Why Are So Many Vietnamese People Named Nguyen? Why Are So Many Vietnamese People Named Nguyen? 02/18/14 AT 12:31 PM Close The current prime minister of Vietnam is Nguyen Tan Dung. The former president of the country, who ruled from 2006 to 2011, was named Nguyen Minh Triet. During the chaotic 1960s, when Vietnam was engulfed in a bloody civil war that involved the U.S. military, the country’s leaders included: Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Nguyen Khánh, Nguyen Xuân Oánh, Nguyen Cao Ky, Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Văn Loc. Last October, one the country’s greatest military generals, Vo Nguyen Giap, died at the age of 102. In the United States, prominent Vietnamese-Americans (who have generally adopted the Western custom of placing their surnames at the end) include actor Dustin Nguyen, news presenters Betty Nguyen and Leyna Nguyen, film director Steve Nguyen, tech entrepreneur Bill Nguyen, author Kien Nguyen, poet Nguyen Chí Thien, U.S. Circuit Court judge Jacqueline Nguyen, football player Dat Nguyen, "Flappy Bird" creator Dong Nguyen and California lawmaker Janet Nguyen.

Finally, the most famous Vietnamese figure of the 20th century -- revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh -- was actually christened Nguyen Sinh Con. Notice a pattern? Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung Photo: Reuters Indeed, Nguyen is the most common surname in Vietnam -- an estimated 40 percent of people in the country (and the Vietnamese diaspora) carry the name, according to Vietnam's Tuoi Tre News. Given that the global Vietnamese population totals about 94 million people, this means that some 38 million of them answer to "Nguyen." The overwhelming prevalence of Nguyen -- on a percentage basis -- even surpasses the popularity of "Kim" and "Park" in Korea, "Singh" and "Patel" in India; and "Smith" and "Jones" in the Anglo-Saxon countries. Nguyens Down Under Consider the situation in Australia, which has a Vietnamese population of some 220,000.

As far back as 2006, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reported that, despite the relatively small size of the Vietnamese community Down Under, Nguyen was already the seventh-most common surname in the nation, behind the familiar English-Scots-Irish appellations Smith, Jones, Williams, Brown, Wilson and Taylor. At that time, Michael Dove, managing director of a Melbourne-based company called MD&A, which analyzed data on surnames, told AAP: "The data is reflecting the diversity of the cultural background. One of the things that is probably quite surprising is that the non-British names are so dominated by Asian names." Dove further noted that Australian migrants from other parts of the world -- including Greece, Cyprus and Italy -- tend to have a wider array of surnames, whereas many East Asian surnames (like Vietnam's Nguyen) are more widely dispersed among their peoples. "There is much more diversity of Greek names and Italian names than in Vietnamese, Chinese and Hong Kong names," Dove said.

(Indeed, consider that the world’s total population of Greeks does not exceed 20 million, less than one-fourth of the size of the global Vietnamese community.) By June 2003, Australian media reported that Nguyen was on pace to supplant Smith as the most popular surname in urban areas by the following decade. News Limited Network noted at that time that Nguyen already ranked as the second-most common name in Melbourne and the third-most popular in Sydney, the nation's two biggest cities. KPMG demographer Bernard Salt boldly predicted to News Limited Network then: "Nguyen will [overtake Smith] in Melbourne and Sydney within 10 years." Thus, it is reasonable to assume that now, in 2014, Nguyen has climbed to the very top of the name charts in Australia’s urban centers. Rise Of The Nguyens The surname Nguyen is believed to have originated in the Chinese surname "Ruan" (in the Mandarin language) or Yuen (Cantonese), owing to China’s long domination over Vietnam.

Periodically, during both periods of Chinese rule as well as Vietnamese dynastic power in Vietnam, the name Nguyen was either forced upon the public (sometimes by threat of violence and even pain of death) by new regimes or adopted by the subjects voluntarily for various reasons. By the early 19th century century, the Nguyen Dynasty seized power in Vietnam (which unified the country), prompting yet another wave of surname changes and adoptions. That dynasty, which "awarded" their surname to many people, ruled the country until the end of World War II. Esther Tran Le, a Vietnamese-American journalist based in New York, said that the name ‘Nguyen’ was the last name of the last dynasty of Vietnamese emperors. “Apparently the last King's name was Bao-Dai, but his real name was ‘Nguyen-Vinh-Thu,’ she said. “Many of the Vietnamese [peoples’] last names derive from the former Emperors' last names.” Dr. Quang Phu Van of the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University also said that throughout Vietnamese history, due to dynastic changes, clans of royalty and loyal subjects changed their family names to protect their identity in order to avoid persecution by the new rulers.

