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  2. Name change - Wikipedia

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    Deeds of change of name are by far the most commonly used method of providing evidence of a change of name other than changing a woman's surname after marriage. A deed poll is a legal document that binds a single person to a particular course of action (in this case, changing one's name for all purposes).

  3. Maiden and married names - Wikipedia

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    When a person (traditionally the wife in many cultures) assumes the family name of their spouse, in some countries that name replaces the person's previous surname, which in the case of the wife is called the maiden name ("birth name" is also used as a gender-neutral or masculine substitute for maiden name), whereas a married name is a family name or surname adopted upon marriage.

  4. 8 out of 10 women change their name after marriage ... - AOL

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    In the U.S., 80% of married women in opposite-sex relationships take their husband's surname, according to a study from Pew Research published last year. It's a trend which has showed little signs ...

  5. Naming in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Ballew was fired and a disciplinary hearing was scheduled on the basis that the name change order violated Tennessee's code of Judicial Conduct. No laws exist banning the use of religious names and judges are required to perform their duties without regard to religious bias. [5] [6]

  6. New Pew survey shows how many men and women change their ...

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    About 9% of women ages 50 and older said they kept their last name, in comparison with 20% of women between 18 and 49, the survey showed. And 26% of women with a postgraduate degree said they kept ...

  7. Surname inflection - Wikipedia

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    The first written mention of women surname inflection in Slovakia comes from the Žilina City Book from 1454: "tehda pani Blasskowa rekla". The practice of women surname inflection began to be abandoned in Slovakia in the second half of the 18th century, and due to the Kingdom of Hungary influence, it did not inflect even in the 19th century. [29]

  8. 8 out of 10 women change their name after marriage ... - AOL

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    In the U.S., 80% of married women in opposite-sex relationships take their husband's surname, according to a study from Pew Research published last year. It's a trend that has showed little signs ...

  9. Naming customs of Hispanic America - Wikipedia

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    In Colombia, the use is two surnames: first the paternal surname and then the maternal surname. Married women used to change their second last name for their husband's first last name adding the preposition "de" between the two last names. However, in recent years, married women do not change their original family names for their husband's.