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Pages in category "Surnames of Malaysian origin" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... (name) P. Perumal (surname) T. Tan (surname) W.
For an example of a complex name, one former Prime Minister of Malaysia has the full name Dato' Seri Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak, where 'Dato' Seri' is a Malay title of honour, 'Mohd Najib' is his personal name (often further abbreviated to 'Najib'), 'bin' introduces his father's titles and names, Tun is a higher honour, 'Haji' denotes ...
This list does not include - famous people who are commonly referred to only by their first name (e.g. Adele , Beyoncé , Elvis , Madonna ). famous people who are commonly referred to only by their surname (e.g. Liberace , Mantovani , Morrissey , Mozart , Shakespeare ); it is quite common and regular for surnames to be used to identify historic ...
In general, people who have names with patronymics should be addressed by their first name(s), and people with surnames should be addressed by their surname. Malay names [ edit ]
The law does not allow one to create any surname that is duplicated with any existing surnames. [20] Under Thai law, only one family can create any given surname: any two people of the same surname must be related, and it is very rare for two people to share the same full name. In one sample of 45,665 names, 81% of family names were unique. [21]
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Tun Dato Sir Tan Cheng Lock (1883-1960), founder and the first president of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) Tun Leong Yew Koh (1888-1963), first Governor of Malacca, is the only Chinese ever appointed as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri in Malaysia, is the co-founder and first Secretary-General of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
Pages in category "Malaysian-language surnames" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Azizan; K.