Definitions For Surname

noun

  • The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
  • The name that is shared by the people in a family

Is Surname a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
12

The word Surname is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Surname in a Sentence

  • Judging from your surname, I'd guess that your family is Italian
  • “da Vinci” was Leonardo's surname but not his family name, Vinci being the town near Florence where the great artist was born

Synonyms for Surname

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