English

Pronunciation

• AHD: sûr'nām
• IPA: /ˈsɜː(r)neɪm/
• SAMPA: /"s3:(r)neIm/

Hyphenation

sur·name

Noun

surname (plural surnames )

1. A name that indicates to which family a person belongs, in English usually written after that person's given name(s).

Synonyms

• family name, last name

Translations

• Chinese: 姓 (xìng); 姓氏 (xìngshì)
• Czech: příjmení n
• Dutch: achternaam m, familienaam m
• Finnish: sukunimi
• French: surnom m, nom de famille m
• German: Familienname m, Nachname m
• Greek: επώνυμο n
• Hungarian: vezetéknév (in Hungarian, a surname precedes the given name)
• Interlingua: supernomine , nomine de familia , ultime nomine
• Italian: cognome m
• Japanese: 姓 (せい, sei), Japanese: 名字 or 苗字 (みょうじ, myouji)
• Korean: 성, 姓 (seong)
• Persian: نام خانوادگی (nam-e khanevadegi)
• Polish: nazwisko n
• Portuguese: sobrenome m, nome de família m, apelido m, último nome m (when appearing last)
• Russian: фамилия f (familiya)
• Slovak: priezvisko n
• Slovene: priimek m
• Spanish: apellido m
• Swedish: efternamn

See also

• adoption name
• bride's name
• Christian name
• confirmation name
• first name
• forename
• given name
• maiden name
• matronym
• middle name
• nickname
• patronym
• Wikipedia article on name changes
• Wikipedia article on surnames
• Wiktionary appendix of surnames)