Does anyone know how many surnames there are in China?

Well, the upstairs one is quite comprehensive, so I won't be verbose.

It's already over a thousand, and it's not clear how much.

1. The most common surname in China is the surname Li, with about 95 million people.

2. The surname Li is the national surname of the Tang Dynasty. There have been many celebrities with the surname Li, such as Tang Taizong Li Shimin, poets Li Bai, and Li Shangyin.

and so on are all representatives of the surname Li. Longxi.

The current Lintao in Gansu) is the Li family.

One of the birthplaces, but the legend component is heavier, starting from the two emperors of Yan and Huang, it is also orthodox. The earliest totem surnamed Li appeared here. At present, the population of Li surnamed Li in Chinese mainland is about 95 million, accounting for about the Han population in the country.

The surname Li has established the most political power in history, and there are more than 60 people with the surname Li who are called emperors and kings.

1. According to the literature, there are about 5,662 surnames in China, including 3,484 single surnames and 2,032 compound surnames. In fact, if we trace the history of China, there are about 12,000 surnames. A surname is the blood of a family and a sign of a clan, and in China it is generally the surname of the father.

2. Chinese surnames include single surnames and compound surnames, such as Shangguan, Nangong, Ouyang, Sima, Ximen, etc., and there are also three-character surnames, such as Allergen, Afugan, etc., most of which are the surnames of ethnic minorities. According to the latest surname survey, the top five people with the largest number of surnames in China are Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, and Chen.

1. The surnames in ancient China include Ji, Jiang, Ji, Fei, Yao, Hao, etc., all of which are from the side of the word "female", which also reflects that the surname was originally produced in the matrilineal clan society.

2. The vassal states of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period had Qi, Lu, Jin, Song, Zheng, Wu, Yue, Qin, Chu, Wei, Han, Zhao, Wei, Yan, Chen, Cai, Cao, Hu, Xu, etc., all of which became common surnames.

3. Totem surnames: bear, leopard, tiger, dragon, etc.; with the name of the country as the surname: Qi, Chu, Han, Zhao, Qin, etc.; Those with the surname of the place of residence: Ximen, Guo, Qiu, Yin, Chang;

4. Those with official positions as their surnames: Shangguan, Bu, Qian, Shi, Sima, etc.; Those with occupation as the surname: Zhang, Gu, Tu, Zhen, Jiang, etc.; With the name of the mountain and river as the surname:

Qiao, Ji, Jiang, Huang, Wu, etc.; The emperor gave surnames: Liu, Li, Zhao, Wanyan, Zhu, etc.; There are also surnames with numbers, seasons, directions, climate, flowers and trees, and so on.