A surname is a generic name transmitted from generation to generation, most often along the male line. It indicates a person’s belonging to a particular clan or family. This is a kind of distinctive "sign" of one person from another. But some surnames are so popular that, without knowing the date of birth, you may not even find the person you need. Well, at least Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich. According to statistics, more than a thousand people live in Russia with this name only. Things are completely different for people who have rare surnames. You definitely will not confuse them with anyone. But just how does he live - good or bad?
From the history
In Russia, surnames appeared relatively recently. Mostly they came from the nicknames of people who were given those by type of work or place of residence, and patronymic (by the name of one of their ancestors). Well, for example: there lived a man named Ivan, his son was called Ivan's son. From here came this well-known surname. Or this option: a person lives near the village (or in himself) Beloozero, which means he is Belozersky.
Around the 14th century, surnames began to appear among the people of Veliky Novgorod, who most likely adopted this custom from the Principality of Lithuania. Subsequently, they began to “acquire” Moscow princes and boyars. The rest of the population of Russia did not have a surname until about the middle of the 19th century. By the way, all this time they were transmitted exclusively by inheritance, and only along the male line. And women did not have such a right at all. And only after 1891, after the abolition of serfdom, this distinctive feature was already absolutely every peasant. Finally, the process of forming surnames was established closer to the middle of the 20th century.
Is it easy to live with them?
Partly not. Many believe that the owner of a rare surname should be proud of it. But in practice the opposite is true. Most people are even embarrassed by their surnames, since, basically, they do not sound very beautiful, which brings owners a lot of problems. Imagine, in the lesson, the teacher says: "Balda will go to the board." In the classroom - laughter, but the child is offended. Or, for example, a tablet on the office of the director of an enterprise: "Alexander A. Khvostik." And these are far from the most offensive surnames. That is why many people with rare surnames want to change them. Fortunately, such an opportunity exists in our country. She appeared in the early 30s of the last century. The number of lines in the passport office has doubled since then. A lot of dissonant surnames have been replaced. Then their number decreased by half.
The rarest surnames in the world
Oddly enough, but some people not only do not want to get rid of this kind of personality, but they themselves invent it for themselves. This was a resident of San Francisco. In order to be the latest in the telephone directory, he took a surname, which in Russian reads as Zzzzzzzzzra, and in English - Zzzzzzzzzra. It is even recorded as the rarest in the whole world. Although in the UK there is also a lady who has a very extraordinary surname - Maud I. Aab. She, like Zzzzzzzzzra, claims to be in the Guinness Book of Records.
Three times the red banner is a “sports” surname that belonged to a boxer who lived in America but had Russian roots. Unfortunately, she did not help him achieve the heights in world sports.
You can also find quite rare surnames abroad, which in Russian mean: Sports Cavalcade, Difficult Football Victory, International Conflict, Superhard Cement, Lapa Chicken.
But what about us?
The rarest surname in Russia belonged to the Soviet gymnast. Moreover, it was also the longest. Judge for yourself: Arkhinevolokolotocherepopindrikovskaya. As the fans of Soviet sports said, praise the professionalism and endurance of the leaders who caused this gymnast to perform!
Here are a few extraordinary examples. And even though these are not the rarest surnames, nevertheless they certainly cause a smile. So: Good-day, Misfortune, Kuzya, Doll, Mandyuk, Kuku, Rogues, Frying pan, Oridorog, Nepeyvoda, Krutiporoh, Kukish, Water, Not peypivo, Yesterday, Zacheshigrivu, Pumpkin, Grab, Mutant, Terrible, Sausage, Nopeyn Accountant, Kafta, Dolphin, Kill, Zadavisvechka, Blyabkin, Kakashkind, Tampak, Truffle, Fly agaric, Doggie, Wild, Cat, Zadnikov, Heresh, Obzhorin, Onanisev, Hernes, Syvokoz, Mudel, Zababashkin, Shmalko, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon, Jablon Zabavik, Shnurapet, Pava, Tsalui, Hard worker, Okolokulak, Nitsa, Zedkov, Beeline, etc.
Unusual - a horse of the West!
We present to you some more rare surnames (foreign). List:
- Nipple - in translation means "phallus".
- Deaft - "death."
- Gotobed - if we think it’s, “go to bed.”
- Bottom is the backside.
- 1792 is one of the rarest and most original surnames that one married couple had in France. Do you know what she means? You won’t guess! This is the serial number of the months in which their children were born.
- Orellana-Plantagenet-Tollmash-Tollmash - a man with that name lived in the UK.
- Gediminayte-Berzhanskite-Klausutayte - in fact, these are several princely clans-ancestors of a resident of Lithuania.
Are all the letters fit?
It turns out that there are also surnames that cannot be entered into the forms of documents. They simply do not fit there! This problem was faced by a resident of the state of Hawaii, who, after marriage, received an addition to her personal name Keihanikukauakahihuliheeeekaunaele. The fact is that in most forms of profiles of this state, only 34 letters can be entered. There are 35 of them in her surname, and the name must be defined somewhere. Because of this, the woman had many problems with the authorities during the receipt of various documents. She was constantly offered to change her surname to a girl's or at least shorten her a little. But in memory of her dead husband, she did not agree to this.
Another long and not only rare, but also the only surname that more closely resembles a set of syllables for working on the keyboard is the following: Napu-Amo-Hala-She-She-Aneka-Vekhi-Vekhi-Ona-Khivaa-Nena-Vava -Onka-Kahe-Hea-Leke-Ea-She-Nei-Nana-Nia-Keko-Oa-Oga-Van-Ika-Vanao. Her poor owner, a young resident of Hawaii, was tormented with her already in her school years. A set of syllables simply did not fit in a cool magazine. Parents flatly refused to change their last name for only one reason: if you translate it into Russian, it will sound like this: "many beautiful mountain and valley flowers fill Hawaii in width and length with its fragrance." Well, is it possible to abandon such a miracle?
Brevity is the soul of wit!
More recently, an unusual study was conducted in the United States. It showed that almost all letters of the alphabet are used in the names of residents. The exception is only Q. And in the Department of Health in England recorded the rarest surnames in which there is generally only one letter. For example: B, J, N, O, A, X. Yes, nowhere shorter.
By the way, today the rarest surname in Russia also consists of one letter (or syllable): E, O, Yu, An, Yang, To, Do, and so on. Moreover, their owners are not in a hurry to change them.
