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List of most common surnames in Asia
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This is a list of the most common surnames in Asia, in alphabetical order of the country.
Contents
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1 Armenia
2 Azerbaijan
3 Bangladesh
4 Cambodia
5 China
6 Georgia
7 India
8 Indonesia
9 Israel
10 Japan
11 Korea
12 Nepal
13 Philippines
14 Taiwan
15 Thailand
16 Turkey
17 Vietnam
18 See also
19 Notes
20 References
Armenia[edit]
Rank
Name
Romanization
Meaning
1 Հովհաննիսյան Hovhannisyan Son of Hovhannes (John)
2 Հարությունյան Harutyunyan Son of Harutyun ("resurrection")
3 Սարգսյան Sargsyan Son of Sargis
4 Խաչատրյան Khachatryan Son of Khachatur ("given by cross")
5 Գրիգորյան Grigoryan Son of Grigor (Gregory)
Azerbaijan[edit]
Rank[1]
Name
Romanization
Meaning
1 Məmmədov Mammadov "Son of Mammad"
2 Əliyev Aliyev "Son of Ali"
3 Həsənov Hasanov "Son of Hasan"
4 Hüseynov Huseynov "Son of Hussein"
5 Quliyev Guliyev "Son of Qulu"
6 Hacıyev Hajiev "Son of Haji"
7 Rəsulov Rasulov "Son of Rasoul"
8 Süleymanov Suleymanov "Son of Suleyman"
9 Musayev Musayev "Son of Musa"
10 Abbasov Abbasov "Son of Abbas"
11 Babayev Babayev "Son of Baba"
12 Vəliyev Valiyev "Son of Vali"
13 Orucov Orujov "fasting"[citation needed]
14 İsmayılov Ismayilov "Son of Ismayil"
15 Ibrahimov Ibrahimov "Son of Ibrahim"
Bangladesh[edit]
Main article: Bangladeshi name
[citation needed]
Name (Bangla alphabet)
Bangla Romanization
আহমেদ Ahmed
আলী Ali
আক্তার Aktar / Akter
বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় (ব্যানার্জী) Bondyopadhyay (Banerjee)
বনিক Bonik / Banik
ব্যাপারী Byapari / Bapary
বড়ুয়া Boruya / Barua
বিশ্বাস Bishwas
ভৌমিক Bhoumik / Bhowmik
বসু Bosu
চাকমা Chakma
চক্রবর্তী Chokroborti / Chakraborty
চট্টপাধ্যায় (চ্যাটার্জী) Chottopadhyay (Chatterjee)
চৌধুরী Choudhuri / Chowdhury
দাস Das
দেবনাথ Debnath
দেওয়ান Dewan
দে De / Dey
দত্ত Dotto / Datta / Dutta
গাজী Gazi
হক Hok / Haque
হাসান Hasan
হোসেন Hosen / Hossain / Hussain
ইসলাম Islam
Name (Bangla alphabet)
Bangla Romanization
কাজী Kazi
খান Khan
মাহমুদ Mahmud
মজুমদার Mojumdar / Majumder
মারমা Marma
মিঞা Mina / Miah
মির্জা Mirza
মিত্র Mitro / Mitra
মোল্লা Molla / Mollah
মোহাম্মদ Mohammod / Mohammud / Muhammad
মুখোপাধ্যায় (মুখার্জী) Mukhopadhyay (Mukherjee)
মুন্সী Munsi / Munshi
পাটোয়ারী Patoyari / Patwary
পাল Pal / Paul
রহমান Rohoman / Rohman / Rahman
রায় Ray / Roy
সাহা Saha
সরকার Sorkar / Sarker / Sarkar
সেন Sen
শেখ Shekh / Sheikh
ঠাকুর Thakur
ত্রিপুরা Tripura
উদ্দীন Uddin
ওয়াজেদ Wazed
Cambodia[edit]
Main article: Cambodian name
Cambodian names are borrowed from Chinese, Sanskrit, Vietnamese words.
China[edit]
See also: Chinese surname and List of common Chinese surnames
According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security on April 24, 2007,[2][3][4] the top three surnames in China have a combined population larger than Indonesia,[5][improper synthesis?] the world's fourth-most-populous country. The top 10 surnames each have a population greater than 20 million; the top 22 have populations of more than 10 million. The top 100 surnames cover 84.77% of China's population.
The press release from the Ministry of Public Security only provided detailed numbers for the top three surnames. Information about the others from 2006 comes from a multi-year study by Yuan Yida of the Chinese Academy of Sciences's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, which purportedly used a sample size of 296 million spread across 1,110 counties and cities.[6]
Rank
Name
Romanization
Total Number
(2007)
Frequency
(2007)
Estimated Number
(2006)
Simp.
Trad.
