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In Afghanistan it's extremely common to have a "last name" that is basically the same thing as an Icelandic last name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_name

If your name is Mahmoud, and your father's name is Jawad, your name printed in English on a passport might be:

Mahmoud Jawad-e

It literally just means son of Jawad.

Other people have family names that are specific to the region where their family is historically from. Met more than a few people whose last name is "Parwane", which literally just means from Parwan province.

This lady literally didn't have a last name and picked her own, it translates as "friend of humans".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmHQYV127QA



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