Other Surname Types
From My Research Wiki
Family names could come from the following sources:
- Ancestors - patronymics or matronymics, such as O'Shea or Williams
- Descriptive names, such as "red"
- Geographic names such as "hill"
- Nicknames
- Occupations such as Turner
- Transliteration (spelling changes or regional pronunciations), such as Menges to Mingos and Mingus
- Translations from one region to another
- Religious names
- Spelling variations (just simple changes over time)
