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What’s in a Name? 1 Today it's only the exceedingly famous who are known by just one name, but even Sting, Cher and Madonna started life with a surname. In England alone there are around 45,000 different surnames. But prior to 1000 AD in Britain, everyone was known by the given name only, or perhaps their nickname.
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2 Different areas of the world adopted surnames at different periods in time. The Chinese were among the first people to use family names to honour their parents f ...


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