So, I am looking at an idea. The empires of China, Persia, Japan etc survived contact with Europeans and developed in their own way. So, what if the Conquistadores had not been the conquerors they were, but had established colonial bases, trading posts etc.
In a surviving Aztec Empire, reformed over time, what surnames would have developed? Were there clan-names, or maybe nicknames like "Jaguar Breath" or "Bollocks"? Or were there already nominatives about place, "so-so lives by base-of-pyramid" which could in time have developed into a surname from that?
Thanks