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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 ...
Pages in category "Thai-language surnames" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adireksarn; B.
The surnames of most of the non-Chinese Thai population, such as the Siamese, Mon, Indian, Persian, Pathan, Portuguese, Isan, Lanna, Northern Khmer, or Kuy often use simple words in their surname. Common origins for surnames include naming them after ancestors, professions, or places of residence.
Thai-language surnames (51 P) Surnames of Tibetan origin (2 P) Tibetan-language surnames (4 P) Surnames of Turkish origin (1 C, 43 P) Turkic-language surnames (9 C, 16 P)
The common Korean surname Kim is also the common Chinese surname Jin, and written 金. The common Mandarin surnames Lin or Lim (林) is also one and the same as the common Cantonese or Vietnamese surname Lam and Korean family name Lim (written/pronounced as Im in South Korea). There are people with the surname of Hayashi (林) in Japan too.
The Thai census should be able to provide information on which surnames remain the most common even given the current situation, but not all censuses bother (Canada's doesn't.) — LlywelynII 05:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC) [ reply ]
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Thai-language surnames (51 P) T. Thai given names (2 C, 7 P) Pages in category "Thai names" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.