Occupational last names make up some of the most common surnames found in the United States today, most notably Smith, which has been the most common last name in the USA for decades. Other names like Knight, Prince, Baker, Farmer, and Tanner all came about due to this naming tactic. Th...
Spanish Surnames Among the 2,000 Most Common United States Surnamesdoi:10.1179/nam.1971.19.2.137BuechleyRobert W.Names
The surname "Smith" is one of the most common surnames in English - speaking countries. Which of the following statements about its origin is correct? A. It comes from a person's occupation related to metalworking. B. It was given to those who lived near a large forest. C. It ...
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first names and one for surnames. But as I’ll explain, those data sets can’t be stitched together so easily. If they could, we’d be able to say that “John Smith” is the third most common full name in America, but in reality it probably doesn’t even make it into the top ...
Surnames in Western Europe: A comparison of the subcontinental populations through isonymy We studied the isonymic structure of Western Europe using the distributions of 26.2 million surnames in 8 countries, 125 regions and 2094 towns of the Subc... C Scapoli,E Mamolini,A Carrieri,... - 《...
根据第一段“Our surnames are one of the most important pieces of our identity.” 以及 下文“British writer David McKie finds the origins of British family names in his new book What's in a Surname ?”可知 surname 指的就是 family name,故选C。 2.B 细节理解题。 根据第二段“ McKie ...
Other early surnames came from people's occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter- a person ...
Though neither Romeo nor Juliet can claim a spot on any lists of the most popular baby names of the 21st century in the U.S., this collection has a little bit of everything. There are reimagined surnames, Puritan virtue names, and names born from rom-coms, sitcoms, and dreamed up by...