List of common Chinese surnames explained

These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in China (People's Republic of China), Taiwan (Republic of China), and the Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by authoritative government or academic sources. Chinese names also form the basis for many common Cambodian, Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese surnames and to an extent, Filipino surnames in both translation and transliteration into those languages.

The conception of China as consisting of the "old 100 families" is an ancient and traditional one, the most notable tally being the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames . Even today, the number of surnames in China is a little over 4,000,^[1] while the year 2000 US census found there are more than 6.2 million surnames altogether^[2] and that the number of surnames held by 100 or more Americans (per name) was just over 150,000.^[3]

The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone",^[4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China and Chen in Taiwan. A commonly cited factoid from the 1990 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records estimated that Zhang was the most common surname in the world,^[5] but no comprehensive information from China was available at the time and more recent editions have not repeated the claim. However, Zhang Wei (张伟) is the most common full name in mainland China.^[6]

The top five surnames in China – Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu, Chen – are also the top five surnames in the world, each with over 70-100 million worldwide.

Greater China

China

This list of the 100 most common Chinese surnames derives from China's Ministry of Public Security's annual report on the top 100 surnames in China, with the latest report release in January 2020 for the year 2019.^[7] When the 1982 Chinese census was first published, it did not include a list of top surnames. However, in 2004, the State Post Bureau subsequently used the census data to release a series of commemorative stamps in honor of the then-most-common surnames in 2004.^{[8] [9]}

The summary of the 2007 survey revealed China had approximately 92,881,000 Wangs (7.25% of the population), 92,074,000 Lees (7.19%), and 87,502,000 Zhangs (6.83%).^[10]

A 2018 survey showed that Liu and Chen were the next most common China with more than 70 million each.^[11]

These top five surnames – Wang, Lee(Li), Zhang, Liu, Chen – alone accounted for more people than Indonesia, the fourth most populous country in the world,^[12] and their total number is around the population of the US, the third most populous country in the world.

The next five – Yang, Huang, Zhao, Wu, and Zhou – were each shared by more than 20 million Chinese. Twelve moreXu, Sun, Ma, Zhu, Hu, Guo, He, Gao, Lin, Luo, Zheng, and Liangwere each shared by more than 10 million.

All together, the top hundred surnames accounted for 84.77% of China's population.^[13] By way of comparison, the 2000 census found the most common surname in the United StatesSmithhad fewer than 2.4 million occurrences and made up only 0.84% of the general population. The top 100 surnames accounted for only 16.4% of the US population, and reaching 89.8% of the US population required more than 150,000 surnames.

Surname list

Romanizations

Rank	Character		Mandarin		Cantonese			Min Nan		Hakka		Gan		Wu		Other
2019	Trad.	Simp.	Pinyin	Wade–Giles	Jyutping	HK	Other	POJ	Other	PFS	Other	GP	Other	Shanghainese romanization	Other
1	Chinese: {{linktext|王		Wáng	Wang^2	Wong^4	Wong	Vang	Ông	WungHeng	Vòng	Wong	Uōng	Wong	Waon	Whang	Viet.	Vương
																Kor.	Wang (Korean: 왕)
																Jpn.	Ō
																Phil.	Ong, Wong, Wang, Heng
2	Chinese: {{linktext|李		Lǐ	Li^3	Lei^5	Lee Li	Ly	Lí	Lee	Lí	Lee	Lî	Lee	Li	Lee	Viet.	Lý
																N. Kor.	Ri (Korean: 리),
																S. Kor.	Yi, Lee, Rhee (Korean: 이)
																Jpn.	Ri
																Phil.	Dy, Lee, Li, Dee, Sy
3	Chinese: {{linktext|張	Chinese: {{linktext|张	Zhāng	Chang^1	Zoeng^1	Cheung	Cheong Chong	Tiuⁿ (X, Q, K, T) Tioⁿ (Z)	Teo Teoh Tio	Chông	Chong	Tong	Cheong Thong	Tsan	Tzan Zan	Viet.	Trương
																Kor.	Jang (Korean: 장)
																Jpn.	Chō
																Phil.	Tiu, Tiong, Chong
																Idn.	Sutiono, Tjong
4	Chinese: {{linktext|劉	Chinese: {{linktext|刘	Liú	Liu^2	Lau^4	Lau	Lao Lou Lưu	Lâu	Lau Low Lao	Liù	Liew	Liu	Lew Lieu	Lieu	Lio	Viet.	Lưu
																Kor.	Yu/Yoo (Korean: 유)
																Phil.	Lao, Lew
																Jpn.	Ryū
5	Chinese: {{linktext|陳	Chinese: {{linktext|陈	Chén	Ch'en^2	Can^4	Chan	Chun Chean Chin	Tân	Tan Tang Ting	Chhìn	Chin	Thín	Thin Chin	Zen	Tchen	Viet.	Trần
																Kor.	Jin (Korean: 진)
																Phil.	Tan, Chan, Tantoco, Tanteksi
																Jpn.	Chin
6	Chinese: {{linktext|楊	Chinese: {{linktext|杨	Yáng	Yang^2	Joeng^4	Yeung	Yeong Ieong Young	Iûⁿ (X, Q, K, T) Iôⁿ (Z)	Yeoh Yeo Yo Nyo	Yòng	Yong Yeong	Iōng	Yeong	Yan	Yang Ian	Viet.	Dương
																Kor.	Yang (Korean: 양)
																Phil.	Yu, Young, Yung, Yang, Yana, Yongco, Yuchengco
																Jpn.	Yō
																Misc.	Yana
7	Chinese: {{linktext|黃	Chinese: {{linktext|黄	Huáng	Huang^2	Wong^4	Wong	Wang Vong	N̂g (X, Q, K, T) Ûiⁿ (Z)	Ng Ung Ooi Uy Wee	Vòng	Wong Wung	Uōng	Wong Fong		Whang	Viet.	Hoàng/Huỳnh
																Kor.	Hwang (Korean: 황)
																Phil.	Ng, Uy, Wee, Wong
																Jpn.	Kō
8	Chinese: {{linktext|趙	Chinese: {{linktext|赵	Zhào	Chao^4	Ziu^6	Chiu	Chu Chio Jiu	Tiō (X, Z, K, T) Tiǒ (Q)	Teo Teoh	Chhau	Chau	Thèu	Cheu Chew	Zau	Zo	Viet.	Triệu
																Kor.	Jo (Korean: 조)
																Phil.	Tio, Chiu, Chio, Chu
																Jpn.	Chō
9	Chinese: {{linktext|吳	Chinese: {{linktext|吴	Wú	Wu^2	Ng^4	Ng	Ung, Eng	Gô͘ Ngô͘ (X, Q, K, T)	Goh	Ǹg	Ng	Ng	Ng	Wu Ng	Eng Woo	Viet.	Ngô
																Kor.	Oh (Korean: 오)
																Jpn.	Go / Kure
																Phil.	Go, Ngo, Goh, Wu, Gozon, Gozum, Cinco, Gochian, Gokongwei, Gosiengfiao
																Misc.	Woo
10	Chinese: {{linktext|周		Zhōu	Chou^1	Zau^1	Chow Chau	Jao, Chau, Chao	Chiu	Chew Jew	Chiû	Chew Chiew	Tiu	Chew Cheu	Tseu	Tzo	Viet.	Chu, Châu
																Kor.	Ju (Korean: 주)
																Jpn.	Shū
																Phil.	Chiu, Jao, Chow
																Misc.	Joe
11	Chinese: {{linktext|徐		Xú	Hsü^2	Ceoi^4	Tsui	Choi Chui Tsua	Chhî (X, Z, K, T) Sîr (Q)	Chee Cher Cheu Swee Ji Jee	Chhì	Chi	Chhié	Chee Chui	Zee	Zi	Viet.	Từ
																Kor.	Seo (Korean: 서)
																Jpn.	Sho
																Phil.	Choi
																Idn.	Dharmadjie Christiadjie
12	Chinese: {{linktext|孫	Chinese: {{linktext|孙	Sūn	Sun^1	Syun^1	Suen	Sun	Sng (X, Q, K, T) Sun (X, Q, K, T) Suiⁿ (Z)	Sng Soon	Sûn	Sun	Sun	Suen	Sen	Sun	Viet.	Tôn
																Kor.	Son (Korean: 손)
																Jpn.	Son
																Phil.	Suan, Soon, Son
13	Chinese: {{linktext|馬	Chinese: {{linktext|马	Mǎ	Ma^3	Maa^5	Ma	Mah Mar	Má Bé (K, T)	Bey Beh Baey	Mâ	Ma	Mâ	Mâ	Mo	Mu Ma	Viet.	Mã
																Kor.	Ma (Korean: 마)
																Phil.	Ma/Mapua
																Jpn.	Ba
14	Chinese: {{linktext|朱		Zhū	Chu^1	Zyu^1	Chu	Chue	Chu	Choo	Chû	Choo	Tu	Chu	Tsy Tsyu	Tzu Chu	Viet.	Châu
																Kor.	Ju (Korean: 주)
																Jpn.	Shu
																Phil.	Chu
																Can.	Gee
																Misc.	Ju
15	Chinese: {{linktext|胡		Hú	Hu^2	Wu^4	Wu	Woo<	-- do not disambiguate -->, Vu	Ô͘	Oh Ow Aw	Fù	Foo	Ū	Wu Foo	Wu	Woo	Viet.	Hồ
								Kor.									Ho (Korean: 호)
								Jpn.									Ko
								Phil.									Hu, Ho
16	Chinese: {{linktext|郭		Guō	Kuo^1	Gwok^3	Kwok	Kuok	Koeh (Z, K, T) Keh (X) Kerh (Q)	Kueh Koay Quay Kwek Quek Kwik	Kwok	Kwok Kok	Kuok	Kwok	Koh	Goh Kueh Koq	Viet.	Quách
																Kor.	Gwak (Korean: 곽)
																Jpn.	Kaku
																Phil.	Que, Cue, Quezon, Quison, Ker, Kho, Kwok, Kue
17	Chinese: {{linktext|何		Hé	Hê^2 Ho^2	Ho^4	Ho	Hoe	Hô	Ho Hor Hou	Hò	Ho	Hó	Ho	Wu	Woo	Viet.	Hà
																Kor.	Ha (Korean: 하)
																Phil.	Ho
																Jpn.	Ka
18	Chinese: {{linktext|林		Lín	Lin^2	Lam^4	Lam	Lum	Lîm	Lim	Lìm	Lim	Līm	Līm	Lin	Ling	Viet.	Lâm
																Kor.	Lim/Im/Rim (Korean: 임/Korean: 림)
																Phil.	Lim
																Jpn.	Rin/Hayashi
19	Chinese: {{linktext|高		Gāo	Kao^1	Gou^1	Ko	Kou Go	Ko (X, Z, K, T) Ko͘ (Q)	Ko Kor	Kô Kau	Koo	Kou	Kou	Kau	Ko Gau	Viet.	Cao
