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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.
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 diacritics. [3]
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 the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [18]
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)
Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Macau, and Hong Kong. It is the most common surname in Xiamen, the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo. [3] Chen was listed 10th in the Hundred Family Surnames poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Féng Chén Chǔ Wèi).
Ratchasakun (Thai: ราชสกุล) refers to the surnames indicating royal descent from a Thai monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, first established in 1912 after King Rama VI enacted a series of laws granting surnames to the Thai people, with the laws expressly stating that all Thai citizens must have a "surname" indicating who they are related to, or whom they are descended from, [1] with ...
Sornsongkram family: David Wheeler: Ploypailin Jensen 1981– Poom Jensen 1983–2004: Sujarinee Vivacharawongse 1962– Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) 1952– r. 2016– Srirasmi Suwadee 1971– Soamsawali Princess Suddhanarinatha 1957– Chulabhorn Walailak Princess Srisavangavadhana 1957– Virayudh Tishyasarin 1955– Wheeler family: Sirikitiya ...
Prominent Thai Chinese royalist families with this surname are bestowed by member of the royal family some indigenised derivative such as "Limthongkul" "Sirilim" "Limpisthira." The character "霖" (Lín, "heavy rain showers") is also a popular personal name among ethnic Chinese people.