Project Surname was a project enacted by the Northwest Territories Council and Government of Canada to assign surnames to Inuit. Project Surname was also...

A surname DNA project is a genetic genealogy project which uses genealogical DNA tests to trace male lineage. In most cultures, there are few or no matrilineal...

1969, the government started Project Surname, headed by Abe Okpik, to replace number-names with patrilineal "family surnames". A popular belief exists that...

A surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with...

replace the disc numbers with names and Abe Okpik was appointed to Project Surname. From 1968 to 1971, Okpik toured the NWT and northern Quebec (Nunavik)...

system that was used in place of surnames for Inuit, and with prompting the government to authorise Project Surname to replace the numbers with names...

Hu (胡) is a Chinese surname. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. In 2013, it was the 13th most common in China, with 13.7 million Chinese...

disc numbers with last names under Project Surname. Okpik, whose disc number was "W3-554", was picked to head the project. From 1968 until 1971, Okpik visited...

records. In the mid-1960s Project Surname began, and, headed by Abe Okpik, Inuit were given surnames in a similar manner to how surnames were used among Canadians...

Smith is an occupational surname originating in England. It is the most prevalent surname in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada,...