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  2. Surnames by country - Wikipedia

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    Combined names come from old traditional families and are considered one last name, but are rare. Although Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country, it is also composed of other varied European influences, such as Italian, French, Russian, German, etc. Children typically use their fathers' last names only.

  3. List of unusual biological names - Wikipedia

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    Unusual names have caused issues for scientists explaining genetic diseases to lay-people, such as when an individual is affected by a gene with an offensive or insensitive name. [13] This has particularly been noted in patients with a defect in the sonic hedgehog gene pathway and the disease formerly named CATCH22 for "cardiac anomaly, T-cell ...

  4. Scandinavian family name etymology - Wikipedia

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    Many of these patronymics are, however, very rare, local or testimony of unusual descent, e.g. Heilesen from Northern Jutland, Holdensen and Boldsen from the former Duchy of Schleswig or Common etymological classes of surnames are occupational (e.g., Møller—miller, Schmidt—smith, and Fisker—fisher, for example names taken after a village ...

  5. Category:English-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    A. Aaron (surname) Aarons (surname) Abarough; Abbey (surname) Abbot (surname) Abbott (surname) Abney (surname) Abrams (surname) Ace (name) Acheson (surname)

  6. Here are the most popular last names in SC, Ancestry ... - AOL

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    Last names such as Garcia, Hernandez, Martinez and Chavez are more common. And in Hawaii, the most popular surnames are Lee, Wong and Kim, which don’t pop up at the top of the list in any other ...

  7. List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names

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    The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named. For instance Pan troglodytes, the chimpanzee, and Troglodytes troglodytes, the wren, are not necessarily cave-dwellers. Sometimes a genus name or specific descriptor is simply the Latin or Greek name for the animal (e.g. Canis is Latin for ...

  8. Lists of most common surnames - Wikipedia

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    List of family name affixes; List of most popular given names; List (surname) ... This page was last edited on 23 November 2024, at 23:04 (UTC).

  9. 131 rare girls names that are powerful, uncommon and beautiful

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    Many parents are on the hunt for rare and unusual baby names these days. If you grew up as "Jennifer S." or "Chris W. — no, not that Chris W., the other one," you might be especially inclined to ...