Contents of this article
- 1. The top ten surnames in the country
- 2. What are the top ten Chinese surnames?
- 3. Ranking of the top ten surnames in China 2022
- 4. Ranking of Hundred Family Surnames in 1990 and National Ranking
The top ten surnames in the country
The top ten surnames in the country: Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou and Wu (data comes from the Sixth National Census).
1. Li surname: accounts for 7.94% of China’s Han population = 95.3 million people.
2. Wang surname: accounts for 7.41% of the entire Han population in China = 88.9 million people.
3. Zhang surname: accounts for 7.07% of China’s Han population = 84.8 million people.
4. Liu surname: accounts for 5.38% of China’s Han population = 64.6 million people.
5. Chen surname: accounts for 4.53% of China’s Han population = 54.4 million people.
6. Yang surname: accounts for 3.08% of China’s Han population = 37 million people.
7. Zhao surname: accounts for 2.29% of China’s Han population = 27.5 million people.
8. Huang surname: accounts for 2.23% of China’s Han population = 26.8 million people.
9. Zhou surname: accounts for 2.12% of China’s Han population = 25.4 million people.
10. Wu surname: accounts for 2.05% of China’s Han population = 24.6 million people.
What are the top ten Chinese surnames?
As of 2019, the top ten Chinese surnames are Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhao, Wu, and Zhou.
In January 2019, the Household Management Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security relied on the world's largest population information system, covering nearly 1.4 billion people nationwide, and used big data technology to conduct a statistical analysis of the national surnames registered by public security agencies in 2018 and released "Hundred Family Surnames" in 2018.
According to statistics, there are a total of 6,150 surnames in use across the country. In the traditional sense, "hundred family surnames" account for nearly 85% of the total registered population in the country.
According to statistics, there are 23 surnames in the country with a registered population of more than 10 million. The number of registered residents with the surname Wang and Li both exceeds 100 million. The five surnames Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu and Chen occupy the top five places in terms of household registration population.
The number of registered households with the surname "Wang" is only 610,000 more than that of "Li". The battle between "Wang" and "Li" as the most popular surname will continue. There is only a 43,000 difference between the surname "Lai" ranked 101st and the surname "Tang" ranked 100th. There is great hope to join the "Hundred Family Surnames" in the future.
The number of people using both their father's and mother's surnames in their names is growing rapidly. At the end of 1990, this figure was 118,000. At the end of 2018, this figure was 1.1 million.
When the father's and mother's surnames are used at the same time, the surname combinations are mainly concentrated in the common surnames "Zhang, Wang, Li, Yang, Liu, Chen, Zhou", etc. The top 20 surnames mainly include "Zhang Yang", "Li Yang" and "Liu Yang" "Wang Yang", "Zhang Li" and so on.
Extended information:
The earliest printed version of "Hundred Family Surnames" discovered so far was published in the Yuan Dynasty (early fourteenth century AD). It was based on the phonetic and stroke correspondence of Chinese characters and Mongolian characters. However, the Yuan Dynasty version was incomplete, and the long-circulated "Hundred Family Surnames" was not completely included until the Ming Dynasty.
It records a total of 438 surnames, 408 of which are single surnames, composed of 102 lines, and 38 are compound surnames, compiled into 15 lines. The last line is the end of the Hundred Family Surnames, which is the completion of the Hundred Family Surnames. It consists of 118 lines and a total of 472 characters.
Ranking of 100 surnames in 2018:
Wang Li Zhang Liu Chen Yang Huang Zhao Wu Zhou Xu Sun Ma Zhu Hu Guo He Gaolin Luo
Zheng Liang Xie Song Tang Xu Hanfeng Deng Cao Peng Zeng Xiao Tian Dong Yuan Pan Yu Jiang Cai
Yu Du Ye Cheng Su Wei Lü Ding Ren Shen Yao Lu Jiang Cui Zhong Tan Lu Wang Fan Jin
Shi Liao Jia Xia Wei Fu Fang Bai Zou Mengxiong Qin Qiu Jiang Yin Xue Yan Duan Leihou
Long Shi Tao Li He Gu Mao Hao Gong Shao Wanqian Yan Qin Wudai Mo Kong Xiangtang
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Ranking of Hundreds of Surnames
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-New Hundred Surnames
Top ten surnames in China 2022
The top ten most populous surnames in China are as follows:
1. Li surname
The surname Li is one of the Chinese surnames with Li Lizhen as the ancestor. In history, there have been important figures such as Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Bai, and Li Shizhen. In addition to the Tang Dynasty, the Li surname also established Dacheng, Xiliang, Dashu, Xixia, etc. There are multiple regimes, and the current population with the Li surname is about 95.3 million, accounting for 7.94% of the country's Han population.
