For centuries, women entering marriage in Japan have been bound by the Confucian notion of personal sacrifice for the good of ...

Millions of people living on the African continent share surnames, just like in other continents in the world. Africa is a very heterogeneous continent; it is not a country, as some Westerners think.

It's also the most popular type of surname in the country today: structure-wise, surnames with the -ski suffix (and the cognate -cki and -dzki) comprise some 35% of the 1000 most popular Polish names.

Surnames offer a fascinating insight into our history and heritage, enabling us to peek back into the past. As a rule of thumb, last names usually relate to geographical locations, past ...

The Justice Ministry says Japan, to its knowledge, is the only country that requires couples to adopt the same surname upon marriage. While the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of ...