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The Most Common Surname in Each Country (5000 × 4611) (web.archive.org)
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[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Tan (Singapore and Malaysia) and Chen (Taiwan) are . . . the same surname

Is there a script or alphabet where they’re spelled identically?

[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They are all different pronunciation of the Chinese word 陳. Chen usually is besed off of the Mandarin way, Chan is Cantonese, and Tan is Hokkin, another Chinese dialect commonly spoken in Singapore.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_%28surname%29?wprov=sfla1

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 9 months ago

Super fascinating — thank you!