Mar 02
Categories of Chinese Surnames
At present, there are about 300 most commonly used surnames in China. According to the latest statistics from China, Chinese with the surname Zhang alone number more than 100 million, making it one of the most popular surnames in China. It is said that the number is equal to the sum of Britain and France’s population.
Another set of statistics reveals that the number of Chinese with the first 10 major surnames makes up 40% of the Chinese population. The 10 major Chinese surnames are: Zhang, Wang, Li, Zhao, Chen, Yang, Wu, Liu, Huang and Zhou. Below are the next 10 major surnames: Xu, Zhu, Lin, Sun, Ma, Gao, Hu, Zheng, Guo and Xiao — Chinese with these surnames make up over 10% of the population. The third category of 10 major surnames includes Xie, He, Xu, Song, Shen, Luo, Han, Deng, Liang and Ye. The following 15 surnames form the fourth largest group: Fang, Cui, Cheng, Pan, Cao, Feng, Wang, Cai, Yuan, Lu, Tang, Qian, Du, Peng and Lu.
In addition, Chinese surnames can be classified into several groups according to their meaning, respectively representing number, season, direction, profession, animal, plant, and color, etc.
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