Nationality as a Surname only in Czech or Slovak?

[carjackmalone]

Surnames Horvat Horvath means Croats

 

[Stive Morgan]

(Derek) Engelland is a German surname meaning England.

Poster is from Pennsylvania, so I trust their knowledge of the German language

 

[Panteras]

Mark Cuban is actually American

 

[ponder719]

Poster is from Pennsylvania, so I trust their knowledge of the German language

And of German ancestry, though I don't actually speak the language. The name was too similar for the etymology to be radically different, though, so I looked it up.

 

[Oddbob]

Does Nemec really count? According to Wikipedia it means German,mute (or "(he) does not speak (Slavic). Word for German is Deutsch.

 

[Albatros]

(Derek) Engelland is a German surname meaning England.

From Husum in Schleswig which is now German but used to be Danish. Many young men fled conscription to North America at the time.

 

[johnsic]

In Spanish you can have someone named Armando Elano. Which literally translates to “building the anus”.

In Finland you have real surname "Mällinen" that means covered in c*m.

 

[Panteras]

In Finland you have real surname "Mällinen" that means covered in c*m.

Eduardo Elano Mällinen would be the ultimate name lulzzzz

 

[alko]

In Finland you have real surname "Mällinen" that means covered in c*m.

You are crossing the line...

 

[ms5133]

Not a nationality but interesting Italian surname.. Gene Ubriaco

 

[ijuka]

Yeah baby, its Summer.

What i noticed is this little curiosity. Only in Czech or Slovakia you have players, that have nationality as a surname. For Example:

Simon Nemec aka Simon German
Pavel Francouz aka Pavel French
Tomas Slovak
Petr Cech aka Petr Czech

Why dont we have John Canada? Or Mike American?

Is this common in Sweden, Finland?

Ruotsalainen, Virolainen, Venäläinen... For example, Reijo Ruotsalainen who was a pretty good NHL player. Ruotsalainen is "Swedish" in Finnish.

 

[BLNY]

Actor Ron Canada.

 

[Kuljeskelen]

Holland is a region of the Netherlands, but almost!

True. I do believe, though, for example, that we have to wait to get a player called "Johnny United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" for a while. Might as well pick the almosties ?

Edit: can I offer you a Steven Finn here?

 

[HabsQC]

PGA player Harris English

 

[mattihp]

True. I do believe, though, for example, that we have to wait to get a player called "Johnny United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" for a while. Might as well pick the almosties ?

Edit: can I offer you a Steven Finn here?

Difference is that England is a country, Northern Ireland is a country, Scotland is a country etc.

 

[CraigBillington]

Oh, we have Canada as a last name alright. I give you, CFL Legend Tom Canada - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Canada

America is different. It is based off of the name of the continent, and I don't think I have heard any continents as a last name. I mean, we have heard of Steve French, but not Steve Europe.

The real answer is that most surnames come from outside of the Americas originally. Most people immigrated here, and naming conventions for people indigenous to the Americas wouldn't have the colonial names for locations as part of the naming conventions,

Ex BC Lion, Tom Europe

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

So to summarize, this exists in basically every language and the premise of the entire thread is false.

 

[Panteras]

So to summarize, this exists in basically every language and the premise of the entire thread is false.

Except in America because we’re a young nation lol

 

[Czechboy]

Captain America begs to differ.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Does Nemec really count? According to Wikipedia it means German,mute (or "(he) does not speak (Slavic). Word for German is Deutsch.

 

[Djenthallman]

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I'll also add that although Germany is called Germanija in the Russian language, the German people are still called Nemcy

 

[brentashton]

They do, but they’re Americans and they play Canadian football instead.

Tom Canada - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[BagHead]

Poster is from Pennsylvania, so I trust their knowledge of the German language

Fully agree. Now if they were talking about Romanian surnames...

 

[Toby91ca]

Yeah baby, its Summer.

What i noticed is this little curiosity. Only in Czech or Slovakia you have players, that have nationality as a surname. For Example:

Simon Nemec aka Simon German
Pavel Francouz aka Pavel French
Tomas Slovak
Petr Cech aka Petr Czech

Why dont we have John Canada? Or Mike American?

Is this common in Sweden, Finland?

German and French are not Nationalities, they are languages. Their last names aren't Germany and France, which would be the equivalent of Canada. Canada and American aren't equivalent either, it would be Canadian and American (though you'd then have people suggesting Canadian's are Americans as well as it's North America).

Anyway.....I know of several people with the last name English....wouldn't that be the equivalent of the examples you are providing?

 

[spiny norman]

I remember this player who played for the Denver Broncos in the late 1970s and early 1980s ...

Larry Canada - Wikipedia

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