Does a person with a country as a last name necessarily have to have ancestors from that place?

No. I plan on naming my child Blank Skywalker instead of giving them my last name, but they won’t be from Tatooine.

@MyNewtBoobs Interesting. That’s a little different however. I’m talking about people who are actually from families with surnames that originate from names of countries.

@weeveeship Ok, well, then change it to Blank Croatia.

lol.

But in this case people will start naming them “blank” or call them “B” ^^

Would the last name Duke mean ancestors handled poo ? Native names may have a closer relationship to where and what – Eddie Eaglevomit, Fitz Feather etc. Pretty big subject with lots of possibilities and cruelty.

Nah, my uncle Billy Belgium has style ;¬}

I believe alot of people who immigrated 100’s of years ago chose new English names, so no.

Not necessarily, but it is a possibility. My last name, rather family, the people came from a village in Latvia named similarly.

Possible. In school we have a lesson where the students look up the meaning/origin of their last names. It’s always an eye opener, especially when it winds up to originate specifically from some ancient, small area in Britian, or whereever. Like what @JLeslie. I think much of it depends on how old the name is.

Names were invented to identify people and calling somebody who lived in England Mr England wouldn’t make sense. People were often named after the specific locality they came from and this can sometimes identify origins.