Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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World personal name formats
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Tips for practical management of personal name data
This chapter summarises personal name patterns in different countries, where possible. It should be taken as a general guideline and no more - personal name patterns vary within and between countries, ethnic groupings, social groupings and so on. The patterns below show the general patttern for the country concerned. In some cases multiple patterns may be found, and in most cases the exact pattern is more complex than described below.
Given name(s)[ ]Family name(s)
Åland Islands Albania Andorra Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Ascension Island Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia-Hercegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia / Czech Republic (some) Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Falkland Islands Finland France (generally) Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Iran India (generally) Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy (generally) Jersey Kosovo Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Mexico Monaco (generally) Montenegro Montserrat Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Saint Helena Singapore (some) Slovakia (some) Slovenia South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe
Family name(s)[ ]Given name(s)
Algeria Benin Cambodia France (some) Hungary Italy (some) Ivory Coast Japan Macedonia Moldova Monaco (some) Myanmar (some) Serbia
Given name(s)[ ]Patronymic[ ]Family name(s)
Azerbaijan Bulgaria Greece Kyrgyzstan (some) Russia Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan
Given name(s)[ ]Patronymic
Iceland
Family name[ ]Generational name[ ]Given name
China Hong Kong Macao Malaysia (ethnic Chinese) North Korea Singapore (ethnic Chinese) South Korea Taiwan
Family name[ ]Patronymic[ ]Given name
Kyrgyzstan (generally)
(Generally) No family names
Afghanistan Bhutan Brunei Darussalam Comoros Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji (indigenous) India (some) Indonesia (generally) Iraq Laos Malaysia (Muslims) Mongolia Myanmar (generally) Singapore (some) Somalia
All names used at all times; no distinction between given and family names:
Djibouti
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