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2. Story (surname) - Wikipedia

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   The surname Story (and its variant spelling Storey) is English, but Old Norse in origin. [1] The name originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. It has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”.

3. One-name study - Wikipedia

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   Many people conducting family history, genealogical or onomastic research may conduct a one-name study of a surname in a given period or locality quite informally. A full one-name study can be daunting, particularly if the surname is very common. Conversely, a rare surname can be difficult to trace. [2]

4. 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.

5. Sutton (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Sutton, originally de Sutton, is an English toponymic surname. [1] One origin is from Anglo-Saxon where it is derived from sudh, suth, [2] or suð, [3] and tun referring to the generic placename "southern farm". [4] Note that almost every county in England contains one or more placenames bearing the prefix "Sutton". [5]

6. Surname - Wikipedia

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   First/given/forename, middle, and last/family/surname with John Fitzgerald Kennedy as example. This shows a structure typical for Anglophonic cultures (and some others). Other cultures use other structures for full names. A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family.

7. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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   -wala, -wallah, wali, vala, vali (Hindustani, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi) denotes the occupation or place of origin (Occupation example: Batliwala – one who deals with bottles. Place example: Suratwala – one from Surat) [citation needed]-wan (Indonesian) denotes a male name [citation needed]-wati (Indonesian) denotes a female name [citation ...

8. Salazar (surname) - Wikipedia

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   Some of his descendants took part in the Conquest of the Americas, thus spreading the surname through Spanish America; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the Iberian Peninsula. Salazar is a common in Hispanic America because there were a number of Salazars among the early Spanish conquerors and settlers. [2]

9. Genetic genealogy - Wikipedia

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   Bryan Sykes, a molecular biologist at Oxford University, tested the new methodology in general surname research. [3] His study of the Sykes surname, published in 2000, obtained results by looking at four STR markers on the male chromosome. It pointed the way to genetics becoming a valuable assistant in the service of genealogy and history. [4]