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"In South Korea, some 20 million people share just five surnames. Every one of Denmark's top 20 surna..." — Susie Dent
In South Korea, some 20 million people share just five surnames. Every one of Denmark's top 20 surnames ends in '-sen,' meaning 'son of,' a pattern that is replicated across Scandinavia. British surnames have never favoured such neatness, and we can be grateful for that.
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