What are the three top three surnames in China? What are the four major surnames in China?

Updated on Financial 2024-03-18
9 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    First: Li] Li surname is the first surname, accounting for 7 9 of the total population of the country, the earliest from the "Ying" surname, the Spring and Autumn Period popular to the official position as the surname, the founder of Taoism Lao Tzu because of the ancestors for the official, then to the reason for the surname, later passed on to "Li". At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the founding fathers of the People's Republic of China, including Xu, Bing, An, Du, Hu, Hong, Guo, Ma, Xianyu, Zhang, Abu, Aqiu, Sheli, Dong, Luo, and Zhu Xie, a total of 16 surnames were given to the surname Li, which greatly increased the number of people.

    Second: Wang] The surname Wang is the second most common surname, accounting for 7 25 of the total population of the country. Generally, the descendants of emperors are called princes and grandsons, and then they are used as surnames, and in addition, the surname Wang is also varied from many other surnames, the most common of which is the surname "Ji".

    According to legend, after the ancient emperor Yu Shun, in addition, some people with the surname Wang were after the Shang Shi Bigan, and even the ancient Goryeo monarch was also a king surname, which gradually developed into the second largest surname in China. 【Third: Zhang】 The surname Zhang is the third most common surname, accounting for 6 83 of the total population of the country.

    According to the record in the "Yuanhe surname compilation", "the fifth son of the Yellow Emperor, Qingyang, waved for the bow, watched the lonely star, made the bow and arrow, worshiped Zhang Xing, because of the surname Zhang", so it is said that the surname Zhang originated from the Yellow Emperor, is the descendant of the Yellow Emperor, the surname Zhang has gradually increased since the Han Dynasty, and the rise and popularity of Taoism at that time was related, and the saying that "the Yellow Emperor gave the surname Zhang" was prevalent at that time, such as Taoist leaders at that time such as Zhang Jiao, Zhang Lu, etc.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    The 3 most "difficult" surnames in our country are obviously Chinese, but they are regarded as Japanese!

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    The four major surnames in China are Wang, Li, Zhang, and Liu.

    1. The surname is Li. The surname Li is the largest surname in China, widely distributed, accounting for about 10 percent of the country's Han population, in terms of regions, the surname Li accounts for a relatively high proportion in the northern provinces, generally more than 8 percent, and in the southern provinces generally accounts for less than 8 percent, especially in the southeast coastal provinces, the proportion is only about 4 percent.

    2. Wang's surname. The surname Wang is the second largest surname in China, distributed throughout the country, accounting for about 10 percent of the country's Han population, especially in Shanxi, Hebei and Henan.

    3. Zhang's surname. The surname Zhang is one of the most widely distributed and populous surnames in China, accounting for about 10 percent of the total Han population in the country, Chinese the population.

    The third most common surname, especially in Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Sichuan provinces.

    4. The surname is Liu. The surname Liu is extremely widely distributed, accounting for about 1% of the country's Han population, the fourth largest surname in the Chinese population, and the northern region.

    In Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Beijing-Tianjin, the proportion of Liu surnames is relatively high, accounting for more than 8% of the Han population in these regions.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    The three surnames Li, Wang, and Zhang all account for more than 7% of China's Han population. Therefore, these three surnames are also known as the "three major surnames in China", which occupy a total of ChinaChinese populationAbout a fifth.

    Brief introduction. The surname is Lee.

    It accounts for 300,000 of the Han population in China. The surname Li is the most populous surname in the world. The surname Li is in "Hundred Family Names".

    Ranked 4th in the middle. It is the second most populous surname (including ethnic minorities) in China's major reform in 2007.

    But according to the National Citizenship Information System of the Department of Household Registration.

    nciis), and the surname Li is the third most common surname. In North Korea and Vietnam, the surname Li is also a common surname, and in North Korea the surname Li is the second most common surname.

    Wang's surname. It accounts for 900,000 of the Han population in China. According to data released by the Public Security Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the surname Wang is the largest surname (including ethnic minorities) in Chinese mainland in 2007, one of the three major surnames in the world, and the oldest surname in China, ranking 8th in the "Hundred Family Surnames".

    In addition to China, there are also many people with the surname Wang in Korea. In Guangdong, "Wang" and "Huang" are in Cantonese.

    The pronunciation is the same, for the two surnames, the surname Wang is usually called "three strokes of the king" or "three horizontal kings".

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    The big Chinese surnames are Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Zhao, Huang, Zhou, and Wu.

