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Thị is a most common female middle name, and most common amongst pre-1975 generation but less common amongst younger generations. Thị (氏) is an archaic Sino-Vietnamese suffix meaning "clan; family; lineage; hereditary house" and attached to a woman's original family name, but now is used to simply indicate the female sex. For example, the ...
In 2019 劉 was the fourth most common surname in mainland China. [4] Additionally, it was the most common surname in Jiangxi province. In 2013 it was found to be the 5th most common surname, shared by 67,700,000 people or 5.1% of the population, with the province with the most people being Shandong.
In Taiwan, 張 is the fourth-most-common surname, making up 5.26% of the population of the Republic of China. In 2019 it was again the third most common surname in Mainland China. [10] Zhang Wei (张伟) has been the most common family name and given name combination in China for many years.
The Ryūkyū Kingdom was forced to become a Japanese feudal domain by the Meiji government in 1872, and it was formally annexed by Japan in 1879. Ryūkyūans were then entered into the Japanese family register system and, as in Japan, surnames were extended to all citizens, no longer being the province of the aristocratic classes alone. A large ...
Wú (吳) is the sixth name listed in the Song dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames. [1] In 2019 Wu was the ninth most common surname in Mainland China. [2] A 2013 study found that it was the eighth most common surname, shared by 26,800,000 people or 2.000% of the population, with the province having the most being Guangdong. [3]
The surname literally means "horse". [1] As of 2006, it ranks as the 14th most common Chinese surname in mainland China. In 2019 it was the 13th most common surname in mainland China. [2] A 2013 study found it to be the 13th most common, shared by 17,200,000 people or 1.290% of the population, with the province with the most being Henan.
Su is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surname written 苏 in simplified characters and 蘇 traditionally. It was listed 42nd among the Song-era list of the Hundred Family Surnames. In 2019 it was the 46th most common surname in mainland China. [1]
Shi (simplified Chinese: 时; traditional Chinese: 時) is a Chinese surname meaning "season" or "time". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is romanized Shih in Wade–Giles, or Si in Cantonese romanization. [ 3 ] According to a 2013 study, it was the 187th most common name in China; it was shared by 670,000 people, or 0.05% of the population, with the province ...