Simply returns a vector of surnames (a.k.a. last names) in alphabetical order. Names contributed by William Mitchell.
Examples
# Full set of feminine first names
dndR::surnames()
#> [1] "Ackes" "Ailes" "Aler" "Alley"
#> [5] "Allie" "Alteer" "Ankor" "Anvill"
#> [9] "Appler" "Appleyard" "Applin" "Arch"
#> [13] "Bailey" "Bakeler" "Baker" "Ballast"
#> [17] "Bankes" "Banner" "Barnard" "Barnes"
#> [21] "Barr" "Barre" "Baskett" "Bay"
#> [25] "Bayer" "Bayers" "Bayes" "Beacher"
#> [29] "Beecon" "Beeken" "Bell" "Bellows"
#> [33] "Bend" "Berger" "Berriman" "Berry"
#> [37] "Biggs" "Bilder" "Bilds" "Billie"
#> [41] "Birch" "Bird" "Birdett" "Black"
#> [45] "Blackfly" "Blackiron" "Blackscale" "Blacksky"
#> [49] "Blacktide" "Blackwater" "Bloom" "Blue"
#> [53] "Bluffclimber" "Bluffe" "Bobbin" "Bogg"
#> [57] "Boggs" "Boiles" "Bolte" "Bolter"
#> [61] "Bones" "Bootes" "Bowman" "Boyle"
#> [65] "Branch" "Brand" "Brewer" "Bricker"
#> [69] "Bridges" "Brigg" "Briggs" "Bright"
#> [73] "Brightstar" "Brownard" "Browne" "Broyles"
#> [77] "Brush" "Brycks" "Buck" "Builder"
#> [81] "Bulder" "Bull" "Bullyard" "Burgh"
#> [85] "Burns" "Butcher" "Butchett" "Button"
#> [89] "Buttonworth" "Byggs" "Byrch" "Byrd"
#> [93] "Byrdman" "Candler" "Capers" "Capp"
#> [97] "Carpenter" "Carryer" "Carter" "Cartwright"
#> [101] "Cash" "Cast" "Castaway" "Caster"
#> [105] "Chandler" "Chaplain" "Chestnut" "Church"
#> [109] "Churchside" "Clay" "Claymer" "Coaler"
#> [113] "Coates" "Cole" "Coleman" "Colt"
#> [117] "Colter" "Condor" "Cook" "Cooper"
#> [121] "Copper" "Crabb" "Cragg" "Craw"
#> [125] "Cray" "Crest" "Croppe" "Curser"
#> [129] "Dagon" "Darkbrother" "Darker" "Darko"
#> [133] "Darkstar" "Darkwater" "Darryman" "Dayes"
#> [137] "Decker" "Deeken" "Deel" "Deelman"
#> [141] "Deels" "Deere" "Derry" "Diamond"
#> [145] "Diggs" "Doe" "Doones" "Doons"
#> [149] "Dougher" "Dragonfly" "Drake" "Dreamer"
#> [153] "Dredge" "Dredger" "Driver" "Dryver"
#> [157] "Dunne" "Dyer" "Dyeworth" "Ealer"
#> [161] "Eales" "Eddie" "Eeles" "Euler"
#> [165] "Feller" "Felter" "Fielder" "Fields"
#> [169] "Fisher" "Flagg" "Flats" "Fletcher"
#> [173] "Fletchett" "Flowers" "Foote" "Forester"
#> [177] "Forger" "Forrest" "Forrester" "Foxx"
#> [181] "Frey" "Frogg" "Frost" "Fry"
#> [185] "Furrs" "Gardner" "Garner" "Garr"
#> [189] "Glasier" "Glover" "Gold" "Goldsmith"
#> [193] "Goodbrother" "Goodman" "Gray" "Graysky"
#> [197] "Green" "Greene" "Greenscale" "Greentide"
#> [201] "Greentree" "Greenwater" "Greenyard" "Grey"
