#surnames — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #surnames, aggregated by home.social.
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Does the name of Hungary’s next PM really translate as Peter Hungarian?
In short: yes. And although his party’s election victory a few weeks ago was truly unprecedented, Péter Magyar’s last name is not nearly as unique as it may sound to foreign ears.
A quick overview of the history of Hungarian surnames will likely shed some light on why this is so.
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Hype for the Future 157/284: More Content on futoTopFlex
Introduction At https://www.youtube.com/@novaTopFlex, new content is slated for surname information associated with the Scottish Lowlands, as well as England, Wales, and the Channel Islands (Ireland has already been referred to separately). Surname Content The content will also be available in a paid format at https://www.patreon.com/@novaTopFlex to serve the reading community, as well as to provide spellings where the spellings in the audio may already be ambiguous. -
Interested in the #surnames of people in your #OnePlaceStudy / #FamilyHistory, and finding out where those surnames are/were most prevalent? Here are three resources shared by Debbie Kennett and IGRS (the Irish #Genealogical Research Society) on Twitter:
Worldnames (current data from 198 countries): https://apps.cdrc.ac.uk/worldnames/index.php
GBNames (uses historic censuses and recent consumer registers): https://apps.cdrc.ac.uk/gbnames/
Irish Surname Maps for the 1901 & 1911 Census of Ireland: https://www.barrygriffin.com/surname-maps/irish/
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A Double Amputee Was Shot and Killed by the LAPD | https://www.theroot.com/a-double-amputee-was-shot-and-killed-by-the-lapd-1850061349 #losangelespolicedepartment #blacklivesmatter #hugoreynaga #tyrenichols #anthonylowe #law2ccrime #surnames #surname #tased #names #lowe
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In the interest of #genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry wanted to share just a few #surnames from my paternal line. My mom is #Italian & I'd be happy to post hers in a different post.
#Ireland #Irish #Burniston #Burnison #Drummond #Boyce #Atkinson #Lute #Luke
#Germany #German #Angleman #Buchs #Schoff #Schoaf
#UEL #Loyalist #Book #Culver #Lamb #Shaw
#English #Culver #Drummond #Hopcraft #Davey #Tremberth #Cashmore #Oborn
Familiar with #Canadian records & happy to help.