Surname law matronym from the name of a parent or parent-in-law; these possibilities are not necessarily open to native Icelanders. Reza Shah Pahlavi ordered Iranians to adopt Western style surnames in place of old Islamic names and titles during his reign. A law in Japan dating from 1896 requires a married couple to have a common surname. Most commonly it was the wife who took her husband's name. In 2011, this law was challenged as unconstitutional on gender equality grounds, but the Supreme Court of Japan upheld the law in 2015. Prussia tasked the implementation of surnames to E. T. A. Hoffmann.
Am I the Only One Am I the Only One "Am I the Only One" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Dierks Bentley. It was released in March 2011 as the sixteenth single release of his career and the first from his 2012 album "Home". The song reached number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart in September 2011. Bentley told "Billboard" that, following his bluegrass album "Up on the Ridge", he wanted to "be back on [radio] and I wanted my fans to hear our stuff. I wanted to come back with a song that was fun