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From a modest family, he dreamt of becoming a computer engineer to "change his life", he told AFP, withholding his surname because "the fear is still there".

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

He asserted in court filings that he believed Dylan — whose surname was Mendell at the time — was 18 and a member of the video production crew.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

In the 1740s, Johann Sebastian Bach smuggled his own surname into his Mass in B Minor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

When we wonder about his Ukrainian surname, he brushes that off as irrelevant.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

They called him Moishe the Beadle, as if his entire life he had never had a surname.

From "Night" by Elie Wiesel

While nearly 80% of women in opposite-sex marriages in the U.S. take on their spouse’s last name, others are turning to custom blended surnames, pitch decks or athletic tournaments to settle the debate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The Enthusiasm Society, whose members are known by their surnames, recruits Saxberger to join and sets about announcing itself to the world via an evening of performed monologues and poetry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 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

These people, these honorary aunts and uncles of a dozen different surnames, have seen Gogol grow, have surrounded him at his wedding, his father’s funeral.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The officer, surnamed Bu, was arrested earlier this month after he was accused of prematurely closing cases on the popular holiday island Jeju and lying to missing persons' families.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

"The government reports make it sound absolutely terrifying, panicking everyone, right?" said another breakfast shop owner in Keelung surnamed Li, upset at the loss of business from the storm.

From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026

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

The next monarch was Abd-er-Rahman, surnamed el-Raschid or the Just.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

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 Major A.R. Calhoon

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

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 Samuel Smiles

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

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