What do Indonesian surnames say abt their lineage? Options

[tangawizi]

I found this thread in the Thai Chat extremely interesting... someone is saying that the shorter the surname, the more of a higher status they are in the Thai society....or in actual fact, the shorter the surname the more native they are. Which means many chinese thais tend to have seriously long surnames as they are trying to assimilate to the Thai society.. is that more or less the same also in Indonesia??

This post has been edited by tangawizi: Jun 22 2007, 12:32 AM

[Bhaskara]

Tangyyy.... I've already explained those points!

1. Surnames are used in Indonesia, but not all of us have them, and the government doesn't require us to have one either. But for those who do have them (like Bataks, Manadonese, some Chinese,etc) wear them proudly.

2. Yeah, something like that. But not always.

3. Same as the above, not always.

4. Not only those suffixes. Like I was saying before, those who have Indonesian surnames incorporated their Chinese surname onto their Indonesian surname.

Examples:
Chinese Surname = Indonesian Surname
Tan = Tanujaya
Lim = Salim
Chan = Chandrawinata

Those are how Chinese Indonesians typically create their Indonesian Surname. Example: Lim Sieo Liong became Sudono Salim.

So, relating to the issue of surnames, there are at least 3 types of Chinese Indonesians:
1. Those who adopt Indonesian name and doesn't care about taking any surnames. Example: Susi Susanti, where Susanti is not a surname.
2. Those who incorporate their Chinese surname onto their Indonesian surname. Example: Sudono Salim, where Salim is derived from Lim.
3. Those who keep their original Chinese surname. Example: Ivana Lie.