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Is surname a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word surname is a Scrabble US word. The word surname is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is surname a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word surname is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1U1R1N1A1M3E1

Is surname a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word surname is a Words With Friends word. The word surname is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (3 found)

MANURES,MURENAS,SURNAME,

6-letter words (12 found)

AMUSER,ENARMS,MANURE,MURENA,NAMERS,RAMENS,REMANS,RUMENS,UNARMS,UNSEAM,URENAS,URMANS,

5-letter words (51 found)

AMENS,AMUSE,ARUMS,AUNES,AURES,EARNS,ENARM,MANES,MANSE,MANUS,MARES,MARSE,MASER,MEANS,MENSA,MENUS,MURAS,MURES,MUSAR,MUSER,NAMER,NAMES,NAMUS,NARES,NEARS,NEMAS,NEUMS,NURSE,RAMEN,RAMUS,RAUNS,REAMS,REANS,REMAN,RUMEN,RUMES,RUNES,RUSMA,SAMEN,SANER,SERUM,SMEAR,SNARE,UMRAS,UNARM,URASE,UREAS,URENA,URMAN,URSAE,USNEA,

4-letter words (76 found)

AMEN,AMES,AMUS,ANES,ANUS,ARES,ARMS,ARSE,ARUM,AUNE,EANS,EARN,EARS,EAUS,EMUS,ERAS,ERNS,MAES,MANE,MANS,MARE,MARS,MASE,MASU,MAUN,MEAN,MENU,MESA,MEUS,MNAS,MUNS,MURA,MURE,MUSE,NAES,NAME,NAMS,NAMU,NARE,NEAR,NEMA,NEUM,NURS,RAMS,RASE,RAUN,REAM,REAN,REMS,RENS,RUES,RUME,RUMS,RUNE,RUNS,RUSA,RUSE,SAME,SANE,SEAM,SEAN,SEAR,SENA,SERA,SMUR,SNAR,SUER,SURA,SURE,UMES,UMRA,UREA,URES,URNS,URSA,USER,

3-letter words (62 found)

AME,AMU,ANE,ANS,ARE,ARM,ARS,AUE,EAN,EAR,EAS,EAU,EMS,EMU,ENS,ERA,ERM,ERN,ERS,MAE,MAN,MAR,MAS,MEN,MES,MEU,MNA,MUN,MUS,NAE,NAM,NAS,NUR,NUS,RAM,RAN,RAS,REM,REN,RES,RUE,RUM,RUN,SAE,SAM,SAN,SAR,SAU,SEA,SEN,SER,SMA,SUE,SUM,SUN,SUR,UME,UMS,UNS,URE,URN,USE,

2-letter words (21 found)

AE,AM,AN,AR,AS,EA,EM,EN,ER,ES,MA,ME,MU,NA,NE,NU,RE,UM,UN,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 226 words from surname according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of surname

surname

Alternative forms

  • sirname (archaic)
  • sur-name (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English surname, a partial calque of Old French surnum, surnoun (“surname; nickname”) (whence Middle English surnoun), from Late Latin supernōmen, suprānōmen (“surname”), from super- (“over, above, beyond”) and nōmen (“name”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: sûrʹnām'; IPA(key): /ˈsɝˌneɪm/
  • (UK) enPR: sûʹnām'; IPA(key): /ˈsɜːˌneɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)neɪm

Noun

surname (plural surnames)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of epithet, an additional name, particularly those derived from a birthplace, quality, or achievement.
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of nickname, an additional name given to a person, place, or thing, a byname.
  3. The name a person shares with other members of that person's family, distinguished from that person's given name(s); a family name.
  4. (Classical studies) The cognomen of Roman names.
  5. (Scotland, obsolete) A clan.
    • 1455 in J. D. Marwick, Charters of Edinburgh (1871), 79:
      The surnam and nerrest of blude to the said Williame.

Usage notes

The term "surname" may be used to translate terms from non-English names which carry additional shades of meaning, most notably in the case of Roman cognomens. In fact, the nomen was the surname as the word is commonly understood today but the terms were first applied when surname was still used in the sense of "additional" or "added" name: the cognomen was added to the nomen to show the branch of the family involved. (The modern translation of a similar distinction in ancient Chinese names customarily uses ancestral name and clan name instead and typically speaks of surnames only once the two merged into a single and commonly-employed family name.)

Both surname and last name are extremely common in all dialects of English, the former being somewhat more preferred in the UK and the latter in the US. However, because of the cultural and gendered associations involved with both terms, the use of family name is increasingly preferred in multicultural contexts.

Icelandic patronymics or matronymics (see Icelandic name) probably should not be regarded as true surnames.

Synonyms

  • (family name): See Thesaurus:surname

Hypernyms

  • name

Hyponyms

  • bride's name, maiden name (surname prior to marriage); patronym, patronymic (a surname specifically referencing one's father's given name); matronym, matronymic (a surname specifically referencing one's mother's given name)

Coordinate terms

  • See given name; middle name; epithet, cognomen, nickname

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

surname (third-person singular simple present surnames, present participle surnaming, simple past and past participle surnamed)

  1. (transitive) To give a surname to.
  2. (transitive) To call by a surname.

Translations

Statistics

The most common surnames in the United States, as of the 2010 census (with number of persons bearing said surname):

1. Smith; 2,442,977

2. Johnson; 1,932,812

3. Williams; 1,625,252

4. Brown; 1,437,026

5. Jones; 1,425,470

6. Garcia; 1,166,120

7. Miller; 1,161,437

8. Davis; 1,116,357

9. Rodriguez; 1,094,924

10. Martinez; 1,060,159

See also

  • Name change on Wikipedia
  • Wiktionary appendix of surnames

References

Anagrams

  • Mansure, manures

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • surename, sourname, sorname, syrname, sire name

Etymology

Partial calque of Old French surnoun, from Late Latin supernōmen, suprānōmen; equivalent to sur- +‎ name. Forms beginning with sir-, syr-, etc. represent reanalysis of the first element as sire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsurnaːm(ə)/, /ˈsirnaːm(ə)/

Noun

surname (plural surnames)

  1. epithet, nickname
    • c. 1400, "St. John Baptist", 928 in W. M. Metcalfe, Legends of the saints: in the Scottish dialect of the fourteenth century (1896), II 249:
  2. surname, family name
  3. alias, appellation
    • c. 1395, Wycliff's Bible, Ecclus. XLVII 19:

Descendants

  • English: surname

References

  • “surnāme, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Source: wiktionary.org