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The Spanish surname category provides the most common surnames in the Philippines. [6] At the course of time, some Spanish surnames were altered (with some eventually diverged/displaced their original spelling), as resulted from illiteracy among the poor and farming class bearing such surnames, creating confusion in the civil registry and a ...
Most of the surnames of the Brazilian population have a Portuguese origin, due to Portuguese colonization in the country (it is estimated that 80% of the Brazilian population has at least one Portuguese ancestor), while other South American countries were largely colonized by the Spanish.
Families were awarded with the surnames or asked to choose from them. [9] However, several groups were exempt from having to choose new surnames: Those with a previously adopted surname (whether indigenous or foreign) already on the list or, if not on the list, not prohibited because of ethnic origin or being too common.
The Hundred Family Surnames classical Chinese text records a few Chinese surnames ending in 孫, such as 長孫 (POJ:Tióng-sun), 仲孫 (POJ:Tiōng-sun), 公孫 (POJ:Kong-sun), 顓孫 (POJ:Choan-sun), etc. According to the 2010 United States Census, Tecson is the 28498th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 837 individuals.
Surnames in Nepal are divided into three origins; Indo-Aryan languages, Tibeto-Burman languages and indigenous origins. Indo-Aryan surnames are more prevalent than Tibeto-Burman Languages and Indigenous Origins surnames. 1. Rai - Common Surnames of Nepalese/Himalayan Indigenous Nations/Natives. 2.
De Jesús, De Jesus or capitalized as de Jesús, de Jesus (/ d ə h eɪ ˈ s uː s /; Spanish: [de xeˈsus], Portuguese: [ðɨ ʒeˈzuʃ]) is a Spanish and Portuguese surname (meaning of Jesus) and a common family name in the Hispanic and Portuguese-speaking world. In the year 2000, there were 26,336 people of Hispanic/Latino origin in the ...
Lists of the most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in African countries; Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries; Lists of most common surnames in European countries; Lists of most common surnames in North American countries; Lists of most common surnames in Oceanian countries