What is the longest known last name?

Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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What is the longest last name to exist?

The longest personal name is 747 characters long, and belongs to Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.
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What is the longest first name in history?

Conversation. The longest name to appear on a birth certificate is Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams. #OTD in 1984, her father looked to extend her first name to 1,019 letters and her middle name to 36 letters.
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What is the longest one word last name?

The longest single English surname is Featherstonehaugh (17 letters), variously pronounced Featherstonehaw or Festonhaw or Fessonhay or Freestonhugh or Feerstonhaw or Fanshaw.
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Who has the longest family name?

Who has the longest family name in the world? In fact, according to the Guinness Book of World Records throughout most of the 1970s and '80s, Hubert Wolfstern is a man of the most names: 26 first names (one for every letter of the alphabet, from Adolph to Zeus), and a last name that lasts 666 letters long.
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What is the longest white person name?

Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Jr.
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What last names no longer exist?

There is a list of names that are extinct. It includes Bread, Spinster, Chips, Rummage, Pussett, Temples, Wellbelove, Hatman and Bytheseashore. Know anyone with those names – hardly. Other names with just a few individuals include Fernsby, Rushlands, Berrycloth, Dankworth, Birdwhistle, Relish and Tumbler.
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What is the shortest name ever?

What's the shortest name? "E" or "E" (鄂) is a common Chinese surname, and one found in the classic book The Hundred Family Surnames from the early Song Dynasty.
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Who is the girl with 1000 letters in her name?

When the little girl was born on September 12, 1984, her parents wrote Rhoshandiatellyneshiaunneveshenk Koyaanisquatsiuth Williams on her birth certificate. However three weeks later they decided it simply wasn't long enough, so they filed an amendment which made it 1,019 letters long.
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What is the longest name in the Bible?

Biblical accounts

And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz.
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Who is the guy with 26 names?

In fact, according to the Guinness Book of World Records throughout most of the 1970s and '80s, Hubert Wolfstern is a man of the most names: 26 first names (one for every letter of the alphabet, from Adolph to Zeus), and a last name that lasts 666 letters long.
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What is the longest US city name?

17 letters: Mooselookmeguntic, Maine

Mooselookmeguntic has 17 letters and five syllables, making it the longest town or city name (without hyphens or spaces) in the US.
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What is the oldest last name in the US?

These two family names are undoubtedly historical contenders for the oldest known family name in American history.
  • The Brewster Family. ...
  • The Standish Family. ...
  • The Alden Family. ...
  • The Fuller Family. ...
  • The Allerton Family. ...
  • The Soule Family. ...
  • The Nelson Family. ...
  • The Sherman Family.
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What last name is long?

Long is the 86th most popular surname in the United States with origins in English, Irish, and Chinese. The most common alternate surname spellings include Longe, Lang, Delong, and Laing. Learn about the famous Longs, genealogy resources and the three main plausible origins for the common last name below.
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What Greek god has the longest name?

Of these twelve gods and goddesses, Hephaestus has the longest name measuring 10 letters long. But who was Hephaestus, and why was he important? And who were the Ancient Greeks and what they believed?
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Can you name your child a symbol?

The law bans names that contain “obscenity, numerals, symbols, or a combination of letters, numerals, or symbols…”, but naming a child after a mass murderer is A-OK. In most cases, the United States is pretty relaxed about what you can name your child when it comes to the stigma or meaning a name may carry.
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What is the oldest girl name in the world?

Oldest Female Name in History

Per Oldest.org, Neithhotep is the earliest named woman in history. A queen consort of Pharoah Narmer in Ancient Egypt, Neithhotep had her name recorded between circa 3150 and 3125 BCE.
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What is the 2 longest name in the world?

LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGERYCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIOGOGOGOCH, WALES. This village on the Ynys Môn island off the north-west coast of Wales has 58 letters. It is the place with the second-longest name in the world.
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Which country uses only one name?

In Bhutan, most people use either only one name or a combination of two personal names typically given by a Buddhist monk. There are no inherited family names, but instead, Bhutanese differentiate themselves with nicknames or prefixes.
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Can you have a single letter name?

The minimum length of a name is one letter.
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What is the weirdest last name?

An unusual last name can set you apart from the pack–here are six of most unique ones out there.
  • Shufflebottom.
  • Biggerstaff.
  • Hartshorn.
  • Fullilove.
  • Clampitt.
  • Shellaberger.
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Can a family name go extinct?

As offsprings of each generation can be either male or female and only the males carry on family names, the family name becomes extinct if male descendants die out. This is also related to the Y chromosome transmission in genetics.
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