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===Surnames=== A practice exists (most commonly in [[French language|Francophone]] countries)<ref>{{cite web|url= http://french.about.com/library/writing/bl-capitalizationoftitles.htm|title= Capitalization of French Titles and Names|author= Laura K. Lawless|year= 2010|work= About.com|publisher= The New York Times Company|access-date= 9 July 2010|archive-date= 4 March 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113858/http://french.about.com/library/writing/bl-capitalizationoftitles.htm|url-status= dead}}</ref> of distinguishing the [[surname]] from the rest of a [[personal name]] by stylizing the surname only in all caps. This practice is also common among Japanese, when names are spelled using Roman letters.<ref>{{cite report|date= 2019-10-25<!-- date from page source -->|orig-date= Original date 2019-10-23|title= Kōyōbun tō ni okeru nihonjin no seimei no rōmaji hyōki ni tsuite|script-title= ja:公用文等における日本人の姓名のローマ字表記について|trans-title= Romanization of Japanese personal names in official documents|language= ja|url= https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/seimei_romaji/pdf/moshiawase.pdf|publisher= Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet|access-date= 2024-06-19}}</ref>
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