For example, a woman could get married and decide to use her new surname professionally.

And let's hope it's soon; I'm getting bored with our new surnames.

By taking a new surname, women in Japan are usually considered to have left their own family and joined their husband's.

Bryan always refers to his father as "Jerry" in public, but what he really needed was a new surname for himself.

They also took on new surnames to avoid being identified and recaptured.

It did give Charke a new surname under which to appear for a time.

Because the stock company was based in Lansing, this became the actor's new surname.

All country congratulated him because of his new surname.

It's ridiculous that female friends fom the 70s have now a new surname.

Some new surnames have been created in this way.