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The most common surname remains Smith; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents. 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
For others, a name in their ancestral language is rendered in English or French spelling such as Tootoosis (Plains Cree), Newashish (Atikamekw), or Yahgulanaas (Haida). Some people have a legal or baptismal name in English or French and separate name in their ancestral language, for example Oronhyatekha (Mohawk), who was also called Peter Martin.
The origins of some of Kahnawake's European family names were first published by Father Forbes in 1899. [2] Below is detailed history of Kahnawake's most common surnames of European / North American origin. Beauvais: the first Beauvais was André Karhaton, who married Marie-Anne Kahenratas before 1743. He was a young man from the Beauvais ...
Clara Dennis (1881–1958), images of early 20th century Nova Scotia and Mi'kmaq people; Susan Dobson (born 1965), photographer, focuses on themes of urban landscape and suburban culture; Julie Doiron (born 1972) Marie-Alice Dumont (1892–1985), portrait and landscape photography; Carol Dunlop (1946–1982), writer, translator, activist and ...
Tremblay (French pronunciation: [tʁɑ̃blɛ]) is a French toponymic surname, especially common in French-speaking Canada. As of 2006, Tremblay was the most common surname in Quebec, Canada, accounting for 1.076% of the province's population. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Tremblay (1912–1975), Canadian prospector and ...
Project Surname was a project enacted by the Northwest Territories Council and Government of Canada to assign surnames to Inuit. [1] Project Surname was also known as Operation Surname . [ 2 ] These assigned surnames eventually replaced the disc number system, where numbers were assigned and kept on discs that people were obligated to wear from ...
Media in category "Images of Canadian people" The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. J. File:Jean Paul Lemieux - LAC PA-211607.jpg;
Indrani (full name Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri) - photographer, director, TV personality and model; Chin Injeti - R&B musician; Anosh Irani - novelist and playwright; Inderjit Vasudevan Moorthy - Indo Canadian entrepreneur