“What’s in a name?” asks Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet.” Actually a name can reveal a lot. Some are patronyms, reflecting the identity of your father or ancestors, or references to a clan or tribe; some ...

America is home to a staggering diversity of last names. According to the 2010 United States Census, about 6.3 million different surnames were reported across the country. This highlights the ...

A Reddit user put together a map of the most common surname in every country. There are a lot of them that overlap. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) has the rest. A Reddit user put together a map of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massachusetts is home to one of the most unique “common” last names in the United States, according to new findings. Ancestry.com, ...