1 王 Wáng [a]/Wong 92,881,000 7.25% 92,550,000
2 李 Lǐ [b]/Lee 92,074,000 7.19% 91,020,000
3 张 張 Zhāng [c]/Cheung 87,502,000 6.83% 86,690,000
4 刘 劉 Liú [d]/Lau >20,000,000 — 65,280,000
5 陈 陳 Chén /Chan — — 56,640,000
6 杨 楊 Yáng [e] /Yeung — — 41,680,000
7 黄 黃 Huáng/Wong — — 29,410,000
8 赵 趙 Zhào/Chiu — — 26,180,000
9 吴 吳 Wú [f]/Ng — — 25,020,000
10 周 Zhōu/Chow — — 24,330,000
11 徐 Xú [g] /Tsui >10,000,000 — 18,550,000
12 孙 孫 Sūn/Suen — — 17,940,000
13 马 馬 Mǎ/Ma — — 16,890,000
14 朱 Zhū/Chu — — 16,460,000
15 胡 Hú/Woo — — 14,970,000
16 郭 Guō/Kwok — — 14,260,000
17 何 Hé/Ho — — 13,340,000
18 高 Gāo/Ko — — 12,900,000
19 林 Lín/Lam — — 12,500,000
20 罗 羅 Luó/Law — — 12,400,000
Georgia[edit]
Main article: List of Georgian surnames
Rank
Name
Romanization
Total Number[7]
(2010)
1 ბერიძე Beridze 24,962
2 მამედოვი Mammadov
Mamedovi 23,675
3 კაპანაძე Kapanadze 17,202
4 გელაშვილი Gelashvili 16,350
5 ალიევი Aliyev
Alievi 15,742
6 მაისურაძე Maisuradze 14,824
7 გიორგაძე Giorgadze 12,954
8 ლომიძე Lomidze 11,796
9 წიკლაური Tsiklauri 11,571
10 ბოლქვაძე Bolkvadze 10,916
11 კვარაცხელია Kvaratskhelia 10,447
12 ნოზაძე Nozadze 10,183
13 ხუციშვილი Khutsishvili 10,075
14 შენგელია Shengelia 9,928
15 აბულაძე Abuladze 9,663
16 მიქელაძე Mikeladze 9,220
17 ტაბატაძე Tabatadze 8,654
18 მჭედლიშვილი Mchedlishvili 8,446
19 ბაირამოვი Bairamov
Bairamovi 8,373
20 გოგოლაძე Gogoladze 8,362
India[edit]
Main article: Indian name
This section needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (September 2017)
Indian surnames usually derive from occupational titles or caste distinctions and tend to vary among the wide variety of ethnic groups and cultural regions of India. For example, many common family names in the Dravidian states are rare, or nonexistent, in eastern or northern India, and vice versa. Indian family names also originate from the language spoken in the state or community and depend on the religious affiliation of the family. Hindu family names usually come from Pali, Sanskrit, or Tamil and may contain the name or title of a family deity, whereas Muslim last names are usually derived from Arabic, Persian or Turkish. Family names may also indicate lower or upper caste origin of the family as many surnames are exclusive only to certain social groups.
Rank
Name
Meaning[citation needed]
Total Number
(2014)
Region[citation needed]
1 Singh [h] Lion 36,058,956 North India
2 Kumar [i] Prince 31,014,317 North India, South India
3 Das Devotee 10,485,481 Punjab, East India
4 Kaur Princess 10,382,053 Punjab
5 Mandal group 8,451,262 East India
6 Ram Rama (God) 7,412,410 South India
7 Yadav Prince/Princess 7,061,034 Hindi Belt
8 Kumari girl, princess 6,280,211 North India
9 Ali high, elevated 5,796,792 Muslims throughout
10 Lal darling, precious, beloved 5,751,667 Hindi belt, Bengal
11 Bibi Lady 5,669,410 Muslim women throughout
12 Khatun queen regnant 5,510,718 Muslim women throughout
13 Bai lady 5,401,652 Maharashtra
14 Sharma happiness 4,887,182 East India, North India
15 Sah gentleman 4,887,182 Central India, North India
16 Khan king 4,442,333 Muslims throughout
17 Patel one who holds land 3,957,109 Gujarat
18 Patil chief of the village 3,776,738 Maharashtra
19 Rajput King 3,771,896 North India
Indonesia[edit]
See also: Indonesian names
Most Indonesians do not use family last name. There is only a small number of ethnic groups which maintain family names.
