[
US
/ˈsɝˌneɪm/
]
[ UK /sˈɜːneɪm/ ]
[ UK /sˈɜːneɪm/ ]
NOUN
- the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
How To Use surname In A Sentence
- Next year, Ulrika I've already dropped the surname will be launched into our collective media-hungry mouths. Philippa Young: Pop Goes Sweden
- You probably haven't noticed, but my surname bears a passing resemblance to a certain vulgarity.
- We shall not speak as they do, nor shall we adopt their surnames. Christianity Today
- His only claim to fame was his double-barrelled surname.
- The surname could also have changed form when migration is combined with illiteracy.
- Since surnames are also usually passed from father to son, the Y-DNA test is ideally suited for single surname studies.
- My surname is one of the most common in this country and hers is double-barrelled.
- Nor do the figures include the women who still honour the curious custom of adopting their husband 's surname on marriage. Times, Sunday Times
- The word "Knickerbocker", a Dutch surname, is used as a colloquial term for New Yorkers descended from the origin al Dutch settlers.
- She asks me not to name the well-known corporation or her surname. Times, Sunday Times