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List Of Most Common Surnames In North America
This is a list of the most common surnames (also called last names or family names) in North America. Canada (Canadian) Province de Québec (Québécois) Top 10 common surnames in Québec as of 2006. Costa Rica (Costa Rican) Most common surnames in Costa Rica as of 2007. Cuba (Cuban) Most common surnames in Cuba. Dominican Republic (Dominican) El Salvador (Salvadoran) Most common surnames in El Salvador as of 2005. Guatemala (Guatemalan) Most common surnames in Guatemala as of 2015. Mexico (Mexican) Below are the most common surnames of Mexico. All of the surnames listed are of Spanish origin. United States (American) All figures are for the 2000 United States Census, except for the 1990 Rank column which is for the 1990 United States Census. The distribution of U.S. surnames reflects the history of immigration into the country. Many immigrants from non-English-speaking countries Anglicized their names. Some examples of this are the popular Swedish name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morin
Morin is a surname of diffent Romance origins. In northern Italy it derives from the Ladin term for «mill» (''molina'' in Latin). In French it derives from the ancient Celtic tribe of Morini who once inhabited the coast of modern day Belgium. The Gaulish ethnonym ''Morini'' (sing. ''Morinos'') literally means 'those of the sea', that is to say the 'sea people' or the 'sailors'. It stems from Proto-Celtic ''*mori'' 'sea'. It may also refer to: * Morin, flavonol and yellow chemical compound. People Canada * Albertine Morin-Labrecque (1886–1957) Canadian pianist * Augustin-Norbert Morin (1803–1865), lawyer, judge and politician, joint Premier of the Province of Canada * Blain Morin, Canadian politician and labour union organizer * Claude Morin (ADQ politician) (born 1953), Canadian politician * Claude Morin (PQ politician) (born 1929), Canadian politician * Gilles Morin (born 1931), Canadian politician in Ontario * Guy Paul Morin, Canadian wrongfully convicted of a 1984 murder * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
