Discovering the Most Common Singaporean Surnames

Ranking	Last Name	Incidence	Letters
1	Tan	276329	3
2	Lim	196492	3
3	Lee	151278	3
4	Ng	125122	2
5	Wong	90861	4
6	Ong	80354	3
7	Goh	72248	3
8	Chan	69355	4
9	Chua	67321	4
10	Koh	61941	3
11	Teo	59487	3
12	Ang	52131	3
13	Ho	50949	2
14	Tay	49438	3
15	Yeo	48889	3
16	Low	43122	3
17	Chong	41552	5
18	Chen	35895	4
19	Leong	32898	5
20	Loh	32808	3
21	Chia	32718	4
22	Sim	32621	3
23	Chew	31051	4
24	Wang	28888	4
25	Yap	28636	3
26	Toh	28268	3
27	Li	26363	2
28	Wee	25278	3
29	Tang	24548	4
30	Yong	24503	4
31	Foo	24438	3
32	Soh	23818	3
33	Kumar	23295	5
34	Chin	23211	4
35	Lin	23056	3
36	Chng	21339	4
37	Lau	21047	3
38	Zhang	19549	5
39	Cheng	19401	5
40	Choo	19181	4
41	Liu	18374	3
42	Lai	18303	3
43	Cheong	17993	6
44	Chee	17870	4
45	Heng	17631	4
46	Quek	17418	4
47	Peh	16845	3
48	Khoo	16572	4
49	Poh	16527	3
50	Seah	16197	4
51	Singh	15790	5
52	Pang	15778	4
53	Huang	15519	5
54	Liew	14906	4
55	Yang	14809	4
56	Neo	14550	3
57	Lam	13640	3
58	Chang	13252	5
59	Gan	13130	3
60	Han	12962	3
61	Song	12878	4
62	Wu	12839	2
63	Hong	12645	4
64	Chow	12096	4
65	Kok	11903	3
66	Tham	11715	4
67	Ling	11321	4
68	Wei	11276	3
69	See	11063	3
70	Oh	10617	2
71	Mohamed	10501	7
72	Yu	10475	2
73	Seet	10361	4
74	Fong	10346	4
75	Loo	10340	3
76	Kong	9642	4
77	Aung	9558	4
78	Phua	9545	4
79	Yee	9487	3
80	Seow	9442	4
81	Teng	9339	4
82	Xu	8822	2
83	Nguyen	8422	6
84	Kang	8292	4
85	Tong	8150	4
86	Leow	8021	4
87	Chai	7950	4
88	Teh	7711	3
89	Png	7687	3
90	Soon	7608	4
91	Wan	7498	3
92	Tee	7466	3
93	Hui	7272	3
94	Yip	7220	3
95	Woo	7123	3
96	Liang	7098	5
97	Chung	6923	5
98	Lu	6910	2
99	Abdul	6730	5
100	Soo	6568	3
101	Aw	6381	2
102	Win	6368	3
103	Boon	6368	4
104	Raj	6361	3
105	Yan	6355	3
106	Zhou	6265	4
107	Ting	6232	4
108	Kee	6226	3
109	Seng	6135	4
110	Kwok	6103	4
111	Sun	6103	3
112	Ooi	6064	3
113	Kim	6026	3
114	Sharma	5819	6
115	Yew	5748	3
116	Su	5735	2
117	Zheng	5677	5
118	Law	5593	3
119	Loke	5490	4
120	Poon	5418	4
121	Chiang	5406	6
122	Hu	5380	2
123	Zhao	5373	4
124	Lum	5315	3
125	Peng	5315	4
126	Ching	5263	5
127	Kwan	5192	4
128	Ee	5154	2
129	Kwek	5147	4
130	Mok	5089	3
131	Kaur	5005	4
132	Guo	4986	3
133	Cheah	4973	5
134	Ahmad	4921	5
135	Cai	4889	3
136	Gupta	4876	5
137	Khan	4631	4
138	Teoh	4624	4
139	Shah	4611	4
140	Zhu	4605	3
141	Rahman	4579	6
142	Nair	4579	4
143	Krishnan	4482	8
144	Meng	4482	4
145	Choong	4456	6
146	Ko	4437	2
147	Chu	4405	3
148	Ali	4379	3
149	Sin	4353	3
150	Tai	4346	3
151	Choy	4295	4
152	Ow	4295	2
153	Shi	4237	3
154	Mak	4217	3
155	Koo	4211	3
156	Jiang	4198	5
157	Lew	4140	3
158	Ismail	4133	6
159	Yi	4120	2
160	Woon	4101	4
161	Shen	4088	4
162	Yeoh	4075	4
163	Lo	4017	2
164	He	3998	2
165	Yin	3959	3
166	Eng	3952	3
167	Fang	3952	4
168	Yuen	3881	4
169	Fu	3836	2
170	Abdullah	3830	8
171	Oo	3823	2
