Talk:Diamond Tiara/@comment-7033565-20140524230232/@comment-10390252-20140603213735

Best guess from what we've seen in the show is that the ponies don't have family names. Probably they have something close to Hebrew and Arabic names where you just get a geneological list or clan name like: "Applejack of Clan Apple" or "Twilight Sparkle, daughter of Twilight Velvet" and the like.