surname

And in Vologda, Nikolai, a motorist who declined to give his surname, said "more stations have started working again, and petrol deliveries have become more frequent. Naturally, the queues have shrunk".

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

Another of Jolie and Pitt's six children, Shiloh, changed her surname to Jolie in 2024.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Both have already used the surname Jolie in some circumstances, including Zahara during her graduation ceremony earlier this year and Maddox in his credits on a film.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Maggie, from Lincolnshire, told BBC News that she had no emotional connection to her previous surname, which she had inherited from her father.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

She called him Dike, after her father, and gave him her surname, which left Ifemelu’s mother agitated and sour.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

One of the earlier personalities to break the norm over male surnames was Peter Kĩgia, a Kenyan musician who chose his mother's name as his stage name.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Family surnames can also change from one generation to the next, as many anglicised their name when they moved south of the border.

From BBC ● May 1, 2026

Due to the nature of their work, BBC Wales was asked not to use staff surnames.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

As one can tell from the surnames, there is what might be called legacy casting going on in “Young Sherlock.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

But when the cabinet was announced, the surnames didn’t match up and nothing was said, and Briony thought it better not to inquire.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

On recruiting websites, a seafarer surnamed Wang posted that he was recently on the Catalina 7 between last May and this March, traveling between Southeast Asia and China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

“Whenever the situation escalates, they reiterate the warning,” said a seafarer surnamed Wang whose vessel—carrying liquefied natural gas—has been stuck at an anchorage northwest of Dubai for four weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

"Trump's personality is that he changes every day," a 50-year-old IT worker surnamed Huang told AFP.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

"No one wants a war," said a woman surnamed Chen, whose guesthouse and eatery have a view of Xiamen's shiny skyscrapers.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025

She was one of the most learned women of her time, and was further surnamed "La Perle de la Jeunesse de Dordrecht," and "La Fleur du Paradis des Arts et des Sciences."

From Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day by Sparrow, Walter Shaw

Ney enlisted at eighteen in a hussar regiment and gradually advanced step by step; Kleber soon discovered his merits, surnaming him "The Indefatigable," and promoted him to be adjutant-general when only twenty-five.

From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Calhoon, Major A.R.

The Cossack chiefs celebrated his exploits, one of them surnaming him the "hetmann."

From World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by Guizot, M. (François)

Ney enlisted at eighteen in a hussar regiment, and gradually advanced step by step: Kleber soon discovered his merits, surnaming him “The Indefatigable,” and promoted him to be Adjutant-General when only twenty-five. 

From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Smiles, Samuel

I wonder if Sala was the native and surnaming town of that other Sala whose initials are G. A. S., and whose nature is 'ditto'?

From Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various