What's in the last name? Evolution of surnames and subcontinental subversions

In November 1917, the Times of India (ToI) reported on a meeting of the Anthropological Society of India where a Mr AL Emanuel ICS, spoke on surnames. After describing their origins from clans, occupations, founders of families and other sources “he concluded by saying that India is an interesting field of study in this connection since surnames are not yet completely in vogue and the habit of adopting them can be watched in the growth.”