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Contrary to popular belief, a Chinese surname is very different from a Westerner's first name. The Chinese surname is placed before the person's name while the latter is placed after. Take the names Woo Teck Hwa and Jason Smith, for example. "Woo" is the surname of the person named Teck Hwa, while "Smith" is Jason's surname. There is a difference in the positioning. | Contrary to popular belief, a Chinese surname is very different from a Westerner's first name. The Chinese surname is placed before the person's name while the latter is placed after. Take the names Woo Teck Hwa and Jason Smith, for example. "Woo" is the surname of the person named Teck Hwa, while "Smith" is Jason's surname. There is a difference in the positioning. | ||
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Wikipedia has a number of very useful articles about Chinese surnames, detailing their origins, histories, and distribution in present-day China and sometimes beyond. You can view this example to see what one of the articles may have in it. | Wikipedia has a number of very useful articles about Chinese surnames, detailing their origins, histories, and distribution in present-day China and sometimes beyond. You can view this example to see what one of the articles may have in it. | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_(surname) | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_(surname) Yuan (surname)] | ||
Many other pages about Chinese surnames can be found on this category listing page on Wikipedia. | Many other pages about Chinese surnames can be found on this category listing page on Wikipedia. | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese-language_surnames | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Chinese-language_surnames Chinese language surnames] | ||
Not all the pages have (surname) after them, since it is more obvious that the article is about a surname. There will be no specific genealogical data in these articles, only details of how the surname developed, and other historical matters. | Not all the pages have (surname) after them, since it is more obvious that the article is about a surname. There will be no specific genealogical data in these articles, only details of how the surname developed, and other historical matters. | ||
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