																Kor.	Go (Korean: 고)
																Jpn.	Kō
																Phil.	Caw, Co, Ko, Gao
20	Chinese: {{linktext|羅	Chinese: {{linktext|罗	Luó	Lo^2	Lo^4	Lo	Law Loh, Lowe Lor	Lô	Lo Lor Law	Lò	Law Lo Loh	Lō	Lō Law	Lu	Loo	Viet.	La
																Kor.	Na/La/Ra (Korean: 나/Korean: 라)
																Phil.	Lo
																Jpn.	Ra
21	Chinese: {{linktext|鄭	Chinese: {{linktext|郑	Zhèng	Cheng^4	Zeng^6	Cheng	Cheang Chiang	Tēⁿ (K) Tīⁿ (X, T) Tìⁿ (Q) Tēeⁿ (Z)	Tay Teh Tey	Chhang	Chang	Thàng		Zen	Zung	Viet.	Trịnh
																Kor.	Jeong (Korean: 정)
																Jpn.	Tei
																Phil.	Ty, Tee, Cheng, Chiang
22	Chinese: {{linktext|梁		Liáng	Liang^2	Loeng^4	Leung	Leong Lang Leng	Niû (X, Q, K, T) Niô͘ (Z)	Neo	Liòng	Leong	Liōng		Lian		Viet.	Lương
																Kor.	Yang/Ryang (Korean: 양/Korean: 량)
																Phil.	Leong, Liong, Leung, Niu
																Jpn.	Ryō
23	Chinese: {{linktext|謝	Chinese: {{linktext|谢	Xiè	Hsieh^4	Ze^6	Tse	Che	Chiā (Z, K) Siā (X, T) Sià (Q)	Chia Cheah Seah	Tshia	Cheah	Chhià		Zia		Viet.	Tạ
																Kor.	Sa (Korean: 사)
																Jpn.	Sha
																Can.	Tsia
																Phil.	Sia, Saa, Sese, Chia, Tse
																Misc.	Shie
24	Chinese: {{linktext|宋		Sòng	Sung^4	Sung^3	Sung		Sòng Sàng (K, T)	Song	Sung	Song Soong	Sūng		Son	Sung Soong	Viet.	Tống
																Kor.	Song (Korean: 송)
																Jpn.	Sō
																Phil.	Song, Songco, Soong, Sung
																Misc.	Soong
25	Chinese: {{linktext|唐		Táng	T'ang^2	Tong^4	Tong		Tn̂g Tông (X, Z, K, T)	Tng Tang	Thòng	Tong Thong	Thóng		Daon	Daan	Viet.	Đường
																Kor.	Dang (Korean: 당)
																Phil.	Teng
																Jpn.	Tō
26	Chinese: {{linktext|許	Chinese: {{linktext|许	Xǔ^[14]	Hsü^3	Heoi^2	Hui	Hoi	Khó͘	Koh Khoh Ko	Hí	Hee	Hé		Siu	Syu Shiu	Viet.	Hái, Hứa
																Kor.	Heo (Korean: 허)
																Jpn.	Kyo
																Phil.	Kho, Ko, Co, Kaw, Cojuangco
27	Chinese: {{linktext|鄧	Chinese: {{linktext|邓	Dèng	Teng^2	Dang^6	Tang	Theng	Tēng (X, Z, K, T) Tèng (Q)	Teng	Then	Ten Then	Thèn		Den		Viet.	Đặng
																Kor.	Deung (Korean: 등)
																Jpn.	Tō
																Phil.	Deang/Teng, Tengco, Tangco
28	Chinese: {{linktext|韓	Chinese: {{linktext|韩	Hán	Han^2	Hon^4	Hon		Hân	Hang Han	Hòn	Hon	Hón		Ghoe	Reu	Viet.	Hàn
																Kor.	Han (Korean: 한)
																Jpn.	Kan
																Misc.	Hang
29	Chinese: {{linktext|馮	Chinese: {{linktext|冯	Féng	Feng^2	Fung^4	Fung	Fong	Pâng	Pang	Fùng Phùng	Foong	Fūng		Von	Vong	Viet.	Phùng
																Kor.	Pung (Korean: 풍)
																Jpn.	Hō
																Phil.	Fung, Pangco, Pang
30	Chinese: {{linktext|曹		Cáo	Ts'ao^2	Cou^4	Cho Tso	Chaw	Chô (X, Z, K, T) Chô͘ (Q)	Chow	Tshò Tshàu	Cho Chaw	Chhóu		Zau	Zo	Viet.	Tào
																Kor.	Jo (Korean: 조)
																Jpn.	Sō
31	Chinese: {{linktext|彭		Péng	P'eng^2	Pang^4	Pang	Banh	Phêⁿ (K) Phîⁿ (X, Q, T) Phêeⁿ (Z)	Peh Phe	Phàng	Phang	Pháng		Ban		Viet.	Bành
																Kor.	Paeng (Korean: 팽)
																Jpn.	Hō
																Phil.	Beng, Pang, Pangco
																Khmer	Pay
32	Chinese: {{linktext|曾		Zēng	Tseng^1	Zang^1	Tsang	Chang Dong	Chan	Chan	Tsên	Chen	Chen		Tsen	Tzen Tsung	Viet.	Tăng
																Kor.	Jeung (Korean: 증)
																Jpn.	Sō
																Idn.	Tjan
																Phil.	Chan, Chang
																Misc.	Tzeng
33	Chinese: {{linktext|蕭	Chinese: {{linktext|萧	Xiāo	Hsiao^1	Siu^1	Siu Shiu	Sio	Siau (X, Z, K, T) Sio (X, Q, K, T)	Seow Siau Siow	Siâu	Siew Siaw	Sieu		Siau	Shio	Viet.	Tiêu
																Kor.	So (Korean: 소)
																Phil.	Siao, Syaw, Shau, Shao, Shaw
																Jpn.	Shō
34	Chinese: {{linktext|田		Tián	T'ien^2	Tin^4	Tin	Chan	Tiân	Chan Chang	Thièn	Thien Then	Thién		Di		Viet.	Điền
																Kor.	Jeon (전)
																Phil.	Tian, Tien
																Jpn.	Ten
35	Chinese: {{linktext|董		Dǒng	Tung^3	Dung^2	Tung	Tong	Táng Tóng (Z)	Tong	Túng	Tung	Tûng		Ton	Tung Toong	Viet.	Đổng
																Kor.	Dong (Korean: 동)
																Phil.	Tong, Tung
																Jpn.	Tō
36	Chinese: {{linktext|潘		Pān	P'an^1	Pun^1	Poon Pun	Pun	Phoaⁿ	Phua	Phân	Pan Phan	Phon		Phoe	Poe	Viet.	Phan
																Kor.	Ban (Korean: 반)
																Jpn.	Han
																Phil.	Pua, Pan, Poon
37	Chinese: {{linktext|袁		Yuán	Yüan^2	Jyun^4	Yuen	Wan	Oân	Wang	Yèn	Yen	Iōn		Yoe	Yoo Yeu	Viet.	Viên
																Kor.	Won (Korean: 원)
																Jpn.	En
																Phil.	Yan
38	Chinese: {{linktext|蔡		Cài	Ts'ai^4	Coi^3	Choi	Choy Tsoi Toy	Chhoà	Chua	Chhai	Chai Choi	Chhói		Tsa		Viet.	Thái Sái
																Kor.	Chae (Korean: 채)
																Jpn.	Sai
																Can.	Chai
																Phil.	Chua, Chuah, Cua, Choa, Choi, Chai, Tsai
																Misc.	Tsay
39	Chinese: {{linktext|蔣	Chinese: {{linktext|蒋	Jiǎng	Chiang^3	Zoeng^2	Tseung	Cheung	Chiúⁿ (X, Q, K, T) Chióⁿ (Z)	Cheoh Chioh	Tsiòng	Cheong	Chiông		Cian	Jian	Viet.	Tưởng
																Kor.	Jang (Korean: 장)
