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- The 10 major Chinese surnames are: Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao, Chen, Yang, Wu, Liu, Huang and Zhou. Below are the next 10 major surnames: Xu, Zhu, Lin, Sun, Ma, Gao, Hu, Zheng, Guo and Xiao -- Chinese with these surnames make up over 10% of the population.
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These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in China (People's Republic of China), Taiwan (Republic of China), and the Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by authoritative government or academic sources.
- Wáng
- Lǐ
- Zhāng
- Chén
- Yáng
- Huáng
- Zhào
- Wú
- Zhōu
- Xú
As the most common surname in China, Wang is the Chinese word for king. It represents 93 million people, accounting for 7.25 percent of China's total population.
Li is the second most common surname in China and one of the most common surnames in Asia. It was the royal surname during the Tang Dynasty.
Zhang is the third most common surname in China and one of the most common surnames in the world with over 100 million people.
Chen is a common Chinese surname representing 70 million people, accounting for 5 percent of China's total population.
Chen is the 6th most common surname in China. It represents 3.7 million people, accounting for 2.6 percent of China's total population.
Huang is a common surname in China and Asia. It is also one of the most common surnames in Guangdong Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Zhao is the 8th most h2oh2ular surname in China. Yet it ranks first in the Hundred Family Surnames. Because it was the emh2eror's surname of the Song Dynasty when the book was finished.
Wu is a common surname in China representing 26.8 million people or 2 percent of the h2oh2ulation. The name originates from the State of Wu during the Warring States Period.
Zhou is the 10th most common surname in China shared by 25 million people, accounting for 1.9 percent of the total h2oh2ulation.
Xu is a Chinese surname which goes back as far as the 23rd century BC. The h2oh2ulation of the surname Xu is mainly concentrated in h2rovinces of Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Sichuan.
With 101.5 million people sharing the surname, 王 (Wáng) remains the most common surname in China, followed by 李 (Lǐ), 张 (Zhāng), 刘 (Liú), and 陈 (Chén). The only change to the top 20 list is that 罗 (Luó) went up from 20 to 19 with a small spike in births, taking the place of 高 (Gāo).
- Wang (王) Wang is the most common surname in mainland China, which represents 92.8 million people, and is a royal surname meaning ‘King’.
- Li (李) Li, meaning plum, is the most common surname for Hakka Chinese, used by over 92 million people in China. Li was the royal last name during the Tang dynasty.
- Zhang (张) The grandson of the Yellow Emperor was bestowed the surname Zhang after his invention of the bow and arrow. Zhang can be found as a surname in many other languages, for example ‘Archer’ in English.
- Liu (刘) Liu was the royal surname in the Han Dynasty. The character means to kill and destroy – we certainly won’t be messing with any Liu’s!
Apr 12, 2021 · Here is the list of top 100 common Chinese last names 1. Wang (王) Wang is the most common Chinese surname in China, which represents around 1,015 million people in the research of 2019. Wang’s meaning is the king of a country. 2. Li (李) Li is the second common Chinese last name, which represents around 1,009 million people.
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Some of the most common Chinese surnames are Li, Wang, Zhang, Chen, Liu, and Yang. These surnames are so popular that statistics indicate that over 87% of the Chinese population bears one of these surnames.
The remaining eight of the top ten most common Chinese surnames are Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhao, Wu and Zhou. Two distinct types of Chinese surnames existed in ancient China, namely xing (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: xìng) ancestral clan names and shi (Chinese: 氏; pinyin: shì) branch lineage names.
