family name
part of a naming scheme for individuals, used in many cultures worldwide
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Summary
family name is a name particle[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of name particle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,238 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Named after: family[3], name[4]
- Subclass of: surname[5], anthroponym[6]
- Part of: full name[7]
- Commons category: Families by name[8]
- Said to be the same as: surname[9], xing[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Families by name[11], Category:Surnames[12], Category:Surname[13]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[16]
- Replaces: disc number[17]
- Partially coincident with: nomen[18], house name[19], first name[20], last name[21], middle name[22], surname[23]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox family name[24]
- Has characteristic: family name has to use a different item than disambiguation page[25]
- Main Wikidata property: P6978[26], P1950[27], P9139[28], P9688[29], P734[30]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Surname[31], http://www.loc.gov/mads/rdf/v1#FamilyName[32]
- Different from: family[33], cognomen[34], byname[35], clan[36], 姓[37]
- Properties for this type: P1705[38], P282[39], P407[40], P1889[41], P460[42], P3878[43], P3879[44], P3880[45], P7377[46], P8168[47], P6597[48], P9644[49], P3370[50], P5452[51]
- Studied by: one-name study[52]
Why It Matters
family name has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]