The Seven Greatest Surnames in China

The distribution of the seven major surnames in the country is very uneven. The country's first family name is Wang, in Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, Jiangsu, Anhui five provinces for the first family name, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 13%, 12.7%, 10.1%, 5.8% and 5.6%; in Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi five provinces for the second family name, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 11.6%, 9.1%, 7.6%, 6.1% and 6%; in Shaanxi and Henan two provinces for the third family name, respectively, accounting for 9% and 7.8% of the provincial population; in Guangdong and Hunan two provinces, respectively, accounting for 9% and 7.8%; in Guangdong and Hunan two provinces, the distribution of the seven major family names in the country is very uneven. Shaanxi and Henan provinces for the third largest surnames, respectively accounted for 9% and 7.8% of the provincial population; in Guangdong and Hunan provinces for the fifth largest surnames, respectively accounted for 4.5% and 4.1% of the provincial population: in Fujian Province is only the eighth largest surnames, accounted for 3.5% of the provincial population; and Guangxi's Wang only ranked twelfth, accounting for 2.2% of the provincial population. The Wang surname is mainly distributed in the area north of the Yangtze River, and its proportion of the population gradually decreases from north to south.

Li is the second largest surname in the Song Dynasty, the first in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Hunan provinces, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 12.2%, 7.8%, 7%, in Hebei, Guangdong, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu Province for the second largest, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 10%, 9.5%, 8.4%, 8.2%, and 5.5% in Gansu, Shandong, Hubei, Guangxi, Jiangxi Province for the third largest surname, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 10, 9.5, 8.4, 8.2, and 5.5%, Jiangxi five provinces for the third largest family name, respectively, the proportion of the provincial population of 10.2%, 8.4%, 8%, 7% and 5.6%, in Fujian, Anhui, Zhejiang, respectively, for the fifth, sixth, seventh largest family name, respectively, the proportion of the provincial population of 4.5%, 4.1% and 2.5%. The distribution of the Li family name is mainly concentrated in the northwest and southwest, to the east of the region gradually decreased.

The Zhang family name is the third largest family name in the Song Dynasty, in Gansu, Hubei, Henan Province for the first largest family name, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 12.3%, 10.2%, 8.4%; in Shandong and Shaanxi Province for the second largest family name, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 10.2% and 10.1%; in Hunan, Shanxi, Jiangsu Province for the third largest family name, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 6.4%, 6.1% and 5.4%; in Hunan, Shanxi and Jiangsu Province for the third largest family name, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 6.4%, 6.1% and 5.5%. The third largest surname in Hunan, Shanxi and Jiangsu provinces, accounting for 6.4%, 6.1% and 5.5% of the provincial population, respectively; the fourth largest surname in Hebei, Guangxi and Anhui provinces, accounting for 6.8%, 5.5% and 5.1% of the provincial population, respectively; the fifth largest surname in Sichuan province, accounting for 5.7% of the provincial population; in Guangdong province for the seventh largest surname, accounting for 3.4% of the provincial population, respectively; Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian respectively, ranked in the province's eighth, ninth and tenth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for 2.5% of the provincial population, accounting for 2.5% of the provincial population. In Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian respectively ranked in the province of the eighth, ninth and tenth largest surname, respectively, accounting for the provincial population ratio of 2.5%, 3% and 2.7%. The distribution of the Zhang family name is mainly concentrated in the north, especially in the Central Plains is particularly dense, and then to the southeast of the gradient of the region to reduce.

The Zhao surname for the Song Dynasty, the fourth largest surnames, in Guangxi Province for the first largest surnames, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 8.8%; in Hunan Province for the second largest surnames, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 6.8%; in Hebei, Guangdong, Zhejiang Province for the third largest surnames, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 9.6%, 8.1% and 5.2%; in Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Shandong, Hubei Province for the fourth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 9.6%, 8.1% and 5.2%; in Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Sichuan, Shandong, Hubei Province for six provinces. The fourth largest surname, respectively, accounting for 9.2%, 6.7%, 6.7%, 5.9%, 5.9%, 5.9% and 5.6% of the provincial population, in Jiangxi and Jiangsu provinces for the sixth largest surname, respectively, accounting for 3.7% and 3.5% of the provincial population: in Anhui Province for the seventh largest surname, accounting for 3.9% of the provincial population; in Shanxi and Fujian, respectively, ranked in the province's eighth and eleventh largest surnames, respectively, accounting for 3.6% of the provincial population. In Shanxi and Fujian respectively ranked in the province of the eighth and eleventh largest surnames, respectively, accounting for 3.6% and 2.4% of the provincial population. The distribution of the Zhao surname is relatively decentralized, mainly concentrated in Hebei, Zhejiang and the two regions.

