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Several surnames have multiple spellings; this is sometimes due to unrelated families bearing the same surname. A single surname in either language may have multiple translations in the other. In some English translations of the names, the M(a)c- prefix may be omitted in the English, e.g. Bain vs MacBain, Cowan vs MacCowan, Ritchie vs MacRitchie.
Pages in category "Surnames from given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,135 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Articles in this category are concerned with surnames (last names in Western cultures, but family names in general), especially articles concerned with one surname.. Use template {{}} to populate this category.
Much of the north of 9th century England was occupied by Norse invaders, who left behind descendants with Norse surnames. Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw. [1] [2]
Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames; List of common Japanese surnames;
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 .
These different linguistic backgrounds are reflected in differing frequencies of surnames, as shown in the table below. On 31 December 1997 there were 316 295 different surnames in Belgium (total population: 11,521,238). Note — the following table contains the ten most common surnames in each of the three federal regions as of 1 January 2021 ...
Bangsian – John Kendrick Bangs (as in Bangsian fantasy) Barthesian – Roland Barthes; Batesian – Henry Walter Bates (as in Batesian mimicry) Bayesian – Thomas Bayes (as in Bayesian probability) Beethovenian – Ludwig van Beethoven; Benedictine – Benedict of Nursia (as in Benedictine Rule) Benthamite – Jeremy Bentham (as in ...