A DAY TO REMEMBER. On Friday, March 17, students from the UF College of Medicine class of 2017 discovered where they will spend the next four years â or more â of their medical careers.
Revealed: Why hispanic surnames dominate most common women's name combinations in America. 1  More than 38,000 Americans have the name James Smith. 2  On a list of the top 13 most popular full names in the U.S., the majority of the last names were Smith. 3  All but one of the most popular female full names have Spanish origins.
1 Patronymic & Matronymic Surnames-Based on a parent's first name, this category of surnames includes some of the most common Hispanic surnames. 2  These Hispanic surnames originated as a way to distinguish between men bearing the same given name by specifying the name of their father or mother.