Chinese (Cantonese) Submitted Surnames

Cantonese names are used in southeast China (including Hong Kong and Macau). Note that depending on the Chinese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Chinese names.

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Au 歐 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ou.

Au-Yeung 歐陽 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ouyang.

Ching 程 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cheng.

Choi 蔡 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.

Chow 周 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhou.

Chung 張 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.

Fok 霍 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Huo.

Fong Chinese (Cantonese)
Hong Kong Cantonese version of Fang, which means “square” or “four sided”.

Fung 冯, 馮 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Feng.

Heung 向 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xiang.

Hui 許 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Xu.

Kan 簡, 简 Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Hokkien)
Cantonese and Hokkien romanization of Jian.

Kueng 鄺, 邝 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Kuang.

Kwong 鄺 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Kuang.

Leong 梁 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liang.

Lew 刘 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liu.

Lio Chinese (Cantonese)

Lou Chinese (Cantonese)

Lum 林 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Lin.

Mak 麥 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Mai.

Mok 莫 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Mo.

Ngai 魏 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wei.

Ngai 倪 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Ni.

Or Chinese (Cantonese)

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]

Poon 潘 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Pan 2.

Pun 潘 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Pan 2.

Shiu 邵 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shao.

Shum 瀋 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Shen.

Sing 程 German, Chinese (Cantonese), Indian
German: probably a variant of Seng. ... [more]

So Chinese (Cantonese)
A Cantonese form of Su.

Szeto 司徒 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Situ.

Tang 鄧 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Deng.

Tsang 曾 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zeng.

Tso 曹 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cao.

Tsoi 蔡 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Cai.

Wo Chinese (Cantonese)