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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 .
Pages in category "Surnames from nicknames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 548 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "English-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,391 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
An article in this category consists of or includes a list of people that share a surname or family name. Such articles are typically either split from long surname articles (as in the case of Johnson (surname) split from Johnson ) or are surname articles that need expansion.
C. Calverley (surname) Camden (surname) Carlile (surname) Carlisle (surname) Carlyle; Carrington (name) Catterall (surname) Cavendish (surname) Caverly; Cawley
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
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).
Wikipedia:Name pages – How-to guide for articles about surnames and given names {} – For given name pages or sections of disambiguation pages that list people by given names. Can also be used for pages with both given names and surnames {} – For disambiguation pages that list articles associated with the same personal name