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	Jordan: Chinese Personal Names
		Chinese biographical dictionaries and other reference books tend to list people by their xìng and míngzi, but they are normally also quite meticulous in recording the zì of the people they write about, and various hào if they were much used.
		Surnames do not seem to go back quite to the beginning of Chinese history, and it is still open to debate exactly what the two words for surname, xìng and shì;, meant in the Bronze Age.
		Chinese kinship terms are a study in themselves, since there are great many distinct terms that allow very precise indication of the relationships, and since there is some regional variation, and a difference between literary and colloquial usage.
	weber.ucsd.edu /~dkjordan/chin/hbnames-u.html (1848 words)

	List of common Chinese surnames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of the top 100 most common Chinese surnames according to a study published in 2006.
		Other common transliterations, used before the formalization and popularization of existing Romanizations, still can be found in the names of some overseas Chinese.
		Common transliterations in other Chinese languages (dialects) used by some overseas Chinese whose ancestral mother tongue is neither Mandarin, Cantonese or Minnan also exist, as well as pronunciations in other languages, particularly Korean and Vietnamese, in which these surnames are commonly used.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_common_Chinese_surnames (343 words)

	Chinese surname - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: xìng) or clan name (氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities.
		Chinese surnames are shared by people speaking a number of dialects and languages which often have different pronunciations of their surnames.
		During the Cultural Revolution, surname culture was actively persecuted by the government with the destruction of ancestral temples and genealogies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chinese_surnames (2751 words)

	List of most common surnames - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		When someone's surname was unknown, not verifiable or considered unpronounceable in Portuguese language, their surname was usually registered as "da Costa" when living near the sea coast or "da Silva" (from the forest) if lived inland.
		According to the survey conducted by Chinese Academy of Sciences released in January 2006, the top twenty surnames in China are listed as follows.
		Surnames that are also names of trees, like Pereira (pear tree) or Oliveira (olive tree) were massively adopted by Jewish converts during the Portuguese Inquisition.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_most_popular_family_names (2743 words)

	Rachel's Pages \| Mandarin Chinese names for gamers
		Chinese surnames, like English ones, have meaning, but few people pay attention to them or even truly understand what the meaning has to do with the actual name.
		I have also tried to list a number which allows for easy dice-rolling; some of the names are not as common as others, but were included to round out the list.
		This is my Chinese surname and also the surname of one of Taiwan's most famous science fiction authors.
	www.jiawen.net /Chinesenames.html (2825 words)

	Han-Tibetan, Altaic Languages Close Relatives
		According to Mang's study of 121 nuclear words, 94 percent of the Chinese and Mongolian words can be taken as cognates, and 87 percent of the Manchu and Chinese words are cognates.
		Of the thousands of surnames which have been identified from historical texts prior to the Han Dynasty (Han Dynasty: Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy), most have either been lost or simplified.
		The three most common surnames in Mainland China are Li (Li: Chinese distance measure; approximately 0.5 kilometers), Wang (Wang: more facts about this subject) and Zhang (Zhang: more facts about this subject), which make up 7.9%, 7.4% and 7.1% respectively.
	www.new-tradition.org /forum/showthread.aspx?m=87023 (2505 words)

	ChineseRoots.org \| What is the significance of a surname? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chinese traditions rely heavily on symbolism and a persons name is no different.
		A Chinese surname is passed down through the generations and tells others about the person’s family history.
		The surname is often looked upon as a symbol of a man’s pride and honor.
	www2.chineseroots.org:81 /chineseroots/Origin.php (293 words)

	China Unique Chinese Names
		Chinese readily take on a western first name when working with foreign firms or engaged in business where they will come in contact with Westerners.
		It is also common for parents to give their child a Western first name(in addition to their chinese name) at birth or in early childhood.
		on The Alphabetical Index of Chinese Names This is an excellent list of hundreds of names and a description of their meaning.
	www.chinaunique.com /educate/names.htm (332 words)

	Everything about Japanese Name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Surnames occur with varying frequency in different regions; for example, the names Tamagusuku (玉城), Higa (比嘉), and Shimabukuro (島袋) are common in Okinawa but not in other parts of Japan.
		Common male name endings are -shi and -o; names ending with -shi are often verbs, e.g., Atsushi which might mean, for example, "to be faithful." In the past (before World War II), names written with katakana were common for women, but this trend seems to have lost favour.
		Chinese women in Canada, especially Hongkongers in Toronto, would preserve their maiden names before the surnames of their husbands when written in English, for instance Rosa Chan Leung, where Chan is the maiden name, and Leung is the surname of the husband.
	wikimiki.org /en/Japanese+name (12624 words)

