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Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Wing, Kin, Wai, Kam, Kwok, Ming, Ping, Chun, Pui, Siu, Chi, Ching. Southeast Asian Chung, Pak, Kok, Cho, Chong, Woon, Yiu, Yuet, Shiu, Moon, Siew, Yook.

Chinese:

Cantonese and Hakka form of the surnames 吳 and 伍, see Wu 1 and 2.

Teochew form of the surname 黃. This form of the surname is found in eastern Guangdong province, from where people migrated to Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and other parts of Southeast Asia. See Huang 1.

variant Romanization of the surname 鄞, possibly based on its Teochew pronunciation, see Yin 6.

History: Born in south China in 1866, Ng Poon Chew followed relatives to CA and rose to prominence as a promoter of Chinese culture among Americans and of American ingenuity among the Chinese. He was a 32nd-degree Mason, the first Chinese in CA to become a Shriner, and the most prominent bearer of the name Ng Poon, which began appearing on the west coast in the 19th century.