																Jpn.	Shō
																Phil.	Chio, Chiu, Chung
40	Chinese: {{linktext|余		Yú	Yü^2	You^4	Yu Yue	U Yee	Î (Z, K, T) Û (X, K, T) Îr (Q)	Ee Eu	Yì	Yee	Uī		Yu		Viet.	Dư
																Kor.	Yeo (Korean: 여)
																Jpn.	Yo
																Idn.	Ie, Iman, Oe
																Phil.	Yee, Yu
41	Chinese: {{linktext|于		Yú	Yü^2	You^1	Yue	U	Î (Z) Û (X) U (Q, K, T)	Yee	Yî	Yee	Uī		Iu	Ü Yu	Viet.	Vu
																Kor.	U (Korean: 우)
																Jpn.	U
42	Chinese: {{linktext|杜		Dù	Tu^4	Dou^6	To	Do Tou	Tō͘ (X, Z, K, T) Tǒ͘ (Q)	Toh	Thu	To Toh	Thù		Du		Viet.	Đỗ
																Kor.	Du (Korean: 두)
																Jpn.	To
																Phil.	To
43	Chinese: {{linktext|葉	Chinese: {{linktext|叶	Yè	Yeh^4	Jip^6	Yip	Ip Yeap	Ia̍p	Yap	Ya̍p	Yap	Iep		Yih	Yiq	Viet.	Diệp
																Kor.	Seop/Yeop (Korean: 섭/Korean: 엽)
																Jpn.	Yō
																Phil.	Yap, Ip
																Misc.	Yee, Ee
44	Chinese: {{linktext|程		Chéng	Ch'eng^2	Cing^4	Ching	Cheng	Thiâⁿ (X, Q, K, T) Thêeⁿ (Z)	Thia	Chhàng Chhìn	Chang Chin	Tháng		Zen	Zung	Viet.	Trình
																Kor.	Jeong (Korean: 정)
																Jpn.	Tei
45	Chinese: {{linktext|魏		Wèi	Wei^4	Ngai^6	Ngai		Gūi (X, Z, K, T) Gùi (Q)	Ngwee Ngui	Ngui	Ngui Wee	Ngùi		Ngue We	Wae	Viet.	Nguỵ Ngụy
																Kor.	Wi (Korean: 위)
																Jpn.	Gi
																Phil.	Wee
46	Chinese: {{linktext|蘇	Chinese: {{linktext|苏	Sū	Su^1	Sou^1	So	Sou	So͘	Soh	Sû	Soo	Su		Su	Soo	Viet.	Tô
																Kor.	So (Korean: 소)
																Jpn.	So
																Phil.	So, Solon
																Misc.	Soo
47	Chinese: {{linktext|呂	Chinese: {{linktext|吕	Lǚ	Lü^3	Leoi^5	Lui	Loi	Lū (X, T) Lī (Z, K) Lǐr (Q)	Lee Leu Ler Loo	Lî	Lee	Liê		Li	Lee	Viet.	Lữ Lã
																Kor.	Yeo/Ryeo (Korean: 여/Korean: 려)
																Jpn.	Ryo
																Phil.	Lu, Loo, Luy
48	Chinese: {{linktext|丁		Dīng	Ting^1	Ding^1 Teng^4	Ting	Ding	Teng	Teng	Tén	Ten	Tiang		Tin		Viet.	Đinh
																Kor.	Jeong (Korean: 정)
																Jpn.	Tei
																Phil.	Ting, Tin
49	Chinese: {{linktext|任		Rén	Jen^4	Jam^6	Yam	Iam Yum	Jîm (Z, K) Lîm (X, Q) Līm (T)	Jim	Ngim	Ngim Yim	Nìm		Nin	Nying	Viet.	Nhiệm Nhậm
																Kor.	Im (Korean: 임)
																Jpn.	Jin
50	Chinese: {{linktext|盧	Chinese: {{linktext|卢	Lú	Lu^2	Lou^4	Lo	Lou	Lô͘	Loh	Lù	Loo	Lū		Lu		Viet.	Lư Lô
																Kor.	No/Ro (Korean: 노/Korean: 로)
																Jpn.	Ro
51	Chinese: {{linktext|姚		Yáo	Yao^2	Jiu^4	Yiu	Yeow Io Iu	Iâu	Yeo	Yào	Yow	Iēu	Yau	Yau		Viet.	Diêu
																Kor.	Yo (Korean: 요)
																Jpn.	Yō
																Phil.	Yao
52	Chinese: {{linktext|沈		Shěn	Shen^3	Sam^2	Shum Sum Sham	Sam Shum	Sím	Sim	Shím Sím	Sim	Sím		Sen	Sung	Viet.	Thẩm Trầm
																Kor.	Sim/Shim (Korean: 심)
																Jpn.	Shin
53	Chinese: {{linktext|鍾	Chinese: {{linktext|钟	Zhōng	Chung^1	Zung^1	Chung	Chong	Chiong Cheng (K, T)	Cheng	Chûng Tsung	Chong Chung	Tung		Tson	Tzon Tsung	Viet.	Chung
																Kor.	Jong (Korean: 종)
																Jpn.	Shō
																Phil.	Chiong, Chong, Chung
54	Chinese: {{linktext|姜		Jiāng	Chiang^1	Goeng^1	Keung	Geung Keong	Khiang (Z) Khiong (X, K, T) Khiuⁿ (Q)	Kiang	Kiông	Keong	Kiong		Cian	Jian	Viet.	Khương
																Kor.	Kang (Korean: 강)
																Jpn.	Kyō
55	Chinese: {{linktext|崔		Cuī	Ts'ui^1	Ceoi^1	Chui	Choi	Chhui	Chui Chwee	Tshûi	Chooi	Chhoi		Tsoe	Tseu	Viet.	Thôi
																Kor.	Choi (Korean: 최)
																Jpn.	Sai
																Misc.	Tseui
56	Chinese: {{linktext|譚	Chinese: {{linktext|谭	Tán	T'an^2	Taam^4	Tam	Tom Ham Hom	Thâm	Tham	Thàm	Tham	Thóm		De	Dae	Viet.	Đàm
																Kor.	Dam (Korean: 담)
																Jpn.	Tan
																Phil.	Tam
57	Chinese: {{linktext|陸	Chinese: {{linktext|陆	Lù	Lu^4	Luk^6	Luk	Lok	Lio̍k	Loke Lek	Liu̍k	Luk	Liuk		Loh	Loq	Viet.	Lục
																Kor.	Yuk/Ryuk (Korean: 육/Korean: 륙)
																Jpn.	Riku
																Phil.	Diokno
58	Chinese: {{linktext|范		Fàn	Fan^4	Faan^6	Fan		Hoān (X, Z, K, T) Hoǎn (Q)Hwan	Huang Hoan Hwan	Fam	Fam Hoan Hwan	Fàn		Ve	Vae	Viet.	Phạm
																Kor.	Beom (Korean: 범)
																Jpn.	Han
																Phil.	Juan, Hwan
59	Chinese: {{linktext|汪		Wāng	Wang^1	Wong^1	Wong	Wung		Ong (X, Q, K, T) Óng (Z)	Wang	Vong	Wong	Uong	Waon	Whang	Viet.	Uông
																Kor.	Wang (Korean: 왕)
																Jpn.	Ō
																Phil.	Ong, Ang
60	Chinese: {{linktext|廖		Liào	Liao^4	Liu^6	Liu	Lew Leow Liew Lio	Liāu (X, Z, K, T) Liàu (Q)	Leow Liau Liow	Liau	Liew Liau	Lièu		Liau		Viet.	Liêu Liệu
																Kor.	Ryo (Korean: 료)
																Jpn.	Ryō
61	Chinese: {{linktext|石		Shí	Shih^2	Sek^6	Shek	Sek Seac Seak	Chio̍h	Chioh Cheoh	Sha̍k Sak	Shak	Sak		Zah	Zaq	Viet.	Thạch
																Kor.	Seok (석)
																Jpn.	Seki
62	Chinese: {{linktext|金		Jīn	Chin^1	Gam^1	Kam	Gum	Kim	Kim	Kîm	Kim	Kim		Cin	Jin	Viet.	Kim
																Kor.	Kim (Korean: 김)
																Jpn.	Kin
