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A family name that is generally passed down from generation to generation (via males of the family in Western culture). Women, traditionally (but not quite so much these days) often adopt the surname of the man they marry.

In modern culture it's fine for a male to adopt the females surname (though not that common), for couples to hyphenate their existing surnames into a new surname eg. if mary jones marries john smith they may join their surnames to be jones-smith or... possibly, it's fine to just create a whole new name (also not that common). Most commonly it is fine for each person to keep their own surnames and then fight when the children come along as to whose surname the children will get.
Example forms part of the definition.
surname by Em Wun March 8, 2005
The last name in a pair of names, used mainly for people's names.
Jack Michaelson's surname is Michaelson.
surname by LRS November 14, 2004
your last name
michael goodburger's surname is "goodburger"
surname by Heisenburg May 19, 2009

surnameluv 

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surnameluv by not surnameluv February 15, 2021

surinamese dutch

Just another pathetic attempt by Surinamese to make Surinam different from the rest of the Dutch speaking world. Surinam also likes to change spelling to suit them too. Curacao and the Netherlands Antilles speak proper official Dutch contrary to what Surinameses may think. It is Surinam that likes to change their vocab to suit them and seperate themselves further from Dutch culture.
Surinamese need to read the Dutch dictionary and learn to spell!
surinamese dutch by loops January 13, 2005
people whose names start with the letter b are often slutty, hot and are the ones who loose their virginity first.
person 1: did you hear hannah B lost her virginity?
person 2: well i mean her surname b what did you expect.
surname b by missycupquake July 29, 2016