- In some cultures, a
surname,
family name, or last name is the
portion of one's
personal name that
indicates their family,
tribe or community. Practices...
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followed by two
surnames. Historically, the
first surname was the father's
first surname, and the
second the mother's
first surname. In
recent years...
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usually the mother's
family surname(s) and the father's
family surname(s). For practicality,
usually only the last
surname (excluding prepositions) is...
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Chinese surnames are used by Han
Chinese and
Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and
among overseas Chinese communities around the...
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Smith is a
surname originating in England. It is the most
prevalent surname in the
United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the
United States...
- The
surname An is
present in both
Korea and China,
though unrelated.(Chinese: 安; pinyin: Ān)
literally means "peace" or "tranquility". It also serves...
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surnames of East
Asian origin, for each of
which "To" (without any
diacritical mark) is at
least an
occasional variant. Tô is a
Vietnamese surname (Chữ...
- Kim or Gim (Hangul: 김) is the most
common surname in Korea. As of the
South Korean census of 2015,
there were 10,689,959
people by this name in South...
- A
Chinese compound surname is a
Chinese surname using more than one character. Many of
these compound surnames derive from Zhou
dynasty Chinese noble...
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Lists of most
common surnames by region: List of most
common surnames in Asia
Lists of East
Asian surnames List of most
common surnames in
Europe List of...