Surnames In some cultures, surnames have been used in a given family for millennia. In Ancient Greece, however, individuals possessed a single name, often followed by either a patronymic name, the name of a clan or tribe, or a place of origin. Only around the 11th century, in the circles of elite Byzantine families, did hereditary…
Census
History Local or national population data are essential for every state’s policymaking. The first census of the modern Greek state was conducted in 1828-1829...