Examples of family name in a Sentence
Her family name is Smith.
searched for their family name on a popular genealogy website
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The family name was Zhou (or Chou), which, in Chinese culture, comes first, as in the name of the late Premier Zhou Enlai.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The family name, Vajra, is an ancient way of spelling the family’s surname, Vaira.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Trump Mobile follows a long line of various products featuring the Trump family name that President Trump and his family have promoted, including the Trump meme coin, Trump sneakers and Trump guitars.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 June 2025
For Cassity, turning the cemetery into an asset to the community has been a way to repair the family name, which was tarnished when his father, who died in 2020, and his brother Brent served jail time for fraud.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 June 2025
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
The family name, Vajra, is an ancient way of spelling the family’s surname, Vaira.
—Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Trump Mobile follows a long line of various products featuring the Trump family name that President Trump and his family have promoted, including the Trump meme coin, Trump sneakers and Trump guitars.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 June 2025
For Cassity, turning the cemetery into an asset to the community has been a way to repair the family name, which was tarnished when his father, who died in 2020, and his brother Brent served jail time for fraud.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 13 June 2025
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“Family name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20name. Accessed 17 Jul. 2025.
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