	A List of Chinese Names
		Although common Chinese surnames can be viewed as a finite set of characters, the set of Chinese given names is infinite.
		Chinese given names are usually composed of one to three characters, while two is most common.
		Since the lists were in their raw form, pre-processing was needed to remove unnecessary information, such as the names of colleges and departments as well as the examinees' id numbers.
	technology.chtsai.org /namelist (506 words)

	Chinese surname - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A Chinese surname, family name (Template:Zh-d-cp) or clan name (氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among ethnic Chinese in overseas Chinese communities.
		See List of common Chinese surnames for the 100 most common surnames.
		Around the major crossing points of the Yangtze River, the most common surname is Li (李;), taking up 7.7%, followed by Wang (王), Zhang (张), Chen (陈) and Liu (刘;).
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Chinese_surname (2951 words)

	Parkinson's Unity Walk
		Scripts for telephone contact were developed in English, translated into Chinese, and translated back into English by primary speakers of both Mandarin and Cantonese, in order to determine the appropriateness of the translations and to determine whether regional variations in language might influence comprehension.
		To obtain a list of potential subject contacts from the California DMV, a comprehensive list of common Chinese surnames was generated from published lists.
		The surname list was submitted to the DMV together with a formal data request.
	www.unitywalk.com /na_grants.shtml (1646 words)

	China List : Chinese Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Chinese names are translated by the pronunciation of the English...
		This site is intended to aid in the study of common Chinese characters by providinga visual search tool, rather than the "radicals" or phonetic approach used...
		China List excludes all liability of any kind (including negligence) in respect of any third party information or other material made available on, or which can be accessed using, this Website.
	china-list.com /chinesecharacters/index.php (787 words)

	The Epoch Times \| New Survey Reorders 100 Most Common Chinese Names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The most recent ordering of the 100 most common surnames was obtained by doing a statistical analysis of population proportions among county, area and province.
		The researcher will also publish a list of 300 surnames and their distribution map and edit the latest dictionary of the Chinese surnames that will include 23,000 existing surnames.
		It lists all the common surnames and rhymes in four character couplets for easing reading and memorizing; 540 surnames were collected in "The Hundred Chinese Surnames," 444 of them being single-character names and the rest having multiple characters.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-1-20/37071.html (279 words)

	L Surnames Genealogy Society
		aren't entered properly and surnames change due to divorce, marriage or confusion over the Latin tradition of using two surnames.
		Includes surname variations of Laurance and Lawrence, and other families of the Jewish community of Devon, England.
		Includes database, Australian lineage, surname origins, and a pedigree for the surname Rookyard.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Society/Genealogy/Surnames/L (2806 words)

	Family name - Genealogy - a Wikia wiki
		A family name, or surname, is the part of a person's name that indicates to what family he or she belongs.
		Children take the mother's surname as their middle name, followed by their father's as their surname; for example, a son of Juan de la Cruz and Maria Agbayani would be David Agbayani de la Cruz.
		Chinese women in Canada, especially Hongkongers in Toronto, would preserve their maiden names before the surnames of their husbands when written in English, for instance Rosa Chan Leung, where Chan is the maiden name, and Leung is the surname of the husband.
	genealogy.wikia.com /wiki/Family_name (5430 words)

	FAQ - List All Questions
		The Chinese are modest in their dress and you should be too.
		Chinese characters can be difficult (although learning to recognize characters is easier than memorizing how to write them).
		COMMON FORMAT: You will be asked several hypothetical questions and a weighted score will be applied to your application in our database.
	journeyeast.org /INFO/FAQ/faq_List_All.asp (3539 words)

	- China the Beautiful (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The list of "Hundred Names" was compiled many years ago by order of the Emperor as the 100 most popular surnames (or last, or family names) in China at the time.
		In many Western countries, there is a short list of popular 'first names,' but countless 'last names.' In China, it is just the reverse.
		The list of last name is short, and the number of first names is in the billions.
	www.chinapage.com /biography/lastname.html (275 words)

	Parkinson's Unity Walk
		Scripts for telephone contact were developed in English, translated into Chinese, and translated back into English by primary speakers of both Mandarin and Cantonese, in order to determine the appropriateness of the translations and to determine whether regional variations in language might influence comprehension.
		To obtain a list of potential subject contacts from the California DMV, a comprehensive list of common Chinese surnames was generated from published lists.
		The surname list was submitted to the DMV together with a formal data request.
	www.unitywalk.org /na_grants.shtml (1646 words)

