Anyone has a rare Chinese surname?

[106gunner]

Most that have rare Chinese sirname are hongkie and tiong

 

[HeadQuarters]

Heng mine is rare ... I m 司马

 

[Multiversal]

I don't think I've heard of that name.

You have not heard of that name?

Sitoh Yih Pin is now the MP for Potong Pasir which was a stronghold of SDP, then SPP, when Chiam See Tong was still active in politics and the boss of those parties.

https://www.jbtc.org.sg/our-mps/potong-pasir-smc/mr-sitoh-yih-pin/

 

[XiaoJinLing]

Think mine was like over number 60s in the 百家姓。

 

[Thoreldan]

Any 夏侯 here ?

 

[Kunkka]

I guess it depends on how 陈 is pronounced in various dialects, and then the older generation who tried to improvise their system of "pinyin" spelt it as Chan if he was a Cantonese, and as Tan if he was a Hokkien. Only recently when the government made the Mandarin dialect the putonghua among ethnic Chinese, then we started to write "Chen"

Same goes for other surnames. For eg. 黄 is Wong for the Cantonese because this is how they say it, but Ng in another dialect, and of course Huang in the Mandarin dialect.

Yeap there’s some distinction on that website as it account for the different dialect groups

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[yummie]

I don't think I've heard of that name.

dont u ever watch General election in singapore? why not just google e damn name. sima is a common surname in sinkieland too. got a female regular in SAF with surname Sima

seetoh or situ (in chinese) is vv common too.

for those who dont noe, situ means civil officer in ancient china. while sima means general in ancient china. ppl took on surnames after their court offices title

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[ZedMaster]

dont u ever watch General election in singapore? why not just google e damn name. sima is a common surname in sinkieland too. got a female regular in SAF with surname Sima

seetoh or situ (in chinese) is vv common too.

for those who dont noe, situ means civil officer in ancient china. while sima means general in ancient china. ppl took on surnames after their court offices title

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I don't have much interest in local politics.

 

[Kunkka]

I don't have much interest in local politics.

I can guess who u voted for

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[hahaman111]

I remember got 1 edmwer surname is 爱新觉罗. But dunno if he from IMH.

 

[koxinga]

Mine is so rare I won't be surprised if it is in the low hundreds.

甘

 

[yummie]

I don't have much interest in local politics.

u r missing e damn point. u dont have any interest other then ur Quran. for once. put down tat book n gain more knowledge abt other things.

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[yummie]

Mine is so rare I won't be surprised if it is in the low hundreds.

甘

in b4 u r named 甘你拿!!!!

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[ZedMaster]

u r missing e damn point. u dont have any interest other then ur Quran. for once. put down tat book n gain more knowledge abt other things.

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Yes I do have an interest in other subjects, like Chinese culture for example. That's why I'm in this thread to ask that noob question.

 

[lifezard]

Mine is so rare I won't be surprised if it is in the low hundreds.

甘

can't be that rare if the resident edmw celebrity aka strongest small 3 buigina has it

 

[ApPle5]

https://www.sohu.com/a/368180115_99906645

Wah mine double wood no. 18 sia, always thought is super common. Maybe here in sg more common

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[natsuoto]

Mine is Lam...in chinese blue colour

This one quite rare 蓝

 

[Luc777]

moi rank 95.

 

[lifezard]

How to change? How can one change the surname?

you will be surprised historically chinese people change surnames like changing clothes..... and for all sort of reasons. adoption into relative family with different surname, to escape enemy pursue, adopting wife surname (usually more powerful and influential), changing to paymaster's surname etc...

23mofang, a dna genealogical company specialising in paternal (surname) ancestry researches, the average household has changed surnames avg 2-3 times the last 2000 years surnames came into common usage.

 

[irwinblade]

my is 常.. any same as my?