My surname is Zhou.
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Surname
/ˈsɜːˌneɪm/
Synonyms for "surname" (1755 found)
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Noun(349 words)
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Noun(525 words)
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lamontlandonlandrylandsteinerlaneylangerhanslanglandlangleylangtrylaplacelardnerlaredolarsenlarsonlatheelatrobelauelaurencelaurentlaval
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Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: family name, last name, cognomen, aalto, abbott.
- Sentence evidence is available for surname, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
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When not to replace "surname"
Keep "surname" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
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3 entriesMore specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entriesdouble barreled surnamefamily namelast namepatronymic surnamesurname distributionsurname origin
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
217 translations across 130 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- van noun (name that indicates family)
Albanian
1 entries- mbiemër noun (name that indicates family)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπωνύμιον noun (name that indicates family)
Arabic
4 entries- اِسْم الْعَائِلَة noun (name that indicates family)
- كنوة noun (name that indicates family)
- كُنْيَة noun (name that indicates family)
- كْنيّة noun (name that indicates family)
Armenian
1 entries- ազգանուն noun (name that indicates family)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܟܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ noun (name that indicates family)
Asturian
1 entries- apellíu noun (name that indicates family)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- familiya noun (name that indicates family)
- soyad noun (name that indicates family)
Bashkir
1 entries- фамилия noun (name that indicates family)
Basque
2 entries- abizen noun (name that indicates family)
- deitura noun (name that indicates family)
Belarusian
2 entries- про́звішча noun (name that indicates family)
- про́зьвішча noun (name that indicates family)
Bengali
1 entries- উপাধি noun (name that indicates family)
Bikol Central
1 entries- apelyido noun (name that indicates family)
Breton
3 entries- anv noun (name that indicates family)
- anv-familh noun (name that indicates family)
- anv-tiegezh noun (name that indicates family)
Bulgarian
2 entries- фами́лия noun (name that indicates family)
- фами́лно и́ме noun (name that indicates family)
Burmese
1 entries- ရိုးရာအမည် noun (name that indicates family)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- пру́звище noun (name that indicates family)
Catalan
2 entries- cognom noun (name that indicates family)
- llinatge noun (name that indicates family)
Chechen
1 entries- фамили noun (name that indicates family)
Chichewa
1 entries- dzina la bambo noun (name that indicates family)
Chinese
2 entries- щин noun (name that indicates family)
- 字姓 noun (name that indicates family)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
- 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
- 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)
Chuvash
1 entries- хушамат noun (name that indicates family)
Cornish
1 entries- hanow noun (name that indicates family)
Czech
1 entries- příjmení noun (name that indicates family)
Danish
3 entries- efternavn noun (name that indicates family)
- familienavn noun (name that indicates family)
- slægtsnavn noun (name that indicates family)
Dutch
2 entries- achternaam noun (name that indicates family)
- familienaam noun (name that indicates family)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
1 entries- tzonquīzcā noun (name that indicates family)
Eastern Mari
2 entries- ешлӱм noun (name that indicates family)
- фамилий noun (name that indicates family)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)
Esperanto
2 entries- familia nomo noun (name that indicates family)
- familinomo noun (name that indicates family)
Estonian
1 entries- perekonnanimi noun (name that indicates family)
Faroese
2 entries- eftirnavn noun (name that indicates family)
- ættarnavn noun (name that indicates family)
Finnish
1 entries- sukunimi noun (name that indicates family)
French
3 entries- nom noun (name that indicates family)
- nom de famille noun (name that indicates family)
- patronyme noun (name that indicates family)
Galician
2 entries- alcuño noun (name that indicates family)
- apelido noun (name that indicates family)