2. Wang surname
The Wang surname is one of the main Chinese surnames with Prince Jin as its ancestor. It originated from the Ji surname, Zi surname, Gui surname and the surnames of ethnic minorities. In history, people with this surname successively established Zhao Han, Qi, Yan, Qian Shu, There are many regimes such as Peking, Anyang, and Goryeo. So far, the number of people surnamed Wang in the country has reached 88.9 million, accounting for 7.41% of the country's Han population.
3. Zhang surname
The surname Zhang is one of the Chinese surnames with Zhang Hui as its ancestor. It originated in the west of present-day Linyi County, Shanxi Province. In ancient times, it originated from the surname Ji and related surname changes. It became a widely distributed surname starting from the Song Dynasty, and ranked third. By the Yuan Dynasty, It ranked second in the Ming Dynasty. Today, the number of people surnamed Zhao in the country is about 84.8 million, accounting for 7.07% of the country's Han population.
4. Liu surname
The surname Liu is one of the Chinese surnames with Liu Lei as its ancestor. It originated in Pengcheng, Jiangsu Province and is widely distributed in the country. In history, the main people with the surname Liu were Liu Bang, Liu Che, Liu Bei and others. It was also the national surname of the Han Dynasty. Today According to relevant statistics, the population with the surname Liu is approximately 64.6 million, accounting for 5.38% of the country's Han population.
5. Chen surname
The surname Chen is one of the Chinese surnames with Chen Hu Gong as the ancestor. It is mainly derived from the surname Gui and the surnames of ethnic minorities. According to relevant statistics, there are currently about 54.4 million people with the surname Chen in the country, accounting for 4.53% of the total population. Currently, it is mainly distributed in Taiwan and Guangdong, and is the most common surname in Guangdong Province.
6. Yang surname
The surname Yang was one of the Chinese surnames that existed in the Yang Kingdom, the Sui Dynasty and the Southern Wu Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. According to the records of hundreds of surnames in the Song Dynasty, there were about 2.1 million people with the surname Yang at that time. It was the seventh most common surname in the Song Dynasty. Today, the surname Yang is The total population has reached 37 million. It is one of the top ten most populous surnames in China and is mainly distributed in the three provinces of Sichuan, Henan and Yunnan.
7. Zhao surname
The surname Zhao is one of the Chinese surnames that originated in Shanxi Province. It is based on the ancient name of Hongdong, Shanxi, and Zaofu is the ancestor of the Zhou surname. According to current statistics, the current number of people surnamed Zhao in China reaches 27.5 million. In addition, the Zhao surname was once one of the six ministers of the Jin Dynasty, and also established the Song Dynasty, ranking first in the "Hundred Family Surnames" of the Song Dynasty.
8. Huang surname
The surname Huang is one of the Chinese surnames mainly derived from the surname Ying and the surnames changed by ethnic minorities. It has been recorded in detail in ancient books such as "Historical Records" and "Bamboo Book Annals". According to statistics, the current domestic population with the surname Huang is nearly 27 million, accounting for 2.2% of the national population, and is currently mainly distributed in the five major provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian, and Hubei.
9. Zhou surname
The surname Zhou is the ninth largest surname in China, originating from Hou Ji, Zhou Chang, Jichang or Ji Dan. According to research, this surname first originated in the Weihe area of Shaanxi. According to statistics, there are currently about 25 million people with the Zhou surname in the country, and they are mainly distributed in the three major provinces of Hunan, Jiangsu, and Sichuan.
10. Wu surname
The Wu family has a population of approximately 24.6 million in China. It is a multi-ethnic surname originating from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. There are many theories about the origin of the Wu surname, such as from the Jiang surname tribe before the emperor, from the Yao surname, from the Wu Hui surname. , originated from the surname Ji, etc., and traveled extensively to Southeast Asian countries in 473 BC. At present, the surname Wu is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangdong, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Fujian and other provinces.
Ranking of hundreds of surnames in 1990, national ranking
The ranking of Hundred Family Surnames in 2021 is the national ranking. Let’s find out together.
As of 2021, the top 10 latest surnames are: Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Yang, Chen, Zhao, Huang, Wu, and Zhou. First of all, the surname "Wang" still occupies the top spot. In recent years, statistics show that the number of people with the surname "Wang" has always been relatively large. What is worth noting is that people with the surname "Wang" generally live in the north, while there are mainly more people with the surname "Li" in the south. Of course, this is just the overall data, and there are actually some exceptions.
The second to fifth rankings are "Li", "Zhang", "Liu" and "Chen" respectively. In fact, the number of people with the top five surnames is not much different from the last time we counted. After all, there won't be any big changes in just one or two years, and the large number of people with the surname "Chen" is mainly due to Guangdong Province. If you are a Cantonese, you will definitely find that there must be many friends with the surname "Chen" around you.
The last point worth mentioning is that in the last statistics, the two surnames "Chang" and "Tang" were ranked among the "Hundred Family Surnames", but this time they were squeezed to the 101st and 102nd places. Instead of these two surnames, the surnames "Wan" and "Ou" entered the "Hundred Family Surnames", with the number of people being 2.75 million and 2.61 million respectively.
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