Today im at goverment place, suddenly got a few name been called

All got same surname

Eg Ali Merican Ahmad Merican

Syakira Merican Ahmad Merican

And so on, why liddis ah? Why malay got family name? They proud of ancestors or what?
This post has been edited by kratos123: Aug 18 2015, 10:45 AM

on IC probably not

A few malay got family name. usually bangsawan dahulu kala.

Example: Wan, Megat, Daeng, Tengku

because they always copy others, so they want to be like chinese.

lantak diorang la. yang kau sibuk sangat tu buat apa?

Family name in malay is a symbol of rank in society. normal people cant have it

tambah sikit.. syed, sharifah..

biasa je...up to them la. it's similar like syed & syarifah, awang & dayang, abang & sharifah, bla bla bla

i think the most commonly heard is the 'merican' surname.. last time petronas president also got this surname. not sure everybody is related or not..

another one that i think quite uncommon is AB.. at 1st, i thought it is the short form for 'abdul', and it is not. it was pronounced as A-B..

why you ashamed of your ancestor?

you are indirectly insulting all those with surname

bangso banyak la pakai

Abang and Sharifah? Abang and Dayang got la

This post has been edited by Sha91: Aug 18 2015, 10:35 AM

Dei that is not family name la. Confuse ke gelaran and family NAME?

Family is is inherit from great2 grandfather eg Shahabjan

So all children got shahabjan at behind their name, same like father. Mother if got family name, must change to husband family name after married.

Syed dan Syarifah if not mistaken.

Merican = Murican = Wannabe American

Some people keep it. Some people don't. Else I'll be a Pangeran or something

Raja, Nik, Ngku, Che, Wan

Ali rempit

Alsagoff

Some family name in malay is in front.

ie: wan ahmad wan badruddin (wan), megat junid megat ayub (megat), tengku malik tengku halim (tengku)

in Malay, the wife doesnt not inherit the family name. only children.