    1. The surname is Li. In terms of region, the surname Li accounts for a relatively high proportion in the northern provinces, generally more than 8%, while the proportion in the southern provinces is generally less than 8%, especially in the southeastern coastal provinces, the proportion is only about 4%.

    2. Wang's surname. The surname Wang is the second most common surname in China, distributed throughout the country, especially in Shanxi, Hebei and Henan.

    3. Zhang's surname. The surname Zhang is one of the most widely distributed and populous surnames in China, and the third largest surname in the Chinese population. In particular, Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Sichuan provinces are the most.

    4. The surname is Liu. The surname Liu is widely distributed, accounting for about the national Han population, and is the fourth largest surname among the Chinese population. Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Beijing-Tianjin regions in the northern region have a high proportion of Liu surnames, accounting for more than 8% of the Han population in this region.

    5. Chen surname. The surname Chen is the fifth most populous surname in the country, accounting for about the national Han population, and there are many Chen surnames in the southern region. In Taiwan and Guangdong provinces, the surname Chen accounts for more than 10% of the population of the province, making it the largest surname in the province.

    6. Yang surname. The surname Yang is the sixth largest surname in China, accounting for about the national Han population, and is widely distributed throughout the country, especially in the provinces of the Yangtze River basin.

    7, surname Zhao. The surname Zhao is one of the most widely distributed and common surnames, accounting for about the total Han population in the country, and is the seventh largest surname with the largest number of Chinese today.

    8, Huang surname. The surname Huang is extremely widely distributed, accounting for about the total population of the country, ranking eighth among the ten most surnames in China. The Huang surname is concentrated in the area south of the Gongjiang River, and Guangdong Province has the largest population with the Huang surname, accounting for about 19% of the country's Han Huang surname. Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other provinces also have a relatively large number of people with the surname Huang, and the population with the surname Huang in the above five provinces accounts for about 56% of the population of the Han nationality with the surname Huang.

    9, surname Zhou. The surname Zhou is one of the common surnames today, with a wide distribution, accounting for about the country's Han population, and the ninth largest surname population in China. Among the provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Basin, the proportion of Zhou surnames is higher than that of other regions.

    10, surname Wu.

    The surname Wu, a Chinese surname, is a multi-origin and multi-ethnic surname. Originated in Wuxi, Jiangsu.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    1. The surname is Li. The surname Li is said to originate from the surname Ying, and he is a descendant of Gaotao; It is also said that Dali was an official, and when he took refuge, he fed on wood, so he changed his surname to Li. During the Tang Dynasty, the population of the surname Li swelled sharply, because the surname of the Tang Dynasty was Li, in addition to the royal surname, there were many rewards of the surname Li, the contemporary population of the surname Li was more than 95 million, which has accounted for the total population of the country, ranking first in the country.

    In ancient times, there were more than 60 emperors surnamed Li, and there were several dynasties and generations. Li Si, the "first phase of the ages" during the Qin Dynasty; Li Guang, the "flying general" of the Western Han Dynasty; Needless to say, the Tang Dynasty is Li Yuan and Li Shimin.

    Li Longji, "Poetry Immortal."

    Li bai; astronomer Li Chunfeng; "Emperor of Ancient Words" Li Yu; Li Qingzhao, a famous female lyricist in the Southern Song Dynasty; "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty

    author Li Shizhen; Li Dazhao, one of the main founders of the CCP; "Asia's richest man" Li Ka-shing; Kung fu superstar Bruce Lee.

    2. Wang's surname. The origin of the surname Wang is more, there are descendants of the surname Ji, which began in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and there are also descendants of Bigan who changed to the surname Wang, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang gave the descendants of Prince Dan of Yan surnamed Wang. Today, the population surnamed Wang has reached 94.68 million, distributed all over the country.

    There are countless kings and people in history. Guiguzi, who was regarded as the ancestor of the non-mathematical school, his real name is Wang Xu, also known as Wang Chan; Zhaojun, one of the four beauties, the king of the Western Han Dynasty; Wang Xizhi, a calligraphy master of the Eastern Jin Dynasty; Northern Song Dynasty politician Wang Anshi; Wang Chongyang, the founder of the Quanzhen Sect; New China's "iron man" Wang Jinxi.

    3. Zhang's surname. The surname Zhang originally originated from Zhang Hui, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, who was the inventor of the bow and arrow, and now has a population of 85 million.

    Zhang Yi, a columnist in the Warring States Period, is a god who plays with one hand; Zhang Liang, the saint of the Western Han Dynasty; Zhang Fei, a fierce general of the Three Kingdoms; Tang Dynasty "Grass Saint" Zhang Xu; Zhang Juzheng, a great politician of the Ming Dynasty; "King of the Northeast" Zhang Zuolin.

    a generation of singer Jacky Cheung; Eternal brother Leslie Cheung.

