Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun family_name

1 sense of family name

Sense 1
surname, family name, cognomen, last name -- (the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name))
       => name -- (a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing")