"Surname" (Text Content Type)
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See Also
- TextCases
- TextPosition
- TextSentences
- Containing
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- Entity Types
- Surname
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- Interpreter Types
- Surname
- ComputedSurname
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- Text Contents
- GivenName
- PersonTitle
- Person
- Language
- Religion
- Country
- Related Guides
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See Also
- TextCases
- TextPosition
- TextSentences
- Containing
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- Entity Types
- Surname
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- Interpreter Types
- Surname
- ComputedSurname
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- Text Contents
- GivenName
- PersonTitle
- Person
- Language
- Religion
- Country
- Related Guides
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See Also
"Surname" (Text Content Type)
Text identified as the name of a surname expressed in natural language.
Details

- "Surname" can be used in TextCases, TextPosition and TextContents.
- "Surname" corresponds to any mention of a surname (real or not real) in the context of the text.
- Homonyms of surnames that are not surnames should not be detected as "Surname" (if the context allows disambiguation).
- TextCases[…,"Surname""Interpretation"] attempts to return entities of type "Surname", as Interpreter["Surname"] does.
- Any specific "Surname" entity such as can also be used as a content type in TextCases, TextPosition and TextContents.
Examples
Basic Examples (3)
Find occurrences of surnames in a text:
Get the result as a list of "Surname" entities:
A similar result can be obtained by applying Interpreter["Surname"] to text snippets:
See Also
TextCases TextPosition TextSentences Containing
Entity Types: Surname
Interpreter Types: Surname ComputedSurname
Text Contents: GivenName PersonTitle Person Language Religion Country