First, there are several meanings to the term hispanic, but the one you're using is the american one, that is, Hispanic is someone whose family is from one of the spanish speaking countries of Central and South America. That's it. No one in Europe uses the term hispanic, not even in Spain. As for the portuguese, for some mysterious reason many americans seem to think they have some relation to the spanish or to Spain. It's simply not true. Portugal is the oldest country in Europe and one of the oldest in the world.
What do you mean by surname? Your surname is your family name. It is also called your âlast name.â When filling out applications, type your surname as it appears on your passport, travel or identity document. Do not use initials.
So, family name or dadâs name should be used as Surname in passport application. Surname in India is equal to Last Name in USA: If you donât have Surname in passport, you can still take GRE and get US Visa, but life in US will be real tough, from getting SSN, Drivers license, other documents all require Last Name.You will have tough time to get all the names to match in all the documents.ertificate Name vs Passport Name Since here in India we follow S. Sriram (Initials and Name) type of naming instead if using Full Name (Sriram Sampath) all the certificates and documents will have S. Sriram. There will no issues because of that.