Hundreds of surnames, how many surnames does China have?

The Yi people in China have 5662 surnames.

There are 5662 surnames in China, of which 3484 are single surnames, 232 are compound surnames and the three-character surnames are 146.

This does not include the Chinese surname translation of Mongolians and Manchus who moved to the Central Plains in the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

Surnames translated into Chinese characters by ethnic minorities in frontier areas are not counted.