	Is Lam a popular chinese last name ? - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		Vietnamese surnames (I feel like I'm repeating this from the other topic LMAO) like Korean and some Japanese and Thai are derived from Chinese.
		i doubt there are any chinese surnames that are used by 40 percent of the population, as is the case with nguyen in vietnamese LOL
		Phi_Nguyen Posted Yesterday, 11:55 PM i doubt there are any chinese surnames that are used by 40 percent of the population, as is the case with nguyen in vietnamese LOL
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=58330 (933 words)

	Chinese sounding surnames in the 1990 US census
		This list was created by eyeballing the last name frequency list from the 1990 US Census.
		The English names in the Census list were then match with the dictionary entries according to their possible Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciations.
		Note that when the list is sorted by the English spelling, the ranking will be quite different from the Chinese ranking because many names can be merged in the same spelling while one name can also be listed under different spellings.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Acres/4307/lastname.htm (3917 words)

	Nguyen, Kim Top AA Surnames \| Asian American Demographics \| GoldSea
		It comes as little surprise that the most common surname in the U.S. (as of the 1990 census) was Smith, claiming 1.006% of the population, followed by Johnson (.810%), Williams (.699%), Jones (.0621%), Brown (.621%), Davis (.480%), Miller (.424%), Wilson (.339%), Moore (.312%) and in 10th place, Taylor (.311%).
		Some Asian Americans may be surprised to learn that no exclusively Asian surname figures in the top 200 surnames though Lee -- which could be Corean or Chinese but is more likely to be English -- is number 24 and is attached to.220% of the population, just behind Lewis and ahead of Walker.
		Given the fact that among Coreans Lee is nearly as common as Kim, and that quite a few Chinese use that spelling, the Asian Lee well might have figured ahead of Kim and Nguyen.
	goldsea.com /AAD/surnames.html (420 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of most common surnames
		According to the survey conducted by Chinese Academy of Sciences released in January 2006, the top twenty surnames in China are listed as follows.
		The last of these, Sidorov - "of Sidor" is actually not a very common surname at all, while Sidor as a given name is virtually unknown.
		The most common names in Sweden are originally patronymic, which means that the son of e.g.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/List_of_most_common_surnames (1916 words)

	Open Directory - Society: Genealogy: Surnames: L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Learmonth - Researching the origins of the Learmonth family; focus is on the Orkney Isles, particularly the family of Alexander Learmonth.
		L'Estrange - Ancestral heritage of Eamonn L'Estrange born in Buckinghamshire, ENG.
		Linebarger - Ancestors and descendants of John Linebarger and Mary Hoot of Pennsylvania, married in North Carolina in 1799, settled in Parke County, Indiana.
	dmoz.org /Society/Genealogy/Surnames/L (2999 words)

	Chinese - BSB-I want it that way - Google Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Relates the history behind the Chinese New Year, explains the twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac, and allows visitors to send Chinese New Year e-cards.
		Chinese Business World, your one stop information source for business, travel, entertainment,shopping, education and beyond.
		Chinese New Year - 2006 is the Year of the Dog.
	linksseek.com /lksk/chinese.html (344 words)

	Cyndi's List - Surnames, Family Associations & Family Newsletters - General Surname Sites
		Surname listings of family history researchers from all over the world.
		By entering a surname and pressing the red arrow, a distribution map of Italy is generated showing the concentrations of that particular surname in Italy.
		Maps of surnames may be produced based on the 1881 Census or the IGI and can show surname distribution across the entire nation or within a chosen county.
	www.cyndislist.com /surn-gen.htm (1876 words)

	Thousands of MEDIEVAL NAMES for your dog or pet from Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia -
		This list reflects both traditional names that had been used for centuries and new names that were beginning to come into use.
		Lists of masculine and feminine given names and bynames from 8th to 12th century Andalusia records.
		List of names taken from a tax census of the city of Florence in 1427.
	www.lowchensaustralia.com /names/medievalnames.htm (2366 words)

	Chinese-Canadian Genealogy - Chinese Names - Resources
		Chinese at classes run by Methodist Mission Church, 1898.
		Several lists of names are included in the appendices.
		The second chapter provides a genealogical analysis of popular Chinese surnames, and the third comprises a lengthy annotated bibliography on the subject.
	www.vpl.ca /ccg/Resources.html (327 words)

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