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Ye () is a Chinese-language surname. It is listed 257th in the Song dynasty classic text ''Hundred Family Surnames'', and is the 43rd most common surname in China, with a population of 5.8 million as of 2008 and 2019. Transliterations and Derivatives * Ye in Mandarin, alternatively romanized as Yeh in Taiwan * Yip, Ip, Jip, or Yeap in Cantonese * Iap or Yap in Hokkien and Teochew * Yap or Yapp in Hakka * Iek in Eastern Min * Iet in Gan * Ip in Macau * Eap in Cambodia * Ijap, Jap, Jip, Yap, or Yip in Indonesia * Yap, Yip, Yak, Yaap, or Yeap in Malaysia * Yap in Philippines and Singapore Derivations * As the Hanja of the Korean surnames romanized as Yeop () and Seop () * As the Chα»― NΓ΄m for the Vietnamese surname Diα»p * Derived as Effendi, Japri, Yapardi, Yapina, Yappy, Yaputra, Yipman, or other Indonesianized surnames among Chinese Indonesians Pronunciation In Middle Chinese, Ye () was pronounced ''Sjep'' (IPA: ). As late as the 11th-century '' Guangyun Dictionary'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Common Chinese Surnames
These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the China, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), and the overseas Chinese, Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by government or academic sources. Chinese names also form the basis for many common Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries#Cambodia, Cambodian, list of common Japanese surnames, Japanese, list of Korean surnames, Korean, and Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries#Vietnam, Vietnamese surnames, and to an extent, Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries#Philippines, Filipino surnames in both translation and transliteration into those languages. The conception of China as consisting of the "baixing, old hundred families" () is an ancient and traditional one, the most notable tally being the Song dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (). Even today, the number of surnames in China is a little over 4,000, while the ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |