Surnames in your nation

[YaoiFangirlLand]

(OOC: I'm not sure if there is another thread for this or not...)

What are surnames like in your nation? Are there certain patterns to them? (i.e. Like how many Polish last names end in -ski, etc.) Is the order of a name given name then surname, or surname then given name? (i.e. John Smith, or Smith John?) Do you [insert your nation name here]-ize foreign names? Do surnames ever change, like in most marriages? And what are your most common surnames?

In YaoiFangirlLand, all surnames end in a title showing rank.
Gods/spirits: -za
Royalty/nation leaders: -ka
Nobility/CEOs/politicians: -va
Rich people: -ma
Celebrities/superiors not of ma, va, ka, or za rank: -ta
"Normal"/middle class people/strangers: -la
Poor: -ya
There is also -wa, which is an insult.

The order of names is given name, family name. Also in YFL, all last names end in a vowel before the title. If a foreigner with a surname ending in a consonant, then a vowel is added to their last name depending on where they last lived, as such:

A land North of YFL: O
A land East of YFL: E
A land South of YFL: I
A land West of YFL: A
A land Northeast of YFL: Oe
A land Northwest of YFL: Oa
A land Southeast of YFL: Ie
A land Southwest of YFL: Ia

For example, Huszkov is a common Keiruitan (One of our 2 colonies) surname. Depending on where Huszkov lived, these are the following combinations: Huszkovo, Huszkove, Huszkovi, Huszkova, Huszkovoe, Huszkovoa, Huszkovie, and Huszkovia. However, this amkes foreign surnames almost impossible totell from Fujoshi surnames, which really pisses a lot of geneaologists off.

Surnames can change, like in marriage. It's not always the wife who changes her surname though, both have a choice. And if the bride and groom have differnet titles, the lower ranked one now uses their spouses'. So a -ya can become a -ka.

Top 10 most common surnames in YFL:
10. Klainaso
9. Menyeii
8. Shovemasi
7. Hivema
6. Trukli
5. Hjimmakii
4. Ikklavskie
3. Falaii
2. Hasztveni
1. Yunkalma

[The Kangaroo Republic]

Surnames in the Kangaroo Republic, like most western surnames, usually are derived from placenames, professions or certain landscape features. For example the president's surname is a perfect example of this. 'Daenbruk' is made up of the words 'daen' and 'bruk' which mean 'pine tree' and 'brook' respectively in the Kangan language.

Other examples include:
'Amerar' -> 'Smith'
'Kroeken' -> A city in the FKR.

[BrightonBurg]

Most peoples surnames are what they did when they were serfs,Copper,Miller.Tanner ect... or they take the name of the town of which they were born,nobles have family names such as Von Brightonburg...

[Saurisisia]

Most surnames are western-style, with a few being Slavic and Eastern European. The Dragons have Celtic-style surnames while the primitive tribalist and medieval Reptiles and Dinosaurs have either surnames in their native tongue or names like "Starkiller" or "Greenpatch".

[Eugepae]

In Eugepae, as we speak Latin, the surname is the second name you see. Surnames are traditionally transferred upon marriage (although it's not required and is slowly losing popularity). A peculiar thing about them to note is that the ending changes depending on gender. Let us take, for example, the surname Cornelius. A man might be named Carolus Cornelius Rufus. His wife, however, would be named Portia Cornelia Tiberia.

[Whiskey Hill]

The Surname comes last. Our names are generally Italian, Greek, Yugoslavian (Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian), Albanian, and some Arab, Jewish, and Indian names as well, roughly in that order. Our Italian names are mostly derived from our originally Venetian settlers, and our Greek names from Byzantine refugees, and so do not match exactly in all cases their modern equivalents in Italy and Greece.

Some of the most common surnames among the Italians are Natale, Menegi, and Piruli.

Among the Greeks they are Antiochi and Tarsites, but none are really that common.

[Stachland]

Surnames are pretty standard in Stachland. Our two largest ethnic groups are our aboriginals (with surnames such as Rowand or Farsan) and Pole-type Caucasians (surnames such as Miesco and Lewandowsky). Anglo-type Caucasians are also predominant, with the fourth largest group being Franco-type Caucasians.

[Thurask]

Standard Anglo-American names, while there are a few Slavic, Hispanic/Spanish and Germanic surnames in the pool. Surnames go last.

[Grandais]

Our names are Russian-style and use many Russian surnames. You can find a nice list of rules here.

[Frenca]

Surnames are last, and they are usually Western, Northern, and Central European. Some are Anglo-American, Eastern European, Southern European, and Asian.

[Maraque]

Naming conventions depend on which city-state you live in.

Darkaan & Atrulia: First name-Middle Name-Surname-Borough of Origin, e.g. Vori Fenraki Abani Darkaan
Estakuri & Rikiyan: Middle Name-First Name-Surname-Borough of Origin, e.g. Fenraki Vori Abani Rikiyan
Taerak & Cuerak: Last Name-Middle Name-First Name-Borough of Origin, e.g. Abani Fenraki Vori Cuerak
Stahnasuk-Tizutri: Last Name-First Name-Middle Name-Borough of Origin, e.g. Abani Vori Fenraki Stahnasuk-Tizutri

HRH King Whirnak is an ethnic Darkaanian, so his name is Whirnak Beschia Darkaan Darkaan (since the Royal Families are named after their boroughs they typically have a different last name. The Darkaans' are also known by Ajari). His wife, HRH Queen Jivani, is an ethnic Estakurian, and is therefore Sjaiz Jivani Estakuri Estakuri (or Seersha).

