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Surname order and revaccination intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: goldScientific Reports
Teachers in Japanese schools employ alphabetical surname lists that call students sooner, with surnames appearing early on these lists. We conducted Internet surveys nearly every month from March 2020 to September 2022 with the same participants, wherein
Eiji Yamamura   +2 more
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Corpus of Surnames of the Ilek Cossacks (Based on the 18th–19th Centuries Census Material and Parish Registers)

open access: yesВопросы ономастики, 2021
The article discusses the surnames of the Ilek Cossacks — one of the local communities in the Ural Cossack Host. Nowadays, all the surviving settlements of the Ilek Cossacks are located in the southwest of the Orenburg Region, Russia.
Alois I. Nazarov
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A 150-Year Debate over Surnames vs. Patronymics in Iceland

open access: yesGenealogy, 2023
Iceland stands out in today’s Europe due to the fact that most Icelanders use patronymics rather than surnames. However, a small percentage of Icelanders do have surnames inherited in a fixed form.
Kendra Willson
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Distribution of Locative Surnames in the South-West of France [PDF]

open access: yesВопросы ономастики, 2019
The article deals with locative surnames in the South-West of France in terms of their quantitative representation and distribution among other types of surnames derived from first names, professions, nicknames, etc.
Natalia M. Zaika
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Regional surname affinity: a spatial network approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
OBJECTIVE We investigate surname affinities among areas of modern‐day China, by constructing a spatial network, and making community detection.
Chen, Jiawei   +5 more
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Forenames and Surnames in Spain in 2004 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper quantifies the corpus of forenames and surnames in Spain in 2004 using the telephone directory. It describes their frequency patterns, major measurable characteristics, and gives some geographical distributions, international comparisons, and ...
Mateos, P, Tucker, DK
core   +1 more source

The Family Name as Socio-Cultural Feature and Genetic Metaphor: From Concepts to Methods [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A recent workshop entitled The Family Name as Socio-Cultural Feature and Genetic Metaphor: From Concepts to Methods was held in Paris in December 2010, sponsored by the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and by the journal Human ...
Alessio Boattini   +66 more
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A Comparison Of Irish Surnames In The United States With Those Of Eire

open access: yesNames, 2006
This paper compares contemporary frequency distributions of Irish Surnames in Eire (2001) and the United States (US) (1997), about one hundred years after bulk of Irish emigration to the US, in order to measure changes, if any, in form and frequency of ...
D Kenneth Tucker
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When Everything Changes: Using Critical Family History to Deconstruct Keesing and Fitzpatrick Surnames

open access: yesGenealogy, 2020
DNA analysis has enabled a much deeper interrogation of our surnames, Keesing and Fitzpatrick, than was possible via traditional genealogical research. This can inform us regarding the potential ‘hidden’ complexities of some surnames. Through
Esther Fitzpatrick, Mike Fitzpatrick
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