Where did last names come from?

Answer 1

Last names come from several sources. Originally, they were more specific designations, and someone might have several. For instance, to indicate familial relationship (son of, child of, wife of, etc. indicated by prefixes such as Mac) and also clans, clans were often named after the hero of the clan or some ancestor God, so they might take a name to honor that famous person in the history of the clan. To indicate profession (Weaver, Potter, Tailor). To indicate where that person came from (Sir Robin of Loxley) or to whom or what that person swore allegeance (Galahad of the Round Table)

Eventually, of course the institutions phased out, as people moved around more and kept their titular suffixes and passed them on to their children, they had less and less real meaning as time went on.

Answer 2

i believe they were adapted from either a person profession or their locality example -- blacksmiths became variations of black, smithy, iron, and -- the man who lived on the east side of the hill at the edge of town became variations of easthill, sunside, hilledge. get it people became know for how others reffered to them the most!

Answer 3

A long time ago there would be so man y of one persons like Bob so you would pick a last name by wat trait u speclised in or your fathers name lyk Johnson thts wat twe learned in school