The tradition of using two surnames helps clearly identify familial relationships in much of the Spanish-speaking world. But in the United States, having two surnames can be a bureaucratic headache, ...

During Gov. Asa Hutchinson's near-daily briefings on the covid-19 epidemic in Arkansas, he and state health officials have reported case numbers in the Hispanic community based on a count of Spanish ...

Counts of "Persons of Spanish Surname" in the Southwestern United States were made by the U. S. Census in 1950 and are planned for 1960. Similar counts from other records can furnish numerators to go ...

In most human societies, surnames are paternally inherited, that is, they pass from a father to all of his children. The Y chromosome is also inherited paternally, but it is passed only from father to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — What's in a surname? For many people from Spain and Latin America, it's about who your father is and who your mother is. The tradition of using two surnames helps clearly identify ...