The United States is often referred to as an ethnic “melting pot” due to its diverse cultures and history of immigrants, but there are some regional differences when it comes to surnames. A recent ...

This photo taken Nov. 9, 2010, shows Emily Goodmann, a doctoral student who is doing her dissertation on the history of the telephone book. Ancestry, with the help of the white pages, researched the ...

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PHOENIX — A name can mean everything to a person. It’s what their reputation is built on. If their surname is Smith, however, then it might not mean as much. Smith is one of the most common surnames ...

(NEXSTAR/WOWK) – Is there a certain last name that you encounter more often than others? Maybe you work with a few unrelated Garcias, or your graduating class had a handful of Moores in it. It’s not ...

Venus Williams returns a shot to Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, during this year’s U.S. Open tennis tournament. Her surname remains among the most common over the past three decades, ...