Surname is the same as family name.
eg John Smith. John is the given name. Smith is the family name.
Your father's given name is not a surname.
A surname is also known as a last name or family name. A surname comes after the first or given name, and the middle name or initial, if there is one.
In 1829 Native Americans in the west did not have both a given and surname. He was given the name of Goyaale (which means "one who yawns" in the Apache language) at birth and the name Geronimo (Gerome is the English version of the name) was given him by the Mexican Army.
As a noun: surname means a family name, or the name that one has in common with other family members. It is also defined as an epithet; or the name added to one's given name, indicating a circumstance of birth or some achievement or characteristic. As a verb: surname is defined as "to give a surname to", or "to call by a surname".
Sorry, but "Seamus" is not a surname. It is a masculine given name that equivocates to James or Jacob, meaning "one who supplants". In the U.S., the Yiddish masculine given name "Shamus" can be slang for a private detective.
That is one spelling of the Spanish given name Hernando, and variants are Hernan and the surname Hernandez. The related name is Fernando (Ferdinand), and the surname Fernandez.
James was one of the characters that was not given a surname.
Celik, a Turkish word that means "steel", is common as a given (first) name, and as a surname, in its country of origin, Turkey. One example of Celik as a surname is the Turkish footballer, Yasin Celik.
A surname, also known as a last name or family name, is the name shared by family members. It is usually passed down from one generation to the next. A given name, also known as a first name or forename, is the personal name that is given to an individual at birth or during a naming ceremony. It distinguishes one individual from others in the same family.
Heath is an Old English male given name and surname denoting one who lived on a moor or heath.
Of course. I know of two with the given name tyler and one with the surname tyler.
The last name (surname) may be spelled Wellcome or Welcome. The given name is almost always with one L, Welcome.
It is the Americanized form of a German surname: http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/lail