Chen is one of the most common East Asian surnames of Chinese origin. It ranks as the 4th most common surname in Mainland China as of 2007 and the most common surname in Singapore (2000) and Taiwan (2010). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. Besides 陳/陈, an uncommon Chinese surname 諶/谌 (Shen) sometimes is romanized as Chen because of mispronunciation.).
Jin is a toneless pinyin romanization of various Chinese names and words. These have also been romanized as Kin and Chin in the past. "Jin" also occurs in Japanese and Korean.
Xu is either of two surnames of Chinese origin that are homographs when transliterated. Both of these Chinese surnames are transliterated as Xu in pinyin and Hsü in the Wade–Giles system.
- Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade–Giles: Hsü2
- simplified Chinese: 许; traditional Chinese: 許; pinyin: Xǔ; Wade–Giles: Hsü3
The English language name Bruce arrived in Scotland with the Normans, from the place name Brix, Manche in Normandy, France, meaning "the willowlands". Initially promulgated via the descendants of king Robert the Bruce (1274−1329), it has been a Scottish surname since medieval times; it is now a common given name.
A KO is a knockout in various sports, such as boxing and martial arts.
Hayashi, is a Japanese surname. It is also the surname of some Koreans/Coreans who were forced/coerced into taking Japanese names during the Japanese colonization of the Corean/Korean peninsula. Notable people with the surname include:
Matsushita is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Quinn is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Coinn. The latter surname means "descendant of Conn". The surname Quinn is also rendered Ó Cuinn in Irish. The surname is borne by numerous unrelated Irish families in Ulster and the Irish counties of Clare, Longford, and Mayo. The most notable family of the name are that of Thomond, a Dalcassian sept, who derive their surname from Niall Ó Cuinn who was slain at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014. This family was formerly represented by the Earls of Dunraven. Another family is that seated in Annaly, who were related to the O'Farrell lords of Longford. Other families include one seated in Antrim; one seated in Raphoe; and one called Clann Cuain, seated near Castlebar. In the seventeenth century, the surname Quinn was common in Waterford. In 1890, the surname was numerous in Dublin, Tyrone, Antrim, and Roscommon. Quinn is one of the twenty most common surnames in Ireland. It is sometimes said that the surname Quinn is borne by Catholics whilst Quin is borne by Protestants.
Cài is a Chinese surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. The surname is the 34th most common surname in China, but the 9th most common in Taiwan, where it is usually romanized as Tsai or Chai based on Wade-Giles romanization of Standard Mandarin and the 8th most common in Singapore, where it is usually romanized as Chua, which is based on its Teochew and Hokkien pronunciation. Koreans use Chinese-derived family names and in Korean, Cai is 채 in Hangul, Chae in Revised Romanization, It is also a common Cantonese name in Hong Kong where it is romanized as Choy, Choi or Tsoi. In Macao and Malaysia, it is spelled as Choi, in Malaysia and the Philippines as Chua, in Thailand as Chuo (ฉั่ว). Moreover, it is also romanized in Cambodia as either Chhay, Chhuor or Chhor among Chinese Cambodians and as Tjoa or Chua in Indonesia.
Mika is a given name, a nickname and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
Lin is the Mandarin romanization of the Chinese surname written 林 in Chinese character. It is also used in Korea and the Philippines among the Chinese Filipino community. It is also common among overseas Chinese families, in which it is at times pronounced and spelled as Lim because many Chinese descendants are part of the Southern Min diaspora and speak Min Nan. In Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam it is spelled as Lam.
Paul is a common masculine given name in countries and ethnicities with a Christian heritage and, beyond Europe, in Christian religious communities throughout the world. Paul – or its variations – can be a given name or surname.
Sakai is both a Japanese surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Taisho Sugo, better known by his stage name Masaki Suda, is a Japanese actor and singer from Osaka Prefecture. He made his acting debut at the age of 16 in the television series Kamen Rider W as the left side of Kamen Rider W, Philip. He is the youngest to become leading actor in Kamen Rider series and at the age of 25, he has become the youngest actor to win Best Actor Award at Japan Academy Prize. Suda later debuted as singer in 2017 with his big hit song 「見たこともない景色」.
Nakamoto is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Anan is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Starling is a given name and a surname.
Mai is a name that is used as a given name and a surname.
Masaki is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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