Chinese Last Names, What are the common ones? Options

[devilish]

I know some common ones, such as: Chan, Chang, Ching, Cheung, Wong, Wang, Wing, Wen, Lee, and Huang (my gf's last name).

Is Lim a Chinese last name? There's this girl I spot whose name is Sokona Lim, her first name sounds Japanese but her last name doesn't. So I'm just wondering...

[Yuje]

I know some common ones, such as: Chan, Chang, Ching, Cheung, Wong, Wang, Wing, Wen, Lee, and Huang (my gf's last name).

Is Lim a Chinese last name? There's this girl I spot whose name is Sokona Lim, her first name sounds Japanese but her last name doesn't. So I'm just wondering...

http://zhongwen.com/x/xingshi.htm
Chinese surnames, listed in about their order of frequency. According to it, the top five are Wang (Wong), Chen (Chan), Li (Lee), Zhang (Cheung), and Liu (Lau).

[Chinese DesertFo...]

I know some common ones, such as: Chan, Chang, Ching, Cheung, Wong, Wang, Wing, Wen, Lee, and Huang (my gf's last name).

Is Lim a Chinese last name? There's this girl I spot whose name is Sokona Lim, her first name sounds Japanese but her last name doesn't. So I'm just wondering...

http://zhongwen.com/x/xingshi.htm
Chinese surnames, listed in about their order of frequency. According to it, the top five are Wang (Wong), Chen (Chan), Li (Lee), Zhang (Cheung), and Liu (Lau).

Haha, go Xu! (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/biggthumpup.gif)

[Yuje]

My surname sucks in popularity. It's ranked in the 70's.

[supernovasp]

My surname sucks in popularity. It's ranked in the 70's.

i think that's a good thin.


Lim is a korean last name

This post has been edited by supernovasp: Dec 3 2004, 02:55 PM

[Phil_Huynh]

umm
i think mine is wang
cause i think huynh is vietnamese
but it used to be wang until it was changed in huynh or something
but i dun know
but my last name is huynh

[ChuonCheat_Khmer]

Sokona Lim

she is most likely a sino-cambodian. her first name is khmer actually. i don't know any pure khmers with the last name Lim. but i've met a few sino-khmers with that last name.

[Manun]

Lol, ma mom said Lin and Lim is the same surname. Juz pronounced differently in some asian countries.

[MING-LOYALIST]

My surname sucks in popularity. It's ranked in the 70's.

i think that's a good thin.


Lim is a korean last name

Lim is Chinese(Cantonese) actually.

Hu(胡) means barbarian and a lot of northern barbarians took that surname during anchient times, so it seems that Hu Jin Tao(president) could be a decendent of a siniced barbarian.lol

Some popular surnames barbarian took are Li, Liu ,Zhao, Shi, Hu, Ma

[葉兆峰]

Mine is Ye, Its more of a southern surname? A great general saved the Chu King from a seige by mounting an army which pierce through the seige and rescued him. The general wwas then honoroed and given a large estate names Ye. The inhabitants changed their last name to Ye after the general died in his honour. Later in the Song Dynasty, a High Judge, named Ye moved from Fujian to Guangdong, Guangzhou, and his descendents later settled down in Nanhai, IO am probably a close descendent from him, since my grandfather was born in Ye village(where the judge lived)

Ye is ranked 11th? I believe, last time I looked.

Mandarin - Ye
Cantonese - Yip(Yep)
Vietnamese - Diep
Korean - Yeop

This post has been edited by 葉兆峰: Dec 3 2004, 05:53 PM

[Titanium]

My last name is Chow. Cantonese style (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[JustINtroverted]

My is Choi.. like VEGETABLE!.. no.. it's the choi from.. when you say "Happy New Year" in cantonese.. gong hay fat choi.. err whatever

[ham_let]

lim is a chinese name... there are LOTS of lims... it's written the same as Lin, Lyn, or Lam... some of my cousins are Lims... Lim means forest right? that's how i read it... looks like two trees beside each other...

neways my last name is Ham... it sounds more korean or something but it's a messed up version of Tam, or the mandarin Tan. iuno y it's Ham, but i like it that way b/c there are less Hams than Tams... (although there are a few Hams that are white or black) what does that word mean? ppl say it means talk (b/c of that word for talk on the left of my char.), but some sites say it means gossip... =/

OH YEAH i'm 53rd...

EDIT: dude, Lam is like friggin 9th on the list...
http://zhongwen.com/d/170/x76.htm

This post has been edited by ham_let: Dec 3 2004, 09:19 PM

[supernovasp]

Mine is Ye, Its more of a southern surname? A great general saved the Chu King from a seige by mounting an army which pierce through the seige and rescued him. The general wwas then honoroed and given a large estate names Ye. The inhabitants changed their last name to Ye after the general died in his honour. Later in the Song Dynasty, a High Judge, named Ye moved from Fujian to Guangdong, Guangzhou, and his descendents later settled down in Nanhai, IO am probably a close descendent from him, since my grandfather was born in Ye village(where the judge lived)

Ye is ranked 11th? I believe, last time I looked.

Mandarin - Ye
Cantonese - Yip(Yep)
Vietnamese - Diep
Korean - Yeop

BTW, the D of Vietnamese is pronounced as Y

[ham_let]

i like this site. it's in english for ppl who can't recognize their last name in chinese =)

http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/3919/

it might be a little less accurate b/c i haven't asked any people how reliable it is though.

[supernovasp]

I know a lot of Lam's. A lot of Vietnamese has last name of Lam like my aunt' supposed reverend.

Well anyway, Korean also has last name Lim, which i think is also..a varied last name of Lam.....

[HikaruVenus]

My surname sucks in popularity. It's ranked in the 70's.

i think that's a good thin.


Lim is a korean last name

Lim is Chinese(Cantonese) actually.

Cantonese do not pronounce (林) as "Lim". They pronounce it as "Lam". it is the Hokkiens / Teochews that pronounce it as "Lim".

my surname is Zhuo (卓). not v common, i think.

talking abt this, which do you think is the coolest surname? my gf's surname is Long (龙). i thought that was v cool. (IMG:http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/style_emoticons/default/icon_smile.gif)

This post has been edited by HikaruVenus: Dec 3 2004, 10:08 PM

[liu]

I never herd of a chinese with the last name of Lim
but Lim is a rare korean surname
shes prbly Krn
to b sure go ask her

[technolickingkit...]

how about Lin? is that chinese ?

[UrbanPoet]

my xgf was Xayavong.... she is "ciew chow" is that what they call dem?