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   How many Chinese surnames are there?

   • All together, the top hundred surnames accounted for 84.77% of China's population. By way of comparison, the 2000 census found the most common surname in the United States – Smith – had fewer than 2.4 million occurrences and made up only 0.84% of the general population.

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   What do Chinese last names mean?

   • Chinese last names reflect the linguistic and cultural traditions that began in ancient history. Chinese surnames, written in characters called hanzi, each have meanings based on the characters. We’ve curated a list of China’s most common surnames with meanings and hanzi. What are Chinese Last Names?

   257 Chinese Last Names (With Meanings) - Listophile

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   How many Chinese people have the same name?

   • Here’s how you raise the question. 42.9 % of the Chinese people share the same 10 family names! According to 2022 government statistics, the most common surnames in China are 王 (Wáng), 李 (Lǐ), 张 (Zhāng), 刘 (Liú), 陈 (Chén), 杨 (Yáng), 黄 (Huáng), 赵 (Zhào), 吴 (Wú), 周 (Zhōu).

   101 Most Common Surnames in China and Their Meanings (2024)

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   Why are there no surnames in China?

   • Cook, Steven (6 March 1997), "China's Identity Crisis: Many People, Few Names", The Christian Science Monitor, Why the lack of surnames, then? The reason, according to Du Ruofu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is that all societies experience an 'evolutionary dwindling' of family names as less-common ones die out.

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   How many double-character surnames are there in China?

   • Only a few double-character surnames are still commonly seen in China nowadays, with 欧阳 (Ōuyáng), 上官 (Shàngguān), 皇甫 (Huángfǔ) being the most popular ones, shared by 1.271 million Chinese people.

   101 Most Common Surnames in China and Their Meanings (2024)

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   What is the earliest surname in China?

   • According to ancient documents, the earliest surname in China was "Feng", and the earliest surnames were "Fuxi", "Shennong", "Nuwa's" and so on. The most commonly used ones in China are "Li", "Wang", "Zhang", "Liu", "Chen", "Yang" and so on. 100 common surnames, accounting for about 85% of China's total population.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › List_of_common_Chinese_surnamesList of common Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

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   These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by the authoritative governments or academic sources.

3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Chinese_surnameChinese surname - Wikipedia

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   Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicized ethnic groups in Greater China, Korea, Vietnam and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, unlike the Western tradition in which surnames are written last.

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5. listophile.com › names › last257 Chinese Last Names (With Meanings) - Listophile

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   List of the most common Chinese last names, surnames, and family names with meanings and hanzi, featuring unique and rare Chinese last names.

6. www.familysearch.org › en › wikiChinese Surnames - FamilySearch

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   Aug 15, 2023 · The Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary of Surnames includes 23,813 surnames. Currently, there are more than 7,000 surnames in use, including 6,931 single-character surnames, 9,012 compound and double-character surnames, 4,850 three-character surnames, 2,276 four-character surnames, and 541 five-character surnames.

7. chinahow.guide › chinese-surnames-and-meaningsTop 100 Chinese surnames (last names) and their meanings

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   According to the latest research of the Ministry of Public Security of China, there are totally 6150 surnames (last names) in use in China nowadays. China has nearly 1.4 billion people live in the country and the top 100 Chinese surnames cover around 85% of the total population.

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8. ourpublicrecords.org › chinese-namesChinese last names - Full list, statistics, and histories

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   With over 4,000 distinct surnames in China, common ones like Wang, Li, Zhang, and Liu are widespread, each carrying its own unique history and regional variations. These names often reflect familial connections, geographic origins, or past occupations.

9. improvemandarin.com › most-common-chinese-surnames101 Most Common Surnames in China and Their Meanings (2024)

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   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).