Specifies the name an individual inherits from a parent (or assumes by marriage) and by which the individual is commonly known.
For help in understanding the attribute definition template, see Reading NDS Attribute Type Definitions.
The value depends upon the culture. For example, in the American name “Robert Jones,” “Jones” is the surname. However, in the Chinese name “Sun Yat-sen,” “Sun” is the surname.
An LDAP schema query requires extensions to return NDS attribute constraints.
In NDS 8 and above, Surname is multi-valued. In previous releases of NDS, Surname is single-valued.