The Top 100 Family Names most common in China

The most frequent family names in China



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.






Ebony Wood Carving Guanyin Statue
$20.45 = $51.14 - 60%

Go to AliExpress


Kaucim Sticks
Kaucim Sticks

Shop on AliExpress