“Others adopted the Nguyen name for political and personal reasons, including opportunities for jobs, privileges, power, affiliation, and so forth,” he added. As such, the surname Nguyen does not necessarily denote one's regional origins, class or even lineage. “The surname itself has nothing to do with social class, unless it's combined with, say, Phúc which is a combination of [the names of] the last royal family,” said Dr. Nguyen-vo Thu-huong, associate professor in the departments of Asian Languages and Cultures and Asian American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles. Related Stories The Worst Is Over For Vietnam's Economy Ball of Confusion? Given the proliferation of Nguyens in Vietnamese society, one might conclude that this would create much confusion and chaos in daily discourse. However, this scenario is largely avoided by the Vietnamese custom -- adopted from the Chinese -- of addressing people by their last name (that is, what is considered the 'first' or personal name in western society). Most Vietnamese have three names -- the surname (or clan name), followed by a middle name, ending with the personal name.

For example, with respect to the aforementioned Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, his family surname is "Nguyen," his middle name is "Tan," and his personal name is "Dung." Unlike western custom, the Prime Minister is usually referred to as 'Dung' (or 'Mr. Dung') in the media and even in formal occasions. In some cases, he may be referred to as 'Tan-Dung.' (Also, some Vietnamese use dual surnames to further alleviate any confusion). In stark contrast, in the west, the current British Prime Minister is called 'David' only by his family and close friends, while the media and general public address him as 'Cameron' or 'Mr. Cameron.' Other surnames – including Tran, Le and Pham – also circulate heavily among the Vietnamese, but Nguyen remains the undisputed champ by a wide margin Presumably, as Vietnamese communities in Australia, France, Canada and the United States increase in number and political influence, we may see a new wave of lawmakers and other prominent public figures with the ‘Nguyen’ surname. Nguyen Last Name Meaning and Origin By Kimberly Powell Updated July 28, 2015.

Nguyen is of Chinese origin, from the Chinese ruan, a plucked string instrument. Nguyen was the family name of a major Vietnamese royal dynasty. It is said that during the Tran Dynasty in the 11th to 13th centuries, many members of the Ly family of the prior dynasty changed their name to Nguyen to avoid persecution. Surname Origin: Chinese Alternate Surname Spellings: NYGUYEN, RUAN, YUEN, YUAN Fun Facts About the Nguyen Surname: By some estimates, approximately 40 percent of Vietnamese people have the surname Nguyen, making it the most common Vietnamese family name. Nguyen is, surprisingly, the 7th most common family name in Australia, the 54th most popular in France and the 57th most popular surname in America. During the Tran Dynasty in the 11th to 13th centuries, many of the families of the prior dynasty courtesans - the Lys - changed their name to Nguyen to avoid persecution. Famous People with the Surname NGUYEN: Nguyen the new Smith Nguyen the new Smith Ben PikeNews Corp Australia Network Share Email a friend NGUYEN is becoming the new Smith in the battle for Australian surname supremacy.

An investigation into the "lifeline" of surnames has revealed that within 10 years, the Vietnamese surname - linked to the last ruling dynasty in Vietnam - will be more common than Smith in Australian metropolitan areas. Nguyen did not rate a mention in 1903 to now be Australia's 13th most popular last name, data from Ancestry.com.au and White Pages Online 2013 reveals. The common Vietnamese surname is also the third-most popular in Sydney, second in Melbourne and seventh in Adelaide. Nationwide, Smith has remained number one since 1903 and is twice as popular as its closest competitor, Jones. In Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide Nguyen is predicted to overtake, or get very close to, Smith in the next decade. Williams, Brown and Wilson round out the nation's top five - the same top five surnames for more than a century. KPMG demographer and social commentator Bernard Salt said surnames in some capital cities could become a two-horse race. ``It is like a horse race: Smiths are cantering but Nguyens are screaming down the outside,'' he said.

``Nguyen will (overtake Smith) in Melbourne and Sydney within 10 years. It signals the difference between the city and the bush.'' Mr Salt added that the continued dominance of Jones, Smith and Williams was a simple indicator of Australia's English and Welsh heritage. ``There is still a strong level of Anglo migration to Australia, driven by South Africans and New Zealanders,'' he said. ``It's not as if the Anglo influences are dissipating, they are just being outpaced by Asians. ``The top five names are English and Welsh. It reflects the Anglo base of the Australian population of the 18th and 19th century. ``It has take 250 years from 1788 to shift these sorts of indicators. Ultimately Australia is being drawn to Asia.'' With three Nguyens running for the Coalition in the lower house in the September federal election, it could also be the first time a non-Anglo name is the most common surname in federal Parliament. There are currently three Smiths/Smyths in the House of Representatives. But with La Trobe Federal Labor MP Laura Smyth sitting on an electoral margin of 0.9 per cent, a victory for the Nguyens is looking likely.

John Nguyen, 39, came to Australia in 1980 and is the Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Chisolm in Melbourne. ``The Nguyen dynasty was the last ruling dynasty in Vietnam. It's like the Windsors in the UK. To carry favours with the emperor people changed their name to Nguyen,'' the Albert Park resident said. ``With Vietnam there's about 88 million people and about 50-60 million are Nguyen. I'd like to say that we are all related, but we're not. ``There is a strong Asian heritage in Australia and a lot of them happen to be Nguyen.'' The top 20 surnames from 1903. SOURCE: Ancestry.com The 10 most popular names in the world and Vietnam Vietnamese Names The 10 most popular surnames The surname, or as we call it in Vietnam, the family name, is a fundamental part of who we are and our name. There are names that are unique, other surnames are funny, and others on the contrary, are so popular that there are millions of people who share it.

These are the 10 most popular surnames in the world: List of world's most numerous surnames Surname Li or Lee - Bruce Lee 1) Li or Lee - More than 100 million people As it could not be otherwise, the most widespread all over the world surname is the popular Chinese Li surname, also called Lee. Around 8% of the population of China shares this surname or family name. The surname Li has variants in Korea and also in Vietnam, where Li led to the Vietnamese Ly (Ly) surname. As a public figure more representative of this surname, we have chosen to Bruce Lee, actor and legend of martial arts. Surname Zhang - Zhang Ziyi 2) Zhang - Over 100 million people Zhang is another very common surname in China, specifically holds the Guinness record for the year 1990. Chinese Zhang surname data of more than 4000 years ago. As a representative character we have chosen actress Zhang Ziyi, that although we may not know it, is better known than we can imagine. It is for example the leading actress of movies like Tiger, Hidden Dragon and memoirs of a Geisha.

Surname Wang - Cindy Wang 3) Wang - Around 93 million people The surname Wang is a Chinese surname surnames most commonly used in China and very common. Specifically the surname Wang has been ranked as one of the most widespread inland of China, with nearly 93 million people. The literal translation of the surname Wang means King or monarch. The family name Wang is has extended beyond the borders of China and can be found in Korea, Vietnam, Japan, and Taiwan. As a representative character, we have chosen the Cindy Wang Taiwanese singer. Last Nguyen 4) Nguyen - More than 36 million people Nguyen is the quintessential Vietnamese surname, or better said, the name most popular family of Vietnam. It is estimated that 40% of the population of Vietnam shares the surname Nguyen. This family name dates back to the times of the Imperial Vietnam, where the family of emperors was the Nguyen dynasty (see Hue and Imperial Tombs of Hue ). The surname Nguyen is a symbol of exclusivity, luxury and royalty, as well as being considered one of the most exclusive surnames in Asia. Although the surname Nguyen is not only limited to Vietnam, but also to many of the countries where Vietnamese have been migrating.

As curiosities say Nguyen that occupies the ranking No. 54 of the most popular surnames in France, 57 in America and 7 in Australia. Surname Garcia - Andy Garcia 5) Garcia - More than 10 million people García is a surname mostly spread by the Spanish and Latin world. Although there are several theories to explain their origin, seems to be that Garcia comes from the Basque country, where the meaning is the young. Garcia is the most popular of Spain surname, where 3.5% of the population share this surname. In Cuba, Garcia is the 2nd most used surname. Mexico has 4.1 million calls Garcia. As a prominent character, we have chosen the actor Andy García. Gonzalez Surname - Eva González 6) Gonzalez - More than 10 million people Gonzalez is another surname originating in Spain, 2nd in the ranking of surname most popular of Spain after Garcia. More than 2% of the Spanish people González unusualness, although it is not just limited to Spain, and may find Gonzalez in Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and Paraguay, as well as being one of the most popular surnames in the Latin world.

