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The Most Common Surname in Each Country (5000 × 4611) (web.archive.org)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tan (Singapore and Malaysia) and Chen (Taiwan) are . . . the same surname

Is there a script or alphabet where they’re spelled identically?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They are all different pronunciation of the Chinese word 陳. Chen usually is besed off of the Mandarin way, Chan is Cantonese, and Tan is Hokkin, another Chinese dialect commonly spoken in Singapore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_%28surname%29?wprov=sfla1

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Super fascinating — thank you!