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Difficult question. First of all, I don't think Surnames can be classified as an invention. Their use may even date back to prehistoric times. Their usefulness peaked, however, when a man like John the blacksmith became known as John Smith. Fran Logan Difficult question. First of all, I don't think Surnames can be classified as an invention. Their use may even date back to prehistoric times. Their usefulness peaked, however, when a man like John the blacksmith became known as John Smith. Fran Logan
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∙ 13y agoI don't know who made mine but common names here are the first name of the father and added -son. So Andersson, Johnsson etc. It differs a bit between countries. Others made them up based on the place they live in or something they like. Names that have a von or van (from/of in German) in them have a name first and then von/van and then a place to make sure people know which particular family and from what area they come from.
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∙ 9y agoIt may be a widely held rumor that either "Smith" or "Brown" was the first surname, but there is no extant evidence to support either claim.
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