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[Facts] Re: Authenticity in character names
If you put a minus sign in front of a word in Google's search function, like -Stayne or -Alice, the results only give you pages where Ilosovic appears but Stayne and/or Alice do NOT appear.
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can you list actual "ovic/ovich" surnames instead of "ilosovic"?
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I do not understand this question. Of course someone could make such a list. For what purpose and where are you asking about making such a list?
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to show that Ilosovic is not a real name.
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Non-existence is hard to prove, AFAIK no one in the world has a complete list of all surnames, not even the Mormons eagerly hunting for genealogical data nor the NSA (they would keep the thing secret, if they had it). Depending on the local laws, people can create new surnames at any time and go by them.
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I typed *ovic and Ilosovic is nowhere to be found, suggesting that it is a made-up name for the movie.
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