You might be surprised at how common a surname can be, even if it’s not one that you hear every day. But no matter how popular, your last name is one of the most important ways to trace your identity and familial descent through the years!
Perhaps these variations were inspired by Jerry Lee Lewis' popular cover of the Little Richard song "Good Golly, Miss Molly," released that same year. 1963: Legrand Canva 1963: Legrand Rumored to have first been a nickname, this traditional French surname meaning "large" or "tall" originated...
Smith is one of the oldest surnames in the U.S., so perhaps it's no surprise that it's the nation's most common last name. In the 2010 Census, there were 2.4 million instances of the surname recorded in the United States. After Smith, the next-most common names included Johnson (1....
As a surname,Nema evolved from the Irish family name MacConmara, meaning "warrior of the sea." However, as a given name, itshares the base "Nem"with a variety of Hindu, Indian, and Sanskrit names like Nemachandra and Nemali. A more common variation doubles the "e" to makeNeema, a g...