The top ten surnames in China ranked 2022.

The top ten surnames in China are as follows:

1, surnamed Li

Li is one of the surnames of China who thought his ancestors were. There have been important figures such as Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Bai and Li Shizhen in history. In addition to the Tang Dynasty, the Li clan also established Dacheng, Xiliang, Dashu and Xixia regimes. Today, the population of Li nationality is about 95.3 million, accounting for 7.94% of the Han population in China.

2. Wang Xing

It is one of the main surnames of China, whose ancestor is the King of Jin, and it originates from the changes of the surnames of Ji, Zi, Gui and ethnic minorities. In history, there have been regimes such as, Qi, Yan, Beiping, Anyang and North Korea. Up to now, the population of Wangxing in China has reached 88.9 million, accounting for 7.4 1% of the national Han population.

3. Zhang surname

Zhang surname is one of the Chinese surnames whose ancestor is Zhang Hui, which originated in the west of Linyi County, Shanxi Province. It originated from the ancient Ji surname and related surname changes. Since the Song Dynasty, it has become a widely distributed surname and ranked third, ranking second in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. Today, the population of Zhao in China is about 84.8 million, accounting for 7.07% of the Han population in China.

4. Liu surname

Liu is one of China surnames whose ancestor is Liu Lei. Originally from Pengcheng, Jiangsu, it is widely distributed in China. In history, Liu's main tasks were Liu Bang, Liu Bei and others, which was the national surname of the Han Dynasty. According to relevant statistics, the population of Liu is about 64.6 million, accounting for 5.38% of the Han population in China.

5. Chen surname

Chen's surname is one of the Chinese surnames of ancestors, which mainly comes from the change of surname of Gui and ethnic minorities. According to relevant statistics, at present, the population of Chen in China is about 54.4 million, accounting for 4.53% of the country's total population. At present, it is mainly distributed in Taiwan Province Province and Guangdong Province, and it is the largest surname in Guangdong Province.

6. Yang surname

Yang was one of the surnames of Yang, Sui and Nanwu in the Spring and Autumn Period. In the records of hundreds of surnames in the Song Dynasty, there were about 265,438+10,000 people surnamed Yang at that time, which was the seventh largest surname in the Song Dynasty. Up to now, Yang's total population has reached 37 million, which is one of the top ten surnames in China, mainly distributed in Sichuan, Henan and Yunnan provinces.

7. Zhao surname

Zhao is one of the Chinese surnames that originated in Shanxi at present, taking the ancient surname of Hongdong in Shanxi as the surname and Zhou as the ancestor. According to the current statistics, the population of Zhao in China is currently 27.5 million. Zhao was once one of the six Qing Dynasties in the State of Jin, and also established the State of Song, ranking first among the hundred surnames in the Song Dynasty.

8. Huang surname

Huang surname is one of the surnames in China, which mainly comes from the surname won and the surname changed by ethnic minorities. It is recorded in detail in historical books, bamboo records and other ancient books. According to statistics, at present, the population of Yellow River in China is nearly 27 million, accounting for 2.2% of the national population, mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Fujian and Hubei provinces.

9. Zhou surname

Zhou is the ninth surname in China, which originated from Hou Ji, Ji Chang or. According to textual research, this surname originated in Weihe area of Shaanxi Province. According to statistics, the number of Zhou surnames currently distributed in China is about 25 million, mainly distributed in Hunan, Jiangsu and Sichuan provinces.

10, surnamed Wu

Wu's family name in China has a population of about 24.6 million, which originated in Wuxi, Jiangsu, and is a multi-ethnic surname. However, regarding the origin of Wu's surname, there have always been opinions such as Jiang's surname, Yao's surname, Shi's surname and Ji's surname. In 473 BC, it spread widely to Southeast Asian countries. At present, the surname Wu is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Fujian and other provinces.