63	Chinese: {{linktext|韋	Chinese: {{linktext|韦	Wéi	Wei^2	Wai^4	Wai	Vai	Ûi (X, Q, K, T) Úi (Z)	Wee	Vúi Vì	Wooi Wee	Uī		We		Viet.	Vi
																Kor.	Wi (Korean: 위)
																Jpn.	I
																Phil.	Wee, Uy
64	Chinese: {{linktext|賈	Chinese: {{linktext|贾	Jiǎ	Chia^3	Gaa^2	Ka	Ga	Ká (X, Q, K, T) Kée (Z)	Kia	Ká	Ka	Kâ		Cia	Jia	Viet.	Giả
																Kor.	Ga (Korean: 가) Go (Korean: 고)
																Jpn.	Ka
65	Chinese: {{linktext|夏		Xià	Hsia^2	Haa^6	Ha		Hē (K, T) Hā (X, K, T) Hà (Q) Hēe (Z)	Hah Hay	Ha	Ha	Hà		Gho	Ya Wo	Viet.	Hạ
																Kor.	Ha (Korean: 하)
																Jpn.	Ka
66	Chinese: {{linktext|傅		Fù	Fu^4	Fu^6	Fu Foo		Pò͘	Poh	Fu	Fu	Fù		Fu	Foo	Viet.	Phó
																Kor.	Bu (Korean: 부)
																Jpn.	Fu
																Phil.	Po
67	Chinese: {{linktext|方		Fāng	Fang^1	Fong^1	Fong		Hong (X, Q, K, T) Png (X, Q, K, T) Puiⁿ (Z)	Pung	Fông	Fong	Fong		Faon	Faan	Viet.	Phương
																Kor.	Bang (Korean: 방)
																Jpn.	Hō
68	Chinese: {{linktext|鄒	Chinese: {{linktext|邹	Zōu	Tsou^1	Zau^1	Chau Chow	Jao Chau	Chau (K, T) Cho͘ (X, Z, K, T) Cho (Q) Che (Z)	Chou Choh	Tsêu	Chew Chiew	Chiu		Tseu	Tzeu	Viet.	Châu
																Kor.	Chu (Korean: 추)
																Jpn.	Shū
																Phil.	Chou
69	Chinese: {{linktext|熊		Xióng	Hsiung^2	Hung^4	Hung	Hong	Hîm	Him	Yùng	Yoong	Hiūng		Yon	Yoong	Viet.	Hùng
																Kor.	Ung (Korean: 웅)
																Jpn.	Yū
																Phil.	Hung
70	Chinese: {{linktext|白		Bái	Pai^2	Baak^6	Pak	Bahk	Pe̍h Pe̍k (Z)	Peh	Pha̍k	Pak Phak	Phak		Bah	Baq	Viet.	Bạch
																Kor.	Baek (Korean: 백)
																Jpn.	Haku
																Misc.	Bo
71	Chinese: {{linktext|孟		Mèng	Meng^4	Maang^6	Mang		Bēng (X, Z, K, T) Bèng (Q)	Meng	Men	Mang	Màng		Man		Viet.	Mạnh
																Kor.	Maeng (Korean: 맹)
																Jpn.	Mō
72	Chinese: {{linktext|秦		Qín	Ch'in^2	Ceon^4	Chun	Tseun Tseon Chon	Chîn	Ching	Tshìn	Chin	Chhín		Zhin	Zin	Viet.	Tần
																Kor.	Jin (Korean: 진)
																Jpn.	Shin
																Phil.	Ching
73	Chinese: {{linktext|邱		Qiū^1	Ch'iu^1	Jau^1	Yau	Iao Iau	Khu	Khoo Kho	Khiû Hiû	Hew Khew	Khiu		Chieu		Viet.	Khâu
																Kor.	Gu (Korean: 구)
																Jpn.	Kyū
																Mal.	Hew, Hiew Chiew
																Phil.	Coo, Khoo
																Misc.	Chiou
74	Chinese: {{linktext|侯		Hóu	Hou^2	Hau^4	Hau	Hao	Hô͘ (X, Z) Hâu (Q, K, T) Kâu (X, Q, Z)	Hoh Hau	Hèu	Hew	Héu		Gheu	Roe	Viet.	Hầu
																Kor.	Hu (Korean: 후
																Jpn.	Kō
																Phil.	Caw, Ho
75	Chinese: {{linktext|江		Jiāng	Chiang^1	Gong^1	Kong		Kang	Kang	Kông	Kong	Kong		Kaon	Kang	Viet.	Giang
																Kor.	Gang (Korean: 강)
																Jpn.	Kō
																Phil.	Kang
																Misc.	Kiang
76	Chinese: {{linktext|尹		Yǐn	Yin^3	Wan^5	Wan		Ún (K, T) Ín (X, Q, Z)	Un Eun Eung	Yún	Yoon	Ín		Yin		Viet.	Doãn
																Kor.	Yun (Korean: 윤)
																Jpn.	In
																Phil.	Unson
77	Chinese: {{linktext|薛		Xuē	Hsüeh^1	Sit^3	Sit		Sih		Siet	Set	Siot		Shih	Siq	Viet.	Tiết
																Kor.	Seol (Korean: 설)
																Jpn.	Setsu
78	Chinese: {{linktext|閻	Chinese: {{linktext|阎	Yán	Yen^2	Jim^4	Yim	Im	Giâm	Ngiam	Ngiàm	Ngiam Yam	Iēm		Ni	Gni Nyi	Viet.	Diêm
																Kor.	Yeom (Korean: 염)
																Jpn.	En
79	Chinese: {{linktext|段		Duàn	Tuan^4	Dyun^6	Tuen	Tun	Toān (X, Z, K, T) Toàn (Q)	Tng Teung	Thon	Ton Thon	Thòn		Doe	Deu	Viet.	Đoàn
																Kor.	Dan (Korean: 단)
																Jpn.	Dan
80	Chinese: {{linktext|雷		Léi	Lei^2	Leoi^4	Lui	Loi	Lûi	Lui	Lùi	Looi Lui	Lōi		Le	Lae Lei	Viet.	Lôi
																Kor.	Roe (Korean: 뢰) Noe (Korean: 뇌)
																Jpn.	Rai
																Phil.	Lui, Luy
																Hoisan	Louie, Louis
81	Chinese: {{linktext|龍	Chinese: {{linktext|龙	Lóng	Lung^2	Lung^4	Lung Loong	Long	Lêng (K, T) Liông	Leng Liong	Liùng	Loong	Liūng		Lon	Lung	Viet.	Long
																Kor.	Yong/Ryong (Korean: 용/Korean: 룡)
																Jpn.	Ryō
																Phil.	Leong, Liong, Wee
82	Chinese: {{linktext|黎		Lí	Li^2	Lai^4	Lai		Lê	Loy Loi	Lì Lài	Lee Lai	Lī		Lí	Lee	Viet.	Lê
																Kor.	(Korean: 여/Korean: 려)
																Jpn.	Rei
83	Chinese: {{linktext|史		Shǐ	Shih^3	Si^2	Sze	Si	Sú (X, Z, K, T) Sái (X, Q) Sír (Q)	Ser Seu Sze	Sṳ́	Soo Sze	Sî		Sy	Si	Viet.	Sử
																Kor.	Sa (Korean: 사)
																Jpn.	Shi
																Phil.	Sze
84	Chinese: {{linktext|陶		Táo	T'ao^2	Tou^4	To Tao	Tow	Tô (X, Z, K, T) Tô͘ (Q) Thô (Q)	Tow	Thàu Thò	Tao Tow	Thóu		Dau	Do	Viet.	Đào
																Kor.	Do (Korean: 도)
																Jpn.	Tō
																Phil.	To
85	Chinese: {{linktext|賀	Chinese: {{linktext|贺	Hè	Hê^4 Ho^4	Ho^6	Ho		Hō (X, Z, K, T) Hò (Q)	Hor	Ho Fo	Ho	Hò		Wu	Woo	Viet.	Hạ
																Kor.	Ha (Korean: 하)
																Jpn.	Ka
86	Chinese: {{linktext|毛		Máo	Mao^2	Mou^4	Mo	Mou	Mô͘	Mor	Mô Mâu	Mo Mao	Mōu		Mau	Mo	Viet.	Mao
																Kor.	Mo (모)
																Jpn.	Bō
87	Chinese: {{linktext|郝		Hǎo	Hao^3	Kok^3	Kok		Hok	Hak	Khok		Hok		Heh	Heq	Viet.	Hác
																Kor.	Hak (Korean: 학)
