All surname synonyms

noun surname

• eponym — A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
• denomination — A particular denomination is a particular religious group which has slightly different beliefs from other groups within the same faith.
• cognomen — (originally) an ancient Roman's third name or nickname, which later became his family name
• matronymic — metronymic.
• last name — surname (def 1).
• agname — a name that is used in addition to a first name and surname
• autonym — a piece of literature published under the real name of an author
• agnomen — the fourth name or second cognomen occasionally acquired by an ancient Roman
• by-name — a secondary name; cognomen; surname.
• name — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
• compellation — appellation
• namesake — a person named after another.
• family name — the hereditary surname of a family.
• nomen — (in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.