writer David McKie finds the origins (起源) of British surnames in his new book What’s in a Surname? Some.... McKie shows there are four kinds of British surnames. Some names come from people’s jobs, like Butcher ……

moneyBritish surnames (P5)Choose the best answer:1. According to Paragraph 2, what does a butcher do... are there different surnames? ……

《百家姓》真的只有一百个姓吗？How many surnames (姓) are there in the book The Hundred Family Surnames? The Hundred Family Surnames was written during the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is more ……

of Korean surname culture.Today, only three surnames – Kim, Lee and Park – account for the appellations (名称) of nearly one-half of all South Korean residents. So why are these surnames so heavily ……

“屠户”先生、“农夫”小姐，关于英国姓氏背后的有趣故事。OUR surnames are one of the most important pieces of our identity (身份). They show who we are, and a window into our family history. But where did they come from?British ……

Surnames (《百家姓》). “Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li” were the top four most popular surnames. Now, things have changed... surnames, according to the study.The study is based on the database of 1.33 billion (十亿) Chinese ……

你好，我叫“农夫”。EVERYONE has a surname (姓氏). But do you know how they come about? British writer David... in Leicestershire. Interestingly, other surnames come from nicknames (昵称), for example, my surname ……

;s personality. But surnames, on the other hand, are not something we have as much control over.Recently, Great British Mag listed some of the strangest last names in the UK. Let’s look at three ……

are taking it a step further — they argue that the British monarchy should be abolished altogether... and no longer represents this highly diversified country.But the British people love their royals ……

. The US National Institutes of Health study supports previous British findings that linked babies... their Y chromosome and surname from their father. Men with matching surnames are also likely to have ……

A small number of surnames are used in China now. TUCHONGA small number of surnames are used... surname pools, CNN reported. According to the Ministry of Public Security, only about 6,100 surnames ……

name come from? How were surnames originated and developed over time?Last month, The Atlantic... (分布) of surnames in China. As it found out, China’s most common surnames were concentrated (集中 ……

'sMinistry of Public Security(公安部) gave out information about Chinese surnames. It was the first national...) shares just 100 surnames.There are 93 million Wangs in China, about 7.25 percent of the whole ……

) that sounds like two Chinese surnames pasted (粘贴) together. In the future, people could have a surname... this April found that about 85 percent of Chinese use one of only 100 surnames. In fact, popular names ……

is different from others’.CEveryone has a surname (姓氏). But do you know how they came about? British writer David McKie tells us in his new book, What’s in a Surname?McKie shows that in Britain some surnames ……