Georgian
1 entries- გვარი noun (name that indicates family)
German
2 entries- Familienname noun (name that indicates family)
- Nachname noun (name that indicates family)
Greek
1 entries- επώνυμο noun (name that indicates family)
Gujarati
2 entries- અટક noun (name that indicates family)
- ઉપનામ noun (name that indicates family)
Hakka Chinese
2 entries- 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
- 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)
Hebrew
1 entries- שֵׁם מִשׁפָּחָה noun (name that indicates family)
Hindi
3 entries- उपनाम noun (name that indicates family)
- कुल नाम noun (name that indicates family)
- कुलनाम noun (name that indicates family)
Hungarian
2 entries- családnév noun (name that indicates family)
- vezetéknév noun (name that indicates family)
Icelandic
3 entries- eftirnafn noun (name that indicates family)
- kenninafn noun (name that indicates family)
- ættarnafn noun (name that indicates family)
Ido
1 entries- surnomo noun (name that indicates family)
Indonesian
2 entries- marga noun (name that indicates family)
- nama keluarga noun (name that indicates family)
Ingrian
2 entries- familia noun (name that indicates family)
- sukunimi noun (name that indicates family)
Interlingua
3 entries- nomine de familia noun (name that indicates family)
- supernomine noun (name that indicates family)
- ultime nomine noun (name that indicates family)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- اِسْمِ فامیل noun (name that indicates family)
- لَقَب noun (name that indicates family)
- نامِ خانِوَادِگی noun (name that indicates family)
Irish
1 entries- sloinne noun (name that indicates family)
Italian
1 entries- cognome noun (name that indicates family)
Japanese
3 entries- 名字 noun (name that indicates family)
- 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
- 苗字 noun (name that indicates family)
Javanese
1 entries- jeneng pancer noun (name that indicates family)
Kannada
1 entries- ಉಪನಾಮ noun (name that indicates family)
Kashmiri
1 entries- کرٛام noun (name that indicates family)
Kashubian
1 entries- nôzwëskò noun (name that indicates family)
Kazakh
4 entries- ата-тек noun (name that indicates family)
- тегі noun (name that indicates family)
- фамилия noun (name that indicates family)
- әулетесім noun (name that indicates family)
Khmer
1 entries- នាមត្រកូល noun (name that indicates family)
Korean
2 entries- 성 noun (name that indicates family)
- 성씨 noun (name that indicates family)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- атанаама noun (name that indicates family)
- теги noun (name that indicates family)
- уругат noun (name that indicates family)
- фамилия noun (name that indicates family)
Ladino
1 entries- alkunya noun (name that indicates family)
Lao
4 entries- ຊື່ສະກຸນ noun (name that indicates family)
- ນາມສະກຸນ noun (name that indicates family)
- ວົງວານ noun (name that indicates family)
- ວົງສະກຸນ noun (name that indicates family)
Latin
1 entries- cōgnōmen noun (name that indicates family)
Latvian
1 entries- uzvārds noun (name that indicates family)
Lithuanian
1 entries- pavardė noun (name that indicates family)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Familljennumm noun (name that indicates family)
Macedonian
1 entries- презиме noun (name that indicates family)
Malay
1 entries- nama keluarga noun (name that indicates family)
Malayalam
1 entries- കുലനാമം noun (name that indicates family)
Maltese
1 entries- kunjom noun (name that indicates family)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡥᠠᠯᠠ noun (name that indicates family)
Manx
1 entries- sliennoo noun (name that indicates family)
Marathi
1 entries- आडनाव noun (name that indicates family)
Middle English
3 entries- surname noun (name that indicates family)
- surnoun noun (name that indicates family)
- toname noun (name that indicates family)
Mongolian
4 entries- овог noun (name that indicates family)
- овог нэр noun (name that indicates family)
- ᠣᠪᠤᠭ noun (name that indicates family)
- ᠣᠪᠤᠭ ᠨᠡᠷᠡ noun (name that indicates family)
Māori
1 entries- ingoa whānau noun (name that indicates family)
Nepali
1 entries- थर noun (name that indicates family)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- leqeb noun (name that indicates family)
- paşnav noun (name that indicates family)
Northern Sami
3 entries- goargu noun (name that indicates family)
- namma noun (name that indicates family)
- sohkanamma noun (name that indicates family)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- etternavn noun (name that indicates family)
- familienavn noun (name that indicates family)
- navn noun (name that indicates family)
