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This category has the following 48 subcategories, out of 48 total. Surnames of Central African origin (9 C, 3 P) Surnames of East African origin (7 C) Surnames of North African origin (1 C) Surnames of West African origin (4 C, 8 P)
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Genghis Khan (c. 1162–1227), captured after a raid and enslaved by the Taichiud. George Africanus (1763–1834), an enslaved African man from Sierra Leone who became a successful entrepreneur in Nottingham. George Edward Doney (1758–1809), Gambian man enslaved by William Capell, 4th Earl of Essex.
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The list of most common surnames in Paraguay, reflected in the national voters register, shows the influence of Castilian Spanish in the Paraguayan society. Eight of the top 11 surnames end with "ez", the distinctive suffix of Castilian family names. The suffix "ez" means "son of"; thus, González means "son of Gonzalo", Benítez is "son of ...
Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of 'Smith', 'Jones', and 'Brown' (that is, the generic most often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov , or 'Johns', 'Peters', and ' Isidores ', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.
Parents searching for rarer names for their baby boys may choose “K” names, none of which have made the Social Security Administration’s “Top Five Names for Births in 1924-2023” list.
Shaquille, shortened to "Shaq", is an example of an invented African-American spelling of the name Shakil. The Afrocentrism movement that grew in popularity during the 1970s saw the advent of African names among African Americans, as well as names imagined to be "African-sounding". Names such as Ashanti have African origins. [4]