On the Top 100...

... Chinese surnames!

Now let's count from the back shall we?

100. 龚 Kung, Kwong
99. 洪 Hung, Hong
98. 牛 Niu, Ngau
97. 施 Shih, Sze
96. 钱 Chi'en, Chin, Chee
95. 尹 Yin, Wan
94. 严 Yen, Im
93. 贺 He, Ho
92. 康 Kang, Hong, Khong
91. 武 Wu, Mou
90. 赖 Lai

Oh. My. God. The countdown is killing the thrill...

89 - 16, 顾(Ku, Goo); 万 (Wan, Man); 常 (Ch’ang, Sheung, Seong, Song); 毛叶(Ye, Yip, Yeap, Yap, Ip); (Mao, Mo); 史 (Shih, Si, See, Seet); 邵 (Shao, Siu); 孔 (K'ung, Hung, Hong); 郝 (Hao, Kok); 段 (Tuen, Tun); 龍 (Long); 白 (Bo, Po, Baak, Pak, Pek, Phak); 雷 (Lei, Lui); 薛(Hsüeh, See); 侯 (Hou, Hao); 阎 (Yen, Yim); 秦 (Ch'in, Tseon); 孟 (Meng); 熊 (Hsiung, Hung); 石 (Shih, Sek); 邹 (Tsou, Chow, Chiu); 贾 (Chia, Ga); 韦 (Wei); 谭 (Tham); 夏 (Hsia, Hạ); 邱 (Ch'iu, Koo); 金 (Chin, Kim, Kam); 方 (Fang, Fong, Hong); 姚 (Yao, Yeow);廖 (Liao, Lew, Leow, Liew); 陆 (Lu, Luk, Loke); 任 (Jen, Yam); 崔 (Ts'ui, Tsuei); 戴 (Tai); 汪 (Wang, Wong, Ong, Ang); 卢 (Lu, Lou); 钟 (Chung, Chiong); 傅 (Fu, Foo, Poh); 江 (Chiang, Kiang, Gong, Kong, Kang); 范 (Fan, Phạm); 姜(Chiang, Kiang); 沈(Shen, Sam, Sim); 丁(Ding, Ting); 杜(Tu, Duo, Do); 田(Tien, Chan); 蒋(Chiang, Tseung, Cheung, Cheong); 魏(Wei, Ngai, Wee, Ngui); 吕 (Lu, Loy); 苏 (Su, Soo); 余 (Yu, Yeo); 董 (Tung); 于(Yu, Iu); 袁(Yuan, Yuen, Wan); 潘 (Pan, Pun, Poon, Phon); 彭 (Peng, Pang); 蔡 (Chai, Choi, Choy, Chua, Choa); 程(Ch’eng, Cheng); 曾 (Tseng, Tzeng, Tsang, Chang);冯 (Feng, Fung, Phang); 肖(Hsiao, Siu, Sio, Shau, Siow); 邓(Teng, Theng); 许(Hui, Koh, Kho, Khor, Khaw) 曹(Tsao, Chaw); 韩(Han, Hon); 唐 (Tang, Tong); 谢 (Hsieh, Tse, Che, Chia, Cheah); 宋 (Sung); 罗 (Lo, Law, Loh); 郑 (Cheng, Jehng, Zeng, Cheng, The, The, They, Teay, Thin); 梁 (Liang, Leong Leung, Leng, Neo);高 (Kao, Gou, Koi, Koh);何(He, Ho); 林(Ling, Lin); 郭(Kuok, Kwek).

LOL. Are your surnames in the list?

The top 15 were of course pretty common. It is after all, the top 100 most common Chinese surnames in the world.

15. 胡 Hu, Oh, Woo
14. 马 Ma, Mah
13. 朱 Choo
12. 孙 Sun
11. 徐 Hsu, Tsui
10. 吴 Wu, Goh, Eng, Ng
9. 周 Chow, Chew
8. 赵 Zhao, Teo, Teoh, Chew
7. 黄 Bong, Wong, Ng, Ooi, Hwang, Wee, Eng, Ui
6. 杨 Yeung, Yeoh, Yeo, Yong, Jong
5. 陈 Chan, Tan, Ting
4. 刘 Liu, Lau, Low, Liew
3. 张 Chong, Cheung, Cheong, Teo, Teoh
2. 王 Wong, Ong, Heng

And here comes the most un-unique surname, the most common surname, the surname where you simple point to any chinese out there, the chances of having this surname is very high.

1. 李 (Lee, Li)

Now. Who the heck do research on all these interesting but pretty useless information right?

Me: Whoa! Guess what? Some people's surname is 金 (Chin, Kim, Kam) 钱 (Chi'en, Chin, Chee).

(When you put 金钱 together, it means money.)

Mum: Of course. You don't know?

Without shame,

Me: Know. Of course I know. Do you know 牛 (Niu, Ngau) is also a surname?

Mum: Of course. Got 杨 (Yang, Yong, Jong) ma got 牛 (Niu, Ngau) lor.

(杨 'yang' has the same pronunciation as 羊, which means 'goat'.)

Me: Like that also can.

Mum: Yeah why not? Where got people so free go online to do these kind of research?

Me: After exam mar...

There you go. LOL. My post-exam euphoria.