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2. Surname - Wikipedia

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   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.

3. Gilchrist (surname) - Wikipedia

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   In many cases it is derived from a Scottish Gaelic name, Gille Chrìost, Gille Chriosd, [1] [2] meaning "servant of Christ" (i.e. gilla "servant", chriosd "Christ"). [3] [4] Surnames of similar origins include MacGilchrist and McGilchrist, which are usually derived from Mac Giolla Chriosd or, literally, "son of the servant of Christ". Early ...

4. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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   In Slovenia the last name of a female is the same as the male form in official use (identification documents, letters). In speech and descriptive writing (literature, newspapers) a female form of the last name is regularly used. If the name has no suffix, it may or may not have a feminine version.

5. Ethnonymic surname - Wikipedia

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   Ethnonymic surnames are surnames or bynames that originate from ethnonyms.They may originate from nicknames based on the descent of a person from a given ethnic group. Other reasons could be that a person came to a particular place from the area with different ethnic prevalence, from owing a property in such area, or had a considerable contact with persons or area of other ethnicity.

6. FamilySearch Research Wiki - Wikipedia

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   The FamilySearch Research Wiki (formerly also known as the FamilySearch Wiki or the Family History Research Wiki) is a website containing reference information and educational articles to help locate and interpret genealogical records. [1] [2] The wiki is part of the FamilySearch website and was launched in 2007.

7. Lawrence (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Lawrence is an English, Scottish and Irish surname. It is derived from Middle English or old French given name Laurence; itself derived from Latin Laurentius. The Oxford dictionary of family names of Britain lists Laurence and McLaren as variants.

8. Drennan - Wikipedia

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   Drennan is a surname of Irish origin. Variations of the name are found primarily in Ireland, Scotland, and the United States.The surname is purportedly derived from the Gaelic Ó Droighneáin, Ó Draighnáin, or Ua Draighnen, meaning "descendant of Draighnen", or "descendant of blackthorn".

9. Owens (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Owens is a surname representing two separate Celtic ethnicities: the Welsh from ab Owain meaning "son of Owen" (Owen meaning 'noble') with English patronymic-s, and the Irish by the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain. [1] This is a list of notable people born with the last name Owens and people who married into the Owens family.