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Yes. It is allowed for Muslim to have a non Muslim surname or even name as far as it does not go against the faith of Islam. There are many pious Muslims who still carry a surname of their non Muslim grand fathers and it does not harm them at all.

New Muslim does not need to change his name or surname to a Muslim name or surname.

Wassalam

Niyyah for every worship like Wudhu, Ghusl, Salah etc is the intention in our mind and heart and we do not need to recite it at all. It is not required to recite the Niyyah except in the worship of Hajj and Umrah where it is recommended not obligatory to recite the Niyyah in any language which you understand.

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The Quran is in the Arabic language. If you want to have access its meaning then you would need to learn Arabic otherwise you would just be reading an interpretation of the Quran. 
 

however it is not wajib to learn Arabic apart from what is necessary for acts of worship. 

Yes, any one who knows Arabic can be requested by a man or a woman to recite Mut'ah marriage on behalf of him or her.

Wassalam.