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

She says changing their name would mean they wouldn't have to keep repeating a surname that they may associate with bad memories or that they felt connected them to a family they didn't identify with.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

For Hannah, in California, changing her surname took around three months and cost her hundreds of dollars, including a $400 filing fee and $130 to put adverts in a local newspaper.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

That same month, two of the adopted children of Hollywood divorcees Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt undertook an important legal step in the process to drop their father's surname, something they began earlier this year.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Each person in my family has a different surname: Angie Beaumont, Jack Leith, Maisie Cannon, and Connor Beaumont-Leith.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

For more than a decade, Hannah had been known by two surnames.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

My sisters changed their surnames as soon as they turned 16.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 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

Spanish influence in the Philippines is evident in the country’s language, religious practices, surnames, and culture.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

In Beijing, a man surnamed Liu had worked for 15 years collecting map data for a Chinese tech company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

In a park surrounding the mausoleum, 74-year-old Nanjing resident surnamed Fen told AFP on Wednesday that he had come to the area after hearing of Cheng's visit.

From Barron's ● Apr. 8, 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

In the vault of Charles V., surnamed the wise, besides the corpse were found, a hand of justice and a golden crown.

From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old

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

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