Abstract

The repeated-pairs of surnames in marriages approach is applied to the population of Tiszaszalka in north-eastern Hungary. The results indicate that: lineage-like behaviour in mate choice results in population subdivision in both the Catholics and the Protestants of the village; unlike in some other Tiszahat villages, the isonymous and the repeating unions in Tiszaszalka occur in different lineages so, in neither of these subpopulations are isonymous and repeating unions monopolised by a few lineages; religious affilitation influences the mating structure of the population as measured by RP summary scores.