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Pages in category "French-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,684 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Franco-American Flag [citation needed]. French Americans are U.S. citizens or nationals of French descent and heritage. The majority of Franco-American families did not arrive directly from France, but rather settled French territories in the New World (primarily in the 17th and 18th centuries) before moving or being forced to move to the United States later on (see Quebec diaspora and Great ...
Basque surnames are surnames with Basque-language origins or a long, identifiable tradition in the Basque Country. They can be divided into two main types, patronymic and non-patronymic. The patronymics such as Aluariz (probably Alvariz, child of Alvar, as in the past 'u' and 'v' were indistinguishable in writing), Obecoz or Garcez are amongst ...
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin) and Chami (for Cham origin ).
Anglicisation of names. The anglicisation of personal names is the change of non-English-language personal names to spellings nearer English sounds, or substitution of equivalent or similar English personal names in the place of non-English personal names.
Pages in category "Surnames of French origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 435 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Albertet. Alexandre (given name) Alexis (given name) Alfred (name) Allain. Alphonse (given name) Alphonse Joseph. Alvin (given name) Amable.
Blanchard (French surname) Boise (from boisé, "Wooded") Bonneville County (named after Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (1796–1878), a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper and explorer) Bovard; Bruneau (French surname) Cache ("hidden") Coeur d'Alene ("Heart of the Awl") Culdesac ("Dead End") Dubois ("of the wood ...