The naming conventions for civil unionized couples also differs depending on the city-state you live in:

Darkaan & Atrulia: If you're marrying into the Royal Family, the person that is joining the Royal Family hyphenates their surname, with theirs first. If they are both of royal blood it is not hyphenated at all. When it is two commoners both keep their given names.
Estakuri & Rikiyan: If you're marrying into the Royal Family, the person that is joining the Royal Family takes their name. If they are both of royal blood then they maintain their given names. When it is two commoners they hyphenate (with the person that proposed having preference, unless it was a mutual decision then it depends on what they desire).
Taerak & Cuerak: If you're marrying into the Royal Family, the person that is joining hyphenates their surname, with the royal name taking preference. If they are both of royal blood they keep their given names. When it is two commoners they take the female's last name.
Stahnasuk-Tizutri: If you're marrying into the Royal Family, you keep your given name. If they are both of royal blood they keep their given names. When it is two commoners they keep their given names.

Indigenous surnames in Tsvarchi are usually a description, such as "northern jungles," or "river people." They very rarely describe a profession or job, but some do. The city-states are named after such locations, including the name Tsvarchi, which isn't a surname, but follows the "description" theme.

Top ten surnames in Tsvarchi:

1. Hanuelin
2. Gejanuzan
3. Syznita
4. Tuani
5. Luriezan
6. Jozinek
7. Boarki
8. Milanja
9. Jaysakan
10. Huesela

[Disskord]

Disskordians don't really do the whole surname thing. It conveys an implicit attachment to someone who you could easily lose at any moment, or worse still someone who could turn you into a target if they do something stupid.

For that matter, Disskord doesn't really have any naming conventions. Most people end up choosing their own name, or earning a name from their peers; making your way down the street you might run into people named "Shark," "Tank," "Hotshot," etc.

[Kalaspia-Shimarata]

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[Ko-oren]

People have Dutch, English or Japanese names. They replaced the old system (basically Ko-oren before 1400's). These ancient surnames are still documented and used in ceremonial activities. But since Ko-oren then was not nearly the Ko-oren of now, and because of a huge number of immigrants since, only around 20-40% of the population has an extra surname like this.

[The Harrowlands]

Surnames in the Harrowlands are mostly English surnames as well as Gwynnic. Most Harrowish surnames (not English or Gwynnic) are patronymics or matronymics, or placenames. Some people have Gothic-French names from the time of the Gothic Invasion in the 11th Century.

[Kalaspia-Shimarata]

In Kalaspia-Shimarata there are over 100,000,000 Kalaspian native surnames, 70,000,000 Shimaratan surnames, all the Greek surnames and some Australian surnames. Compared to my population, there are very few surnames I know. In one area, there might be 500 people with the same first name and surname! Can someone please comment. Oh, and if you think my population ain't high enough to have this many surnames, check my RP population in my sig

[The Harrowlands]

In Kalaspia-Shimarata there are over 100,000,000 Kalaspian native surnames, 70,000,000 Shimaratan surnames, all the Greek surnames and some Australian surnames. Compared to my population, there are very few surnames I know. In one area, there might be 500 people with the same first name and surname! Can someone please comment. Oh, and if you think my population ain't high enough to have this many surnames, check my RP population in my sig

By Australian surnames do you mean English surnames? There's no such thing as native Australian surnames unless you mean Aboriginal names

[Kalaspia-Shimarata]

In Kalaspia-Shimarata there are over 100,000,000 Kalaspian native surnames, 70,000,000 Shimaratan surnames, all the Greek surnames and some Australian surnames. Compared to my population, there are very few surnames I know. In one area, there might be 500 people with the same first name and surname! Can someone please comment. Oh, and if you think my population ain't high enough to have this many surnames, check my RP population in my sig

By Australian surnames do you mean English surnames? There's no such thing as native Australian surnames unless you mean Aboriginal names

It's actually a combination of Aborigional and English surnames. There are very few aborigional surnames though!

[Goldium corporation]

We have almost all types of surnames from vast amount of nations, because we are gargantuan multinational corporation. Most used is Thellon.

[The BranRiech]

most names are from eastern european descent

[Rethymnon]

Ok the surnames in Rethymnon are primarily of old and powerful Greek families. Here are the most common

1. Asikrates
2. Papadopoulos
3. Palaeologos
4. Komnenos
5. Rethymniotakis
6. Papadakis
7. Armatikopoulos
8. Logothetis
9. Maliotakis
10. Aggelos

[Gwrachbyd]

the sirnames in gwrachbyd vary many come from the old fashion of using a variation of the first name as a last name (davies, jenkins, jones ect.) or from old jobs (smith, archer, fletcher ect) other's come from parent's name (ap'davis, ap'john ect) other names come from various words of the nation's native language (haf, llawgorch, bych, ect)

the most common names are davies, llewelling, jenkins, hafbyd, jones, smith, archer, hunter, fletcher and fuller

[Wilfred Test]

Most names dervive from the United Kingdom, although with immigrants and changing cultures some new surnames have crept in. In the Three Islands, the number of syllables in a surname represents the wealth of the family, although this died out after one man claimed to have a 27-syllable long surname, although this would be a lie or he had 400 trillion stashed away somewhere.

[Xi-Jeong]

In Xi-jeong the surname of the father with 'um' at the end for males and 'ia' for females.

Orphans take the place name of the orphanage or their adopted parents.

ie
Mi Kahnum
Hatchi Kahnia

[Lunar Rai]

Surnames have something to do with the moon, in any language.


Lunarian, Yue, Klaste (Ancient Lunarian for moon), night-orb, etc. are common surnames.