• A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name, which included names of specific locations, such as the individual's...
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    Van Patronymic Toponymic surname "Surname". Britannica. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023. "surname". Oxford Dictionaries...
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    Miller, one that began as an occupational surname for a miller and another that began as a toponymic surname for people from a locale in Glasgow. Miller...
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  • Poonawalla (category Toponymic surnames)
    Poonawalla or Poonawala is an Indian (Parsi/Dawoodi Bohra/Khoja) toponymic surname for someone from Pune (formerly Poona) in India. It may refer to: Adar...
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  • Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written...
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  • Polish names (redirect from Polish surname)
    suffix was thus attached to surnames derived from a person's occupation, characteristics, patronymic surnames, or toponymic surnames (from a person's place...
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  • Toponymy (redirect from Toponymic)
    Toponymy, toponymics, or toponomastics is the study of toponyms (proper names of places, also known as place names and geographic names), including their...
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  • side") Examples of occupational surnames: Kalvis, Kalvelis, Kalvaitis – from kalvis ("blacksmith") A toponymic surname usually derives from the name of...
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  • Sutton, originally de Sutton, is an English toponymic surname. One origin is from Anglo-Saxon where it is derived from sudh, suth, or suð, and tun referring...
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  • /t͡ɕia³⁵/), which originated as a toponymic surname. Jiǎ (賈; IPA: /t͡ɕia²¹⁴/), which also originated as a toponymic surname referring to the State of Jia [zh]...
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