What are the surnames in China and what are the Chinese surnames?

1. Zhang

The surname Zhang, one of the Chinese surnames, is a multi-ethnic and multi-origin surname, mainly derived from the surname Ji and the change of surname. Zhang Hui is the ancestor of the surname. Historically, during the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Er was named King of Zhao by Liu Bang, and Zhang Er's seventeenth grandson Zhang Liang (255-314) established the Qianliang 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 Zi, the surname of 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.

As follows:

1, Ji surname. One of the eight surnames in ancient China, it is the surname of the Yellow Emperor, the surname of the Zhou Dynasty and the vassal states of Wu, Lu, Yan, Wei, Jin, Zheng, Wei, and Korea.

2. Jiang surname. The surname Jiang originated from Shennong's family and was one of the eight surnames in ancient times. Emperor Yan was born in Jiang Shui, because his surname was Jiang, and his descendant Jiang Ziya was sealed in Qi at the beginning of the week.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the vassal states surnamed Jiang mainly included the State of Qi (Jiang Qi) and the State of Yan. By the middle of the Warring States period, Jiang Qi was destroyed by the Tian clan, and the descendants were scattered.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the surname Jiang migrated westward to enrich Guanzhong with the Kwantung clan, and then formed a famous county in Tianshui, and now the surname Jiang is widely distributed in China, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.

3. Yao surname. Originated from the matriarchal clan society more than 2,000 years ago, it has been nearly 5,000 years and is one of the four ancient surnames in China. The surname Yao comes from one of the five emperors, Yu Shun, Shun (there is Yu, name:

Chonghua) was born in Yaoxu, and his descendants took the land as their clan and called the Zhou Chi Yao clan.

4. Ying's surname. Worship the Xuanniao as a totem. The fourteen surnames mainly include the current Lian, Xu, Jiang, Qin, Zhao, Huang, Liang, Ma, Ge, Gu, Miao, Zhong, Fei, Qu and so on. The surname of Ying, the bird is the totem.

5. Surname. Later, it evolved into: Still, Dou, Wulu, Sudouling, Poison, Xiahou, Hou, Qi, Di, Lou, Lou, Liu, Qiqiu, Yuli, Sun, and so on. Some of them have lost their surnames today.

There are about 5,662 surnames in China.

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.

China is the first country in the world to use surnames, about 5,000 years ago in the Fuxi period, surnames were set as hereditary, and passed on by fathers. What we call a surname today is a unified concept with the common order of surname strokes, but in ancient times there was a strict distinction between the surname and the first name.

The surname represents the lineage of the clan, which originated in matrilineal societies and is called a clan surname, which is a corresponding identification mark invented to distinguish blood ties and prevent blood marriages. Clan is the title of the ancient aristocratic symbol and clan system, and from the middle of the Xia Dynasty, the clan became a branch of the surname, indicating meritorious service and status. At that time, the large groups of the Ministry of Guessing Ascension were split into several small groups, out of the need to identify each other in mutual interaction.