One great way to break the ice is by asking about theirname. Like in many cultures,Chinese namesare made up of asurname(family name) and agiven name. Knowing a bit about common Chinese surnames can be a simple yet effective way to start a conversation, which may even lead to moremeanin...
The 50 most common surnames in Ireland have their own meanings and origins, though some are closely linked together.
African surnames reflect a history of colonialism. For instance, you’ll see European surnames along the western coast, Arabic surnames in the north, and indigenous names in the less-accessible interior. The influence of Islam is notable, asall ofAfrica’s most common last namesare Islamic in ...
PERSONAL namesIn this paper, the Croatian and Ukrainian anthroponymic corpus are compared based on the twenty most common male and female names and surnames. The linguistic and cultural similarities between the Croatian and Ukrainian first name corpus are evidenced in the two most comm...
Big-Y DNA matches with men whose most recent common ancestor haplogroup formation dates connect them with continental populations in other locations, outside of North and South America. This would preclude their presence in the Americas after the migrations that populated the Americas. This has occur...
The north of the county was included in the traditional lands of the MacDermots, while the south formed part of the territory of Uí Máine, ruled by the O'Kellys. Roscommon was little affected by the Norman invasion and was one of the counties left to the native proprietors by Cromwell...