#> [205] "Greyscale" "Greysteel" "Grillett" "Groveland"
#> [209] "Hall" "Hammett" "Hardison" "Hardy"
#> [213] "Harland" "Harper" "Hatchet" "Hatson"
#> [217] "Hatter" "Hattiman" "Hatty" "Haul"
#> [221] "Hayes" "Hayward" "Heap" "Heckes"
#> [225] "Hecks" "Heights" "Helms" "Hemings"
#> [229] "Hemmings" "Hemson" "Henkeeper" "Hex"
#> [233] "Hides" "Highland" "Hightower" "Hights"
#> [237] "Hill" "Hillclimber" "Hills" "Hites"
#> [241] "Hoar" "Hoard" "Hoardigger" "Holiday"
#> [245] "Holier" "Holliday" "Hollier" "Hollison"
#> [249] "Holly" "Holyday" "Hood" "Hook"
#> [253] "Hooke" "Hopper" "Hord" "Hordegger"
#> [257] "House" "Hunter" "Hurd" "Hyde"
#> [261] "Hydes" "Hylls" "Hylltopper" "Hytes"
#> [265] "Ice" "Icecutter" "Iceland" "Icewind"
#> [269] "Iles" "Innes" "Ironhoof" "Irons"
#> [273] "Ironshoe" "Ironsmith" "Isles" "Jack"
#> [277] "Jewels" "Jewls" "Jules" "Kabbage"
#> [281] "Kast" "Kearse" "Kerse" "Kerser"
#> [285] "Kettle" "Kettleblack" "Kidd" "Kipper"
#> [289] "Kneadler" "Kneadman" "Kopperfield" "Lain"
#> [293] "Laine" "Lander" "Lane" "Lethers"
#> [297] "Lodge" "Longdark" "Longnight" "Lynder"
#> [301] "Mair" "Maker" "March" "Marcher"
#> [305] "Mares" "Marks" "Marsh" "Masen"
#> [309] "Mason" "Mast" "Masyn" "May"
#> [313] "Mayfly" "Mayr" "Meadows" "Mercer"
#> [317] "Millard" "Miller" "Mills" "Mole"
#> [321] "Moler" "Moller" "Molsen" "Molson"
#> [325] "Monnee" "Monny" "Moon" "Moss"
#> [329] "Mosstree" "Munk" "Munnee" "Munny"
#> [333] "Myner" "Mynor" "Needler" "Needleworth"
#> [337] "Neeps" "Norland" "North" "Northland"
#> [341] "Northstar" "Nutt" "Oakes" "Oars"
#> [345] "Oates" "Oredigger" "Ores" "Orr"
#> [349] "Orrdegger" "Orrs" "Orrsen" "Orson"
#> [353] "Overfield" "Overwise" "Oxbow" "Palewine"
#> [357] "Palmer" "Palms" "Pan" "Panning"
#> [361] "Pans" "Park" "Parks" "Peabody"
#> [365] "Peaks" "Peartree" "Pease" "Peeks"
#> [369] "Peers" "Pepper" "Peppers" "Pickens"
#> [373] "Pickes" "Picketts" "Pickler" "Pickles"
#> [377] "Pickman" "Piemaker" "Piers" "Pike"
#> [381] "Pikes" "Pine" "Pines" "Pitch"
#> [385] "Pix" "Plaza" "Poisonweed" "Poisonwood"
#> [389] "Pollin" "Polliwog" "Polly" "Porter"
#> [393] "Porter Redtide" "Pott" "Pottaker" "Potter"
#> [397] "Potts" "Pound" "Poundstone" "Powers"
#> [401] "Preacher" "Preecher" "Preest" "Priest"
#> [405] "Pyckes" "Pyke" "Pykes" "Pyne"
#> [409] "Pynes" "Pytch" "Quicke" "Rainard"
#> [413] "Raines" "Ratt" "Raynes" "Redd"
#> [417] "Redflats" "Redmoon" "Redscale" "Redwine"
#> [421] "Reede" "Reel" "Reelings" "Reines"
