surname
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- noun
- /ˈsɜrnˌeɪm/
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apellido
- When filling out the form, please provide your surname after your first name.
- surnames, given name(s)
- Hispanic surnames
- Chinese surnames
Also, is this guy's name really Chris Columbus, whose surname is Columbus?
- Also, is this guy's name really Chris Columbus, whose surname is Columbus?
- So the the people around you obviously knew your surname?
- So that happened and the Hannah, I can't remember Hannah's surname, but this was, this study was part of her PhD.
- This is where our work overlaps because I use surnames as a way of looking for men who might have Scandinavian ancestry.
- So if I say my surname is Ma, I'll say you process.
Examples
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Now, you just addressed my wife by a surname that is not hers.
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There were only five stories involving people with that surname in the past six months.
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If we just had a surname, we could contact the Foreign Office.
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Your surname, just in case I include you in my piece.
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I never learned her surname and never saw her again after I had moved.
Fiction book (1996) -
But because it's such a rare surname, there was only one Joseph who could be this man here.
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Wallace is the surname of your mother.
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Surname first, Christian name and initial.
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You know that Wong is the most common surname in the world?
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To keep her family from finding her, she gave the surname by which she is now known: Hirsi Ali.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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A name people in the same family share, usually after the first name
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The name a person shares with other family members, not the given name
A family name in ancient Rome that shows a person's family group
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Surname comes from old parts sur- 'over' and name 'name', so it originally meant an 'over-name' or extra name. That's why a surname is the family name you usually put after your given name, showing which family you belong to.