> Or who are known by their last name English males calling each other by their family name (or hereditary place name) is a long-standing public school (US: pr

> Or who are known by their last name English males calling each other by their family name (or hereditary place name) is a long-standing public school (US: private school) tradition. Upper middle class and above. Long ago, if brothers attended the school at the same time, the suffixes "major" or "minor" were appended if clarification was needed: Jones major, Jones minor. Three brothers, the third was minimus. Don't know if this still happens.