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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
family name
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He loved his sons, and Alvin Sharpes loved his family name.
▪ So those who had no family name were required by law to adopt one.
Wiktionary
family name

n. A surname.

WordNet
family name

n. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname, cognomen, last name]

Wikipedia
Family Name

Family Name may refer to:

  • Surname, a name added to a given name
  • Family Name (film); see List of Sundance Film Festival award winners
  • Family Name (horse), 1974 winner of the Miss Woodford Stakes