Results: Whose Last Name?
1.
1.
Are you a married woman? Yes
41%
•
795 votes
No
59%
•
1146 votes
2.
2.
If so, did you take your husband's last name? Yes
38%
•
732 votes
No
9%
•
181 votes
Not Applicable
53%
•
1028 votes
3.
3.
If you kept your own name, what was the reason? I've had the name for so long, I just didn't want to change it.
5%
•
104 votes
It's important to my profession/career
2%
•
46 votes
I'm the last of my line.
3%
•
51 votes
My husband's last name is ugly.
1%
•
25 votes
I find taking a man's last name to be an outdated sexist notion.
3%
•
65 votes
n/a
86%
•
1664 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
•
47 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.60% | 12 | |
| I am a man | 0.10% | 2 |
| Too much paper work! | 0.05% | 1 |
| in my province you have to keep your maiden name when married | 0.05% | 1 |
| I divorced my hubby many years ago and went back to my maiden name. After 9 yrs my hubby wanted me to re-marry, but I said no and lived with him for 11yrs and he passed away in 2009 | 0.05% | 1 |
| went back to maiden name when husband passed | 0.05% | 1 |
| GOD says to become one..you cant do that when youe still the old you | 0.05% | 1 |
| too lazy to go change it | 0.05% | 1 |
| I extended my name by hyphenation | 0.05% | 1 |
| we are married but not married | 0.05% | 1 |
| Wanted to keep my name | 0.05% | 1 |
| Hyphenated | 0.05% | 1 |
| I've never understood why women change their names | 0.05% | 1 |
| I live in Quebec and by law you keep your name | 0.05% | 1 |
| I wished now I would have kept my last name. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I go by my maiden name with a - then my husband's last name | 0.05% | 1 |
| Kept mine hyphenated his | 0.05% | 1 |
| I kept my last name & add my husband's...It's important for me as a person | 0.05% | 1 |
| I live in Quebec and a woman has to keep her last name!! | 0.05% | 1 |
| He was adopted and it wasn't his real name and I told him that before we got married and he said okay | 0.05% | 1 |
| It is not our tradition to keep our last name after marriage. | 0.05% | 1 |
| took wifes name | 0.05% | 1 |
| it's the law here, everyone keeps their name so the taxman can always find you | 0.05% | 1 |
| i kept my name but i added his | 0.05% | 1 |
| hate my inlaws | 0.05% | 1 |
| too hard to change it all | 0.05% | 1 |
| easier after a divorce | 0.05% | 1 |
| Why not? | 0.05% | 1 |
| just haven't got to it yet. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just really wanted to krrp my name | 0.05% | 1 |
| not allowed here in Quebec, Canada | 0.05% | 1 |
| my son has my last name. I didn't want him to fill left out. I hated growing up & my mom & step dad had the same name but I didn't. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I like mine and didn't really like his | 0.05% | 1 |
| Because when you get married, it's a life long commitment. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I had to keep my name because of a problem with settling property lssue after my divorce. | 0.05% | 1 |
4.
4.
A recent study published in Gender Issues revealed that 70% of Americans still think a woman should take her husband's name. And another 50% believed it should be the law. Do these findings surprise you? Yes
29%
•
565 votes
No
71%
•
1376 votes
5.
5.
Even if you find the notion of taking your husband's name to preferable, do you think there should be a law requiring women to do so? Yes
10%
•
193 votes
No
71%
•
1384 votes
Undecided
19%
•
364 votes
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