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Last names became legally required of Thai citizens in 1913 with the passing of the Surname Act 1913. [2] [1] Until then, most Thais used only a first or given name.. According to the current law, Person Name Act, BE 2505 (1962), to create a new Thai surname, it must be no longer than ten Thai letters, excluding vowel symbols and diac
Surnames were largely introduced to Thai culture only by the 1913 Surname Act. [16] The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [ 17 ] 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 ...
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Bangladeshi Muslim names (12 P) Bashkir-language surnames ... Surnames of Hindu origin (4 C, ... Thai-language surnames (51 P) Surnames of Tibetan origin ...
In Thailand, last names are more unique therefore the Chinese last name Chen ranks 2nd with 88,000 and with an incidence of 1 to 900. There are 187,000 Chens in the US, as of 2014. It is the 30th most common last name in California where there are 70,000. 11,300 in Texas, 6,800 Illinois, 5,900 Maryland.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions ... Thai-language surnames (51 P) T. ... (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Thai names" The following 7 pages are ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).