Liu is the fifth largest surname of the Song Dynasty, the first largest surname in Jiangxi Province, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 7.6%; in Guangxi Province for the second largest surname, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 7.1%; in Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang Province for the fourth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for 6% of the provincial population of 6%, 5%, 4.7% and 4.3%; in Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Henan Province for the fifth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for the provincial population of 6%, 5%, 4.7% and 4.3%; in Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu and Henan Province for the fifth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for the provincial population of 3.6% and 2.4%. In Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Henan five provinces as the fifth largest surname, respectively, accounting for 6.3%, 5.6%, 4.2%, 4% and 3.2% of the provincial population; in Shaanxi Province for the sixth largest surname, accounting for 4.2% of the provincial population; in Hubei, Gansu, Sichuan Province for the seventh largest surnames, respectively, accounting for 3.5%, 3.4% and 2.7% of the provincial population; in Anhui Province ranked in the eighth largest surnames, accounting for 3.5% of the provincial population. The Liu surname is mainly distributed in the central and southeastern regions.

Chen is the sixth largest family name in the Song Dynasty, in Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang Province for the first largest family name, respectively, the proportion of the provincial population of 13.1%, 9.7% and 6.3%; in Jiangxi and Jiangsu Province for the fourth largest family name, respectively, the proportion of the provincial population of 5.4% and 4.8%; in Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, and Henan Province for the sixth largest family name, respectively, the proportion of the provincial population of 3.8%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.7%, 3.5%. The sixth largest surname in Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan and Henan provinces, accounting for 3.8%, 3.7%, 3.7% and 2.9% of the provincial population, respectively; the twelfth largest surname in Shaanxi province, accounting for 1.5% of the provincial population; the thirteenth largest surname in Anhui and Shandong provinces, accounting for 2% and 1.5% of the provincial population, respectively; the fifteenth, sixteenth, twentieth, and thirtieth largest surnames in the provinces of Hebei, Hubei, Guangxi, and Shanxi, respectively, accounting for 1.4%, 1.4%, 1.1% and 0.6% of the provincial population, respectively. 1.4%, 1.4%, 1.1% and 0.6% respectively. The Chen family name is mainly distributed in the southeast region, gradually decreasing in the northwest direction.

Yang is the seventh largest surname in the Song Dynasty, in Sichuan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, respectively, for the province of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 6.4%, 6.7%, 5.7% and 4.8%; in Hunan and Henan provinces for the eighth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 2.9% and 2.1%; in Guangxi, Hebei and Hubei provinces for the tenth largest surnames, respectively, accounting for the proportion of the provincial population of 1.4%, 1.4%, 1.1% and 0.6%. In the three provinces of Guangxi, Hebei and Hubei, it is the tenth largest surname, accounting for 2.8%, 2% and 1.9% of the provincial population, respectively; in the two provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang, it is the thirteenth largest surname, accounting for 1.9% and 1.8% of the provincial population, respectively; in the fifteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth largest surnames in the provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Jiangxi, Guangdong, respectively, accounting for 1.8%, 1.4%, 1.1%, 1.4% and 1.1% of the provincial population, respectively. 1.4%, 1.1%, 1.4% and 1.1% respectively. The Yang surname is mainly distributed in the southwest and northwest, gradually to the southeast direction gradient decrease.

There are also a high proportion of surnames in each province that exhibit certain local characteristics. For example, the surnames Zeng and Hu in Jiangxi; Su and He in Sichuan; Han and Guo in Henan; Chao and Kong in Shandong; Cao and Jia in Hebei; Wu and Xu in Zhejiang; Lin, Huang, and Zheng in Fujian; Wang and Cheng in Anhui; Tan and Tang in Hunan; Song, Han, and Gao in Shaanxi; Xue, Guo, Hou, and Fengyuan in Shanxi; Zhu and Sun in Jiangsu; and Wu in Hubei; Guo, Ma and Dong in Gansu; Huang and Feng in Guangdong; and Jiang, Tian and Shi in Guangxi.