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  2. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Onomastics - Wikipedia

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    Onomastics has applications in data mining, with applications such as named-entity recognition, or recognition of the origin of names. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a popular approach in historical research, where it can be used to identify ethnic minorities within populations [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and for the purpose of prosopography .

  4. Bhumi Pednekar - Wikipedia

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    Bhumi Pednekar (Hindi pronunciation: [bʱuːmɪ peːɖneːkər] born 18 July 1989) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. Known for her portrayals of headstrong small-town women, she is the recipient of several awards , including three Filmfare Awards .

  5. Huckabee (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Huckabee is an English surname.. The name is a variant form of the surname Huckaby and Huckerby. [2]This surname originated as a habitational name, derived from Huccaby in Devon, England; this place name is derived from two Old English elements: the first, woh, meaning "crooked"; the second, byge, meaning "river bend".

  6. Prendergast (surname) - Wikipedia

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    This toponymic surname may derive from prender from a Germanic word for fire or conflagration (cf. brand) where the b became p due to fortition and gast (cf. geest) from a Germanic word for wasteland or dry and infertile land meaning the location could have been a burn-beat area.

  7. Ackerman (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Acker comes from German or Old English, meaning "ploughed field"; it is related to or an alternate spelling of the word acre. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Therefore, Ackerman means " ploughman ". Ackerman is also a common Ashkenazi Jewish surname of Yiddish origin with the same meaning.

  8. Sarkar (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Sarkar is a surname among the people of the Indian subcontinent.It was an honorific title given to landlords/zamindars of East India, irrespective of their religious affiliation, under the Mughal Empire and even in Sher Shah's reign, as part of the erstwhile Persian nobility.

  9. Khondakar - Wikipedia

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    The Bengali surname comes from the Old Persian Khandan (Persian: خواندن, romanized: Xwândan, lit. 'To read') and the suffix kar (Persian: گار, romanized: Gâr) which joins the root of the verb to mean the one who reads. The Bengali definition of the word is an instructor or teacher.