1. 王 (Wáng): 101.5 Million 王(Wáng) is the most common surname in China and in the world, which represents 101.5 million people. The character 王 means ‘king’. It’s composed of three horizontal lines representing the sky, earth and people, and a vertical line that connects them, ...
Examples of surnames are documented in the11th century by the barons in England. Surnames began as a way of identifying a certain aspect of that individual, such as by trade, father's name, location of birth, or physical features. It was not until the 15th century that surnames were used ...
There are different types of surnames in Russia: some end with -in (as in Putin); while others end with -sky [which in Russian is spelled ‘ий’] (as in Tchaikovsky). But the most widespread surname ending has the suffix -ov (as in Chekhov). What do Russian surnames mean? Histori...
Sam Solemovitz, originally Karon (1855-1938) from Kaunas, Lithuania m. Boska Shapiro (1857-1907) in 1882 and came to America with his family in 1895. He rem. Ida Mary Kurklefsky also from Lithuania (1864-1933) in 1909 and lived out his life in Superior, Wisconsin. –Ida Solemovitz (...
I know that if you're a guy you are -ski, a girl you are -ska and if you're married you're -scy/skySKI is male.SKA is female.Just the same whether you are married or not!I've seen some couples where the female has just taken her husbands surname spelt as SKI because they we...
王(Wáng) is the most common surname in China and in the world, which represents 101.5 million people. The character 王 means ‘king’. It’s composed of three horizontal lines representing the sky, earth and people, and a vertical line that connects them, indicating they are all ruled by...