A surname is your last or family name, sur coming from the French sur meaning over. It identifies all the people related to one another in an extended family.
It is passed on by a man to all his...
We have differnet surnames to make us unique and to distinguish us from other people with the same names.Think of how many Bobs there are in this world; something needs to distinguish one Bob from...
Landis is a name predominately from western Europe, most likely from France, Sweden, or Germany. French meaning of Landis is "from the swamp", while the German meaning is a nickname for a Highwayman...