At the beginning of 2006, a study
sponsored by the National Foundation of the Natural Sciences of
China showed that for new China order of family names is as
follows:
老百姓, Lǎobǎixìng
1
李
lǐ
2
王
wáng
3
张
zhāng
4
刘
liú
5
陈
chén
6
杨
yáng
7
黄
huáng
8
赵
zhào
9
周
zhōu
10
吴
wú
11
徐
xú
12
孙
sūn
13
朱
zhū
14
马
mǎ
15
胡
hú
16
郭
guō
17
林
lín
18
何
hé
19
高
gāo
20
梁
liáng
21
郑
zhèng
22
罗
luó
23
宋
sòng
24
谢
xiè
25
唐
táng
26
韩
hán
27
曹
cáo
28
许
xǔ
29
邓
dèng
30
萧
dòng
31
冯
féng
32
曾
zēng
33
程
chéng
34
蔡
cài
35
彭
péng
36
潘
pān
37
袁
yuán
38
于
yú
39
董
dǒng
40
余
yú
41
苏
sū
42
叶
yè
43
吕
lǚ
44
魏
wèi
45
蒋
jiǎng
46
田
tián
47
杜
dù
48
丁
dīng
49
沈
shěn
50
姜
jiāng
51
范
fàn
52
江
jiāng
53
傅
fù
54
钟
zhōng
55
卢
lú
56
汪
wāng
57
戴
dài
58
崔
cuī
59
任
rèn
60
陆
lù
61
廖
liào
62
姚
yáo
63
方
fāng
64
金
jīn
65
邱
qiū
66
夏
xià
67
谭
tán
68
韦
wéi
69
贾
jiǎ
70
邹
zōu
71
石
shí
72
熊
xióng
73
孟
mèng
74
秦
qín
75
阎
yán
76
薛
xuē
77
侯
hóu
78
雷
léi
79
白
bái
80
龙
lóng
81
段
duàn
82
郝
hǎo
83
孔
kǒng
84
邵
shào
85
史
shǐ
86
毛
máo
87
常
cháng
88
万
wàn
89
顾
gù
90
赖
lài
91
武
wǔ
92
康
kāng
93
贺
hè
94
严
yán
95
尹
yǐn
96
钱
qián
97
施
shī
98
牛
niú
99
洪
hóng
100
龚
gōng
Source: chinaestday.com
YUAN Yida researcher of the Institute of gGenetics and
Developmental Biology has conducted this study in 2006 over a
period of two years. This research focused on 1110 counties and
cities, a population of 296 million people who had 4100
surnames. The results of this research helped to establish a
classification of the family names representative of new China
with the 100 most common names appearing in the list above.