Usually means: Surname shared by related individuals.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word family name:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. family name: Merriam-Webster
  2. family name: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. family name: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. family name: Collins English Dictionary
  5. family name: Vocabulary.com
  6. family-name: Wordnik
  7. family name: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. family name: Wiktionary
  9. family name: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. family name: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. family name: Dictionary.com
  12. Family Name (film), Family Name, Family name (disambiguation), Family name: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. family name: Rhymezone
  14. family name: FreeDictionary.org
  15. family name: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. family name: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. family name: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. family name: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. family name: Encyclopedia

(Note: See family_names as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (family name)

▸ noun:  Synonym of surname: a name designating a person as a member of a family.
▸ noun:  A family’s honor or reputation.
▸ noun:  (uncommon) A given name common within a family or given because of another family member.

Similar:
cognomen, last name, surname, familia, anthroponym, name, to-name, like, slave name, ancestral name, more...

Opposite:
given name, first name, personal name

Types:
surname, last name, given name, more...

Phrases:
Scandinavian family name etymology, baseball family name, family name of a roman emperor, family name in 19th century literature, carry on the family name, more...

Adjectives:
prime, proud, then, minus, straight, still, apt, or, senior, welcome, first and last

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Similar:
cognomen, last name, surname, familia, anthroponym, name, to-name, like, slave name, ancestral name, more...

Opposite:
given name, first name, personal name

Types:
surname, last name, given name, more...

Phrases:
Scandinavian family name etymology, baseball family name, family name of a roman emperor, family name in 19th century literature, carry on the family name, boxing family name, uphold the family name, more...

Adjectives:
prime, proud, then, minus, straight, still, apt, or, senior, welcome, first and last

Colors:
    crimson,     burgundy,     emerald,     sapphire,     amber, more...



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