172	Pan	3810	3
173	Foong	3810	5
174	Lian	3797	4
175	Tun	3733	3
176	Soe	3675	3
177	Phang	3675	5
178	Lay	3662	3
179	Ye	3662	2
180	Wen	3539	3
181	Lye	3487	3
182	Xie	3481	3
183	Leng	3449	4
184	Long	3442	4
185	Fan	3410	3
186	Mohammed	3397	8
187	Siew	3397	4
188	Jin	3391	3
189	Sia	3371	3
190	Jia	3365	3
191	Luo	3320	3
192	Tian	3249	4
193	How	3229	3
194	Tran	3223	4
195	Rao	3216	3
196	Kannan	3190	6
197	Jain	3113	4
198	Er	3106	2
199	Cho	3100	3
200	Ma	3100	2
201	Reddy	3094	5
202	Mah	3087	3
203	Mohan	3087	5
204	Ding	3048	4
205	May	3029	3
206	Yuan	3016	4
207	Kuan	2977	4
208	Feng	2964	4
209	Khor	2932	4
210	Bee	2919	3
211	Hoe	2913	3
212	Xiao	2906	4
213	Lwin	2848	4
214	Hassan	2842	6
215	Subramanian	2816	11
216	Smith	2816	5
217	Choi	2803	4
218	Park	2796	4
219	Yen	2790	3
220	Loy	2764	3
221	Myint	2764	5
222	Au	2764	2
223	Guan	2758	4
224	Mani	2732	4
225	Siow	2712	4
226	Naing	2712	5
227	Patel	2706	5
228	Tey	2700	3
229	Weng	2687	4
230	Kho	2687	3
231	Kam	2667	3
232	Yao	2648	3
233	Yue	2622	3
234	Hock	2616	4
235	Thong	2603	5
236	Rajan	2596	5
237	Das	2590	3
238	Srinivasan	2570	10
239	Hoo	2551	3
240	Gao	2545	3
241	Kan	2532	3
242	Lui	2506	3
243	Saw	2493	3
244	Tiong	2461	5
245	Babu	2454	4
246	Pereira	2415	7
247	Joseph	2402	6
248	Hoon	2396	4
249	Chun	2396	4
250	Rahim	2396	5
251	Ganesan	2383	7
252	Zeng	2383	4
253	Leung	2364	5
254	Menon	2351	5
255	Thomas	2351	6
256	Boey	2344	4
257	Cruz	2325	4
258	Tok	2306	3
259	Lok	2293	3
260	Subramaniam	2286	11
261	Tam	2286	3
262	Abu	2267	3
263	Le	2254	2
264	San	2247	3
265	Ramasamy	2228	8
266	Aziz	2215	4
267	Ngo	2196	3
268	Ibrahim	2176	7
269	Boo	2164	3
270	Reyes	2151	5
271	Cheung	2151	6
272	Cao	2138	3
273	Joshi	2138	5
274	Raja	2118	4
275	John	2105	4
276	Prasad	2099	6
277	Natarajan	2086	9
278	Yam	2086	3
279	Hua	2086	3
280	Wah	2086	3
281	Sulaiman	2073	8
282	Zhong	2073	5
283	Agarwal	2054	7
284	Mun	2054	3
285	Pek	2054	3
286	Thia	2050	4
287	Chiu	2047	4
288	Fernandez	2047	9
289	Nathan	2041	6
290	Maung	2041	5
291	Fung	2015	4
292	Pham	2009	4
293	Min	2009	3
294	Pillai	1989	6
295	Garcia	1983	6
296	Chuah	1976	5
297	Rai	1976	3
298	Liao	1970	4
299	Narayanan	1963	9
300	Arumugam	1957	8
301	Shaik	1944	5
302	Devi	1944	4
303	Young	1944	5
304	Leo	1937	3
305	Seetoh	1930	6
306	Mishra	1925	6
307	Dong	1886	4
308	Othman	1886	6
309	Wijaya	1866	6
310	Sam	1860	3
311	Raman	1854	5
312	Khong	1802	5
313	Paul	1795	4
314	Balakrishnan	1789	12
315	Wilson	1776	6
316	Sing	1770	4
317	Sze	1770	3
318	Yun	1770	3
319	Chandran	1757	8
320	Naidu	1757	5
321	Xue	1750	3
322	Deng	1744	4
323	Kyaw	1744	4
324	Halim	1744	5
325	Qiu	1737	3
326	Anand	1737	5
327	Lan	1737	3
328	Amin	1724	4
329	Mehta	1718	5
330	Chandra	1718	7
331	Shanmugam	1711	9
332	David	1711	5
333	Ramachandran	1711	12
334	Loi	1692	3
335	Kwa	1686	3
336	Hussain	1679	7
337	Rajendran	1679	9