- slektsnavn noun (name that indicates family)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- etternamn noun (name that indicates family)
- familienamn noun (name that indicates family)
- namn noun (name that indicates family)
- slektsnamn noun (name that indicates family)
Occitan
2 entries- nom d'ostal noun (name that indicates family)
- nom de familha noun (name that indicates family)
Odia
1 entries- ଉପନାମ noun (name that indicates family)
Old English
1 entries- tōnama noun (name that indicates family)
Ossetian
1 entries- мыггаг noun (name that indicates family)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لقب noun (name that indicates family)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- презвиско noun (name that indicates family)
Pashto
3 entries- تخلص noun (name that indicates family)
- لقب noun (name that indicates family)
- کورنی نوم noun (name that indicates family)
Polish
1 entries- nazwisko noun (name that indicates family)
Portuguese
3 entries- nome de família noun (name that indicates family)
- sobrenome noun (name that indicates family)
- último nome noun (name that indicates family)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਉਪਨਾਮ noun (name that indicates family)
Romanian
4 entries- nume noun (name that indicates family)
- nume de familie noun (name that indicates family)
- nume patronimic noun (name that indicates family)
- patronim noun (name that indicates family)
Russian
1 entries- фами́лия noun (name that indicates family)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sloinneadh noun (name that indicates family)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prèzime noun (name that indicates family)
- прѐзиме noun (name that indicates family)
Sicilian
1 entries- cugnomu noun (name that indicates family)
Sinhalese
1 entries- වාසගම noun (name that indicates family)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- famiʹljnõmm noun (name that indicates family)
Slovak
1 entries- priezvisko noun (name that indicates family)
Slovene
1 entries- priimek noun (name that indicates family)
Sotho
2 entries- difane noun (name that indicates family)
- fane noun (name that indicates family)
Spanish
3 entries- apelativo noun (name that indicates family)
- apellido noun (name that indicates family)
- cognombre noun (name that indicates family)
Swabian
1 entries- Familiename noun (name that indicates family)
Swahili
1 entries- jina la ukoo noun (name that indicates family)
Swedish
2 entries- efternamn noun (name that indicates family)
- familjenamn noun (name that indicates family)
Tagalog
1 entries- apelyido noun (name that indicates family)
Tajik
3 entries- насаб noun (name that indicates family)
- номи хонаводагӣ noun (name that indicates family)
- фамилия noun (name that indicates family)
Tamil
1 entries- குடும்பப்பெயர் noun (name that indicates family)
Tatar
1 entries- фамилия noun (name that indicates family)
Telugu
1 entries- ఇంటిపేరు noun (name that indicates family)
Thai
2 entries- นามสกุล noun (name that indicates family)
- แซ่ noun (name that indicates family)
Turkish
3 entries- soyad noun (name that indicates family)
- soyadı noun (name that indicates family)
- soyisim noun (name that indicates family)
Turkmen
1 entries- familiýa noun (name that indicates family)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прі́звище noun (name that indicates family)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- swójbne mjeno noun (name that indicates family)
Urdu
4 entries- اُپ نام noun (name that indicates family)
- خانْدانی نام noun (name that indicates family)
- لَقَب noun (name that indicates family)
- کُل نام noun (name that indicates family)
Uyghur
1 entries- فامىلە noun (name that indicates family)
Uzbek
2 entries- familiya noun (name that indicates family)
- laqab noun (name that indicates family)
Vietnamese
2 entries- họ noun (name that indicates family)
- tên họ noun (name that indicates family)
Volapük
1 entries- famülanem noun (name that indicates family)
Walloon
1 entries- no d' famile noun (name that indicates family)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfenw noun (name that indicates family)
White Hmong
1 entries- xeem noun (name that indicates family)
Wu Chinese
2 entries- 姓 noun (name that indicates family)
- 姓氏 noun (name that indicates family)
Xhosa
1 entries- ifani noun (name that indicates family)
Yakut
1 entries- араспаанньа noun (name that indicates family)
Yiddish
1 entries- משפּחה־נאָמען noun (name that indicates family)
Zulu
1 entries- isibongo noun (name that indicates family)
Sample sentences
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Common questions
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