they get married is a strong tradition — but with a difficult past, experts say. New data shows where the trends are and where they may be headed.
The father's name is not considered a middle name but a last name, without it being a family name or surname. Women do not take their husband's last name. They continue to go independently by their given name, followed by their father's name, and then their grandfather's name, even after marriage.
The share of women opting to change their name has… Almost 80 percent of women married to men have followed this tradition, according to a recently released Pew Research Center survey. Why most ...