asian surnames
( origin, meaning )

abadiano ( filipino, village )
abalos ( filipino, place name )
acharya ( sanskrit, man of learning )
adlawan ( filipino, daytime )
aganad ( filipino, to take care )
agarwal ( jain )
agawa ( japanese, corner of river )
agbayani ( filipino, to be heroic )
aguinaldo ( filipino )
ahn ( korean, tranquility )
aikawa ( japanese, mutual river )
ahn ( korean, tranquility )
ahuja ( sikh, descendant of ahu )
alonto ( filipino, extraordinary )
an ( korean, interior )
anand ( sanskrit, joy )
anh ( vietnamese, flower )
aoki ( japanese, blue tree )
arya ( hindi, honorable man )
au ( vietnamese, stream )

babu ( hindi, father )
baccay ( filipino, to guard )
bacolod ( filipino, hill )
baek ( korean, white )
bagatsing ( filipino, lion )
bai ( korean, pear )
baishō ( japanese, double prize )
bak ( korean, gourd )
bakshi ( hindi, paymaster )
balaguer ( arabic, from the city of balaguer )
balakrishnan ( sanskrit, child krishna )
balindong ( maranao, philosopher )
baluyot ( hiligaynon, bag/pouch )
banaag ( hiligaynon, daybreak )
banerjee ( bengali, village teacher )
bang ( korean, room )
banh ( vietnamese )
baquiran ( filipino, forest )
basu ( bengali, wealth )
bedi ( sanskrit, one who knows the vedas )
beppu ( japanese, separate borough )
bhatt ( punjabi, learned one )
bian ( vietnamese, secretive )
bin ( korean, void )
bu ( korean, fortune )
bulalacao ( filipino, shooting star )
burman ( sanskrit, protection )

cagadas ( filipino )
calinao ( cebuano, clarity )
calumpang ( filipino, wild almond tree )
camama ( filipino, manly )
caringal ( filipino, very handsome )
catapang ( filipino, courage )
chabra ( hindu/sikh )
chai ( korean, firewood )
chang ( chinese/korean, expanding/prosperous )
chau ( vietnamese )
chen ( chinese, exhibit )
cheng ( chinese, state of zheng )
cheong ( korean, gentle )
chiang ( chinese, ginger )
chiem ( vietnamese )
chin ( chinese, money )
ching ( chinese, rule )
cho ( korean, beginning )
choi ( korean, governor who oversees the land )
chuang ( chinese, village )
chuong ( vietnamese )
chui ( chinese, towering )

dagohoy ( filipino, talisman )
dalal ( jats )
dalisay ( filipino, pure )
dang ( korean, justice )
dara ( parsi, possessor )
dasalan ( filipino, place of prayer )
dewan ( arabic, treasury )
diep ( vietnamese )
dieu ( vietnamese )
dilag ( filipino, beauty )
dimaano ( filipino, not touched )
dimaapi ( filipino, cannot be expressed )
dimacuha ( filipino, unobtainable )
dimagiba ( filipino, indestructible )
dinh ( vietnamese )
duong ( vietnamese, virile )

ebina ( japanese, distinguished )
eguchi ( japanese, mouth of river )
elyas ( filipino, my God is Yahweh )
endo/endoh/endou ( japanese, distant wisteria )

fabroa ( filipino, lucky )
fitri ( arabic, saint )
fueki ( japanese, wooden flute )
fukushima ( japanese, fortune )

gang ( korean, ginger )
giang ( vietnamese )
gim ( korean, gold )
goe ( korean, high )
guǎngchǎng ( chinese, square )
guinto ( gold )
gwan ( korean, tube )

hagimoto ( japanese, bush clover )
hahm ( korean, weighing scales seller )
hak ( korean, crane )
halili ( filipino, successor )
hamasaki ( japanese, beach peninsula )
hé ( chinese, river )
hsiung ( chinese, bear )
huang ( chinese, yellow )
hung ( chinese, flood )
huynh ( vietnamese, yellow )
hyun ( korean, profound )