    4. The surname is Liu. The surname Liu is a descendant of Emperor Yao, and the Han Dynasty was the heyday of the surname Liu, because of the Han Gaozu.

    It's Liu Bang. At that time, there were more than 400 descendants surnamed Liu, and after years of reproduction, the surname Liu became the largest surname in the world at that time. Today, there are nearly 70 million people with the surname Liu.

    In addition to the Liu name people in the Han Dynasty, there are also many people with the name Liu in history. Tang Dynasty "poet" Liu Yuxi; Liu Jinding, a female general of the Northern Song Dynasty; Ming Dynasty strategists Liu Ji and Liu Bowen; Liu Yong, the prime minister of Qianlong; Proletarian revolutionary***.

    Andy Lau, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings".

    5. Chen surname. The surname Chen originated from Emperor Shun's descendant Chen Hugong, which is a typical surname with a fief as the surname, and there were Chen (Tian) Dai Qi during the Warring States Period, and there are about 98 million people with the surname Chen in the world, including not only Chinese, but also many Koreans and Vietnamese.

    There are a lot of Chen names in history, and Chen Sheng, who revolted in Daze Township, shouted for the first time "The prince will have a kind of Xiangning"; During the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu's adviser Chen Gong; "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

    The author of Chen Shou; Master Xuanzang in the Tang Dynasty, the common name is Chen Yi; The last years of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang.

    Chen Youliang, who fought against the court; Chen Duxiu, the initiator of the new culture; Proletarian revolutionary***. People's Liberation Army General Chen Geng. And it is known as the saying "Chen Lin is half the world".

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    1. Zhang

    The surname Zhang, one of the Chinese eggplant surnames, is a multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, mainly derived from the surname Ji and the change of surname. Zhang Hui is the ancestor of the surname. Historically, Zhang Er was named King of Zhao by Liu Bang during the Xizhubu Xinghan period, and Zhang Er's seventeenth grandson Zhang Liang (255 314) established the Former Liang Kingdom.

    The surname Zhang ranked 24th in the Song version of "Hundred Family Names". In January 2019, according to data released by the Household Administration Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security, the total number of people surnamed Zhang reached 100 million, ranking third among Chinese surnames.

    2, Lee

    According to official data released by the Household Administration Research Center of the Ministry of Public Security in January 2019, the population of China surnamed Li reached 100 million in 2018, making it the second largest surname in the country.

    The second most common surname in the Song Dynasty. The third largest surname in the Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.

    3, Wang

    The surname Wang, one of the Chinese surnames, is mainly derived from the surname Ji, and partly from the surname of the child, the surname of the concubine and the surname changed by ethnic minorities.

    The word "king" is composed of three horizontal and one vertical, three horizontal represents heaven, earth and man, and one vertical runs through heaven, earth and man, which is the only philosophy that heaven, earth and man are under the management of "king".

    In ancient times, the supreme rulers of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties were called "kings". "Wang" as a surname, that is, ** in the supreme position of "Wang"; Ji Jin in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the ancestor of the surname Wang.

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    1. The three most common surnames in the country are: Wang, Li, and Zhang.

    2. The surname Wang, one of the Chinese surnames, is mainly derived from the surname Ji, and partly from the surname of Zi, the surname of Concubine and the surname changed by ethnic minorities. Ji Jin in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was the ancestor of the surname Wang. According to official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2014, the population of the surname Wang in Chinese mainland reached 94.68 million, accounting for the total population of the country, making it the largest surname in the country.

    3. The surname Li, during the Ming Dynasty, there were about 5.1 million people with the surname Li, accounting for about the country's population, only after Wang and Zhang, and was the third largest surname in the Ming Dynasty. According to the statistics of the sixth national census in 2010, the population of the surname Li in Chinese mainland is as high as more than 95 million, accounting for about the national Han nationality population.

    4. The surname Zhang, one of the Chinese surnames, is a typical multi-ethnic and multi-source surname, which is mainly derived from the surname Ji and the surname changed by ethnic minorities. Zhang Hui is the ancestor of the surname. By 2007, according to the statistical analysis of China's household registration population by the Ministry of Public Security's Public Security Bureau, the population surnamed Zhang ranked third among Chinese surnames, with a total of 10,000 people, accounting for the total Chinese population.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Let's take a look in the family name!

    I know that there are only compound surnames in China – such as Shangguan, Ouyang, and Sima.

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