Surname
WordNet
noun
(1) The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From < , < < base , the comparative of the base ; + .
Noun
- A name that indicates to which family a person belongs, normally following that person’s given name(s) in Western culture, in English included, and preceding it in Eastern.
See also
- adoption name
- bride’s name
- Christian name
- cognomen
- confirmation name
- first name
- forename
- given name
- maiden name
- matronym
- middle name
- nickname
- patronym
- personal name
- Wikipedia article on name changes
- Wiktionary appendix of surnames