How to use "surname" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "surname" in popular movie and book plots

  • Takafumi has an ex-girlfriend named with a foul mouth and who is excessively sarcastic, whose surname is not revealed.  - Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life
  • Ignatz is asked by a chief judge to change his Jewish surname if he wishes to be promoted within the judiciary.  - Sunshine (1999 film)
  • Choudhury is a common Indian surname while the word "Arbit" refers to the arbitrary ways of the protagonist.  - Arbit Choudhury
  • Strett informs Ringo that his wife, Peggy (Helen Westcott), has changed her surname to hide their past life together.  - The Gunfighter
  • The fact that both Zaroff's surname and the name "Zodiac" start with a "Z" also seems significant.  - Zodiac (film)
  • MacPherson is revealed to be an alias and his real surname is Kilgallen.  - Only Angels Have Wings
  • After the birth of their daughter Connie, they buy a home and move to suburban Paramus, New Jersey, adopting the surname Conehead.  - Coneheads (film)
  • Meanwhile, the Simpsons change their surname to "Bufflekill" and they succeed in killing all the buffalo in the land.  - Simpsons Tall Tales
  • On their way back, Deke confesses to Glenda that his real surname is Tompkins.  - Loving You (1957 film)
  • When Giovanni hears his surname and realizes he's Delia's son, Ash is angered and tells him to leave his mother out of this.  - Pokémon Live!
  • Mr Twitchen introduces himself, revealing his surname is pronounced "Twychen".  - Gourmet Night
  • Culturally the central characters are Welshmen, with the surname Jones.  - On the Black Hill
  • Presumably one of his descendants adopted it as a surname before Blackadder II, in which the title character becomes "Edmund Blackadder".  - The Black Adder
  • The Abinger reprint of the Epilogue retains Maurice's original surname of Hill.  - Maurice (novel)
  • It is from this marriage that modern Dukes of Norfolk derive their surname of 'FitzAlan-Howard' and their seat in Arundel.  - Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk
  • He gives the boy the surname Adverse in acknowledgement of the difficult life he has led.  - Anthony Adverse

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