Surnames

However these minorities increasingly tend to "Turkicize" their surnames or replace their original surnames with Turkish surnames altogether to avoid being recognized and discriminated against.

Many Greek surnames are also occupational surnames derived from a person’s job or role in society.

As a result, surnames among Filipino Muslims are largely Arabic-based, and include such surnames as Hassan and Haradji.

A third tradition of surnames was introduced in south Finland by the Swedish-speaking upper and middle classes, which used typical German and Swedish surnames.

Azeri patronymics are not to be confused with Turkish surnames in -oğlu and Greek surnames in -ογλού (-oglou), which do not have specific female versions and do not reflect names of fathers.

Common examples include Sammut, Camilleri, Zammit, and Xuereb. citation * Spanish surnames Common surnames of Spanish origin include Abela, Galdes, Herrera, and Guzman.

In most cases, women surrender their surnames upon marriage, and use the surnames of their husbands.

Most Chinese Indonesians substituted their Chinese surnames with Indonesian-sounding surnames due to political pressure from 1965 to 1998 under Suharto's regime.

Much less common are recent surnames from Greece; examples include Dacoutros, and Trakosopoulos * Jewish surnames The original Jewish community of Malta and Gozo has left no trace of their presence on the islands since they were expelled in January 1493.

Not all of these groups traditionally have surnames, and in the populous Java surnames are not common at all – regardless of which one of the six officially recognized religions the name carrier profess.

Often, surnames of Portuguese noble families who were accepted as godparents were used as the surnames of the converted.

Origin of Chinese surnames Prior to the Warring States period (fifth century BC), only the ruling families and the aristocratic elite had surnames.

Related surnames The word also survives as the surnames of Saß/Sass, Sachse and Sachs.

Sociological use of surnames Many village names in China are linked to surnames.

Surnames are often different among immediate family members, as parents frequently choose unique surnames for each child, and women keep their maiden names when married.

Surnames at present Of the thousands of surnames which have been identified from historical texts prior to the modern era, most have either been lost (see extinction of family names ) or simplified.

Surnames The most common class of Gaelic surnames are those beginning with mac (Gaelic for son), such as MacGillEathain (MacLean).

Thus Bandopadhyay became Banerji, Mukhopadhay became Mukherji, Chattopadhyay became Chatterji, etc. This coupled with various other spelling variations created several surnames based on the original surnames.

Thus many Spanish-sounding Filipino surnames are not surnames common to the Hispanophone world.

A LIST of prominent Reivers’ surnames shows just how many families were involved in the border skirmishes of the past.