Israel[edit]
Main articles: Hebrew surname and Jewish surname
Rank[8]
Name
Romanization
Meaning
Frequency
1 כהן Cohen "priest" 1.93%
2 לוי Levi
Levy "Levite" 1.12%
3 מזרחי Mizrachi
Mizrahi "easterner" 0.33%
4 פרץ Peretz from Perez
from Pérez 0.32%
5 ביטון Biton from Chaim
"life" 0.30%
6 דהן Dahan "oil merchant" 0.23%
7 אברהם Avraham from Abraham
from Abramowicz & al. 0.22%
8 פרידמן Friedman from Solomon[9] 0.21%
9 מלכה Malka
Malcah from Málaga
"queen" 0.19%
10 אזולאי Azoulay "of a priestly dynasty"
"blue eyed" 0.19%
11 כץ Katz "priest of righteousness"[10]
"priest of Zadok"[11] 0.19%
12 יוסף Yosef from Joseph 0.18%
13 דוד David from David
from Davidson & al. 0.17%
14 עמר Amar
Omer "farmer"
"sheaf" 0.17%
15 אוחיון Ohayon
Ochion "son of Chaim" 0.16%
Rank
Name
Romanization
Meaning
Frequency
16 חדד Hadad
Chadad "smith" 0.16%
17 גבאי Gabai synagogue warden; sexton 0.16%
18 בן דוד Ben-David "son of David" 0.14%
19 אדרי Adrei
Edry/Edri
Adary from Draa valley in Morocco 0.14%
20 לוין Levin "Levite" 0.14%
21 טל Tal "dew" 0.13%
22 קליין Klein "small" 0.13%
23 חן Chen
Khen "loveliness"
"grace" 0.13%
24 שפירא Shapira "Speyerer" 0.13%
25 חזן Chazan
Hazan "cantor" 0.13%
26 משה Moshe from Moses 0.13%
27 אשכנזי Ashkenazi "German" 0.12%
28 אוחנה Ohana "Son of Hannah" 0.12%
29 סגל Segal
Segel "assistant to the Levites" (S'gan Levi) 0.12%
30 גולן Golan 0.12%
Japan[edit]
Main article: Japanese name
Officially, there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames,[12] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are spelled and romanized similarly. The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 cover slightly more than 33%.[13]
This ranking is a result of "The National Same Family Name Investigation" by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company.[13] This investigation included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities, as of August 2008.
Rank
Name
Romanization
Estimated Number
(2008)
Occupation Rate
(%)
1 佐藤 Satō 1,990,000 1.57
2 鈴木 Suzuki 1,900,000 1.50
3 高橋 Takahashi 1,470,000 1.16
4 田中 Tanaka 1,340,000 1.06
5 渡辺 Watanabe 1,200,000 0.95
6 伊藤 Itō 1,150,000 0.91
7 中村 Nakamura 1,080,000 0.85
8 小林 Kobayashi 1,060,000 0.84
9 山本 Yamamoto 1,020,000 0.81
10 加藤 Katō 920,000 0.73
11 吉田 Yoshida 850,000 —
12 山田 Yamada 820,000 —
13 佐々木 Sasaki 710,000 —
14 山口 Yamaguchi 640,000 —
15 松本 Matsumoto 630,000 —
16 井上 Inoue 600,000 —
17 木村 Kimura 580,000 —
18 清水 Shimizu 560,000 —
19 林 Hayashi 550,000 —
20 斉藤 Saitō 530,000 —
21 斎藤 Saitō 520,000 —
22 山崎 Yamazaki
Yamasaki 490,000 —
23 中島 Nakajima
Nakashima 480,000 —
24 森 Mori 470,000 —
25 阿部 Abe 470,000 —
26 池田 Ikeda 450,000 —
27 橋本 Hashimoto 450,000 —
28 石川 Ishikawa 440,000 —
29 山下 Yamashita 410,000 —
30 小川 Ogawa 410,000 —
31 石井 Ishii 400,000 —
32 長谷川 Hasegawa 390,000 —
33 後藤 Gotō 390,000 —
34 岡田 Okada 380,000 —
35 近藤 Kondō 370,000 —
36 前田 Maeda 370,000 —
37 藤田 Fujita 370,000 —
38 遠藤 Endō 360,000 —
39 青木 Aoki 350,000 —
