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Are there any cultures that don't have patronymic last names?

Asked by sferik (6121points) January 3rd, 2009

For example:
many Scottish last names begin with “Mac-”,
many Irish last names begin with “Mc-”,
many Hebrew last names begin with “Ben-”,
many Arab last names begin with “Bin-”,
many Dutch last names begin with “Van-”,
many Nordic last names end in ”-son” or ”-sen”,
and almost all Armenian last names end in ”-ian” or ”-yan”.

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