																Jpn.	Kaku
88	Chinese: {{linktext|顧	Chinese: {{linktext|顾	Gù	Ku^4	Gu^3	Ku	Goo Gu Khoo	Kò͘	Koh	Ku	Koo	Kū	Go	Ku	Koo Gu	Viet.	Cố
																Kor.	Go (Korean: 고)
																Jpn.	Ko
																Phil.	Coo, Khoo, Gu
89	Chinese: {{linktext|龔	Chinese: {{linktext|龚	Gōng	Kung^1	Gung^1	Kung	Kwong	Kéng (X, Q, K, T) Kiong (Z)		Kiûng	Kong	Kiung		Cion	Jiong Jun	Viet.	Cung
																Kor.	Gong (Korean: 공)
																Jpn.	Kyō
90	Chinese: {{linktext|邵		Shào	Shao^4	Siu^6	Siu Shiu	Shaw Sio	Siō (X, K, T) Siāu (Z, K, T) Siàu (Q)	Seow Sioh	Shau Sau	Shao	Sèu		Zau	Zo	Viet.	Thiệu
																Kor.	So (Korean: 소)
																Jpn.	Shō
																Phil.	Siao, Syaw, Shau, Shao, Shaw
91	Chinese: {{linktext|萬	Chinese: {{linktext|万	Wàn	Wan^4	Maan^6	Man	Meng	Bān (X, Z, K, T) Bàn (Q)	Buang	Van	Wan Man	Màn		Vae Mae	Ve Me	Viet.	Vạn
																Kor.	Man (Korean: 만)
																Jpn.	Ban
																Phil.	Man
92	Chinese: {{linktext|覃		Tán / Qín	T'an^2	Taam^4	Tam		Thâm		Thàm		Thóm		Dae	De	Viet.	Tán
																Kor.	Dam (Korean: 담)
																Jpn.	Tan
																Phil.	Tam
93	Chinese: {{linktext|武		Wǔ	Wu^3	Mou^5	Mo	Mou	Bú	Boo	Vú	Moo Woo	Mú		Wu	Ghu Woo	Viet.	Vũ Võ
																Kor.	Mu (Korean: 무)
																Jpn.	Bu
94	Chinese: {{linktext|錢	Chinese: {{linktext|钱	Qián	Ch'ien^2	Cin^4	Chin	Chee	Chîⁿ	Chee	Tshièn	Chen	Chhién		Zhi	Zee	Viet.	Tiền
																Kor.	Jeon (Korean: 전)
																Jpn.	Sen
																Phil.	Chi
95	Chinese: {{linktext|戴		Dài	Tai^4	Daai^3	Tai		Tè (X, Z, K, T) Tèr (Q)	Tai	Tai	Tai	Thài		Ta	Da	Viet.	Đái Đới
																Kor.	Dae (Korean: 대)
																Jpn.	Tai
																Phil.	Te
96	Chinese: {{linktext|嚴	Chinese: {{linktext|严	Yán	Yen^2	Jim^4	Yim	Im	Giâm	Ngiam	Ngiàm	Yam	Ngiēm		Ni	Gni Nyi	Viet.	Nghiêm
																Kor.	Eom (Korean: 엄)
																Jpn.	Gen
																Phil.	Gan
97			Ōu	Ou^1	Au^1	Au		Au	Eu					Eu		Jpn.	Ō
98	Chinese: {{linktext|莫		Mò	Mo^4	Mok^6	Mok		Bo̍h (K, T) Bo̍k	Mok	Mo̍k	Mok	Mok		Moh	Moq	Viet.	Mạc
																Kor.	Mo (Korean: 모)
																Jpn.	Baku
99	Chinese: {{linktext|孔		Kǒng	K'ung^3	Hung^2	Hung		Khóng	Kong Khong	Khúng	Koong Khoong	Khúng		Khon	Kung	Viet.	Khổng
																Kor.	Kong (Korean: 공)
																Jpn.	Kyō
																Phil.	Consunji, Kong, Hung
100	Chinese: {{linktext|向		Xiàng	Hsiang^4	Hoeng^3	Heung		Hiàng (Z)	Hiang	Hióng		Hiòng		Shian	Hian	Viet.	Hưởng
																Kor.	Hyang (Korean: 향)
																Jpn.	Kyō
101	Chinese: {{linktext|常		Cháng	Ch'ang^2	Soeng^4	Sheung		Siông (X, Q, K, T) Siâng (Z)	Sioh Seoh	Sòng	Song	Sōng		Zan		Viet.	Thường
																Kor.	Sang (Korean: 상)
																Jpn.	Shō
																Misc.	Sōng, Thōng
102	Chinese: {{linktext|湯	Chinese: {{linktext|汤	Tāng	T'ang^1	Tong^1	Tong		Thng	Tng Teung	Thông	Thong Tong	Thong		Thaon	Thaan	Viet.	Thang
																Jpn.	Tō
																Phil.	Tang
103	Chinese: {{linktext|康		Kāng	Kang^1	Hong^1	Hong		Khng	Kang Khang	Không	Khong Kong	Khong		Khaon	Khaan	Viet.	Khang
																Kor.	Gang (Korean: 강)
																Jpn.	Kō
																Phil.	Kang
104	Chinese: {{linktext|易		Yì	I^4	Yi^6 Yik^6	Yik		E̍k (X, Z, K, T) Ia̍k (Q)	Ek	Yit		Iak		I Yih	Yiq	Viet.	Dịch
																Kor.	Yee (Korean: 이)
																Jpn.	Eki, I
105	Chinese: {{linktext|喬	Chinese: {{linktext|乔	Qiáo	Ch'iao^2	Kiu^4	Kiu		Kiâu	Keow Kiao	Khiàu	Kiew Khiew	Khiéu		Jiau	Djio Jioh	Viet.	Kiều
																Kor.	Kyo (Korean: 교)
																Jpn.	Kyō
106	Chinese: {{linktext|賴	Chinese: {{linktext|赖	Lài	Lai^4	Laai^6	Lay	Lai	Lōa (X, Z, K, T) Lòa (Q)	Nai	Lai	Lài	Lài		La	Le Lae	Viet.	Lại
																Kor.	Roe (Korean: 뢰) Noe (Korean: 뇌)
																Jpn.	Rai
107	Chinese: {{linktext|文		Wén	When^2	Man^4	Man		Bûn	Boon	Vùn	Voon	Mūn		Ven	Vung	Viet.	Văn
																Kor.	Moon (Korean: 문)
																Jpn.	Bun
108	Chinese: {{linktext|施		Shī	Shih^1	Si^1	Si	Xi	Si Soa	Sy Sua	Sṳ̂	Sii´			Sy	Si	Viet.	Thí
																Kor.	Si (Korean: 시)
																Jpn.	Shi, I
																Phil.	Sy, See, Sze
109	Chinese: {{linktext|洪		Hóng	Hung^2	Hung^4	Hung	Huhng	Âng Hông	Ang Hong	Fùng	Fung			Ghon	Won Ung One	Viet.	Hồng
																Kor.	Hong (Korean: 홍)
																Jpn.	Kō
																Phil.	Ang, Hong
110	Chinese: {{linktext|辛		Xīn	Hsin^1	San^1	San	Sen	Sîn	Sin	Sîn	Xin´	Sîng		Shin	Sin	Viet.	Tân
																Kor.	Shin (Korean: 신)
																Jpn.	Shin
																Phil.	Sin, Sing, Singson
111	Chinese: {{linktext|柯		Kē	kʻo^1	O^1	O	Ngo	Koa, Kho	Ko,	Ker,  Quah,  Kwa	Khô	Ko´		Khu	Koo	Viet.	Kha
																Kor.	Ga (Korean: 가)
																Jpn.	Ka
																Phil.	Cua, Kua, Kho, Ko, Co, Coson
112	Chinese: {{linktext|莊	Chinese: {{linktext|庄	Zhuāng	Chuang^1	Zong^1	Tsong	Chong, Jong	Chng, Chong	Cheng	Chông	Zong´	Chang		Tsaon	Tsaan Tzaon	Viet.	Trang
																Kor.	Jang (Korean: 장)
																Jpn.	Shō, Sō, Chan
																Phil.	Cheng, Ching, Chung, Chong

