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Also found in Lebanon. Written as "Փանոսեան" in Armenian.

- http://forebears.io/surnames/panossian

Also transcribed as "Nazaryan".

Written as "Նազարյան" in Armenian.

Merrill is also said to be a location name from English meaning "merry hill" or a Breton name from the Gaelic word 'Muirgheal' meaning "sea bright."

Also found among Muslims in Bangladesh ("কাদের" in Bengali) and India.
(http://forebears.io/surnames/Kader)

Written as "قدير" in Arabic.

It's very common all over Latin America.

Adam Carroll is a Northern Irish racing driver. He contested the 2016/17 Formula E season with new team Jaguar, and finished 21st in the standings.

Conner is the Roman Catholic spelling of Conor. It derives from BC times, combining the words ceann (Old Irish conn) meaning "chief, or head" with cobhair meaning "relieve, aid, help, assist". It literally means helpful chief.

William Shakespeare's wife was also named Anne Hathaway.

Stephen Ray "Steve" Perry, the former lead singer of Journey.

Venta (Celtic origin) - market or market town
Also Venta Belgarum is now what is referred to as Winchester (the place)
Source: http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsBritain/BritainBelgae.htm

Also pronounced PREZ-lee.

Robin Bengtsson is a Swedish singer.

Sapienti means wise in Latin. For example, verbum sapienti would mean word to the wise.

Most North American LeBlancs are descended from Daniel LeBlanc, the first LeBlanc in Grande Prè, Acadia.

Irish, Northern Irish (Ulster).

The surname Nelson is Irish, specifically Ulster Northern Irish. It's Gaelic equivalent is Mac Neill or Mac Néill.

My source:http://www.libraryireland.com/AnglicisedSurnames/Nelson.php.

Mainly Egyptian, and it is also transcribed as "Tawfik" or "Tawfeeq". In Arabic and Masri, it is written as "توفيق‎‎".

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawfik
- http://forebears.io/surnames/Tawfeek
- https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/ايهاب_توفيق (in Masri) [noted -ed]

Written as "حكيم" in Arabic. [noted -ed]

The name is actually mainly found in Pakistan. It is the spelling "Shirazi" that is more frequently found in Iran. In Persian, "Shirazi" is written as "شیرازی".

- http://forebears.io/surnames/Sherazi
- http://forebears.io/surnames/shirazi
- https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/شیرازی (in Persian) [noted -ed]

Written as "ناجي‎‎" in Arabic and "ناجى" in Masri (Egyptian Arabic). [noted -ed]

Seems to be used mainly in Egypt, and is also spelled as "Elmofty" and "El Mofty". In Arabic, the name is written as "المفتي".

- http://forebears.io/surnames/Elmofty: Elmofty
- http://forebears.io/surnames/el-mofty: El Mofty [noted -ed]

This particular spelling seems to be rare, with only 12 people total bearing it (http://forebears.io/surnames/el-ghazzawy). The alternative spelling El-Ghazawy (http://forebears.io/surnames/el-ghazawy) is used a bit more, but usage is highly concentrated in Egypt. The name is written as "الغزاوي" in Arabic.

Written as "سقاف" in Arabic. [noted -ed]

Written as "نجم" in Arabic. [noted -ed]

Written as "الأمين" in Arabic. [noted -ed]

Titanic Sinclair: the director of the YouTube channel "Poppy".

English scientist and theologian Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) associated with the discovery of oxygen.

Carroll means "Champion".

Spelled as "Zahradník" in Czech. [noted -ed]

This name actually has only one usage: German.

As an English, Danish, and German surname, Wolf is derived from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with a first element Wolf "Wolf", or a byname or nickname with this meaning. The Wolf was native throughout the forests of Europe, including Britain, until comparatively recently. In ancient and medieval times it played an important role in Germanic mythology, being regarded as one of the sacred beasts of Woden. This name is widespread throughout northern, central, and eastern Europe, as well as in Britain and German-speaking countries.

This surname actually has three usages: Irish, English, and German.

Brett Dalton, famous for his role as Grant Ward on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Dalton

But this surname is very-not Polish, it's much more Russian.

Also used in Odisha; written as "ମିଶ୍ର" in Odia.

http://forebears.io/surnames/Mishra
https://or.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ନରସିଂହ_ମିଶ୍ର (in Odia)

Alison Abdullah (Amanda Stephen) is a major character in Orange is the New Black.

Mitchell 'Mitch' Evans is a racing driver from New Zealand, who competed in the GP2 Series for several years, before moving to Formula E for the 2016/2017 season, driving for Jaguar.

Charles Leclerc is a Monégasque racing driver, who was GP3 Champion 2016, and as of June 2017 is leading the Formula 2 championship, driving for Prema Racing.

Also used in Canada.

http://forebears.io/surnames/Desjardins

A famous bearer of this surname is Australian actor, David Lyons who played Sebastian Monroe in the television series, Revolution. He spells his last name with an s at the end.

Пастернак in Russian cyrillic script. [noted -ed]

Паяри in Russian cyrillic script (pronounced pa-yar-ee)

The Finnish would also be pronounced this way, as the "j" would be pronounced like a "y".

Орлов in Russian cyrillic script. [noted -ed]

Матвеев in Russian cyrillic. [noted -ed]

Лагоунов in Russian cyrillic script.

Попов in Russian cyrillic script. [noted -ed]

Уткин in Russian cyrillic script. [noted -ed]

Васильев in Russian cyrillic script. [noted -ed]

Волков in Russian cyrillic script. [noted -ed]

Фёдоров in Russian cyrillic script. [noted -ed]