im ( korean, forest )
ishioka ( japanese, stone hill )
ito ( japanese, this )

jang ( korean, archer )
jen ( chinese, appoint )
jeong ( korean, chisel )
jin ( korean, lost )
jong ( korean, bell )
ju ( korean, circumference )

kang ( chinese, healthy )
katō ( japanese, wisteria )
kha ( vietnamese )
khan ( turkish, chief )
khuu ( vietnamese )
kieu ( vietnamese )
kikumoto ( japanese, chrysanthemum book )
kim ( korean, gold )
kiyama ( japanese, tree mountain )
kung ( chinese, present )
kutzuki ( japanese, rotted tree )
kwan ( korean, border pass )
ky ( vietnamese, lovely )

la ( vietnamese )
lac ( vietnamese )
laghari ( indian )
lam ( vietnamese, full of knowledge )
lee ( old english/korean, forest/plum tree )
leeyung ( korean )
li ( chinese, plum tree )
liao ( chinese, chat )
lieu ( vietnamese, willow tree )
lin ( chinese, forest )
lìshǐ ( chinese, history )
liu ( chinese, destroyer )
lualhati ( filipino, glory )
lung ( chinese, dragon )
luong ( vietnamese )
luu ( vietnamese )
ly ( vietnamese, reason )

mae ( korean, hawk )
man ( korean, just )
mao ( chinese, hair )
marohom ( filipino, of the sultan )
masaki ( japanese, tree )
merka ( filipino )
min ( korean, smart )
mok ( korean, neck )
moon ( korean, culture )
mun ( korean, culture )

nakaya ( japanese, between the valley )
nam ( korean, south )
ngo ( vietnamese )
ngu ( vietnamese )
nhan ( vietnamese )
nishikawa ( japanese, western river )
nzuyen ( vietnamese )

okazaki ( japanese, split rock )
ong ( vietnamese )

pae ( korean, pear )
pan ( korean, plate )
park ( korean, gourd )
patel ( gujarati, village headman )
pham ( vietnamese )
phan ( vietnamese )
phong ( vietnamese )
pung ( korean, wind )

quach ( vietnamese )
quang ( vietnamese )
quon ( korean, power )

saito ( japanese, purity )
sakai ( japanese, territory )
salvador ( filipino, savior )
sawai ( japanese, swamp well )
seong ( korean, succeed )
shen ( chinese, to sink )
sheung ( chinese, common )
shih ( chinese, establish )
shima ( japanese, island )
sicat ( tagalog, rise to fame )
singh ( indian, lion hero )
sumulong ( filipino, to advance )
sun ( chinese, grandson )
suzuki ( japanese, bell wood )

ta ( vietnamese )
tachi ( japanese, palace )
takao ( japanese, warrior )
tam ( chinese, talk )
tanako ( japanese, center of rice paddy )
tanglao ( filipino, light )
tat ( vietnamese, cheerful )
thai ( vietnamese, multiple )
than ( vietnamese, brilliant )
thi ( vietnamese, poetry )
tin ( chinese, field )
tran ( vietnamese, crane )
trieu ( vietnamese )
troung ( vietnamese )
tǔdì ( chinese, land )

varma ( sanskrit, protection )
vinh ( vietnamese )
vo ( vietnamese )
vuong ( vietnamese )

wakabayashi ( japanese, young forest )
wang ( chinese, king )
wei ( chinese, leather )
wu ( chinese, state of wu )

xiao ( chinese, quiet )

yamaguchi ( japanese, mouth of mountain )
yamamoto ( japanese, base of mountain )
yang ( chinese, aspen tree )
yoo ( korean, willow tree )
yüan ( chinese, robe )
yun ( korean, luck )

zhang ( chinese, archer )
zhāngjié ( chinese, chapter )
zhao ( chinese, state of zhao )
zhou ( chinese, state of zhou )

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