40 坂本 Sakamoto 350,000 —
41 村上 Murakami 340,000 —
42 太田 Ōta 320,000 —
43 金子 Kaneko 310,000 —
44 藤井 Fujii 310,000 —
45 福田 Fukuda 300,000 —
46 西村 Nishimura 300,000 —
47 三浦 Miura 300,000 —
48 竹内 Takeuchi 290,000 —
49 中川 Nakagawa 290,000 —
50 岡本 Okamoto 290,000 —
51 松田 Matsuda 290,000 —
52 原田 Harada 290,000 —
53 中野 Nakano 290,000 —
Rank
Name
Romanization
Estimated Number
(2008)
54 小野 Ono 280,000
55 田村 Tamura 280,000
56 藤原 Fujiwara
Fujihara 270,000
57 中山 Nakayama 270,000
58 石田 Ishida 270,000
59 小島 Kojima 260,000
60 和田 Wada 260,000
61 森田 Morita 250,000
62 内田 Uchida 250,000
63 柴田 Shibata 250,000
64 酒井 Sakai 240,000
65 原 Hara 240,000
66 高木 Takagi
Takaki 240,000
67 横山 Yokoyama 240,000
68 安藤 Andō 240,000
69 宮崎 Miyazaki
Miyasaki 240,000
70 上田 Ueda
Ueta 240,000
71 島田 Shimada 230,000
72 工藤 Kudō 230,000
73 大野 Ōno 220,000
74 宮本 Miyamoto 220,000
75 杉山 Sugiyama 220,000
76 今井 Imai 220,000
77 丸山 Maruyama 210,000
78 増田 Masuda 210,000
79 高田 Takada
Takata 210,000
80 村田 Murata 210,000
81 平野 Hirano 210,000
82 大塚 Ōtsuka 210,000
83 菅原 Sugawara
Sugahara 210,000
84 武田 Takeda
Taketa 200,000
85 新井 Arai 200,000
86 小山 Koyama
Oyama 200,000
87 野口 Noguchi 200,000
88 桜井 Sakurai 200,000
89 千葉 Chiba 200,000
90 岩崎 Iwasaki 200,000
91 佐野 Sano 200,000
92 谷口 Taniguchi 200,000
93 上野 Ueno 200,000
94 松井 Matsui 190,000
95 河野 Kōno
Kawano 190,000
96 市川 Ichikawa 190,000
97 渡部 Watanabe
Watabe 190,000
98 野村 Nomura 180,000
99 菊地 Kikuchi 180,000
100 木下 Kinoshita 180,000
Korea[edit]
Main article: List of Korean family names
Rank[14]
(2000)
Hangul
Hanja
Romanizations
1 김 金 Kim, Gim, Ghim
2 리 / 이 李 Lee, Yi
3 박 朴 Park, Pak, Bak
4 최 崔 Choi, Choe, Choy, Joy
5 정 鄭 Jeong, Chung, Cheong, Jung, Young
6 강 姜 Kang, Gang, Ghang
7 조 趙 Cho, Jo, Joe
8 윤 尹 Yoon, Yun, Youn
9 장 張 Jang, Chang
10 림 / 임 林 Lim, Rim, Im, Rhim
11 한 韓 Han
12 오 吳 O, Oh
13 신 申 Shin, Sin
14 서 徐 Seo, Suh, Seoh
15 권 權 Kwon, Gwon, Kuen
16 황 黃 Hwang, Huang
17 안 安 Ahn, An
18 송 宋 Song
19 류 / 유 柳 Yoo, Yu, Ryu, Ryoo
20 홍 洪 Hong
21 전 全 Jeon, Jun, Chun, Cheon
22 고 高 Ko, Koh, Go, Goh
23 문 文 Mun, Moon, Mon, Munn
24 손 孫 Son, Sohn, Sonn
25 량 / 양 梁 Yang, Ryang
Rank
(2000)
Hangul
Hanja
Romanizations
26 배 裵 Bae, Bai, Pai, Pae
27 백 白 Baek, Paik, Pak, Bak, Bhak, Phak
28 조 曺 Jo, Cho
29 허 許 Hur, Heo, Her, Hui
30 남 南 Nam, Nan, Nham
31 심 沈 Sim, Shim, Shen
32 류 / 유 劉 Yu, Yoo, Liu, Lau, Yau
33 로 / 노 盧 No, Noh, Roh
34 하 河 Ha, Hah
35 전 田 Jeon, Jun
36 정 丁 Jeong, Jung
37 곽 郭 Gwak, Kwak, Koak
38 성 成 Seong, Sung, Shong, Shung
39 차 車 Cha
40 유 兪 Yu, Yoo
41 구 具 Gu, Koo, Goo
42 우 禹 U, Woo
43 주 朱 Ju, Joo, Chu, Zhu, Zuu, Juu, Choo
44 임 任 Im, Yim
45 라 / 나 羅 Na, Ra, La
46 신 辛 Sin, Shin
47 민 閔 Min
48 진 陳 Jin, Jean, Chen, Jen
49 지 池 Ji, Jee
50 엄 嚴 Eom, Uhm, Um
Nepal[edit]
Further information: List of popular surnames in Nepal
Surnames in Nepal are divided into three origins; Indo-Aryan languages, Tibeto-Burman languages and indigenous origins. Indo-Aryan surnames dominates over other language origin surnames.
