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:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_name
http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48533

 

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

(http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/long42.html)

Use Short Names

Ji
Li
Ng