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surname Etymology Atlas

the name used to identify the members of a family, as distinguished from each member's given name, The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s). Pro
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