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Things surname often describes ("surname ________")
- residents
- adults
- lineages
- males
- marriage
- associations
- adoption
- villages
- households
- unknown
- income
- village
- ism
- individuals
- count
- marriages
- families
- cards
- americans
- record
- percentages
- professionals
- females
- origin
- rank
- children
- perry
- group
- pupils
- frequency
- evidence
- populations
- tracts
- names
- population
- date
- viet
- teachers
- account
- opera
- groups
- inheritance
- family
- analysis
- women
- rhymes
- priests
- exogamy
- indexing
- candidates
- association
- proportions
- whites
- field
- index
- persons
- students
- workers
- people
- poverty
- voters
How surname often is described ("________ surname")
- chinese
- english
- hereditary
- maternal
- spanish
- rare
- popular
- original
- assumed
- polish
- shared
- unusual
- same
- select
- secular
- italian
- commonest
- honorary
- wrong
- real
- common
- sounding
- scottish
- additional
- famous
- former
- japanese
- identical
- married
- paternal
- honorable
- peculiar
- dutch
- known
- hispanic
- german
- own
- royal
- double
- occupational
- gaelic
- frequent
- irish
- russian
- true
- distinctive
- noble
- welsh
- actual
- imperial
- uncommon
- familiar
- hyphenated
- correct
- honourable
- numerous
- proper
- glorious
- different
- illustrious
- french
- strange
- roman
- ancient
- barrelled
- korean