Rank
(2014)
Name
Character in Devanagari/native script
IAST
Meaning
Incidence(2014)
Frequency
(2014)
Ethnic Group
1 Shrestha Śrēṣṭha Excellent[15] 2,195,182 1:12 Newar
2 Thapa थापा Thāpā Warrior[16] 803,119 1:33 Chhetri, Magar
3 Adhikari अधिकारी Adhikārī Officer[17] 569,179 1:47 Bahun, Chhetri
4 Maharjan 564,392 1:47 Newar
5 Gurung 500,309 1:53 Gurung
6 Karki कार्की Kārkī Revenue Officer[18] 413,836 1:64 Chhetri
7 Ghimire घिमिरे Residents of Ghamirau village[citation needed] 354,077 1:75 Bahun, Chhetri
8 Rai Rāī King[citation needed] 347,746 1:76 Kirant Rai
9 Lama བླ་མ Lāmā High Priest[19] 338,017 1:78 Tamang, Sherpa
10 Acharya आचार्य Ācārya Teacher[20] 333,076 1:80 Bahun
11 Shakya Śākya One who is capable[21] 326,127 1:81 Newar
12 Khadka खड्का Sword bearer[citation needed] 322,421 1:82 Chhetri
13 Bhattarai भट्टराई Bhaṭṭarāī 306,980 1:86 Bahun, Chhetri
14 Bhandari भण्डारी Bhaṇḍārī Treasurer[22] 303,428 1;87 Chhetri, Bahun
15 Subedi सुवेदी Bahun,Chhetri
Philippines[edit]
See also: Filipino name
The majority of Filipinos use Spanish surnames that were given to them by their Spanish rulers (See Catálogo alfabético de apellidos).[citation needed] Chinese surnames, especially Hokkien surnames, either monosyllabic (e.g. Tan, Lim) or multisyllabic (e.g. Dizon), are also prevalent.[citation needed] Many Filipinos also bear surnames from Philippine languages, usually Tagalog, Kapampangan, Ilocano, and Cebuano.
Rank
(2014)
Name
Total Number
(2014)
Language of origin and meaning
1 Tan 532,577 Chinese (Hokkien/Teochew), "Chen"
2 dela Cruz 518,206 Spanish, "of the [Holy] Cross"
3 Bautista 425,791 Spanish, "[John] the Baptist"
4 Lim 415,802 Chinese (Hokkien), "Lin"
5 Villanueva 356,834 Spanish
6 Chua 296,642 Chinese (Hokkien), "Cai"
7 Aquino 271,122 Spanish or Italian, after St. Thomas Aquinas or the city of Aquino
8 de Leon 232,841 Spanish, "of Kingdom of León/Province of León"
9 Ong 213,894 Chinese (Hokkien), "Wang"
10 Delos [j] 205,903 Spanish
11 Francisco 204,679 Spanish, given name as [patronymic] surname
12 Tolentino 200,168 Spanish, after St. Nicholas of Tolentino, or, Italian
13 Mercado 198,814 Spanish, "market"
14 Soriano 188,954 Spanish, demonym for an inhabitant of Soria
15 Dizon 182,703 Chinese (Hokkien), "second grandson"
16 Sy 176,967 Chinese (Hokkien), "Shi"
17 Domingo 170,523 Spanish, either meaning "Dominic" or "Sunday"
18 del Rosario 164,787 Spanish, "of the Rosary"
19 Javier 152,156 Spanish
20 Ocampo 151,705 Galician
21 Manalo 142,167 Tagalog
22 Enriquez 142,038 Spanish, patronymic surname, "son of Enrique (Heinrich/Henry)"
23 Miranda 141,651 Spanish
24 Yap 141,701 Chinese (Hokkien), "Ye"
25 Sarmiento 135,078 Spanish, "vine shoots"
26 Yu 134,369 Chinese
27 Pineda 133,242 Spanish,
28 Angeles 130,824 Spanish, "angels"
29 Evangelista 127,666 Spanish, "Evangelist"
30 Cortez 123,864 Spanish, variant of Cortés
31 Ang 121,093 Chinese (Hokkien), "Hong"
32 Salvador 118,773 Spanish
33 Salazar 118,709 Basque, "old hall"
34 de Jesus 116,517 Spanish, "of Jesus"
35 Alcantara 111,620 Spanish, of Arabic origin
36 Medina 110,717 Spanish, of Andalusian origin
37 Espiritu 110,652 Spanish, "[Holy] Spirit"
38 Sison 109,299 Chinese (Hokkien), "fourth grandson"
39 Antonio 108,333 Spanish, given name as [patronymic] surname, "Anthony"
40 Rosales 105,819 Spanish, "roses"
41 Valencia 105,619 Spanish, "Valencia"
42 Padilla 104,466 Spanish
43 Corpuz 102,919
44 Concepcion 100,342 Spanish, "[Immaculate] Conception"
45 Fajardo 100,342 Spanish
46 Manuel 99,375 Spanish given name as [patronymic] surname, "Emmanuel"
47 Mariano 98,730 Spanish given name as [patronymic] surname, or a religious surname, in honor to the Virgin Mary
48 Legaspi 97,828 Basque, variant of Legázpi
49 Samson 95,573 Chinese (Hokkien), "third grandson"
50 Vergara 95,186 Spanish, "Bergara" (town in Gipuzkoa)
Taiwan[edit]
Main article: list of common Taiwanese surnames
See also: Naming customs of Taiwanese aborigines
According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior's Department of Population in 2016, Taiwan has only 1,503 surnames.[23] The top ten surnames in Taiwan accounted for 52.77% of the general population, and the top 100 accounted for 96.56%.
Rank
Character
Romanizations
%
of total
pop.
2016
Mainland
(2007)
Mandarin
Cantonese
Minnan
Other
Trad.
Simp.
