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The reason the majority of people have white-European names is because the majority of people are of white-European heritage. In general, recent immigrants have names from wherever they're from. I know some will change their names, but I think that's more of a personal choice for them. No one will think it's weird if you were born in China and then came here and are still called something Chinese. Or even if you were born here but both of your parents were from China. But there are names (ones that aren't collectively commonly used) that are going to indicate your cultural background. If you were American and moved to some non-English speaking place, I wouldn't expect your name to be changed to reflect the new place, either. But some people might just think it would be easier for them and maybe they wouldn't care. I guess maybe I'm not entirely clear what you're meaning?

This message was edited 7/15/2011, 3:19 PM