How many surnames does the Han nationality have? Which one is the least?

1. Hundreds of Chinese Surnames

How many surnames are there in a Chinese family? The statistics in different periods are different:

Ying Shao's "Customs of Customs" in the Han Dynasty 》Includes nearly 500.

The Tang Dynasty Lin Bao's "Yuanhe Surname Compilation" contains 1,232 names.

Zheng Qiao's "Tongzhi Clan Brief" of the Song Dynasty contains 1,745 items.

Ma Duanlin's "Tongkao of Documents" of the Yuan Dynasty included 3,736 items.

Wang Qi's "Tongkao of Continued Documents" of the Ming Dynasty contains 4657 items.

The "Chinese Surname Calligraphy Dictionary" recently compiled by Chen Lipu contains 10,129 surnames, including more than 8,000 Han surnames and more than 2,000 ethnic minority surnames. According to the latest report of "China News and Publication" on January 15, 2001, the number of ancient and modern Chinese surnames currently controlled by Chen Lipu has reached 15,142, setting a record for the largest collection of surnames.

2. Population of hundreds of surnames

Ranked according to population, they are:

Li, Wang, Zhang, Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhao , Zhou, Wu, Xu, Sun, Zhu, Ma, Hu, Guo, Lin, He, Gao, Liang, Zheng, Luo, Song, Xie, Tang, Han, Cao, Xu, Deng, Xiao, Feng, Zeng, Cheng , Cai, Peng, Pan, Yuan, Yu, Dong, Yu, Su, Ye, Lu, Wei, Jiang, Tian, ??Du, Ding, Shen, Jiang, Fan, Jiang, Fu, Zhong, Lu, Wang, Dai, Cui , Ren, Lu, Liao, Yao, Fang, Jin, Qiu, Xia, Tan, Wei, Jia, Zou, Shi, Xiong, Meng, Qin, Yan, Xue, Hou, Lei, Bai, Long, Duan, Hao, Kong , Shao, Shi, Mao, Chang, Wan, Gu, Lai, Wu, Kang, He, Yan, Yin, Qian, Shi, Niu, Hong, Gong.

The 19 major surnames in China are the surnames of more than 1% of the Han population, the largest population in China.

The ranking in 2004 is as follows:

1. Li surname< /p>

The surname Li is the most common surname in China and is widely distributed, accounting for about 7.94% of the country's Han population. In terms of region, the proportion of the surname Li is relatively high 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 4 %about.

2. Wang surname

Wang surname is the second most common surname in China. It is distributed all over the country, accounting for about 7.65% of the country's Han population, especially in Shanxi, Hebei, and Henan!

3. The surname Zhang

The surname Zhang is one of the surnames that is widely distributed and has a large population in my country. It accounts for about 7.07% of the total Han population in the country and is the third most populous surname in China. Especially the four provinces of Shandong, Henan, Hebei and Sichuan have the most.

4. The surname Liu

The surname Liu is widely distributed, accounting for about 5.38% of the country's Han population, and is the fourth largest surname in China's population. In the northern regions of Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, and Beijing and Tianjin, the proportion of Liu surnames is relatively high, accounting for more than 8% of the Han population in the region.

5. Chen surname

Chen surname is the fifth most populous surname in the country, accounting for about 4.53% of the country's Han population. Chen surname is common in southern areas. In Taiwan and Guangdong provinces, the surname Chen accounts for more than 10% of the province's population, making it the most common surname in the province.

6. Yang surname

The surname Yang is the sixth largest surname in China, accounting for about 3.08% of the country's Han population. It is widely distributed across the country, especially in the provinces along the Yangtze River Basin. surname.

7. The surname Zhao

The surname Zhao is one of the most common surnames that is widely distributed. It accounts for about 2.29% of the total Han population in the country and is the seventh most populous surname in China today. Big surname.

8. Huang surname

The surname Huang is extremely widely distributed, accounting for about 2.23% of the country's population, ranking eighth among the ten most common surnames in China. Huang surnames are mainly concentrated in the area south of Gongjiang. Guangdong Province has the largest population of Huang surnames, accounting for about 19% of the country's Han population with Huang surnames. Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Jiangxi and other provinces also have a relatively large population with the Huang surname. The Huang surname population in the above five provinces accounts for about 56% of the country's Han population with the Huang surname.

9. Zhou surname

The surname Zhou is one of the common surnames today and is widely distributed. It accounts for about 2.12% of the country's Han population and ranks ninth among the Chinese surnamed population. In the provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Basin, the proportion of Zhou surnames is higher than in other regions.

10. The surname Wu

The surname Wu is a common surname today, accounting for about 2.05% of the total Han population in the country, ranking tenth among the top ten most populous surnames in China today. The Wu surname accounts for more than 2% of the total provincial population in all Jiangnan provinces, especially in Fujian, accounting for about 5% of the province's population. It is a relatively typical Jiangnan surname.

11. The surname Xu

The surname Xu is a common surname today, accounting for approximately 1.73% of the total Han population in the country, ranking 11th among the top ten most populous surnames in China today. . Especially Henan, Shandong and Zhejiang have the most!

12. The surname Sun

The surname Sun is a common surname today and is widely distributed. It accounts for about 1.52% of the country's Han population, and is the 19th country with the largest population exceeding 1% in China. One of the surnames, ranking twelfth.

Especially Fujian, Guangdong and Hunan have the most!

13. The surname Hu

The surname Hu is a common surname today and is widely distributed. It accounts for about 1.31% of the country's Han population and is one of the nineteen major surnames with more than 1% of the Chinese population. , ranking thirteenth. This surname is common in Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Shandong, and Hunan. The Hu surname in the above eight provinces accounts for about 65% of the Han population with the Hu surname in the country. Among them, Sichuan Province accounts for about 13% of the Han people in the country with the surname Hu.

14. The surname Zhu

The surname Zhu is a common surname today and is widely distributed. It accounts for about 1.26% of the country's Han population and is among the nineteen with the largest population exceeding 1% in China. One of the surnames, ranking fourteenth. Especially Anhui, Jiangsu and Shandong have the most.

15. The surname Gao

The surname Gao is a common surname today and is widely distributed. It accounts for about 1.21% of the country's Han population, and is the 19th country with the largest population exceeding 1% in China. One of the surnames, ranking fifteenth. Especially in Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Yunnan and other places.

16. The surname Lin

The surname Lin is widely distributed, accounting for about 1.18% of the country's Han population. It is one of the nineteen surnames with more than 1% of the largest population in China, ranking No. Sixteen. Especially in the three provinces of Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan, this surname is common. The Lin surname in these three provinces accounts for about 60% of the Han population in the country.

17. The surname He

The surname He is a common surname among the Chinese surnames. It is widely distributed and accounts for about 1.17% of the country's Han population. It is the tenth surname with the largest population in China that exceeds 1%. One of nine surnames, ranking 17th. This surname is common in Sichuan, Guangdong and Hunan provinces.

18. The surname Guo

The surname Guo is a common surname today and is widely distributed. It accounts for about 1.15% of the country's Han population and is the 19th country with the largest population exceeding 1% in China. One of the surnames, ranking eighteenth. Especially in Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Sichuan and other provinces, this surname is common

19. The surname Ma

The surname Ma is a common surname today and is widely distributed, especially in northwest my country. The most concentrated, its population accounts for about 1.05% of the total number of Han people in the country. It is one of the nineteen surnames with the largest population exceeding 1% in China, ranking 19th. It is also the most common surname of the Hui ethnic group in my country.