- In some cultures, a
surname,
family name, or last name is the
portion of one's
personal name that
indicates one's 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...
- The
surname An is
present in both
China and Korea,
though unrelated.(Chinese: 安; pinyin: Ān)
literally means "peace" or "tranquility". It also serves...
- of
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...
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Chinese names begin with
surnames,
unlike the
Western tradition in
which surnames are
written last.
Around 2,000 Han
Chinese surnames are
currently in use...
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Truong outside Vietnam, is a
Vietnamese surname formerly written as 張 in Chữ Nôm. It is
derived from the
Chinese surname Zhang (simplified Chinese: 张; traditional...
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different ****anese
surnames, as
determined by
their kanji,
although many of
these are
pronounced and
romanized similarly. The top 10
surnames cover approximately...
- ([lì]; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a
common East
Asian surname and one of the most
common surnames in the world,
shared by 92.76
million people in China...
- Lee, I, or Yi (이) is the second-most-common
surname in Korea,
behind Kim (Gim). Historically, 李 was
officially written as Ni (니) in Korea. The spelling...
