Sentence examples for single surname from inspiring English sources

"This is the research into one single surname and its history, as opposed to the history of a family," says Howard Benbrook from the Guild of One-Name Studies.

By the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which unified the Northern regions, the system of complex surnames had been replaced by the single surname system, which was meant to compel the northerners to take Han surnames.

The new surname must be either: The surname of the other spouse or any former surname of either spouse, A name combining into a single surname all or a segment of the premarriage surname or any former surname of either spouse or.

This scenario seems to deviate the least from the mainstream: after all, many other women with single surnames do the same.

For helping the development of such, this study evaluates the applicability of the market appeal robusticity matrix on heritage tourism development, by assessing the potential for tourism in the single-surname villages of Hong Kong's New Territories.

In the opening credits, for the first time I can remember, he announces himself with his first name as well as his last, as opposed to just using the single, legendary surname "Almodóvar" – perhaps signalling that he is lightening up, and we can all unbuckle our seat belts, bring down the tray-tables, have a drink and perhaps even an unthinkable cigarette.

And he's got a single letter for his surname, just like you … Yes!

And in Jackson County, Tex., where Mexican-Americans made up 14percentt of the population by the early 1950's, not a single person with a Spanish surname had been allowed to serve on a jury in 25 years.

For example a search for the single character (Jiāng, a common surname that also means "river") causes a problem on its own, but 江 is also part of other common searches like (Lijiang, the name of a city in Yunnan Province), (the Jinjiang Star hotel chain), and (Jiangsu Mobile, a mobile phone service).

Greece may have suffered a heartbreaking exit on penalties at the hands of Costa Rica, but they left Brazil with one of their players having claimed the coveted title of longest single World Cup goalscorer's surname.

In many cases these are contiguous or at least very close to each other, and this is taken to indicate that the surname has a single core.