How many surnames have Chinese people used throughout the ages? After years of collection and research, associate researcher Yuan Yida of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that there are more than 22,000 Chinese surnames in ancient and modern times.
These 22,000 surnames include Chinese-translated surnames of ethnic minorities. For example, the ancient and modern surnames of ethnic minorities such as Mongolian, Manchu, Tibetan, and Yi. The total number of Chinese-translated surnames of these four ethnic groups is at least 4,000. With the changes of the times, many surnames have disappeared.
Chinese surnames are all rare. Chen Lifu, an employee of Suining Municipal Archives, spent more than 30 years and finally wrote a 2.2 million-word "Chinese Surname Calligraphy Dictionary". This dictionary *** collects 10129 surnames.
Usage of Chinese surnames According to preliminary statistics, there are a total of 6403 surnames that have appeared in historical records of China, including: 3730 single-character surnames and 2498 three-character surnames. Surnames: 163 four-character surnames: 9 five-character surnames: 3 However, more than half of them, especially many polyphonic surnames, have long disappeared from history. According to statistics from the 1980s, there are 2,225 Chinese surnames in use in Beijing; 1,640 in Shanghai; 1,270 in Shenyang; 1,574 in Wuhan; 1,245 in Chongqing; 1,631 in Chengdu; and 1,631 in Guangzhou. There are 1802. There are 2,587 different surnames in the above seven major cities***. It is also reported that among the current population of nearly 2,000,000 in Taiwan Province, there are 1,694 surnames. It is estimated from these data that among the 1.1 billion people using Chinese surnames in China's 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, the number of existing surnames is about 3,000.
Statistics from the 1982 China Census show that among Chinese surnames, Li, Wang, and Zhang are the most common, accounting for 7.9%, 7.4%, and 7.1% of the total population respectively. According to the number of people The 100 surnames in order are: Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou, Wu, Xu, Sun, Hu, Zhu, Gao, Lin, He, Guo, Ma, Luo, Liang, Song, Zheng, Xie, Han, Tang, Feng, Yu, Dong, Xiao, Cheng, Cao, Yuan, Deng, Xu, Fu, Shen, Zeng, Peng, Lu, Su, Lu, Jiang, Cai, Jia, Ding, Wei, Xue, Ye, Yan, Yu, Pan, Du, Dai, Xia, Zhong, Wang, Tian, ??Ren, Jiang, Fan, Fang, Shi, Yao, Tan, Liao, Zou, Xiong, Jin, Lu, Hao, Kong, Bai, Cui, Kang, Mao, Qiu, Qin, Jiang, Shi, Gu, Hou, Shao, Meng, Long, Wan, Duan, Lei, Qian, Tang, Yin, Li, Yi, Chang, Wu, Qiao, He, Lai, Gong and Wen. These 100 surnames account for a total of 87% of the population, while the top 19 surnames account for half of the population.
Hundred Family Surnames
Zhao Qian Sun Li Zhou Wu Zheng Wang Feng Chen Chu Wei Jiang Shen Han Yang Zhu Qin You Xu He Lu Shi Zhang
Kong Cao Yanhua Jin Wei Tao Jiang Qi Xie Zou Yu Bai Shui Dou Zhang Yun Su Pan Ge Xi Fan Peng Lang
Lu Weichang Ma Miao Fenghua Fang Yu Ren Yuan Liu Feng Bao Shi Tang Fei Lian Cen Xue Lei He Ni Tang
Teng Yin Luo Bi Hao Wu An Chang Le Shi Fu Pi, Bian Qikang, Wu Yu, Yuan Bu, Gu Meng, Ping Huang
He Mu Xiao, Yin, Yao Shaozhan, Wang Qi, Mao Yu, Di Mibei, Ming Zang, Fu Cheng, Dai Tan, Song Maopang
Xiong Jishu, Qu Xiang, Zhu Dong, Liang Du Ruan Lanmin Xi Ji Maqiang Jia Lu Lou Weijiang Tong Yanguo
Mei Shenglin Diao Zhong Xu Qiu Luo Gao Xia Cai Tian Fan Hu Ling Huo Yu Wan Zhi Ke Zan Guan Lu Mo
Jingfang Qiu Miao Qian, Xie Yingzong, Ding Xuanben, Deng Yu, Dan Hanghong, Bao Zhuzuo, Cui Ji, Niu Gong
Cheng Ji, Xing Hua, Pei Lu Rong, Weng Xun Yang, Yu Hui, Zhen Qu and his family were granted the title of Rui Yi, Chu Jin Ji, Bing Mi Song
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Ning Qiu Luan Bao Gan Ma Li Rong Zu Wu Fu Liu Jing Zhan Shu Long Ye Xing Si Shao Gao Li Ji Bo
Yin Su Bai Huai Pu Tai Cong E Suo Xian Ji Lai Zhuo Lin Tu Meng Chi Qiao Yin Xu Neng Cang Shuang
Wen Xin Party Zhai Tan Gong Lao Pang Ji Shen helped Du Ran Zai Li Yong Qie Suosang Guipu Niushoutong
Bian Hu Yan Ji Jia Pu Shannong Wen Bie Zhuang Yan Chai Qu Yan Chong Mulian Ru Xi Huan Ai Yurong
Xiang Gu Yi Shen Ge Liao Yu Zhong and Ju Heng Budu Gengmanhongkuang Guowen Kou Guanglu Quedong
Ou Po Woli Wei Yue Kui Long Shi Gong She Nie Chao Gou Ao Rong Leng Zi Xin Kan Na Jian Raokong
What is Zeng Wusha? Yang Juxu Fengchao Guan Kuai inspected Hou Jinghong You Zhuquan Lu Gai Yihuan Gong
Compound surname
Wanqi Sima Official Ouyang Xiahou Zhuge Wenren Dongfang Helian Huangfu Yuchi Gongyang
Tantai Gongye Zongzheng Puyang Chunyu Shanyu Taishu Shentu Gongsun Zhongsun Xuanyuan Linghu
Zhongli Yuwen Changsun Murong Situ Sikong Xianyu Luqiu Yuan Guan Si Kou Qiu Duzi Che
Dongguan South Gate East Gate West Gate Nangong Nangong Yue Shuai Hou Kangkuang was rewarded by Mou Yu, a qin merchant, and Bai Bo rewarded him
Moha Qiao Gennian Ai Yang Tong Wu Yan Fu