Single Surnames
Treat a surname as a single surname if it begins with one of the following articles, prepositions, or a combination of the two, with or without a space or hyphen:
A |
Dello |
Gli |
Lhi |
Una |
A’ |
Degli |
Ha |
Li |
Une |
Af |
Della |
Hai |
Lis |
Uno |
Ag |
Den |
He |
Lo |
Uns |
Ai |
Der |
Heis |
Los |
Us |
Ak |
Des |
Hen |
Lou |
Van |
Al |
Det |
Het |
Lu |
Van de |
Am |
Di |
Hi |
Mia |
Van den |
An |
Dia |
Hin |
Na |
Van der |
Ap |
Die |
Hinar |
Ni |
Ver |
Ar |
Do |
Hinir |
Nje |
Vom |
As |
Dos |
Hinn |
Ny |
Von |
Au |
Du |
Hn |
O |
Von der |
Aus |
E |
Hoi |
O’ or’O |
Von zu |
Aux |
Een |
I |
Oi |
Y |
Az |
Ene |
Ll |
OS |
Ye |
D |
Ei |
Im |
Si |
Yn |
D’ |
Ein |
Isa |
‘T |
Yr |
Da |
Eine |
Ka |
Ta |
Z |
Dal |
Eit |
Ke |
Te |
Zu |
Dalla |
El |
L |
Ten |
Zum |
Das |
Els |
L’ |
Ter |
Zur |
De |
En |
La |
To |
|
De la |
Et |
Las |
Um |
|
Dei |
Ett |
Le |
Uma |
|
Del |
Gl |
Les |
Un |
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Arabic surnames may begin with the following articles: al, el, ad, ag, ak, an., ar, as, and az. The article may or may not be capitalized. If the article is not capitalized and the article is not followed by more than one word, treat the Arabic surname as a single surname.
If the article is capitalized or if the article is followed by more than one word, treat the Arabic surname as a single surname.
If the article is capitalized or if the article is followed by more than one word, treat the Arabic surname as a multiple surname.
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