surname

[ˈsɜːrneɪm]

Definition:
1. A name shared by all the members of a family.

Use 'surname' in a sentence:

1. Everyone living inside would have the same surname, except for those who had married into the clan.
2. There should be an option to get married without forcing anyone to drop his or her surname.
3. Have you ever wondered why some surnames are so common?
4. May I know your surname?& my family name is zhang.
5. He is surnamed Wang.; His surname is Wang.
6. The most common surname in the English language is Smith.
7. A.May I have your surname, please?
8. What's your surname?
9. Call me Tom, don't surname me.
10. I didn't quite catch his surname—was it Morn-M-O-R-N?
11. Nosenko puzzled out Kutya's surname.
12. Everybody called each other by their surnames.
13. Did you ever wonder who was the first person to have your surname?
14. Many surnames were based on father-son relations.
15. What is your surname?
16. Your surname may be derived from a place, such as Lancaster, for example, or an occupation, such as weaver.
17. In western society, we have at least two official names, a given name and a surname.
18. How do you spell your surname please?
19. A third kind of surname was based on a person's job.
20. She'd never known his surname.
21. Can I have your surname?
22. Did you ever think about how people got their surnames ( family names)?
23. So, next time someone tells you their surname, stop and think for a minute.
24. This comrade's surname is Li and his given name, dagang.
25. Ruth Nidesand took the surname of her second husband.
26. The majority of British women adopt their husband's surname when they marry.
27. Wang is a very common Chinese surname.
28. She'd never known his surname, only his first name.
29. The boy had said his name was Alex—he'd declined to give a surname—and that he came from West Virginia.
30. The opera gets its title from Mr. Clinton's birth surname, which he went by until taking his stepfather's name as a teenager.
31. What's your ( honorable) surname? don't be so formal, my surname is liu.
32. You can see that only by tracing a particular family line, possibly back to the 14th century or beyond, will you discover which version of a surname is yours.
33. Your surname, please? my surname is wang.
34. Lack of a surname makes Grupo Interbank an exception.
35. Surnames like Hill described the place where a person lived.
36. Please check that your surname and forenames have been correctly entered.
37. S ī m ǎ is a compound surname among Chinese surnames.
38. Her first name was Mary. I don't know what her surname was.
39. C: My surname is Jiang.
40. Mr./Miss Wang: My surname is Wang.
41. He had anglicized his surname.
42. This doctor's surname is Ma and his given name, is Qiang.
43. A man whose surname was Bear might be as fierce as a bear.
44. He was the only boy in the school who was known by his Christian name and not his surname.
45. Winters is a common enough surname.
46. You will need to create separate fields for first name, surname and address.
47. His first name is Tom and his surname is Green.
48. How do you spell your surname?
49. A personal name is also rarely an atomic token. As an example, sometimes you may want to search or sort by a forename and sometimes by a surname.
50. Winter is a common enough German surname.