See Eastern Slavic naming customs for the explanation of the structure ofRussian-language surnames. Abakumov (Абакумов) Abdulov (Абдулов) Abramov (Абрамов)...
This is a listof the most common surnamesin Asia, in alphabetical order of the country. Source: Armenia's Voter List According to a report released by...
of Estonian origin: Names ofRussian origin: Most of the names on this list are typical examples ofsurnames that were adopted when modern surnames were...
This is a listof Korean surnames, in hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee...
Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written...
almost all Ukrainians had family names. Most Ukrainian surnames (and surnamesin Slavic languages in general) are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes...
In the Russian Empire, illegitimate children were sometimes given artificial surnames, rather than the surnamesof their parents. In some cases an illegitimate...
ways of producing patronymic surnames. In the Old Testament of the Bible, men are identified by their lineage through use of their father's first (and only)...
Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin;: 190 the...
girl surnames aitė, -ytė, -iūtė or -utė, wife surnames -ienė. These suffixes are also used for foreign names, exclusively for grammar; the surnameof the...
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Surname conventions and laws vary around the world. This article gives an overview ofsurnames around the world. In Argentina, normally only one family...
century to Imperial Russia through the Treaty of Gulistan (1813) and Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828). Examples of common Iranian surnamesin this regard are...
element in non-noble surnames. About 200 to 300 known non-noble surnames contain the element von. On the other hand, especially in Lower Saxony, several...
identity-surnames, surnames which identify an individual, whether now or in the past or future; matrinames similarly are identity-surnames for women. In the...
surnames are surnames used by Cornish people and often derived from the Cornish language such as Jago, Trelawney or Enys. Others have strong roots in...
be permissible in some circumstances. It is not uncommon to have more than four surnames.[citation needed] Usually, the maternal surnames precede the paternal...
reflect different ways of transliterating the Hebrew version. Apart from these original surnames, the surnamesof Jewish people of the present have typically...
Fixed surnames were adopted in Wales from the 15th century onwards. Until then, the Welsh had a patronymic naming system. In 1292, 48 per cent of Welsh...
indigenous Manx surnames became Anglicised. Immigration from Ireland brought Hiberno-Norman surnames to the island as well. Very few Manx surnames are recorded...
female surnames are almost always feminine adjectives. There are several ways of forming them, depending on their male counterpart: If the male surname is...
name in Romanian tradition consists of a given name (prenume) and a family name (surname) (nume or nume de familie). In official documents, surnames usually...
surnames" result from their true ancestral surnames being changed in the past. Therefore, daughters bear the "main surnames" to remind themselves of their...
Hazelden and Heseltine. Surnames such as Hollies and Hollin(g)s, since 1275, mean a person who lived by a holly or holm oak tree. Surnames such as Plumtree,...
inRussia have a rich and varied history during numerous regimes throughout the centuries. Since Russian society is multicultural, the experiences of...
inRussia are an Indigenous people of Siberia located in Sakhalin Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai and Kamchatka Krai. The Russian Ainu people (Aine; Russian:...
exemptions. The Spanish surname category provides the most common surnamesin the Philippines. At the course of time, some Spanish surnames were altered (with...
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