In United States, González holds the ranking No. 23 of the most popular of the country name. As a character we have chosen the model and presenter Eva González. Last Hernandez - Bruno Mars 7) Hernandez - More than 8 million people Hernandez is a surname that comes from Spain and Portugal, dating back to the 15th century. Hernandez surname is a patronymic surname, i.e. is composed by joining the names of father, grandfather and some ancestor. Hernandez means son of Hernán or even the son of the traveler. We find Hernandez in Mexico, United States, Chile, Spain, Cuba, etc.. As a character, we have chosen the singer Peter Gene Hernandez, better known as Bruno Mars. Surname Smith - Will Smith 8) Smith - More than 4 million people Smith is an English surname originating in the United Kingdom, where to this day, remains the most popular country's surname, although there are Smith in Australia, America, Canada (the most widespread surname 2nd), Ireland (the most popular surname 5th). There is a part of the surname Smith African-American population, which seems to come from the times of the abolition of slavery in America, in which slaves adopted the surname.

It is estimated that 3 million people in United States surname Smith and more than half a million in the United Kingdom. As a character, we have chosen to actor and singer Will Smith. Last Smirnov 9) Smirnov - Over 2.5 million people The World Census of 2002, Smirnov (masculine) and Smirnova (feminine) is the surname most common in Russia. For the surname Smirnov there are variations such as Smirnoff or Smyrnov, all them come from the Russian word smirnyy which means calm, peaceful and gentle. Although there are several Russian personalities with surname Smirnov, we have chosen the brand of Vodka Smirnoff as representative of this surname. Muller Surname - Thomas Muller 10) Müller - More than 1 million people The surname Muller comes from German, where the German Müller Word means Miller. Muller is the most widespread surname in Germany and Switzerland, and the 5th most popular surname in Austria, the Netherlands and even French as we can find variants Moselle. Families apellidadas Muller family crest often used as a mill.

As we have chosen the representative character football player Thomas Müller. Vietnam Genealogy - Vietnam Most Popular Last Name Vietnam Genealogy Tweet Vietnam has quite a wide range of genealogies. The country has more than 150 genealogies (just among Viet ethnic groups only) and adding, the 53 other ethnic minorities, the number can even reach 1000. Among them, Nguyen genealogy is the most popular and ranks highest in number. They account for a large percentage of Vietnamese people, 38.4% to be more specific. Since Nguyen dynasty is the last feudalist administration in Vietnam, many people with this surname are still alive until today, avoiding the tragic fate happening to Ly genealogy, Tran genealogy and Le genealogy. These genealogies all achieved the power of Emperor at one time or another, but when they had been taken down, the Emperors after them launched genocides against their families in order to strengthen the new power. Ly dynasty was destroyed by Tran dynasty, and after that many people with Ly surname were killed. A large number of them must escape to other countries (It is said that people with Lee surname in Korean nowadays are originally from Ly dynasty of Vietnam).

Tran dynasty suffered the same fate that they had brought to Ly dynasty. After being replaced by Ho dynasty, Tran genealogy was nearly vanished due to a genocide launched by Ming dynasty (the Chinese dynasty who ruled Vietnam after Ho dynasty). A huge number of Le people were killed by Nguyen dynasty after their success in throne at 19th century. Moreover, in Nguyen dynasty, Nguyen people were offered more advantages than others, thus many people changed their surname into Nguyen. Another reason that helps Nguyen family reach such a high ratio is that many people of different origins from Nguyen family, who were afraid of the threat of revenge, changed their surname. Right after Nguyen family, Tran family and Le family come to the second and the third largest genealogy in Vietnam with 11% and 9.5% of the total population given these name, respectively. Pham genealogy is also a large family, making up 7% of the population. Hoang/Huynh family comes with a quite small number, 5%. Along with 5 biggest genealogies, 10 other ones together top the list of 15 biggest families of Vietnam, representing for 90% of the population.

These family names are: Phan, Vu/Vo, Dang, Bui, Do, Ho, Ngo, Kim, Duong, Ly. Ranked under 15 biggest families, more than 120 surnames share 10% of the population. Leu is the only one original surname of Vietnam. The others stem from other countries, like China, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, etc. Last name Why is 'Nguyen' such a common Vietnamese last name? - Quora Quora "Many events in Vietnamese history have contributed to the name's prominence. In 1232, after usurping the Lý Dynasty, Trần Thủ Độ forced the descendants of the Lý to change their surname to Nguyễn. When Hồ Quý Ly overturned the Trần Dynasty, he killed many of their descendants so when the Hồ Dynasty collapsed in 1407, many of his descendants changed their surname to Nguyễn in fear of retribution. In 1592, on the collapse of the Mạc Dynasty, their descendants changed their surname to Nguyễn.

When the Nguyễn Dynasty (the descendants of the Nguyễn Lords) took power in 1802, some of the descendants of the Trịnh Lords fearing retribution changed their surname to Nguyễn, while others fled north into China. The Nguyễn Dynasty awarded many people the surname Nguyễn during their rule, and many criminals also changed their surname to Nguyễn to avoid prosecution. As with other common surnames, people having this surname are not necessarily related." "Vietnamese Names Mean a Lot" "Vietnamese Names Mean a Lot," by George F. Schultz (in Viet My, June, 1969) The Hundred Families It has been said that there are only ninety-nine family names in Vietnam. Why ninety-nine is a question. The legend is that the first occupants of the territory of Vietnam were divided into 100 families. This figure is, of course, too low for today, but actually there are perhaps no more than 300 names for a population of 38,000,000. This is not so surprising. After all, in China, there are only 450 family names.

Of the 300 Vietnamese family names, some 200 originated in the valley and delta of the Red River, cradle of early Vietnamese culture and civilization, and today one of the world's most densely populated areas. The family name of Nguyen is by far the most common, being used by slightly over 50 per cent of the population. There seems to be a historical reason: With the overthrow of the later Ly dynasty in 1225 by the lords of Trinh, who then established the Tran dynasty, all members of the deposed dynasty, as well as all other families using the name of Ly, were ordered to change it to Nguyen. In this manner, those in power hoped to destroy all possibility of a restoration of the Ly dynasty. Eighty-five per cent of the population uses one of the twelve following names: Duong, Dao, Dang, Dinh, Do, Hoang or Huynh, Le, Ngo, Nguyen, Pham, Tran, Vu, or Vo. There are a few double family names: They are joined by a hyphen and both are capitalized: Au-Duong, Ha-Duong, Nguyen-Ha, and so on.

The second of these names is often a maternal family name. The second member of a compound family name must not be confused with the intercalary name, which is properly not hyphenated. As in the case of European family names, Vietnamese names are largely derived from common nouns - the original meaning of which has been lost or changed with the passage of time. Almost without exception, they are derived from Chinese characters. For example, the family names of Nguyen, Le, and Ngo were the names of ancient Chinese principalities. (Ngo, by extension, then came to mean China itself, but it is now so used only in a derogatory sense). The Intercalary Name The intercalary name or particle is a form that does not exist in the composition of Western names; it is perhaps the most confusing element of the Vietnamese name. It was necessary because through the too frequent use of the same family name it became increasingly difficult to identify an individual. In this there is some similarity with the middle name or initial used in the United States. The most common intercalary names are those indicating sex - Van, male, and Thi, female.

Van, meaning literature, once expressed the hope that the bearer would succeed in the literary contests and become a scholar and mandarin. Thi similarly expressed the hope that its bearer would be the mother of many children. These literal meanings have been lost with the passage of time. In later life, should the individual consider that the middle name bestowed by his parents is not suitable, that is, that it does not form an ideological ensemble with his family and personal names, he may change it. For example, Huynh Van Ngoc has no particular meaning; but when the intercalary Nhu (to resemble) is substituted for Van, we obtain "Huynh Nhu Ngoc, Huynh who resembles Jade"; in the same way, Phan Van Chau has no great beauty, but on changing the intercalary to Minh (clear) we have Phan Minh Chau, "Phan the Clear Gem." Nguyen Van Quang is uninspiring, but Nguyen Ngoc Quang becomes "Nguyen of Jade Resplendent." In brief, the use of the intercalary here renders the complete name rich, poetic, literary, chivalric, or patriotic. Young girls are particularly anxious to acquire a more suitable middle name.

In families of noble origin, the intercalary is almost never changed, for in so doing the identity of the family would be lost. The mandarinal Ho family of Hue retains the intercalary Dac in perpetuity, to distinguish it from all other (and especially lesser) families bearing the name of Ho. In the same way, a certain mandarinal Nguyen family keeps its identity by retaining Khoa (class, session) as intercalary. In North and central Vietnam, the intercalary name is sometimes omitted. The complete name then consists of family name plus personal name: Pham Quynh, Le Xuan, Nguyen Binh, Pham Bich, and so on. The intercalary particle is properly not capitalized, but it has succumbed to foreign influence and is now sometimes written that way. The Personal Name The third component of the complete name is the personal name, corresponding somewhat to our Christian, or given, name. Peasant families and the illiterate do not attach much importance to the choice of given names.

On the other hand, in educated families, they are always the object of severe and judicious selection and are chosen to form an ideological ensemble with the family and intercalary names, and sometimes with the personal names of other members of the family. In general, feminine personal names are taken from flowers, trees, birds, the seasons, or precious objects. Masculine names are usually taken from abstract values; however, there is no fine line, and many names are applicable to either sex. The only restriction on the choice of personal name is that the name of the father, grandfather, or other near relative must not be used. Today, a person is referred to under almost all circumstances by his personal name, even with a title: Ong Hoa, Mr. Hoa; Ba Kim, Mrs. Kim; Co Thu, Miss Thu. If there is any confusion, the full name may be used. For obvious reasons, the family name is seldom used alone. When Vietnamese names are arranged alphabetically it is often in reference to the personal rather than the family name, although the Saigon telephone directory uses the latter.

In North Vietnam, the first-born child is often called Ca (eldest), the second, Hai (two), the third, Ba (three), the fourth, Tu (four), the fifth, Nam (five), and so on, without regard to sex; in South Vietnam, however, the first-born is called, Hai (two), the second, Ba (three), the third, Tu, and so on. The use of numerals is resorted to for several reasons: first, for convenience: Vietnamese families are generally large, and simple numeration provides a ready means of identity; secondly, in superstitious families, one avoids pronouncing the child's correct name, in order to confuse the evil genie who are ever seeking to harm young and defenseless children. Since the eldest is always the first target of these spirits, the latter are thrown off the track by omitting any reference to the first-born as Number One, he or she being called Hai, Number Two, instead, especially in the South. Poetic Names for Girls Many Vietnamese women are very fond of a compound personal name or couplet, although it is rarely found in the case of men.

The idea is purely one of embellishment, in an effort to create a pleasant ideological combination. Some examples: Infographic: Vietnamese Last Names - How Many Nguyen's Are There, Really? Thank you everyone for adding to the list! I will update it. Hoangdungiss says: Hi anh Bao, how can you calculate? pls tell me where is the data………… Your article look interesting. SBN88 says: July 3, 2011 at 4:47 pm I know a Vietnamese with the last name Bang. like how one would say table in vietnamese lol anyway, I’m pretty sure there are more last name then that ^_^ah…wonder why there are so many nguyen??? Nguyen Ruler says: July 15, 2011 at 3:46 pm Dude, are you making these numbers up? Please tell the people how you arrived at the numbers. We understand that you don’t have access to Vietnamese census data, that’s okay. I hope you just didn’t change the labels on some pie chart and call it a day.

July 15, 2011 at 7:39 pm Hello Nguyen, The source for last names is here: Lê Trung Hoa, Vietnamese Family and Personal Names, Social Sciences Publishing House (2005). Also, for the percentages, here’s a list of all US last names and their relative distribution: . Use the current US population or ratios to arrive at the proper percentages. Have fun! I appreciate skepticism as a mechanism to verify facts but also encourage a bit of good faith in that people in our community don’t just make things up. Tom Lancaster says: What about Du or Mach? guest says: December 2, 2011 at 11:42 am Quá lâu trong lịch sử, bọn tà đạo “thiên chúa” phá hủy văn hóa chúng ta nói riêng và thế giới nói chung ( ). Thomas Jefferson”Christianity is the most perverted system that ever shone on man.”John Adams”As I understand the Christian religion, it was, and is, a revelation.

But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have made them the most bloody religion that ever existed?”Đệ tử tàn bạo ác nhất của bọn tà đạo “thiên chúa” là HitlerĐây là chính sách bạo ác phá hủy đất nước ta và đến ngày hôm nay vẫn còn to you by members of à đạo xâm hại tình dục. Vụ án tố cáo vatican do International Criminal Court à đạo tuyên truyền đầy bạo lược.Cruelty and Violence in the BibleGenesisGod likes Abel’s dead animals better than Cain’s fruits and vegetables. Why? Well, no reason is given, but it probably has something to do with the amount of pain, blood, and gore involved. 4:3-5Because God liked Abel’s animal sacrifice more than Cain’s vegetables, Cain kills his brother Abel in a fit of religious jealousy. 4:8God is angry. He decides to destroy all humans, beasts, creeping things, fowls, and “all flesh wherein there is breath of life.” He plans to drown them all.

6:7, 17God repeats his intention to kill “every living substance … from off the face of the earth.” But why does God kill all the innocent animals? What had they done to deserve his wrath? It seems God never gets his fill of tormenting animals. 7:4God drowns everything that breathes air. From newborn babies to koala bears — all creatures great and small, the Lord God drowned them all.7:21-23Noah kills the “clean beasts” and burns their dead bodies for God. According to 7:8 this would have caused the extinction of all “clean” animals since only two of each were taken onto the ark. “And the Lord smelled a sweet savor.” 8:20To free Lot from captivity, Abram sends an army of slaves to pursue and smite his captors. 14:14-15God tells Abram to kill some animals for him. The needless slaughter makes God feel better. 15:9-10Hagar conceives, making Sarai jealous. Abram tells Sarai to do to Hagar whatever she wants.

“And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled.”16:6Lot refuses to give up his angels to the perverted mob, offering his two “virgin daughters” instead. He tells the bunch of angel rapers to “do unto them [his daughters] as is good in your eyes.” This is the same man that is called “just” and “righteous” in 2 Pet.2:7-8. 19:7-8God kills everyone (men, women, children, infants, newborns) in Sodom and Gomorrah by raining “fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven.” Well, almost everyone — he spares the “just and righteous” Lot and his family. 19:24God threatens to kill Abimelech and his people for believing Abe’s lie. 20:3-7God orders Abraham to kill Isaac as a burnt offering. Abraham shows his love for God by his willingness to murder his son. But finally, just before Isaac’s throat is slit, God provides a goat to kill instead.

22:2-13Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, is “defiled” by a man who seems to love her dearly. Her brothers trick all of the men of the town and kill them (after first having them all circumcised), and then take their wives and children captive. 34:1-31″The terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them.” I don’t know what the “terror of God” is, but I’ll bet it isn’t pleasant. 35:5″And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.” What did Er do to elicit God’s wrath? The Bible doesn’t say. Maybe he picked up some sticks on Saturday. 38:7After God killed Er, Judah tells Onan to “go in unto they brother’s wife.” But “Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and … when he went in unto his brother’s wife … he spilled it on the ground….

And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; wherefore he slew him also.” This lovely Bible story is seldom read in Sunday School, but it is the basis of many Christian doctrines, including the condemnation of both masturbation and birth control. 38:8-10After Judah pays Tamar for her services, he is told that she “played the harlot” and “is with child by whoredom.” When Judah hears this, he says, “Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.” 38:24Joseph interprets the baker’s dream. He says that the pharaoh will cut off the baker’s head, and hang his headless body on a tree for the birds to eat.40:19 eskiloliver says: March 4, 2012 at 1:15 pm Hi, James! First of all I would like to thank you for the interesting article about vietnamese last names. I have a question to you about the last name Thang or Tang.

My husband is trying to find his biological mother in Vietnam (he was adopted to Sweden in 1975, Operation Babylift) and Tang is her last name (Thi Le is her first name). The birth name of my husband is Hoang Quan Tang. You seem to know a lot about Vietname names, can you please help us to understand more about the name Tang? Thank u! 🙂 I guest her last name would be Tăng, and her full name would be whether Tăng thị Lễ or Tăng thị Lê. eskiloliver says: March 20, 2012 at 3:46 am Hi, On my husband´s birth certificate it says Tăng Thị Lệ. Written with Vietnamese characters, my husband´s name is Tăng Hoàng Quân. I´ve learned that Tăng is a Chinese last name, but which ethnic group it belongs to I don´t know. Do you know if their first names are Chinese too? andreana says: September 16, 2012 at 5:47 pm My last name’s Tang too. I was born in the USA so I don’t know much about last names in vietnamese.

But I know that “Tang” is a Chinese last name. Although I’m vietnamese, my father’s father was from China so he has a chinese last name. Hope this helps! Andreana Tang, USA >.< April 13, 2012 at 1:13 pm Ngày 30/4 thì như hàng năm ở hải ngoại sẻ có diển hành với cờ vàng ba sọc đỏ. Hơn 35 năm sao chỉ có một số nhỏ chia rẻ dân tộc. Như Ông Nguyễn Cao Kỳ đả trình bày; sự thật vẩn còn! Những tên côn đồ là tiểu số. Phần đông họ là lính thất học, vô văn hóa, cùng lấm là sĩ quan hạ cấp, hoạc là bọn trẻ thanh niên rời Việt Nam còn nhỏ nên không nấm hiểu VNCH là gì và chưa hề cầm súng ra trận. Những đứa con trẻ đó giờ hơn 40/50 tuổi phần rất ích nuôi hận vô lý vì tư tưởng không chính đáng.

