what is surname ?

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I have to fill out an application in which has the word "Surname". This is a first time I see this one (I'm a non-native speaker). Please help me.

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Answer 1

A Family name, surname or last name, is the part of a person's name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. The use of family names is not universal throughout history. In parts of the world, they did not appear in common use until the 17th to 19th centuries, and in some cultures they are not used today. In many cultures of Asia, as well as in Hungary, the family name is typically spoken or written first when referring to an individual (see eastern order), while in most Western cultures, the family name is last, giving rise to the term last name for family name.

The word surname is name prefixed by the French word sur (meaning "on"), which derives from Latin super ("over" or "above"), meaning "additional name." As early as the 14th century it was also found spelled as sirname or sirename (suggesting that it meant "man's name" or "father's name") due to folk etymology.

The use of family names varies among cultures. In particular, Icelanders, Tibetans, Burmese, and Javanese often do not use a family name — well-known people lacking a family name include U Thant (Burmese), Suharto and Sukarno (see Indonesian names). Also, many royal families do not use family names.

In some cultures, a woman's family name traditionally changes upon marriage, although few countries mandate such a change. Other modern options include combining both family names, changing neither name, or creating a new name, e.g. combining letters of previous surnames or creating a pseudonym unrelated to the previous surnames.

In the 19th century, Francis Galton published a statistical study of the extinction of family names. (See Galton-Watson process for an account of some of the mathematics.)

In English-, Dutch-, German-, French- and Scandinavian-speaking countries, people often have two or more given names, and the family name goes at the end. (Occasionally a surname is called the "second name", which can be confused with a middle name.) In Spain, people have one or more given names and two family names, one from the father and one from the mother. In Italy, people may have one or more given names, no middle name, and a family name

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Answer 3

What Is A Surname

Answer 4

Surname is your family name. In some countries, they call that your last name.

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what is surname ?
I have to fill out an application in which has the word "Surname". This is a first time I see this one (I'm a non-native speaker). Please help me.

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Answer 7

family name, cognomen, last name

the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

Answer 8

a family name, or last name

Answer 9

Your surname is simply your "family name":

Example: I'm John Slattery

so my surmane is Slattery

(my "given name" is John.)

Answer 10

family name