The surname is that part of our name which we inherited from birth, an ancient custom dating back to medieval times . Formerly, the name did not exist, but people were identified only by their names. The Romans introduced more names, or even three (praenomen, that is the proper name, the nomen, which identified the immediate family, and ultimately the cognomen). The name of a Roman could be very long, because sometimes you add more names! Over time these customs changed again, and often was called with only a nickname, a personal characteristic signature of the person. With increasing population, the introduction of the name was made necessary in order to better distinguish people from each other. From ' thousand years about the surnames begin to spread, first to the families of the nobility and later the entire population. In 1564, the year of award of Council of Trent , the surname became compulsory and hereditary.
The surname was a characteristic of a person, which could be related to the nature, origin, the family craft and many other things.
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