Pinyin
Wade
Jyutping
HK
Other
POJ
Other
1 5 陳 陈 Chén Ch'en2 Can4 Chan Chun Tân Ting 11.14%
2 19 林 Lín Lin2 Lam4 Lam Lum Lîm Lim, Liem 8.31%
3 7 黃 黄 Huáng Huang2 Wong4 Wong Wang
Vang Ng Eng, Ung
Wee, Oei
Ooi, Uy
Bong 6.05%
4 3 張 张 Zhāng Chang1 Zoeng1 Cheung Chong5
Cheong4 Tiu Teo, Teoh
Tio, Thio
Tiew Tiong 5.27%
5 2 李 Lǐ Li3 Lei5 Lee
Li Le
Lei4 Lí Lee
Lie
Dee 5.13%
6 1 王 Wáng Wang2 Wong4 Wong Vong Ông Heng 4.11%
7 9 吳 吴 Wú Wu2 Ng4 Ng Ung4, Eng Gô•
Ngô• Goh, Gouw Woo 4.04%
8 4 劉 刘 Liú Liu2 Lau4 Lau Lao4
Lou Lâu Low
Lao, Lauw 3.16%
9 40 蔡 Cài Ts'ai4 Coi3 Choi Choy
Tsoi
Toy Chhoà Chua, Choa
Tjoa Tsay
Chai 2.91%
10 6 楊 杨 Yáng Yang2 Joeng4 Yeung Yeong
Ieong4 Iû Eaw
Yeo, Yeoh
Yong
Joe, Yo Young 2.66%
Thailand[edit]
See also: Thai name
There are no common Thai surnames. Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act.[24] The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames.[25] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique.[26]
Turkey[edit]
Rank[27]
Name
Meaning
1 Yılmaz intrepid/dauntless
2 Kaya rock
3 Demir iron
4 Şahin falcon/hawk
5 Çelik steel
6 Yıldız star
7 Yıldırım thunderbolt
8 Öztürk pure Turk
9 Aydın cultured/enlightened
10 Özdemir pure iron
11 Arslan lion
12 Doğan falcon
13 Kılıç sword
14 Aslan lion
15 Çetin stiff/tough
16 Kara black
17 Koç ram
18 Kurt wolf
19 Özkan pure blood
20 Şimşek lightning
Vietnam[edit]
See also: Vietnamese name
Rank[28]
Name
%
of total
pop.
Vietnamese
Chữ Hán
1 Nguyễn 阮 38%
2 Trần 陳 11%
3 Lê 黎 9.5%
4 Phạm 范 7.1%
5 Huỳnh/Hoàng 黃 5.1%
6 Phan 潘 4.5%
7 Vũ/Võ 武 3.9%
8 Đặng 鄧 2.1%
9 Bùi 裴 2%
10 Đỗ 杜 1.4%
11 Hồ 胡 1.3%
12 Ngô 吳 1.3%
13 Dương 楊 1%
14 Lý 李 0.5%
See also[edit]
Lists of East Asian surnames
Lists of most common surnames, for other continents
Notes[edit]
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Jump up ^ This surname actually encompasses many surnames with delos (originally de los) such as delos Reyes, delos Santos, and others
References[edit]
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Jump up ^ Xinhua News. 24 Apr 2007. "中国姓氏排行". "天下第一大姓——王." 14 Nov 2007. Accessed 26 Mar 2012.
Jump up ^ "公安部统计：'王'成中国第一大姓 有9288万人." 24 Apr 2007. Accessed 27 Mar 2012.(in Chinese)
Jump up ^ Baidu Baike. "新百家姓". (in Chinese)
Jump up ^ "Population of Indonesia by Province 1971, 1980, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2010". Badan Pusat Statistik. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
Jump up ^ "全国姓氏排名前二十位人口统计数". National Citizen Identity Information Center. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
Jump up ^ სახელებისა და გვარების სტატისტიკა [Names and surnames statistics] (in Georgian). Georgian Civil Registry Agency. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
Jump up ^ כהן, לוי וכל השאר: דירוג 500 השמות הנפוצים [Cohen, Levi and the rest: the 500 most common names] (in Hebrew). Ynet. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
Jump up ^ Kaganoff, B. C. A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History. Schocken Books (New York), 1977. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. "Surnames of Interest: Origins and/or Meanings". 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.
Jump up ^ Beider, Alexander & al. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu (New York), 1993. Zeichner, Saul. Kolomea Research Group. "Surnames of Interest: Origins and/or Meanings". 3 Nov 2010. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.
Jump up ^ Gotthard Deutsch. Jewish Encyclopedia. "Katz". 1906. Accessed 1 Feb 2012.
Jump up ^ 日本苗字大辞典 [Japanese Surname Dictionary]. 芳文館 [Houbunkan]. 1996. ISBN 4990058402.
^ Jump up to: a b "明治安田生命 全国同姓調査 [Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company - National same family name investigation]" (PDF) (Press release). Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2012-05-30.
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Jump up ^ "Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
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Jump up ^ Chandra Das, Sarat (1997). A Tibetan-English Dictionary: With Sanskrit Synonyms. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. p. 582. ISBN 81-206-0455-5.