338	Qi	1679	2
339	Mon	1673	3
340	Yeap	1673	4
341	King	1666	4
342	Roy	1660	3
343	Shu	1653	3
344	Wai	1640	3
345	Salim	1640	5
346	Murugan	1640	7
347	Lie	1640	3
348	Hao	1621	3
349	Prakash	1602	7
350	Hung	1595	4
351	Lek	1595	3
352	Zin	1595	3
353	Tung	1589	4
354	Hashim	1582	6
355	Mendoza	1582	7
356	Ahmed	1576	5
357	Osman	1576	5
358	Bala	1576	4
359	Hon	1576	3
360	Gu	1576	2
361	Sum	1569	3
362	Hwang	1569	5
363	Malik	1569	5
364	Yau	1550	3
365	Chui	1544	4
366	Kwong	1537	5
367	Than	1537	4
368	Nah	1531	3
369	Cheang	1531	6
370	Peck	1531	4
371	Kua	1524	3
372	Ji	1524	2
373	Hossain	1524	7
374	You	1505	3
375	Mathew	1505	6
376	Liau	1492	4
377	Qin	1485	3
378	Johnson	1485	7
379	Qian	1479	4
380	Lopez	1479	5
381	Bong	1479	4
382	Man	1479	3
383	Shankar	1472	7
384	Hsu	1472	3
385	Du	1466	2
386	Chay	1453	4
387	Hamid	1447	5
388	Omar	1447	4
389	Phan	1447	4
390	James	1447	5
391	Mohamad	1440	7
392	Kum	1434	3
393	Lua	1434	3
394	Ramos	1434	5
395	Raju	1427	4
396	Hlaing	1427	6
397	George	1427	6
398	Bai	1421	3
399	Yow	1421	3
400	Sheng	1414	5
401	Islam	1414	5
402	Soong	1408	5
403	Hee	1408	3
404	Martin	1395	6
405	Liaw	1389	4
406	Gill	1389	4
407	Suresh	1376	6
408	Xia	1376	3
409	Mui	1376	3
410	Rashid	1376	6
411	Beh	1369	3
412	Bay	1363	3
413	Jones	1363	5
414	Ghosh	1363	5
415	Dai	1356	3
416	Tao	1337	3
417	Patil	1337	5
418	Arora	1330	5
419	Sekar	1324	5
420	Ramakrishnan	1324	12
421	Ku	1311	2
422	Ke	1311	2
423	Zhuang	1305	6
424	Verma	1298	5
425	Samy	1292	4
426	Williams	1292	8
427	Ying	1292	4
428	Chaudhary	1285	9
429	Thein	1279	5
430	Ram	1272	3
431	Yeow	1271	4
432	Krishna	1266	7
433	Prabhu	1266	6
434	Vu	1266	2
435	Selvaraj	1253	8
436	Too	1253	3
437	Gunawan	1253	7
438	Iyer	1253	4
439	Sinha	1246	5
440	Sy	1246	2
441	Agrawal	1246	7
442	Widjaja	1240	7
443	So	1240	2
444	Sung	1240	4
445	Chao	1240	4
446	Bautista	1234	8
447	Srivastava	1234	10
448	Zhuo	1234	4
449	Brown	1234	5
450	Gong	1227	4
451	Koon	1227	4
452	Cher	1221	4
453	Xiang	1221	5
454	Pandey	1221	6
455	Yoong	1221	5
456	Gomez	1214	5
457	Zaw	1214	3
458	Yadav	1208	5
459	Sankar	1208	6
460	Yoon	1208	4
461	Chuang	1208	6
462	Sen	1208	3
463	Hou	1201	3
464	Ramanathan	1201	10
465	Ha	1201	2
466	Nagarajan	1201	9
467	Pua	1188	3
468	Ramalingam	1182	10
469	Perumal	1169	7
470	Kwee	1169	4
471	Ler	1169	3
472	Alsagoff	1160	8
473	Francis	1156	7
474	Villanueva	1156	10
475	Shao	1156	4
476	Gonzales	1150	8
477	Krishnakumar	1143	12
478	Shin	1143	4
479	Chionh	1143	6
480	Moorthy	1130	7
481	Yeung	1130	5
482	Kapoor	1117	6
483	Jayaraman	1117	9
484	Hew	1111	3
485	Sundaram	1111	8
486	Xiong	1104	5
487	Siong	1104	5
488	Khaw	1104	4
489	Yim	1098	3
490	Aye	1098	3
491	Chau	1091	4
492	Quah	1091	4
493	Hoang	1091	5
494	Ni	1085	2
495	Chou	1079	4
496	Perez	1079	5
497	Kulkarni	1079	8
498	Liong	1072	5
499	Kow	1059	3
500	Zou	1059	3
501	Say	1053	3
502	Kassim	1053	6
503	Gay	1046	3
504	Balasubramanian	1046	15
505	An	1046	2
506	Jacob	1046	5
507	Mao	1040	3
508	Bao	1040	3
509	Dang	1040	4
510	Ramli	1040	5
511	Cui	1040	3
512	Ramesh	1033	6
513	Ishak	1033	5
514	Flores	1020	6
515	Jose	1014	4
516	Gopal	1014	5
517	Fernando	1014	8
518	Fok	1014	3
519	Swee	1007	4
520	New	1007	3
521	Shetty	1007	6
522	Thio	1001	4
523	Chiam	1001	5
524	Iskandar	995	8
525	Castillo	995	8
526	Hoong	988	5
527	Xing	988	4
528	Jung	988	4
529	Moe	982	3
530	Kng	980	3
531	Thiam	969	5
532	Hor	969	3
533	Ravi	969	4
534	Perera	969	6
535	Noor	962	4
536	Tsai	962	4
537	Boh	962	3
538	Yeong	959	5
539	Syed	956	4
540	Radhakrishnan	956	13
541	Ge	956	2
542	Idris	949	5
543	Alam	949	4
544	Manickam	943	8
545	Peter	943	5
546	Begum	943	5
547	Desai	943	5
548	Gandhi	943	6
549	Tse	930	3
550	Razak	930	5
551	Banerjee	917	8
552	Koay	917	4
553	Kurniawan	917	9
554	Hasan	917	5
555	Anwar	911	5
556	Bhatia	911	6
557	Ren	904	3
558	Samuel	898	6
559	Tsang	898	5
560	Francisco	898	9
561	Kay	891	3
562	Salleh	890	6
563	Hoh	885	3
564	Nam	885	3
565	Thu	878	3
566	Pong	878	4
567	Khanna	872	6
568	Pandian	872	7
569	White	872	5
570	Kumaran	872	7
571	Rani	872	4
572	Ahamed	872	6
573	Anthony	872	7
574	Pak	865	3
575	Sebastian	865	9
576	Abraham	865	7
577	Jackson	865	7
578	Torres	865	6
579	Rajagopal	865	9
580	Jong	859	4
581	Chauhan	859	7
582	Taylor	859	6
583	Ganesh	859	6
584	Varghese	852	8
585	Adam	852	4
586	Mathur	846	6
587	Hwa	846	3
588	Garg	846	4
589	Ker	840	3
590	Mukherjee	840	9
591	Setiawan	833	8
592	Miranda	827	7
593	Jee	827	3
594	Lock	827	4
595	Saha	827	4
596	Rivera	827	6
597	Do	827	2
598	Gopalakrishnan	820	14
599	Viswanathan	820	11
600	Then	814	4
601	Won	814	3
602	Tew	807	3
603	Shukla	807	6
604	Ou	807	2
605	Tiwari	807	6
606	Ann	801	3
607	Shan	801	4
608	Pillay	801	6
609	Jaafar	794	6
610	Murugesan	794	9
611	Chatterjee	794	10
612	Theng	788	5
613	Mei	788	3
614	Susanto	788	7
615	Sha	788	3
616	Sanchez	788	7
617	Kandasamy	788	9
618	Kwang	781	5
619	Moon	781	4
620	Michael	781	7
621	Ser	781	3
622	Kiang	775	5
623	Tu	775	2
624	Tng	770	3
625	Gee	769	3
626	Anderson	769	8
627	Kar	769	3
628	Krishnamoorthy	769	14
629	Malhotra	762	8
630	Karim	762	5
631	Balan	762	5
632	Che	762	3
633	Cham	756	4
634	Bui	756	3
635	Yeh	756	3
636	Choon	749	5
637	Muhammad	749	8
638	Chowdhury	743	9
639	Lei	736	3
640	Ray	736	3
641	Lewis	736	5
642	Chor	736	4
643	Aquino	736	6
644	Hernandez	736	9
645	Daniel	730	6
646	Diaz	730	4
647	Swaminathan	730	11
648	Rodriguez	723	9
649	Martinez	723	8
650	Castro	723	6
651	Sundar	723	6
652	Saxena	723	6
653	Chopra	723	6
654	Sarkar	723	6
655	Sani	717	4
656	Santoso	717	7
657	Saini	717	5
658	Vijayakumar	717	11
659	Sandhu	717	6
660	Duan	710	4
661	Dass	710	4
662	Lakshmanan	710	10
663	Murthy	710	6
664	Chiew	710	5
665	Cha	710	3
666	Ban	710	3
667	Tin	710	3
668	Velu	710	4
669	Seo	704	3
670	Harris	704	6
671	Keng	704	4
672	Hau	697	3
673	Sidhu	697	5
674	Bose	697	4
675	Shariff	697	7
676	Mahmood	691	7
677	Santiago	691	8
678	Poo	691	3
679	Chandrasekaran	691	14
680	Narayan	691	7
681	Fernandes	691	9
682	Kor	691	3
683	Huynh	691	5
684	Htay	691	4
685	Nayak	691	5
686	Htun	689	4
687	Mercado	685	7
688	Raghavan	685	8
689	Ming	685	4
690	Kuo	685	3
691	Vel	685	3
692	Nelson	685	6
693	Ngan	678	4
694	Dinh	678	4
695	To	678	2
696	Chiong	678	6
697	Vasudevan	678	9
698	Daud	672	4
699	Simon	672	5
700	Shaw	672	4
701	Goyal	672	5
702	Jun	672	3
703	Lou	672	3
704	Kumari	672	6
705	Venkatesan	665	10
706	Boy	665	3
707	Nasir	665	5
708	Rajoo	665	5
709	Shee	665	4
710	Bakar	665	5
711	Haron	665	5
712	Yusoff	663	6
713	Latt	659	4
714	Hein	659	4
715	Ocampo	659	6
716	Hing	659	4
717	Silva	659	5
718	Miller	659	6
719	Yoo	659	3
720	Aggarwal	659	8
721	Vijay	652	5
722	Javier	652	6
723	Yung	652	4
724	Thakur	652	6
725	Banu	652	4
726	Biswas	652	6
727	Zhan	652	4
728	Muthusamy	652	9
729	Dutta	652	5
730	Khine	651	5
731	Tuck	646	4
732	Siva	646	4
733	Arunachalam	646	11
734	Jamil	646	5
735	Ramirez	646	7
736	Khaing	642	6
737	Goel	639	4
738	Philip	639	6
739	Vo	639	2
740	Oei	639	3
741	Suan	639	4
742	Pal	639	3
743	Soriano	633	7
744	Deen	633	4
745	Vincent	633	7
746	Pin	633	3
747	Hakim	633	5
748	Linn	633	4
749	Sethi	633	5
750	Vijayan	633	7
751	Bhattacharya	633	12
752	Kew	633	3
753	Leon	626	4
754	Hameed	626	6
755	Bansal	626	6
756	Manalo	626	6
757	Zainal	625	6
758	Gwee	621	4
759	Bhat	620	4
760	Nath	620	4
761	Davis	620	5
762	Robinson	620	8
763	Wing	620	4
764	Lang	620	4
765	Varma	620	5
766	Thi	620	3
767	Chien	620	5
768	Moo	614	3
769	Shaikh	614	6
770	Mahmud	614	6
771	Latiff	614	6
772	Quan	614	4
773	Qu	614	2
774	Basu	607	4
775	Scott	607	5
776	Keh	607	3
777	Khin	607	4
778	Chaw	607	4
779	Jha	607	3
780	Tio	607	3
781	Liow	603	4
782	Din	601	3
783	Kuang	601	5
784	Allen	601	5
785	Thai	601	4
786	Kamal	601	5
787	Delos	601	5
788	Mitra	601	5
789	Phyo	599	4
790	Shum	594	4
791	Mong	594	4
792	Azmi	594	4
793	Siau	594	4
794	Naik	594	4
795	Mahajan	594	7
796	Tseng	588	5
797	Tolentino	588	9
798	Walker	588	6
799	Wahab	588	5
800	Madhavan	588	8
801	Ngai	588	4
802	Miao	588	4
803	Ta	588	2
804	Krishnamurthy	588	13
805	Rahmat	586	6
806	Lynn	581	4
807	Annamalai	581	9
808	Chuan	581	5
809	Chidambaram	581	11
810	Ross	581	4
811	Bhatt	581	5
812	Azman	581	5
813	Jayakumar	581	9
814	Alexander	581	9
815	Said	581	4
816	Nordin	581	6
817	Venugopal	581	9
818	Abbas	575	5
819	Maw	575	3
820	Hay	575	3
821	Davies	575	6
822	Antony	575	6
823	Jang	575	4
824	Evans	575	5
825	Zaini	575	5
826	Wright	568	6
827	Chi	568	3
828	Sahu	568	4
829	William	568	7
830	Doshi	568	5
831	Palaniappan	568	11
832	Gopalan	568	7
833	Navarro	568	7
834	Son	562	3
835	Maheshwari	562	10
836	Truong	562	6
837	Pay	562	3
838	Mu	562	2
839	Kung	562	4
840	Har	562	3
841	Ganapathy	562	9
842	Iqbal	562	5
843	Baby	562	4
844	Gutierrez	562	9
845	Pascual	555	7
846	Pok	555	3
847	Tripathi	555	8
848	Lal	555	3
849	Ravindran	555	9
850	Kao	555	3
851	Bok	555	3
852	Nambiar	555	7
853	Green	549	5
854	Zhai	549	4
855	Yahya	549	5
856	Sok	549	3
857	Arun	549	4
858	Alias	549	5
859	Pai	549	3
860	Ping	549	4
861	Saleh	549	5
862	Subbiah	549	7
863	Tanaka	549	6
864	Ya	549	2
865	Htet	548	4
866	Yusof	544	5
867	Gomes	542	5
868	Mohammad	542	8
869	Bhandari	542	8
870	Pei	542	3
871	Deshpande	542	9
872	Chakraborty	542	11
873	Dizon	542	5
874	Loon	542	4
875	Tat	542	3
876	Shang	542	5
877	Jaffar	542	6
878	Mee	542	3
879	Somasundaram	536	12
880	Dave	536	4
881	Maran	536	5
882	Thompson	536	8
883	Clark	536	5
884	Ranganathan	536	11
885	Mittal	536	6
886	Samad	536	5
887	Morris	536	6
888	Samson	536	6
889	Siu	536	3
890	Soni	530	4
891	Fam	530	3
892	Charles	530	7
893	Hussin	530	6
894	Rajesh	530	6
895	Ranjan	530	6
896	Teck	530	4
897	Kelly	530	5
898	Zar	530	3
899	Augustine	530	9
900	Oon	526	3
901	Sato	523	4
902	Pineda	523	6
903	Love	523	4
904	Chawla	523	6
905	Ahuja	523	5
906	Grace	523	5
907	Hamzah	518	6
908	Mitchell	517	8
909	Sankaran	517	8
910	Chern	517	5
911	Hwee	517	4
912	Nicholas	517	8
913	Goo	517	3
914	Baskaran	517	8
915	Nai	517	3
916	Campbell	517	8
917	Manoharan	517	9
918	Pung	510	4
919	Lien	510	4
920	Moore	510	5
921	Duong	510	5
922	Dubey	510	5
923	Howe	510	4
924	Siaw	510	4
925	Pradhan	510	7
926	Talib	510	5
927	Kesavan	510	7
928	Haji	504	4
929	Mahalingam	504	10
930	Choudhary	504	9
931	Ryan	504	4
932	Akbar	504	5
933	Venkat	504	6
934	Ghazali	504	7
935	Pinto	504	5
936	Amir	497	4
937	Mark	497	4
938	Haw	497	3
939	Venkataraman	497	12
940	Domingo	497	7
941	Aguilar	497	7
942	Joe	497	3
943	Bell	497	4
944	Murphy	497	6
945	Shih	497	4
946	Vergara	491	7
947	Jadhav	491	6
948	Chue	491	4
949	Hall	491	4
950	Sui	491	3
951	Sultan	491	6
952	Mathews	491	7
953	Mai	491	3
954	Hari	484	4
955	Beng	484	4
956	Na	484	2
957	Sie	478	3
958	Gim	478	3
959	Bi	478	2
960	Pow	478	3
961	Nizam	478	5
962	Sheikh	478	6
963	Lao	478	3
964	Kon	478	3
965	Tsui	478	4
966	Yik	478	3
967	Pee	478	3
968	Saravanan	475	9
969	Kwon	471	4
970	Cortez	471	6
971	Manuel	471	6
972	Hin	471	3
973	Phoon	471	5
974	Evangelista	471	11
975	Sengupta	465	8
976	Edwards	465	7
977	Mansor	465	6
978	Ka	465	2
979	De	465	2
980	Ghani	465	5
981	Lawrence	465	8
982	Mo	465	2
983	Po	465	2
984	Misra	465	5
985	Gabriel	465	7
986	Khalid	459	6
987	Kapur	459	5
988	Uddin	459	5
989	Bajaj	459	5
990	Lingam	459	6
991	Ngu	459	3
992	Ham	459	3
993	Salvador	459	8
994	Looi	458	4
995	Mary	452	4
996	Roslan	452	6
997	Morgan	452	6
998	Hartono	452	7
999	Adams	452	5
1000	Zee	452	3

