Your surname is your family name. When filling out applications, type your surname as it appears on your passport, travel or identity document or any letters you got from the visa office or case proce [..]

c. 1300, "name, title, or epithet added to a person's name," from sur "above" (from Latin super-; see sur- (1)) + name (n.); modeled on Anglo-French surnoun "surname" [..]

name that a person shares with other family members.

last name

means the family name (last name).

the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, [..]

A last name or family name traditionally in many Western European countries passed down from a father to his children.

A name used by a family that is passed from generation to generation. Also called last name.

The student surname provided by the student on the VTAC application form or on the applicant portal for direct course applications.

A shared name that identifies members of the same family (example: Patterson), as distinct from a given name (example: Samantha) that may be the same as that of a close or distant relative but is also [..]

(n) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

n. "title, epithet," s.v. surname sb. OED. KEY: surname@n

n 1 surname 1

A name shared in common to identify the members of a family. Also a family name or last name.

(obsolete) An additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement; an epithet. *''Arthour and Merlin'', 5488: *: thred herrod had alsua til his suornome agrippa [..]

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