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Jump up ^ 全國姓名統計分析. Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C. (Taiwan). 2016. ISBN 9789860503043.
Jump up ^ "What's in a name? The number nine, if you want". Asian Times. [dead link]
Jump up ^ รศ. ดร.นิตยา กาญจนะวรรณ. เรื่องของนามสกุล (๒) (in Thai). Royal Institute of Thailand. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
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Jump up ^ Turkish Directorate-General of Population and Citizenships Archived 26 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Lê Trung Hoa. Họ và Tên người Việt Nam. Social Sciences Publishing House.
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A Woman of Substance (miniseries)
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A Woman Of Substance
British DVD cover from 2003
Genre
Drama
Written by
Barbara Taylor Bradford (novel)
Lee Langley (screenplay)
Directed by
Don Sharp
Starring
Jenny Seagrove
Deborah Kerr
Barry Bostwick
Liam Neeson
Composer(s)
Nigel Hess
Country of origin
United Kingdom
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
3
Production
Producer(s)
Diane Baker
Location(s)
Yorkshire and London
Cinematography
Ernest Vincze
Editor(s)
Teddy Darvas
Running time
290 mins
Production company(s)
Portman-Artemis
Release
Original network
Channel 4 (UK)
Operation Prime Time (USA)
Picture format
4:3 (colour film)
Audio format
Mono
Original release
2–4 January 1985 (UK)
Chronology
Followed by
Hold the Dream
A Woman of Substance is a British-American three-part television miniseries, produced in 1984. It is based on the 1979 novel A Woman of Substance by the author Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Main cast
3 Production
4 Transmission
5 Award nominations
6 Sequels
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
In 1970, Emma Harte is a wealthy, formidable businesswoman. Just about to turn 80, she has spent her life making a vast empire, including the world-famous Harte's Department Store in London, as well as extensive holdings in property and oil. While on a business trip to Texas with her grandchild, Paula, Emma informs her that she will be her successor.
On their arrival back in London, Emma learns that her two sons (Kit and Robin) are plotting behind her back to force her to retire so that they can break up her empire and sell it off. Devastated but determined, Emma changes her will, choosing to leave her business interests to her grandchildren instead.
The story then goes back to the beginning of the 20th century, when Emma was a teenager and working as a servant at Fairley Hall in rural Yorkshire. Her father, Jack, and two brothers, Winston and Frank, also work for the Fairley family, who own several local businesses including a mill and a brickyard. After the death of their mother, Winston joins the navy. Meanwhile, Emma becomes romantically involved with the Fairley's younger son, Edwin, but when she becomes pregnant, Edwin is horrified and refuses to marry her. Wanting to begin a new life for herself and her unborn child, Emma moves to Leeds on the advice of her friend, Shane "Blackie" O'Neill, an Irish navvy who works as a chimney sweep at Fairley Hall. To protect herself and her child from the stigma of an illegitimate birth, Emma tells her landlady and new friends that she is married to a sailor currently away at sea.
While looking for work, Emma meets Abraham Kallinski, a Jew whom she rescues from an anti-Semitic attack by local youths. Abraham introduces Emma to his wife, Janessa, and grown sons, David and Victor. When Emma tells them she is looking for work, Abraham immediately offers her a job in his textile factory.
As the birth of her baby approaches, Blackie arranges for Emma to meet another friend of his, Laura Spencer. They become good friends and Emma moves into Laura's house, and also starts a new job at Thompson's Mill. Some time later, Emma gives birth to a daughter and names her Edwina. As Emma needs to work to support them, her cousin Freda takes Edwina. After a year of working at two jobs, Emma makes enough money to rent a shop in Armley, in which she sells fabrics, clothing, and luxury food goods. This shop is a success and Emma's business expands to two shops, then three. Not expecting to see the Fairleys, she is horrified when Edwin's vile brother Gerald visits. He has found her after seeing she worked at Thompsons' Mill, now owned by his father. He tells her that Edwin will soon be engaged and demands she tell him where the child is. Emma refuses and after a violent confrontation, Emma realizes she needs someone to protect her. Worried that Gerald will return, she marries her landlord, Joe Lowther. Soon after their marriage, they have a son named Kit.
Emma's business continues to expand and she goes into partnership with the Kallinskis. Unfortunately, her private life doesn't run as smoothly. Joe is killed in the battle of the Somme and Laura, now married to Blackie, dies giving birth to a son, Bryan. Emma takes him and Bryan lives with Emma and her children until Blackie returns from the war.
In early 1918, Emma meets Australian army officer Paul McGill. They fall in love, but he returns to the war in France after recovering from a leg injury. After the war ends he goes home and, despite promising to write, never does. Emma is hurt and disappointed when she finds out that Paul has gone back to his estranged wife, and turns to an acquaintance Arthur Ainsley for consolation, agreeing to marry him, though more out of convenience than anything else. She and her new husband later have twins, Robin and Elizabeth, but the marriage is short-lived when Paul returns. Emma is angry but calms down when Paul explains that he tried to write to her but his secretary hid the letters. They start seeing each other again and she divorces her husband after giving birth to Paul's child, a daughter whom they name Daisy after Paul's mother.
