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The Most Common Surname in Each Country (5000 × 4611) (web.archive.org)
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[–] RandomStickman@kbin.social 2 points 11 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 11 months ago

Super fascinating — thank you!