African Surnames

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	Usage	isis notis any ofis not any ofis all of   AfricanAlbanianAncientAncient CelticAncient EgyptianAncient GermanicAncient GreekAncient IrishAncient Near EasternAncient PersianAncient RomanAncient ScandinavianAnglo-SaxonAnglo-Saxon MythologyArabicArmenianAstronomyAzerbaijaniBaltic MythologyBasqueBerberBiblicalBiblical GreekBiblical HebrewBiblical LatinBosnianBretonBulgarianCatalanCeltic MythologyCentral AfricanChineseCornishCorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEastern AfricanEgyptian MythologyEnglishEsperantoEstonianFar Eastern MythologyFilipinoFinnishFinnish MythologyFlemishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGermanic MythologyGreekGreek MythologyHawaiianHebrewHinduismHistoryHungarianIcelandicIgboIndianIndigenous AustralianIndonesianIranianIrishIrish MythologyItalianJapaneseJudeo-Christian LegendKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdishKyrgyzLaoLate GreekLate RomanLatvianLimburgishLiteratureLithuanianMacedonianMalteseManxMaoriMedievalMongolianMormonMythologyNative AmericanNear Eastern MythologyNew World MythologyNorse MythologyNorwegianPacific/PolynesianPacific/Polynesian MythologyPakistaniPersian MythologyPolishPopular CulturePortugueseProvençalRoman MythologyRomanianRussianSamiScandinavianScottishSerbianSlavic MythologySlovakSloveneSouthern AfricanSpanishSwedishThaiTheologyTibetanTurkishUkrainianVariousVietnameseWelshWelsh MythologyWestern AfricanYiddishYoruba?(Modern)(Rare)(Archaic)
	Initial letter	isis notis any ofis not any of   abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
	Source	isis notis any ofis not any of   Given NameOccupationLocationNicknameOther
	Meaning	contains any of the keyword(s)does not contain any of the keyword(s)contains all of the keyword(s)does not contain all of the keyword(s)   expand search to ancestral names Separate terms with spaces Search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' This field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus expand search to ancestral names: meanings for names further up the family tree will be included
	Description	contains any of the keyword(s)does not contain any of the keyword(s)contains all of the keyword(s)does not contain all of the keyword(s)   Separate terms with spaces Search for an exact phrase by surrounding it with double quotes example: "lord of the rings" will match names from the novel 'The Lord of the Rings' This field understands simple boolean logic force a term to be included by preceding it with a + sign force a term to be excluded by preceding it with a - sign example: +greek +(legend myth) -zeus will match Greek names of myths or legends not about Zeus
	Origin	isis notis any ofis not any ofis all of   AfricanAlbanianAncientAncient Near EasternArabicAramaicArmenianAzerbaijaniBasqueBiblicalBosnianBretonBulgarianCatalanCelticChineseCornishCorsicanCroatianCzechDanishDutchEgyptianEnglishEsperantoEstonianFinnishFlemishFrenchFrisianGalicianGeorgianGermanGermanicGreek (Ancient)Greek (Modern)HawaiianHebrew (Classical)Hebrew (Modern)HungarianIcelandicIgboIndonesianIrish (Modern)ItalianJapaneseJudeo-Christian LegendKazakhKhmerKoreanKurdishKyrgyzLaoLatinLatin (Late)LatvianLimburgishLiteratureLithuanianMacedonianMalteseManxMaoriMedieval BalticMongolianMythologyNative AmericanNorwegianOld EnglishOld NorsePacific/PolynesianPersian (Ancient)PolishPopular CulturePortugueseProvençalRomanianRussianSamiSanskritScandinavianScottishSerbianSlavicSlovakSloveneSpanishSwedishTagalogTamazightThaiTheologyTibetanTurkishUkrainianUrduVietnameseWelshYiddishYoruba
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	Syllables	areare notare less thanare more thanare any ofare not any ofare all ofare not all of   1234567 Syllables can only be counted in names that have been assigned pronunciations Names without pronunciations are excluded from results
	Pattern	isis not   The pattern will be compared to the name * is a wildcard that will match zero or more letters. example: *oo* will match names which contain oo _ is a wildcard that will match exactly one letter. example: __z will match names which have two letters and then a z
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	Relationship	isis notis any ofis not any ofis all of   (all core forms)anglicizeddiminutivefrom given namehellenizedinfluenced by soundfrom different languagelatinizedvia meaningfrom place nameshort formvariantvariant transcriptionfrom word expand search to ancestral names The "relationship" is how the name relates to its parent name example: searching for diminutive will return Betsy because it is a diminutive of its parent Elizabeth selecting (all core forms) will exclude peripheral forms such as diminutives, short forms, and combinations expand search to ancestral names: relationships between names further up the family tree will be included

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AFOLAYAN     Yoruba
Means "walks with grace, confidence" or "walks like a rich man" in Yoruba.

IHEJIRIKA     African
Means "the one that I have is greater" in Igbo.

OBAMA     Eastern African
From a rare Luo given name, based on a word meaning "crooked" or "slightly bent"... [more]