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à Beckett Medieval English, English (Australian)
Medieval Latinized form from Beckett. This surname is not used in modern Anglosphere. (But still exist in Austrailia.)

Begić Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian
Possibly related to Turkish element beg meaning "chieftain, leader".

Br Ginting f Batak
Feminine form of Ginting. The Br (short form of beru, pronounced BUH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese, specifically in the Karo tribe.

Br Maharaja f Batak
Feminine form of Maharaja. The Br (short form of boru, pronounced BOH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese (except Karo tribe).

Br Regar f Batak
Variant of Br Siregar.

Br Sinaga f Batak
Feminine form of Sinaga. The Br (short form of boru, pronounced BOH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese.

Br Siregar f Batak
Feminine form of Siregar. The Br (short form of boru, pronounced BOH-roo or BUH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese.

Br Tarigan f Batak
Feminine form of Tarigan. The Br (short form of beru, pronounced BOH-roo or BUH-roo) part is a nickname for women in Bataknese, specifically in the Karo tribe.

Chepchumba Kalenjin
Matronymic surname meaning "daughter of Chumba".

Colclough English
Derived from a place called Cowclough in Whitworth, Lancashire.

Dokgo Korean
Korean form of Dugu, from Sino-Korean 獨孤.

Ginting Batak

Gunawan Indonesian
Indonesianized version of various Chinese surnames (including 陳 Chen, 郭 Guo, etc.), under the social and political pressure during the New Order era (1966–1998) in Indonesia toward Chinese Indonesians.

Hadžiabdić Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage" and Arabic-derived عبد (ʿabd) meaning "servant", added with the patronymic element -ić.

Hadžijunuzović Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage", combined with the given name Junus and the patronymic element -ić.

Hadžimuhamedović Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian hadž meaning "hajj, pilgrimage", combined with the Bosnian given name Muhamed and the patronymic element -ić.

Kepale Dese Batak

Maharaja Batak

Nedry English (American)
It was the most popular in the United States in 1897-1990.

Pateman English
The name Pateman is rooted in the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture. It is a name for someone who worked as a boatman. The surname Pateman is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word bat, which means a boat.

Rarung Minahasan

Regar Batak
Variant of Siregar.

Šahbegović Bosnian
Possibly from Bosnian šah, ultimately from Classical Persian شاه (šāh), combined with Turkish element beg and the patronymic element -ić.

Siringoringo Batak

Stålesen Norwegian
Means "son of Ståle".

Sulejmanović Bosnian
Means "son of Sulejman".

Tarigan Batak

Tokko Korean
Alternative transcription of the surname Dokgo.

Yellow Robe Indigenous American

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