Notes

Other surveys

• 2006 multi-year survey and study conducted by Yuan Yida, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences's Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, using a sample size of 296 million spread across 1,110 counties and cities and recording around 4,100 surnames.^[15]

• 1990: Ji Yuwen Publishing House, based on a sample size of 174,900.

• 1987 study conducted by Yuan Yida with a sample size of 570,000.

• 1977 study published by Li Dongming, a Chinese historian, as "Surname" (《姓》) in Dongfang Magazine.

400 character list

In 2013 the Fuxi Institution compiled a ranking of the 400 most common surnames in China.^[16]

400 most common surnames in China

Rank	Name	% of pop.	No. (10,000's)	Province with most
1	王	7.170%	9520.00	Henan
2	李	7.000%	9340.00	Henan
3	张	6.740%	8960.00	Henan
4	刘	5.100%	6770.00	Shandong
5	陈	4.610%	6130.00	Guangdong
6	杨	3.220%	4270.00	Sichuan
7	黄	2.450%	3260.00	Guangdong
8	吴	2.000%	2680.00	Guangdong
9	赵	2.000%	2670.00	Henan
10	周	1.900%	2520.00	Hunan
11	徐	1.450%	1930.00	Jiangsu
12	孙	1.380%	1830.00	Shandong
13	马	1.290%	1720.00	Henan
14	朱	1.280%	1700.00	Jiangsu
15	胡	1.160%	1550.00	Hubei
16	林	1.130%	1510.00	Guangdong
17	郭	1.130%	1500.00	Henan
18	何	1.060%	1400.00	Sichuan
19	高	1.000%	1330.00	Shandong
20	罗	0.950%	1260.00	Sichuan
21	郑	0.930%	1240.00	Guangdong
22	梁	0.850%	1130.00	Guangdong
23	谢	0.760%	1010.00	Guangdong
24	宋	0.700%	932.00	Shandong
25	唐	0.690%	917.00	Hunan
26	许	0.660%	881.00	Guangdong
27	邓	0.620%	821.00	Guangdong
28	冯	0.620%	818.00	Guangdong
29	韩	0.610%	815.00	Henan
30	曹	0.600%	791.00	Henan
31	曾	0.580%	772.00	Guangdong
32	彭	0.580%	766.00	Hunan
33	萧	0.560%	739.00	Hunan
34	蔡	0.530%	701.00	Guangdong
35	潘	0.520%	687.00	Guangdong
36	田	0.520%	685.00	Henan
37	董	0.510%	677.00	Shandong
38	袁	0.500%	667.00	Sichuan
39	于	0.480%	642.00	Shandong
40	余	0.480%	633.00	Hubei
41	叶	0.480%	632.00	Guangdong
42	蒋	0.480%	632.00	Sichuan
43	杜	0.470%	619.00	Henan
44	苏	0.460%	606.00	Guangdong
45	魏	0.450%	603.00	Henan
46	程	0.450%	601.00	Anhui
47	吕	0.450%	596.00	Shandong
48	丁	0.430%	576.00	Jiangsu
49	沈	0.410%	550.00	Jiangsu
50	任	0.410%	547.00	Henan
51	姚	0.400%	538.00	Jiangsu
52	卢	0.400%	536.00	Guangdong
53	傅	0.400%	536.00	Henan
54	钟	0.400%	533.00	Guangdong
55	姜	0.390%	523.00	Shandong
56	崔	0.380%	509.00	Shandong
57	谭	0.380%	499.00	Hunan
58	廖	0.370%	487.00	Guangdong
59	范	0.360%	485.00	Henan
60	汪	0.360%	483.00	Anhui
61	陆	0.360%	480.00	Guangxi
62	金	0.350%	467.00	Zhejiang
63	石	0.340%	455.00	Henan
64	戴	0.340%	449.00	Jiangsu
65	贾	0.330%	439.00	Henan
66	韦	0.320%	430.00	Guangxi
67	夏	0.320%	426.00	Jiangsu
68	邱	0.320%	423.00	Guangdong
69	方	0.310%	413.00	Anhui
70	侯	0.300%	401.00	Henan
71	邹	0.300%	394.00	Jiangxi
72	熊	0.290%	384.00	Jiangxi
73	孟	0.290%	383.00	Shandong
74	秦	0.290%	379.00	Henan
75	白	0.280%	374.00	Hebei
76	江	0.280%	369.00	Guangdong
77	阎	0.270%	360.00	Henan
78	薛	0.260%	347.00	Jiangsu
79	尹	0.260%	346.00	Hunan
80	段	0.240%	320.00	Henan
81	雷	0.240%	319.00	Sichuan
82	黎	0.220%	288.00	Guangdong
83	史	0.210%	285.00	Henan
84	龙	0.210%	281.00	Hunan
85	陶	0.210%	274.00	Anhui
86	贺	0.210%	274.00	Hunan
87	顾	0.200%	272.00	Jiangsu
88	毛	0.200%	264.00	Zhejiang
89	郝	0.200%	264.00	Hebei
90	龚	0.200%	264.00	Hunan
91	邵	0.200%	262.00	Shandong
92	万	0.190%	254.00	Jiangxi
93	钱	0.190%	249.00	Jiangsu
94	严	0.190%	246.00	Jiangsu
95	赖	0.180%	240.00	Guangdong
96	覃	0.180%	240.00	Guangxi
97	洪	0.180%	240.00	Taiwan
98	武	0.180%	239.00	Shanxi
99	莫	0.180%	233.00	Guangxi
100	孔	0.170%	231.00	Shandong
101	汤	0.170%	227.00	Jiangsu
102	向	0.170%	226.00	Hunan
103	常	0.160%	218.00	Henan
104	温	0.160%	217.00	Guangdong
105	康	0.160%	211.00	Hebei
106	施	0.150%	206.00	Jiangsu
107	文	0.150%	204.00	Sichuan
108	牛	0.150%	202.00	Henan
109	樊	0.150%	200.00	Henan
110	葛	0.150%	195.00	Jiangsu
111	邢	0.140%	192.00	Shandong
112	安	0.130%	179.00	Hebei
113	齐	0.130%	176.00	Hebei
114	易	0.130%	175.00	Hunan
115	乔	0.130%	173.00	Henan
116	伍	0.130%	171.00	Guangdong
117	庞	0.130%	167.00	Guangxi
118	颜	0.120%	164.00	Hunan
119	倪	0.120%	163.00	Jiangsu
120	庄	0.120%	162.00	Guangdong
- align="center"	121	聂	0.120%	159.00	Jiangxi
122	章	0.120%	157.00	Zhejiang
123	鲁	0.110%	151.00	Henan
124	岳	0.110%	149.00	Henan
125	翟	0.110%	149.00	Henan
126	殷	0.110%	147.00	Jiangsu
127	詹	0.110%	147.00	Guangdong
128	申	0.110%	147.00	Henan
129	欧	0.110%	146.00	Guangdong
130	耿	0.110%	140.00	Henan
131	关	0.100%	137.00	Guangdong
132	兰	0.100%	134.00	Sichuan
133	焦	0.100%	133.00	Henan
134	俞	0.100%	132.00	Zhejiang
135	左	0.100%	131.00	Henan
136	柳	0.100%	129.00	Hubei
137	甘	0.095%	126.00	Guangxi
138	祝	0.090%	120.00	Zhejiang
139	包	0.087%	115.00	Inner Mongolia
140	宁	0.083%	110.00	Guangxi
141	尚	0.082%	109.00	Henan
142	符	0.082%	109.00	Hainan
143	舒	0.082%	109.00	Hunan
144	阮	0.082%	109.00	Guangdong
145	柯	0.080%	106.00	Hubei
146	纪	0.080%	106.00	Shandong
147	梅	0.079%	105.00	Hubei
148	童	0.079%	105.00	Zhejiang
149	凌	0.078%	103.00	Guangdong
150	毕	0.078%	103.00	Shandong
