2021年7月9日 · By SENA THORADENIYA. This is an afterword to Dr. G. Usvatte-aratchi’s article, “Sinhala Surnames” published in The Island Sat Mag of 3 July 2021.The Concise Oxford Dictionary describes surname as “a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a (Christian name or) first name (forename)”; “an additional descriptive or allusive name, (title or epithet ...