Cantonese
names are used in southeast China (including Hong Kong and Macau).
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MAK Chinese (Cantonese)Transliterated from the Chinese surname
Mai meaning "wheat, barley". A bearer of this surname is Dennis Mak. He is a singer from Hong Kong and was a former member of the Cantopop group Boy'z.
OU Chinese (Cantonese)During the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 bc), a prince of the state of Yue was enfeoffed a region that included a mountain the name of which contained the Chinese character for Ou. Many of the prince’s descendants adopted this character as their surname...
[more] SZETO Chinese (Cantonese)From Chinese 司徒
(sītú), which denoted the Minister over the Masses (one of three important official titles of the
Han dynasty). It is somewhat equivalent to the modern-day title of Prime Minister.
TSANG Chinese (Cantonese)Cantonese variation of the surname Zeng. Shao Kang was the king of the Xia Dynasty, and he delegated one of his sons to rule the State of Zeng. Zeng was originally the name of a place during the Shao Kang's reign.