January 1, 2006

Test Data - Last Names

Some good sources of Last Names (surnames, family names)
http://www.last-names.net/
http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html  (from 1990 census)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames
http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/
http://www.nfl.com/players
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/players/index.jsp
http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/
Information about last names:

Notes

Use apostrophes:
O'Brien
O'Connor
O'Dowd
D'Angelo
D'Artagnan
N'Dour
Use hypens
Al-Hussein
Al-Kurd
Smith-Klein

Use multiple words
Van Kempen
van Campen
Az-Zahir Hakim
Use Long Names
Featherstonehaugh
MacGhilleseatheanaich
Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff

Use Short Names

Ji
Li
Ng