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An Americanized version of the Hungarian surname Lukács.

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In terms of meaning, the surname Haberkorn is composed of the Middle High German words haber(e) "oats" and korn "grain".

Source: https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/haberkorn?role=S

Written as "Ράπτης" in Greek.

It's natively written as "Παπαδόπουλος" in Greek.

It's natively written as "Παχής" in Greek.

One of my favorite characters is Percy Jackson! I love that series!

The word Aquino probably means "from water" or "aquatic".

Daniel Howell. An English YouTube personality who is one half of the duo Dan And Phil.

Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins.

Actress Mackenzie Davis.

A famous bearer of the surname Doran is the Australian actor Matt Doran.

Judge Hopkins is a fictional character from the film ParaNoman, who wrongfully executed Agatha Prenderghast as a witch.

Elaborating on what m4yb3_daijirou said, the surname Hisakawa would more accurately mean "long-lasting river".

A notable bearer of the surname Hisakawa is Japanese voice actress and singer Aya Hisakawa (久川 綾). Some of her roles include Sailor Mercury in 'Sailor Moon', Skuld in 'Oh My Goddess!', and Yuri Tsukikage (a.k.a. Cure Moonlight) in 'HeartCatch Pretty Cure!'.

Here's a link to Aya Hisakawa's Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aya_Hisakawa.

Written as "הראל" in Hebrew. [noted -ed]

The surname Méndez is of Galician origin.

Source: https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/Mendez.

The surname Dodge is (mainly) found in northern England.

Source: https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/Dodge.

A main character named Heather from Heathers 1988 and heathers the musical have this surname.

The surname Good is a nickname derived from the Middle English word gode, which means "Good" (from Old English gōd).

Source(s):
• https://www.familyeducation.com/baby-names/name-meaning/Good.

Refers to those recently freed from slavery after the Civil War, now being freed men.

This is also used in India by Parsee Zoroastrians, who were forced to adopt a surname during the British rule of India (most simply adopted English words for their respective occupations).

Joey Barton, English footballer (1982-)

This is also used by Parsi Zoroastrians in India, who were forced to adopt English occupational terms as surnames during the British rule of India.

This surname seems to be very rare, but, nevertheless, it's written as "کوروشی" in Persian.

http://forebears.io/surnames/Khoroushi [noted -ed]

When Forst families came to England, and America, most of them changed their name from "Forst" to "Frost".

In terms of meaning, Fukui is derived from 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune" and 井 (i) meaning "well, mine shaft, pit".

Steve Pemberton, English comedian (1967-)

A surname well represented in Lanarkshire.

Famous bearer is Paul from the kindred Balog.

Arthur Haynes, English comedian (1916-1966).

The surname Haynes, translated from the Welsh personal name, 'Einwis', meaning a wretched person.

I've heard this pronounced multiple ways by people with the surname: wen, noo-win, nwen, and gwen. Maybe it's regional?

Also a Jewish last name.

It's also used by Indian Christians, mostly by Saint Thomas or Syriac Christians in the state of Kerala in the south (written as "തോമസ്" in Malayalam). This is perhaps due to Saint Thomas the Apostle, who is believed to have spread Christianity to India.

Brigham Young was a prophet in the Mormon church and the college Brigham Young University is named after him.

A famous bearer of this name in pop culture is Junji Ito, author of the horror manga Dissolving Classroom.

A famous bearer is Huang Zitao, Chinese singer, rapper and artist.

“Ching Chong” is a term used to mock the Asian language or people of Asian ancestry.

Zhang could also be the surname 章, which means “stamp”. It is a lesser common surname in China that shared the same pronunciation with 张.

Yingying Zhang (章莹颖) is a visiting scholar in the United States from China, who has not been seen since she got into a car at a bus stop on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign campus on June 9, 2017. The FBI arrested and charged Brendt Allen Christensen, a Champaign resident and former physics graduate student at the university for kidnapping her.

Kisean Anderson, known professionally as Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer whose first album, Sean Kingston, was released in 2007.

Under the spelling variant Forrester was the title character's name in the Sean Connery film "Finding Forrester."

German Origin: latinized patronymic from Peter.

Jonathan "Jon" Kolia Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker.

The surname Aquila literally means "eagle" in Italian, and it denotes a lordly or a sharp-eyed man.

A notable bearer of this surname is American voice actor Lucien Dodge. Some of his roles include the title character in the video game 'Dust: An Elysian Tail', Waver Velvet in 'Fate/Zero', and Blue in 'Pokémon Origins'.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Dodge, https://myanimelist.net/people/20853/Lucien_Dodge, http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/LucienDodge, http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Lucien-Dodge/

Chloe Price from Life is Strange.

This is actually the expatriate form of the surname Khachaturyan or Khachatryan, mainly used by Armenians living outside of Armenia. The aforementioned forms are much more common and used in Armenia. [noted -ed]

Peter Davison (born Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett; 13 April 1951) is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms.