The Xiongnu no longer have this ethnic group. Although the Xiongnu in China still have Chinese names, they are only known to be Chinese. In the early years, some people in Hungary applied to become Huns, but the government rejected it. They wanted to become a minority and receive government funding. Turkey also recognized the ancestry of the Huns, but it was also scientifically confirmed by France that they are two different races. Only the Mongols are the continuation of the ancient Huns.
The Xiongnu were one or two nomadic peoples who lived in Eurasia in ancient times. They established a country in the center of Mongolia (209 BC-48 BC). According to inferences from linguistic research, some people in Mongolia believe that the Xiongnu are the direct ancestors of the present Mongolian people. Some people also think that this view is wrong, and that the direct ancestors of the Mongolians should be a branch of the Mongolian Wu Shiwei. Later, the Huns who moved inland to the Central Plains established local governments during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, such as Han Zhao, Beiliang, Hu Xia, etc.
The ancient Xiongnu and the contemporary Mongolian people continue their lineage, while the modern Turks and Mongols have more cultural and linguistic exchanges than genetic exchanges.
After the descendants of the Xiongnu became residents of China, they gradually changed their surnames to Han surnames. The following are some common surnames:
Yiqu, Gongsun, Wushi, Luantang (Xuliantang), Huyan (Huyan, Huye, Hu) Xubu (Bu), Lan (Uluolan), Qiulin (Qiao), Long, Weixu, Pu, Fan, Zhao, Cheng, Wang, Hao, Gao, Hudu, Kun (Hun), Wu, Chou, Fu, Yi, Ci, Qu (Juqu, Qiequ, Daqiequ), Dong, Ju, Cheng, Xian, Han, Dangyu, Lang, Lijie, Aodian, Shi Zhu, He Lai (Helan, He), Yuwen, Zhang, Guo, Chen, Qimu, Jin, Du, Ma, Li, Feng, Ma, Cao, Helian (Tiefu, Tiefa, Fu, Du), Fei Lian (Fei), Po Liuhan (Poluohan, Poliuhan, Pan Liuxi, Buliuhan, Han), Wanqi, Jin, Liang (Balelan), Liu, Dugu (Liu), Lu, Bi , Yao, Yu, Huang, Wei, He Sui (He Yue, Bicheng, He Shu) Fu, Zhi, Feng, Lan, Peng, Gai (building a building), Yu.