# Surname Origin Games **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426 "2023-09-20T15:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/1 "2023-09-20T15:54:54Z")
I haven’t looked in a while, but they were easy. Here’s one > **[Surname Origin Match](https://www.sporcle.com/games/Scuadrado/calm-down-its-still-eurocentric)** > > Can you match the surnames with the language they come from? but if you know of any, please reply! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/2 "2023-09-20T16:46:14Z")
I absolutely sucked at that quiz. 14/40 for 35%. Average score according to the game: 61%. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/3 "2023-09-20T16:58:47Z")
Got 35/40; missed Basque, Hmong, Malayalam, Mongolian and Quecha. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/4 "2023-09-20T18:40:33Z")
Great job ^ I did horribly… 63% but I was too focused on time and didn’t realize (still might not) when my game was over. 15 wrong guesses possibly, which I started doing like I was back in high school with a Scantron, selecting ‘C’ ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/5 "2023-09-20T18:51:25Z")
You have 40 tries. So if you get one wrong, you’re screwed… [![](https://i.imgur.com/Ro1exuP.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/Ro1exuP.png) ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/6 "2023-09-20T19:15:03Z")
83%. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/7 "2023-09-20T19:32:16Z")
70% I wasted about six or seven guesses on Vwj, without success. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/8 "2023-09-20T20:38:21Z")
73%. But onomastics are an interest of mine. ---
**Author:** ![Moonrise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonrise/32/14764_2.png) [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/9 "2023-09-21T08:03:21Z")
Very interesting, thanks. I got 85%. ---
**Author:** ![Dialo\_Malison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dialo_malison/32/14734_2.png) [@Dialo\_Malison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dialo_Malison)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/10 "2023-09-21T08:56:01Z")
I got 14/40. Fun quiz, thanks for posting it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/11 "2023-09-21T09:11:36Z")
78%, which isn’t that bad. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/12 "2023-09-21T10:34:18Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > onomastics Thanks for the term! Might help find other stuff 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/13 "2023-09-22T03:03:45Z")
70%, ran out of time… i’m too slow for this kind of puzzle, but it was interesting. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/14 "2023-09-25T18:03:33Z")
85% but I will wait a few weeks before trying it again to clear my memory ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2024, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/15 "2024-02-24T06:56:19Z")
I got 91% and the comment “Someone’s firing on all cylinders!” @MortSahlFan here’s a link to another one that’s has a couple of issues, like the misspelling “Philippino” and the option “African” [Surname Origin Match Quiz - By 2019pi (sporcle.com)](https://www.sporcle.com/games/2019pi/surname-origin-match) ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surname-origin-games/990426/16 "2024-03-10T12:12:02Z")
Wow! I’ll have to see how I do now… It’s been a while.