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Chinese  Surnames Family History Resources

Surnames, their origin and their meaning

Many surnames are associated with the place/locality of where the family lived and in those cases the location is noted as the meaning.
Many surnames are associated with the occupation of the person given the name.

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Surname		Origin	Meaning
Chang		Chinese	prosperous or flourishing
Chen		Chinese	the region of Chen in present-day Henan province
Tan		Chinese	the state of Tan during the Zhou dynasty
Fu		Chinese	descendants of Fu Yue
Wong		Chinese	from a character meaning prince
Wu		Chinese	from the name of Ji Wu, a son of Ping Wang (770–719 B.C.), the first king of the Eastern Zhou dynasty
Zhu		Chinese	state of Zhu
Hong		Chinese	water
Liu		Chinese	the state of Liu

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