However, Emma has never forgiven the Fairley family for the way in which she and her own family were treated by them. Now rich and powerful, she buys up all of the Fairley's holdings, including Fairley Hall, which she intends to have demolished and the grounds used as a public park.
In February 1939, seeing war on the horizon, Paul goes to Australia to convince his wife to give him a divorce so that he can marry Emma. While there, he is seriously injured in a car crash and almost dies. He survives but is told that he will be dead within a year so he redraws his will, leaving almost everything to Emma and Daisy (including his vast shares in the Sitex oil company), and then he commits suicide. Emma is devastated but eventually recovers enough to look after her family and business empires.
Emma's life goes on. Her children marry and have children of their own - Edwina, Kit and Robin have one child each, Elizabeth marries repeatedly and has four and Daisy marries and has two, one of whom is Paula.
Back in 1970, where the story first began, Emma invites her family to her country estate in Yorkshire for her 80th birthday. After dinner, Emma tells them that she has changed her will, effectively cutting her own children out for their deceit and leaving everything to her grandchildren instead. She announces that Paula will inherit the Harte's Department Store chain. Emma's children are furious but reluctantly accept £1 million each as "pay-offs" after they each sign an agreement that they will not try to contest her will after she dies. Emma also gives her blessing to Paula's engagement to Jim Fairley, Edwin's grandson, thus ending her lifelong hatred of the Fairley family.
Main cast[edit]
Jenny Seagrove as Young Emma Harte
Deborah Kerr as Emma Harte
Barry Bostwick as Major Paul McGill
Diane Baker as Laura O'Neill
Liam Neeson as Blackie O'Neill
Miranda Richardson as Paula McGill Amory
Peter Chelsom as Edwin Fairley
John Duttine as Joe Lowther
Peter Egan as Adam Fairley
George Baker as Bruce McGill
Mick Ford as Frank Harte
Christopher Gable as Arthur Ainsley
Christopher Guard as Gerald Fairley
Dominic Guard as Winston Harte
Del Henney as Jack Harte
Gayle Hunnicutt as Olivia Wainwright
Nicola Pagett as Adele Fairley
Joris Stuyck as David Kallinski
Meg Wynn Owen as Elizabeth Harte
Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Turner
Harry Landis as Abraham Kallinski
John Mills as Henry Rossiter
Gayle Hunnicutt as Olivia Wainwright
Barry Morse as Murgatroyd
Production[edit]
The miniseries was produced by the British company Portman-Artemis, and was co-financed by the UK's Channel 4 and the U.S. OPT Organisation (a subsidiary of MCA Television). Producer Diane Baker (who also co-stars as Laura Spencer) first met Barbara Taylor-Bradford prior to the novel being published whilst Taylor-Bradford was working for a newspaper in New York and was interviewing Baker (who worked predominantly as an actress at that time) for an article about interior design. After the novel was published, Baker contacted Taylor-Bradford to obtain the television rights, remortgaging her house in order to do so.
The series was largely filmed in Yorkshire in the north of England, and locations include Brimham Rocks where Emma first meets Blackie on the moors; Richmond for most of the Armley, and the main shop-front of the Emma Harte Emporium in London. The original Armley store was a then disused row of shops in Crown Street Darlington (opposite the towns main post office).[1]
The budget was $6 million.[2]
Transmission[edit]
The miniseries was aired by Channel 4 in the UK over three nights from 2 to 4 January 1985. The broadcast of the final part on 4 January drew 13.8 million viewers, which remains the channel's highest ever audience. It was shown in limited syndication in the United States several weeks before the British transmission, in order to qualify for the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award.
Award nominations[edit]
For the 1985 Primetime Emmy Award, A Woman of Substance was nominated for Outstanding Limited Series, and Deborah Kerr was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special.[3]
Sequels[edit]
Barbara Taylor-Bradford's sequel, Hold the Dream, was produced as an eponymous miniseries in 1986, again starring Deborah Kerr and Jenny Seagrove, though Seagrove now played the role of Paula. A second sequel, To Be the Best, was adapted in 1992 and starred Lindsay Wagner as Paula.
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Credited in end credits of original mini series
Jump up ^ Special feature: Bradford novel on TV: Soapy 60-year saga Preston, Marilynn. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 25 Nov 1984: i4.
Jump up ^ IMDb: A Woman of Substance - Awards Linked 2014-12-04
External links[edit]
"A Woman of Substance" (1984) (mini) on IMDb
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The Seekers (1979)
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Condominium (1980)
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The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything (1980)
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Mom, the Wolfman and Me (1980)
Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
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A Woman Called Golda (1982)
Sadat (1983)
Blood Feud (1983)
The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
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The Key to Rebecca (1985)
Jenny's War (1985)
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