In China, those with the top 10 most common surnames make up 40 percent of the population. See if your name made the list.
There are approximately 600 different Chinese surnames, compared to well over a million unique ones in the United States. Here are the top 10 Chinese surnames, in alphabetical order: Chen, Huang, Li, Lin, Wang, Wu, Yang, Zhang, Zhao, and Zhou. Here's the same list for the United States: Brown, Davis, Johnson, Jones, Miller, Moore, Smith, Taylor, Williams, and Wilson. Of these 10 names, only Smith is used by more than one percent of the U.S. population.
But what about Vader or Skywalker? They should be common names. The are in this house. 
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Golda Palpatine, Bearer of the Secret Decoder Ring, Sith Black Heart, and really long title, CR for Life.
Yeah, I'm evil. But that doesn't mean I'm not a nice person.
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wait a minute, so, you're telling me that Smith is a common name??? 
or, that it's uncommon, depending upon whether or not you're Chinese?   
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"It is easier for a man to extinguish the light within himself, than to scatter the darkness all around."
"Jayne, how many weapons you plan on bringing? You only got the two arms."
"I just get excitable as to choice - like to have my options open."
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