Splitting last names efficiently

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Gramps 5.1.6 on macOS 14

I’ve recently started using Gramps and imported a gedcom from Myheritage. So that’s been a bit of a clean up job.
Quite a lot of the people in my database have multiple last names, and I love that I can separate them and identify the type of last name (usually patronymic and location or patrilineal). However, splitting them manually is a pretty dull job for 1000+ people. Is there an easier way to do this than selecting each and every one of them and editing the last names…?

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There’s an example script in the “Vivisection experiments with the Isotammi SuperTool” article. It shows checking Surnames (including Multiple Surnames) against the Father’s surnames to set Patrilineal types.

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Thanks, I’ll take a look at it. Sounds like it could be a good starting point for a script that would get the job done, if I can find the time. Maybe not the faster method, but certainly more interesting than manually. :sweat_smile: