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The most popular given names vary nationally, regionally, and culturally.Lists of widely used given names can consist of those most often bestowed upon infants born within the last year, thus reflecting the current naming trends, or else be composed of the personal names occurring most often within the total population.
This is a list of Singaporeans, people who are identified with Singapore through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, sorted by surnames/family names.
Wang (/ wɑːŋ /) is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surname 王 (Wáng). It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than 107 million in Asia. It is the 8th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [2][3]
The full name of Singapore in different varieties of Chinese is: A nickname for the city is Shīchéng (Mandarin)/ Sai-siâⁿ (Hokkien) (獅城), literally "Lion City." Modern historical names are retained as poetic or shorthand names for the island or country and include Xīngzhōu / Seng-chiu (星洲) and Xīngguó / Seng-kok (星國).
Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of 'Smith', 'Jones', and 'Brown' (that is, the generic most often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov , or 'Johns', 'Peters', and ' Isidores ', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.
He was educated at Woodlands Ring Secondary School and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. [4] Pow is an avid sportsman and has represented the Singapore National Youth Basketball team [5] in international competitions before an unexpected injury forced him to stop competing competitively. [citation needed] When Pow was 19, he was a part-time presenter for ...
Pierre Png Tiang Huat (born 29 October 1973) [1][2] is a Singaporean actor, comedian and businessman. He is known for starring in multiple Singaporean MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8 's dramas which include The Gentlemen and When Duty Calls. Early in his career, he was known for playing the comedic role of Phua Chu Beng in the long-running ...
Hokkien POJ. Tēⁿ Pin-hui. Tay Ping Hui (born 10 November 1970) is a Singaporean actor and director, known for starring in many Chinese-language television dramas in Singapore and mainland China. In 2014, Tay made his directorial debut with the basketball film Meeting the Giant. Widely regarded as an "Ah-Ge" (阿哥, "big brother") of ...