Singaporean Surnames: A Brief Overview

Singapore is a diverse and multicultural country with a population of over 5 million people. In Singapore, surnames are typically of Chinese, Malay or Indian origin, reflecting the ethnic makeup of the country. In this article, we will take a closer look at some of the most common surnames in Singapore and their meanings.

Chinese Surnames

Chinese surnames are by far the most common in Singapore, making up almost three-quarters of the population. Some of the most common Chinese surnames in Singapore include Tan, Lim, Lee, Ng, Chua, and Wong. These surnames are often derived from a person's geographic or occupational origin.

For example, Tan may refer to someone from the town of Tan, while Lim is often associated with a grove or forest. Lee may come from the Chinese character for plum, while Ng may have originated from the region of Wu or from the Chinese word for deer. Chua is thought to come from the Chinese word for pagoda, while Wong may have come from the Chinese word for yellow.

Malay Surnames

Malay surnames are less common in Singapore, but they still represent an important part of the country's cultural fabric. Some of the most common Malay surnames in Singapore include Ahmad, Mohamed, Abdullah, and Wahab.

These surnames often reflect a person's Islamic faith and may be given to a person at birth or adopted later in life. Ahmad, for example, means most commendable or most praiseworthy, while Mohamed is a variation of the Arabic name Muhammad, meaning praised one. Abdullah means servant of God, while Wahab is derived from the Arabic word for grace or generosity.

Indian Surnames

Indian surnames are also an important part of Singapore's cultural identity. The most common Indian surnames in Singapore include Kumar, Raj, Singh, and Pillai.

Indian surnames are often derived from a person's caste or community, as well as their occupation or village of origin. Kumar and Raj, for example, are often associated with the Kshatriya and Rajput castes, respectively, while Singh is a common surname among Sikhs. Pillai is often associated with the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu and may be used by people of the Vellalar caste.

Conclusion

Although Singapore is a small country, its population is incredibly diverse, with a wide variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds represented. Learning about Singaporean surnames can offer a glimpse into the country's rich cultural heritage and the many different people who call it home.