At 01:41 PM 6/21/01 +0900, you wrote:
>Alvaro Segura <asegura / facilnet.es> writes:
>
> > Officially in Spain we have one first name (simple or compound) and TWO
> > family names, one from the father and one from the mother (in that order
> > by default, but can be changed). And women don't change their name when
> > they marry. Often the first (paternal) family name is enough, but a
> > proper identification needs the second (maternal) one too.
> >
> > And again this is hard to fit in american style forms that require a
> > (proper) first name, a middle name and a (family) last name.
>
>Well you still have it easy compared to (most) Indonesians, who don't
>have family names at all, only one or sometimes more given names.

Or the case of Iceland, where, if I'm not mistaken, the analog of the last 
name is the first name of the father (translating this in english, the son 
of John Williamson, i.e, son of William, might be called Harry Johnson, 
i.e., son of John). Correct me if I'm wrong, though.

Bye,
         Luigi