Surnames
The Lam Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Lam means forest, from the Chinese character 林. Two peoples share one American surname: Vietnamese Lâm, and the Cantonese Lam of Guangdong and Hong Kong.
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The Yang Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Yang (楊) means poplar and traces to Shanxi, but in America Yang is also a Hmong clan name carried by refugees from Laos. Full origin, meaning…
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The Wang Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Wang means king in Chinese, written 王. Prince Jin and the Taiyuan and Langya clans, why Wang and Wong are the same surname, spelling variants and…
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The Wong Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
Wong spells two unrelated Chinese surnames: 黃, meaning yellow, and 王, meaning king. Guangdong origins, spelling variants, paper sons and the US Census rank.
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The Chen Surname: Origin, Meaning and History
The Chen surname comes from the ancient State of Chen in Henan. Why Chan, Tan, Chin and Tran are all the same name, plus its US…
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