Đây là một thí dụ cụ thể với văn hóa thô lổ của kẻ thất học 35 năm, bọn phản động tiểu số lấy danh nghĩa giả tạo kêu gọi “hòa giải dân tộc” nhưng thực sự là xuất ngôn của tiểu số thổi phồng tạo ra vấn đề cần “hòa giải.” Ở hải ngoại là bọn côn đồ bị nhiều người cười và cho họ là bọn hề. Người Mỹ gọi họ là “anti-goverment protesters” thì là xếp vào hàng “terrorist.” Thực tế nhiều quốc gia, như Mỹ đả ban giao tốt với Việt Nam Thực tế nhiều người Việt Nam ở hải ngoại, ở Mỹ ích có phát ngôn vì họ luôn lo công ăn việc làm nuôi con. Tiểu số lấy cơ hội làm ồn; như bài “Cờ Vàng Mách Bu” trình bày trên Bọn tiểu số đó sẻ không bao giờ bỏ hận thù đâu. Đừng bận tâm mất thì giờ vì bọn chó săn cho ngoại xâm. Chúng tôi đả ghi tên họ và download những hình ảnh trên fb của họ nếu có và đồng thời hình ảnh của gia đình họ.

Khi họ nạp hồ sơ xin visa vào Việt Nam chúng tôi có cách phòng hờ bọn phản động chó săn.Bọn phản động phần đông là những đứa con trẻ rời Việt Nam trong năm 1975 – 1985. Họ đã bị nhiểm độc hận thù từ Cha Ông nên tâm trí không vững. Cha Ông họ bị bệnh tâm thần mà Mỹ gọi là Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Thương cho những đứa con trẻ giờ hơn 40/50 tuổi lên mạng chửi rủa nhau và gây rối cho Việt Nam. Họ sống trong gia đình bệnh PTSD nên chính họ cũng có phần bệnh tâm thần nầy. Họ là chó săn cho một quốc gia đang bị thối nác từ trong ra ngoài; ISABELLA LOPEZ says: I love Vietnamese MAN they are really CUTE!.. 🙂 Yoshi says: An and Au, need to include those. Mimi Nguyen says: October 6, 2012 at 10:18 am My last name is Nguyen. From my dad side it is Nguyen and from my mom side her last name is Vu but my grandmas last name is Pham.

I’m only 12 years old but I was interested about the Nguyen’s family. So does it mean I’m in it too? Robert Nguyen says: November 27, 2012 at 12:52 am James, great article. If I were your teacher or professor, I would give you an A for this if I were not vietnamese and not a Nguyen. Here’s my two cents about having so many Nguyen: Since common knowledge has led many to believe that many people change their last name to Nguyen to avoid prosecution or to uphold the ruler’s decree, I do not believe this, because as a ruler, it would be an insult if commoners or my subjects changed their surnames to mine, whatever that may be. I wouldn’t be able to distinguished them from my family. I would behead these people. My answer to why we have so many Nguyen is because the Nguyen lords or just any lords usually have many wives-leading to many children. More children having more children. Multiple pyramids. I believe this is the same in all races, that for the most part, people with the same last name are related.

I’m an example, because I have many cousins who are 20 to 30 years older than I am who has kids that are my age, a little older, or a little younger living in the same city and elsewhere which I have grown up to not associate with ( because we are all too busy trying to win the rat race or whatever). I barely know or to recognize many as related until our reunion again. Although contradicting, I do know and do remember who they are at the reunions, but on the streets, just passing by, on the bus I wouldn’t know them. We all changed and forget, but not our name. Robert Nguyen Vietnamese Family Names home > vietnam > vietnamese > vietnamese names > vietnamese family names Vietnamese Family Names In the United States, the Vietnamese family name is used as the last name. However, in Vietnamese, the family name is the first in order of the name series (ie, family name - middle name - personal name). The most common Vietnamese name is Nguyen, connotating the last dynasty. Here are some of the more common Vietnamese family names. Five Most Common Vietnamese Family Names Nguye^~n (the most common family name) Le^

Question: What country's most common family name is Nguyen?
Answer: Vietnam