"Surnames"

What appear to be our so-called "Surnames" are in fact names we created and recorded for public use and use as trademarks ourselves and these names were never created by nor donated to us by any government, principality or power; equally, we never donated these names to the British Crown or any other or similar authority that has mistakenly pro-sumed that our Given Names were subject to salvage as United States Citizens. (Change "United States" for your "Country")