A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with...

family surname and the father's family surname (rarely only one surname, sometimes more than two). For practicality, usually only the last surname (excluding...

or composite) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the...

Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western tradition in which surnames are written last. Around 2,000 Han Chinese surnames are currently in use...

Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written...

most common surnames by continent: List of most common surnames in Asia List of most common surnames in Europe List of most common surnames in North America...

Smith is an occupational surname originating in England. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada,...

These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Republic of China (Taiwan)...

A Chinese compound surname is a Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of these compound surnames derive from Zhou dynasty Chinese noble...

surname 常 (Cháng). It was listed 80th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames. "Chang" is also the Wade-Giles romanization of two Chinese surnames...