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Types of surnames

Persian personal names may have single or multiple surname elements and appear on title pages as follows:

Single surnames: Muhammadi; Ahsani; Muzhgan

Surnames with affixes: Bahramzadah; Aryanpur; Kiyanfar, etc. (see list of affixes)

Compound surnames: Darya Bandari; Shariat Panahi; Mushfiq Kashani

In Persian, affixes are not true surnames and should not be considered as independent name elements although you will find some treated as such in the NAF. The following listing includes some examples of Persian affixes.

abadi
di
dust
fard
far
ju
kiya
niya
nizhad
par
parast
pur
rad
vand
vard
yar
zadah, zad
zand

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