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How to pronounce surname in American English
“surname” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to surname the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “surname” in: all accents · British English (61 clips)
“surname” in real sentences — American speakers
58 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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organized alphabetically by surname, making research comparatively much easier.
National Archives
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She only uses her surname Ye to protect her identity.
Voice of America
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then military unit, and then alphabetically by soldier's surname.
US National Archives
Other forms of “surname”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of surname. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.