Muslera or Viera...Italian last name????
This is what I found on www.ancestry.com Vierra Name Meaning and History Origin unidentified; possibly a respelling of Spanish Viera. I couldn't find anything in relation to the other name at all. Normally there is a little bit of text about these "unique" names but there wasn't even an hint about Muslera.
I'm doing a Family Tree Project- anyone knows anyone with the last name Ramirez?
You don't need to share your personal information here. Your personal information, however, is the absolute key to finding your ancestry. Someone elses' tree or information is not going to be of much value to you, except if it actually connects to Manny. And for THAT, you would also have to have his lineage. I googled, and there is some biographical info posted on wikipedia, although it does not name his parents. That's pretty common for celebrities. One suggestion.. if you have your ancestry, with lots of specifics.. you could send a note to him? http://www.mannyramirez.com/home.htm Looking here, he sounds friendly and open to hearing from people.
Does "surname" mean the same thing as "last name"?
Does "surname" mean the same thing as "last name"?As many have pointed out already, in the English speaking world it does; but this perhaps owes something to the western Christian emphasis on the individual: you are who you are (Fred) but also from a family (Smith), whereas, in Asia, where family has such great importance, you are of the Sun family, and, individually, Yat-sen.Historically, though, there was no necessary connexion between either the order of names or family when it came to surnames. A surname is a “supername”, one in addition to the name by which you are known. So you could have a surname which came first: “Butcher John” would be distinguished from “Priest John”, which meant the surname was doing what it was supposed to do.As is well-known, many current family names were originally trade appellations or indications of the region, town or locale from which you came, or a description of some personal characteristic. Sometimes it even referred to your clothing: Ragnar Loþbrok, a semi-legendary Scandinavian king apparently liked to wear “hairy (or shaggy) breeches”.Fletchers and Coopers were those who added “flights” to arrows or who made barrels. We Greens may owe our surname to coming from near the village green, being in the dyeing trade (makers of and dyers with green dye were common around Nottingham, hence the green clothing of Robin Hood and his merry men), or even a bit naive and “green”. As my ancestors were from Seaford in Sussex, I doubt that dyeing had much to do with it. Attenborough indicated that an ancestor lived “at the(n) borough” or at the fortified enclosure. Tupper (as in Tupperwear) was someone with a reputation for having a lot of sex.When Napoleon invaded the Netherlands in 1811, and imposed a census, people who had no surname at the time had to adopt one for census purposes. While most Dutch had surnames by that time, some, particularly in outlying areas, did not — perhaps 20% of the population according to some estimates. It seems that the Frisians were suffering shortages in this respect, considering how many became de Vries or Vries.So, in a way, nicknames and surnames have a long historical association, though nicknames are more inclined to hang around before the given name while, in English practice, surnames tend to come after the given name.
Has anyone ever heard the last name Presas?
Have any of you ever heard the last name Presas? If so, can you tell me where you heard and where you heard the name? It is my maiden name and I am from San Antonio, TX...everyone in the phone book here with that last name is related to me. Thanks