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EddymyTeddy
post Apr 24 2003, 07:25 PM
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how come a lot of viet last names are so common? Like Dinh, or Nguen or tran? how come?
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post Apr 25 2003, 07:42 AM
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haha.. thats nguYen..
maybe coz everyones related..
incest u kno.. haha
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post Apr 26 2003, 11:23 AM
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i have two girls in my english class, and one is my best friend and they both have the same last name but they never ever met before.
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post Apr 26 2003, 02:39 PM
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yeah, i think Nguyen is by far the most popular viet last name. but you know, it's sorta like that in china and japan too. i mean, japan, their most popular last name (i don't know the japanese pronounciation) is the chinese character for Li, which also happens to be a common last name. then there's Zhang for chinese, and Krn...dunnoo... lol, only korean person i know iss half...
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post Apr 27 2003, 04:40 PM
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cool30.gif It's Lee,Li that is the most popular surname in Chinese while its ,Cruz,dela Cruz and Reyes for Hispanic. As for Vietnamese is is Nyuyen that is considered as common.
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post May 1 2003, 11:02 AM
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I guess 'tanaka' is one of the most common names in Japan. I even know three japanese named 'tanaka' and they don't know each other.

In Finland lots of people (it has only 5 million inhabitants *g*) are named like...-lainen, which means 'inhabitant'.
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post May 3 2003, 10:23 AM
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how come it's so common?
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post May 3 2003, 04:59 PM
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well, my theory (this probably only works in china or some other country with a history somewhat like china's) is that all the lords' (well, not lords, but not emporers either...) concubines probably had lots of children, and they all end up with the guy's last name, and they all go out and do the same, and ect. and do you really thing the concubines are all gonna just have sex with the one guy? i don't...
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post May 7 2003, 05:16 AM
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cool30.gif Yes, That may be one theory. Another one is that some Chinese change their surnames to more popular ones or another. In some country like Philippines some Chinese change their surnames to Filipino sounding like Urlanda,Yuchengco, Jayoma , Gomonilla, Cojuangco, Uychico,Tanyu maybe to adopt themselves to the local populance.
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post May 9 2003, 05:22 AM
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Yes, every countries have some popular and common surname,
in Italy there are a lot!!!

In Naples : Esposito
In Milan: Brambilla
in all Italy a lot of : Bianchi or Rossi like the mother of my wife!!!

every region a lot of common surnames!!!
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post May 19 2003, 04:48 PM
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koreans are all about the Kims or Choi or Li i think icon_smile.gif
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post May 20 2003, 04:48 PM
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cool30.gif Yes, Its Kim ,Lee, Choi and Li in Korea I had a Korean friend with a surname of Kim
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post May 22 2003, 02:06 AM
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Here in the Netherlands I think it's Jansen/Janssen.......

But Dutch are kinda Cheesy icon_wink.gif
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post May 30 2003, 05:56 AM
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ORRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! perhaps we're all related??? biggrin.gif ...hmm maybe a long LOOOOOOONG time ago...us azn were all from the same family icon_smile.gif ....argh...what is this leading to.... sure.gif
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post May 30 2003, 08:34 AM
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"koreans are all about the Kims or Choi or Li i think"

Your just saying names from the Korean team in King of Fighters! Next you will say Chang and May Lee.
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post Jun 4 2003, 02:13 AM
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cool30.gif Actually, Kim, Lee or Li is very common Korean surname.
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post Jun 12 2003, 03:43 AM
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in the hmong culture we have about 18 last names... the most popular ones are: yang, vang and lee.
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post Jun 13 2003, 09:15 AM
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icon_confused.gif It seems to me that the surnames are Chinese in origin .Could you elaborate in this ? Is this tribe from China , Vietnam or northern Thailand? I think this group is scattered in these countries? Am I right?
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post Jun 13 2003, 11:57 PM
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It seems to me that the surnames are Chinese in origin .Could you elaborate in this ? Is this tribe from China , Vietnam or northern Thailand? I think this group is scattered in these countries? Am I right?



According to what Hmong elders say: Hmong people originated in China. Many fled China during the mid 1880s because of persecution by the Chinese. They went to countries such as: Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, some even formed small villages in the mountains. After that, the united states CIA (center intelligence agency) recruited Hmong people to help the Americans during the Vietnam War. Many Hmong people died fighting beside the Americans. After the war ended, Vietnam declared itself a communist country. Hmongs are persecuted because of their aid to the Americans in the Vietnam war. And so they fled to Thailand and lived in refugee camps there before they emigrated to the United States. Right now, they are scattered throughout. Many are now living in the United States.

Did that kind of help you? I hope so.
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post Jun 16 2003, 04:37 AM
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cool30.gif I have that in mind, because I lived in southeast asia .So this group is now considered as a minorities in these countries.
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