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In English Canada, names follow much the same convention as they do in the United States and United Kingdom.Usually the "first name" (as described in e.g. birth certificates) is what a child goes by, although a middle name (if any) may be preferred—both also known as "given names."
This is a list of post-nominal letters used in Canada. The order in which they follow an individual's name is: Distinctions conferred directly by the Crown; University degrees; Memberships of societies and other distinctions; Normally no more than two are given, representing the highest award of each type. [1]
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
English place names in Canada is a list of Canadian place names which are named after places in England, carried over by English emigrants and explorers from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The names can also be derived from places founded by people with English surnames.
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 most common name among black Americans was Williams and the most common name among Asian Americans was Nguyen. The name Wilson was 10th in the 2000 census but was replaced by Martinez in 2010. The names Garcia and Rodriguez had previously entered the top ten in the 2000 Census, replacing Taylor and Moore. [12]
Owen Hargreaves, soccer player – English mother and Welsh father; Stephen Harper, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada; Joseph Howe, prominent Nova Scotia leader and father of Confederation – son of a United Empire Loyalist, the Howe family were descendant of Puritan migrants. Michael Ironside, Canadian actor of English, Scottish and Irish descent
List of authors by name: A. 3 languages ... The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin ... Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958, Somalia/Canada, nf)