Why do vietnamese and korean people have chinese surnames?

I ask it here because there must be a lot of people from all over the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_Surnames

On the right you can see Korean or vietnamese pronunciation.

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6 Responses to “Why do vietnamese and korean people have chinese surnames?”

  1. KISS MY BUTTOX Says:

    asian bloodlines are mostly from china

    probably has something todo with that

  2. Maisee Says:

    Worry about your own people.

  3. Kevin Says:

    my last name is nguyen and middle is le

    they’re both Vietnamese…

  4. Tiger Lily Says:

    I’m not writing my last name here but it is indeed a Chinese last name but I am partly Chinese also.

  5. Dylan Says:

    Chinese writing spread to Korea and Vietnam a long time ago and the characters were used to write surnames there; also, some Chinese surnames were passed along into Korean and Vietnamese and evolved over time.

    Most Korean and Vietnamese surnames have a Chinese character that had been used to write them when those countries still wrote with Chinese characters (they don’t anymore for the most part).

  6. Uh huh uh huh uh huh Says:

    Spelling is different from pronunciation.

    Also aren’t there some Chinese people who live in Southeast Asia? Intermarriage? That would explain. I have a friend who’s half Vietnamese and half Chinese. Her parent’s are from Vietnam.

    Disney star, Brenda Song’s last name is usually spelled ‘Xiong’ by many Hmong. But even the pronunciation of Xiong in English is wrong. And many Koreans do think she’s Korean because of how her last name is spelled.

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