family name

Example Sentences

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The Epstein scandal threatens to deepen a divide among the descendants at a time when the two remaining banks bearing the family name are increasingly in competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

At the Islam Qala crossing point in Herat province, western Afghanistan, Talibshah, who did not to give his family name, said he had been working in agriculture northwest of Tehran.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

"I really wanted to win a Slam for him, to put our family name into history," Sabalenka said in 2022.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

But there were clues: A tattoo with a family name.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2025

I started to step forward, but my friend tugged at my dress, and I stopped in my tracks just as Auntie Fatmata called out the family name: “Suma.”

From "Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina" by Michaela DePrince