family name
Example Sentences
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Mr. Tuck traces the family names of people who lived in Pompeii and Herculaneum to these and other nearby towns where they had not existed before A.D.
They have family names and their own personal ambitions at stake.
From BBC
But there were clues: A tattoo with a family name.
From Los Angeles Times
And presenting Black characters whose family names predate the Declaration of Independence is practically unheard of.
From Salon
Our last names got lost, and people just thought of the band names as our family names, like the Ramones!
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.