#> [425] "Reins" "Reynes" "Reyns" "Rhoads"
#> [429] "Rhodes" "Rich" "Riches" "Richett"
#> [433] "Rider" "Ridge" "Ridgeclimber" "Riggett"
#> [437] "Riggs" "River" "Rivers" "Roades"
#> [441] "Rock" "Rockridge" "Roofe" "Root"
#> [445] "Roote" "Rotten" "Rutland" "Ryde"
#> [449] "Ryder" "Saddler" "Saffron" "Sage"
#> [453] "Sageworthy" "Saint" "Salmon" "Salt"
#> [457] "Salter" "Sandflats" "Sands" "Sawyer"
#> [461] "Sayler" "Scales" "Schipps" "Seabreeze"
#> [465] "Seales" "Seals" "Seams" "Seasalt"
#> [469] "Seemworth" "Shaka" "Shearer" "Shears"
#> [473] "Sheerer" "Sheers" "Shell" "Sheller"
#> [477] "Shelley" "Shellmound" "Shepard" "Shepyrd"
#> [481] "Shields" "Shieldson" "Shine" "Shipps"
#> [485] "Shoals" "Shock" "Shoemaker" "Shore"
#> [489] "Shwimmer" "Silver" "Silverman" "Silvermoon"
#> [493] "Simms" "Singer" "Skeeter" "Skelton"
#> [497] "Skeltyn" "Skito" "Slagg" "Slaughter"
#> [501] "Small" "Smalls" "Smith" "Smittens"
#> [505] "Smitts" "Smitty" "Smoke" "Smyth"
#> [509] "Smythett" "Snow" "Snowes" "Soward"
#> [513] "Sower" "Spade" "Spader" "Spanner"
#> [517] "Spears" "Speers" "Speller" "Spicer"
#> [521] "Springer" "Springs" "Stairs" "Stall"
#> [525] "Staller" "Stallman" "Stalls" "Stallworth"
#> [529] "Star" "Starr" "Steel" "Steele"
#> [533] "Stern" "Sterne" "Stillwater" "Stitches"
#> [537] "Stitchworth" "Stone" "Stoneflats" "Storm"
#> [541] "Storms" "Streams" "Strider" "Stryder"
#> [545] "Summers" "Sunn" "Sunner" "Swift"
#> [549] "Swyft" "Swymmer" "Sylver" "Tanner"
#> [553] "Tarr" "Tate" "Taylor" "Teech"
#> [557] "Teeches" "Theery" "Thick" "Thicke"
#> [561] "Thredd" "Threddaker" "Threddler" "Thresh"
#> [565] "Threshett" "Thyme" "Tidewater" "Tillman"
#> [569] "Tine" "Tinker" "Tinn" "Towers"
#> [573] "Townes" "Towney" "Towns" "Townsend"
#> [577] "Towny" "Trainer" "Trainor" "Trout"
#> [581] "Tudor" "Tuggs" "Tutor" "Tyne"
#> [585] "Tynn" "Underhill" "Underwood" "Vicker"
#> [589] "Vickers" "Vikars" "Vinaker" "Vines"
#> [593] "Vinter" "Vintner" "Vista" "Vykar"
#> [597] "Wackes" "Wahl" "Wahls" "Wain"
#> [601] "Wainwright" "Walker" "Waller" "Walls"
#> [605] "Ware" "Waters" "Watters" "Wax"
#> [609] "Wayne" "Waynwright" "Weaver" "Weever"
#> [613] "Whitard" "White" "Whitesky" "Whitewater"
#> [617] "Whitley" "Whittaker" "Whyte" "Winaker"
#> [621] "Winnows" "Winter" "Wintermoon" "Winters"
#> [625] "Wise" "Wood" "Woode" "Wooden"
#> [629] "Woodhouse" "Woods" "Woodyn" "Woolard"
#> [633] "Woolworth" "Worthy" "Yardley" "Yardly"
#> [637] "Zapp"