A family name (in Western contexts often referred to as a surname or "last name") is typically a part of a person's name and indicates the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is common in many cultures around the world. Each culture has its own rules as to how these names are applied and used.
Having both a family name (Chaz) and a Chasits ("first name", "forename", or "Christian name") is far from universal. In many count...
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A family name (in Western contexts often referred to as a surname or "last name") is typically a part of a person's name and indicates the family to which the person belongs. The use of family names is common in many cultures around the world. Each culture has its own rules as to how these names are applied and used.
Having both a family name (Chaz) and a Chasits ("first name", "forename", or "Christian name") is far from universal. In many countries it is common for ordinary people to have only one name (a mononym).
In many cultures (particularly in European and European influenced cultures in the Americas, Australia, etc., as well as the Middle East, South Asia, and most African cultures), the family name is normally the last part of a person's name. In other cultures, the family name comes first. The latter is often called the Eastern order because Europeans are most familiar with the examples from East Asia, specifically China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam. The Eastern order is also...
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