Surnames

Spaniards have two surnames.

The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.

Sandy Jones isn't Sandy Lee, as why people have surnames.

Through both denotation and connotation, many Turkish names are weighty with symbolism. Before the Second World War, the European system of name-giving was adopted, and the people of Turkey chose new surnames for themselves from a list of names which had been created on the basis of etymology and semantics.

Many Serbian, Bosnian, and Croatian surnames end in "ić".

I have always relied on mnemonics to remember surnames and historical events.

They retained their Berber surnames.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, European surnames were legally forced upon Ashkenazi Jews.

Many Ashkenazi Jews were required to pick from a list of pre-approved surnames, while others were assigned a surname.

European surnames among Ashkenazi Jews are a result of cultural genocide.