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In Zhou dynasty China, noble families usually had two surnames: clan name (氏) and lineage name (姓). Shen Zhuliang, from a cadet branch of the ruling house of Chu, shared the lineage name of Mi (芈) of the Chu kings. He also inherited the clan name of Shen from his father, but his fame led some of his descendants to adopt Ye as their clan name.
Yap (surname), Hakka and Minnan romanization of the common Asian surname Ye; Yap Ah Loy (1837–1885), founder of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Yap Kwan Seng (1846–1902), the last Chinese kapitan of Kuala Lumpur; Yap Thiam Hien (1913–1989), Indonesian human rights advocate; Pedro Yap (1918–2003), Chief Justice of the Philippines
Yap (Yapese: Waqab, [1] sometimes written as Wa'ab, Waab or Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micronesia , inclusive of the Yap Main Islands and its ...
A commonly cited factoid from the 1990 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records estimated that Zhang was the most common surname in the world, [7] but no comprehensive information from China was available at the time and more recent editions have not repeated the claim. However, Zhang Wei (张伟) is the most common full name in mainland ...
Mary Yee (née Ygnacio, 1897–1965), the last first-language speaker of the Barbareño language; Nick Yee, American researcher of social interaction in virtual environments; Paul Yee (born 1956), Chinese-Canadian historian and writer; Richard Yee, Filipino basketball player; Rodney Yee, American yoga instructor
“Yap” became a verb used to describe the shrill, high-pitched sound of a dog’s bark, and by the 1800s, it described human chattering. Rappers like Jay-Z and Nas used the word in songs in the ...
The most common method of adopting Indonesian-sounding names were to obtain a first name alongside an Indonesian surname with elements derived from their Chinese surname. In certain instances, the phonetic spelling of these surnames is utilized instead of their original spelling, likely to aid non-Chinese speakers in accurate pronunciation or ...
A 1994 census of Yap found that 48.1% of the people on Yap identified as Yapese. A 2000 census found that number changed to 49.1%. [ 4 ] A 2010 survey reported that 5.7% of the population of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) were Yapese. [ 5 ]
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