151	单	0.076%	101.00	Jiangsu
152	季	0.076%	101.00	Jiangsu
153	裴	0.076%	100.00	Henan
154	霍	0.075%	100.00	Hebei
155	涂	0.075%	100.00	Jiangxi
156	成	0.075%	100.00	Jiangsu
157	苗	0.075%	100.00	Henan
158	谷	0.075%	99.00	Henan
159	盛	0.074%	98.00	Anhui
160	曲	0.074%	98.00	Shandong
161	翁	0.073%	97.00	Fujian
162	冉	0.073%	97.00	Chongqing
163	骆	0.073%	96.00	Guangdong
164	蓝	0.072%	96.00	Guangxi
165	路	0.072%	95.00	Henan
166	游	0.071%	94.00	Fujian
167	辛	0.070%	92.00	Shandong
168	靳	0.069%	92.00	Henan
169	欧阳	0.068%	91.00	Hunan
170	管	0.065%	87.00	Shandong
171	柴	0.065%	86.00	Henan
172	蒙	0.062%	83.00	Guangxi
173	鲍	0.062%	82.00	Anhui
174	华	0.061%	82.00	Jiangsu
175	喻	0.061%	81.00	Hunan
176	祁	0.061%	80.00	Jiangsu
177	蒲	0.056%	75.00	Sichuan
178	房	0.056%	75.00	Shandong
179	滕	0.055%	74.00	Shandong
180	屈	0.055%	73.00	Shaanxi
181	饶	0.055%	73.00	Jiangxi
182	解	0.053%	71.00	Shandong
183	牟	0.053%	70.00	Sichuan
184	艾	0.052%	69.00	Hubei
185	尤	0.052%	68.00	Jiangsu
186	阳	0.050%	67.00	Hunan
187	时	0.050%	67.00	Henan
188	穆	0.048%	64.00	Guizhou
189	农	0.047%	62.00	Guangxi
190	司	0.044%	59.00	Henan
191	卓	0.043%	58.00	Guangdong
192	古	0.043%	58.00	Guangdong
193	吉	0.043%	58.00	Jiangsu
194	缪	0.043%	57.00	Jiangsu
195	简	0.043%	57.00	Taiwan
196	车	0.043%	57.00	Shandong
197	项	0.043%	57.00	Zhejiang
198	连	0.043%	57.00	Fujian
199	芦	0.042%	57.00	Henan
200	麦	0.041%	55.00	Guangdong
201	褚	0.041%	54.00	Shandong
202	娄	0.040%	53.00	Henan
203	窦	0.040%	53.00	Shandong
204	戚	0.040%	53.00	Jiangsu
205	岑	0.039%	52.00	Guangxi
206	景	0.039%	52.00	Shanxi
207	党	0.039%	52.00	Shaanxi
208	宫	0.039%	52.00	Shandong
209	费	0.039%	51.00	Jiangsu
210	卜	0.038%	51.00	Jiangsu
211	冷	0.038%	50.00	Sichuan
212	晏	0.038%	50.00	Jiangxi
213	席	0.036%	48.00	Henan
214	卫	0.036%	48.00	Shanxi
215	米	0.035%	46.00	Hebei
216	柏	0.035%	46.00	Jiangsu
217	宗	0.034%	45.00	Jiangsu
218	瞿	0.033%	44.00	Hunan
219	桂	0.033%	44.00	Anhui
220	全	0.033%	44.00	Hunan
221	佟	0.033%	43.00	Liaoning
222	应	0.033%	43.00	Zhejiang
223	臧	0.032%	43.00	Shandong
224	闵	0.032%	43.00	Hubei
225	苟	0.032%	43.00	Sichuan
226	邬	0.032%	42.00	Zhejiang
227	边	0.032%	42.00	Hebei
228	卞	0.032%	42.00	Jiangsu
229	姬	0.032%	42.00	Henan
230	师	0.031%	41.00	Henan
231	和	0.031%	41.00	Yunnan
232	仇	0.030%	40.00	Jiangsu
233	栾	0.030%	40.00	Shandong
234	隋	0.030%	40.00	Shandong
235	商	0.030%	39.00	Shandong
236	刁	0.030%	39.00	Shandong
237	沙	0.030%	39.00	Jiangsu
238	荣	0.029%	38.00	Shandong
239	巫	0.029%	38.00	Guangdong
240	寇	0.029%	38.00	Henan
241	桑	0.028%	37.00	Shandong
242	郎	0.028%	37.00	Hebei
243	甄	0.027%	36.00	Hebei
244	丛	0.027%	36.00	Shandong
245	仲	0.027%	35.00	Jiangsu
246	虞	0.026%	35.00	Zhejiang
247	敖	0.026%	35.00	Guizhou
248	巩	0.026%	34.00	Shandong
249	明	0.026%	34.00	Hubei
250	佘	0.025%	34.00	Hunan
251	池	0.025%	34.00	Fujian
252	查	0.025%	33.00	Anhui
253	麻	0.025%	33.00	Zhejiang
254	苑	0.025%	33.00	Hebei
255	迟	0.024%	32.00	Shandong
256	邝	0.024%	32.00	Guangdong
257	官	0.023%	31.00	Guangdong
258	封	0.023%	31.00	Jiangsu
259	谈	0.023%	31.00	Jiangsu
260	匡	0.023%	30.00	Hunan
261	鞠	0.230%	30.00	Shandong
262	惠	0.022%	29.80	Shaanxi
263	荆	0.022%	28.90	Shandong
264	乐	0.022%	28.80	Jiangxi
265	冀	0.021%	28.50	Hebei
266	郁	0.021%	28.50	Jiangsu
267	胥	0.021%	28.50	Sichuan
268	南	0.021%	27.70	Shaanxi
269	班	0.021%	27.30	Guangxi
270	储	0.021%	27.20	Anhui
271	原	0.020%	27.00	Shanxi
272	栗	0.020%	26.60	Henan
273	燕	0.020%	26.40	Shandong
274	楚	0.020%	26.30	Henan
275	鄢	0.020%	26.30	Hubei
276	劳	0.019%	25.90	Guangxi
277	谌	0.019%	24.80	Hunan
278	奚	0.017%	23.10	Jiangsu
279	皮	0.017%	22.90	Hunan
280	粟	0.017%	22.80	Hunan
281	冼	0.017%	22.80	Guangdong
282	蔺	0.017%	22.80	Shandong
283	楼	0.017%	22.80	Zhejiang
284	盘	0.017%	22.50	Guangxi
285	满	0.016%	21.90	Shandong
286	闻	0.016%	21.70	Anhui
287	位	0.016%	20.80	Henan
289	厉	0.016%	20.60	Zhejiang
289	伊	0.016%	20.60	Shandong
290	仝	0.015%	20.00	Henan
291	区	0.015%	19.90	Guangdong
292	郜	0.015%	19.80	Henan
293	海	0.015%	19.70	Ningxia
294	阚	0.015%	19.60	Anhui
295	花	0.015%	19.50	Jiangsu
296	权	0.014%	19.10	Shaanxi
297	强	0.014%	19.00	Shaanxi
298	帅	0.014%	19.00	Sichuan
299	屠	0.014%	18.90	Zhejiang
300	豆	0.014%	18.80	Henan
301	朴	0.014%	18.70	Jilin
302	盖	0.014%	18.60	Shandong
303	练	0.014%	18.50	Guangdong
304	廉	0.014%	18.40	Henan
305	禹	0.014%	18.20	Henan
306	井	0.013%	17.90	Shandong
307	祖	0.013%	17.70	Hebei
308	漆	0.013%	17.70	Sichuan
309	巴	0.013%	17.70	Inner Mongolia
310	丰	0.013%	17.60	Shandong
311	支	0.013%	17.30	Jiangsu
312	卿	0.013%	17.20	Sichuan
313	国	0.013%	17.10	Shandong
314	狄	0.013%	16.80	Jiangsu
315	平	0.013%	16.60	Henan
316	计	0.012%	16.50	Anhui
317	索	0.012%	16.50	Henan
318	宣	0.012%	16.40	Zhejiang
319	晋	0.012%	16.20	Henan
320	相	0.012%	16.20	Shandong
321	初	0.012%	15.90	Shandong
322	门	0.012%	15.90	Shandong
323	雲	0.012%	15.60	Inner Mongolia
324	容	0.012%	15.40	Guangdong
325	敬	0.011%	15.0	Sichuan
326	来	0.011%	14.80	Zhejiang
327	扈	0.011%	14.70	Henan
328	晁	0.011%	14.60	Henan
329	芮	0.011%	14.60	Jiangsu
330	都	0.011%	14.60	Shandong
331	普	0.011%	14.50	Yunnan
332	阙	0.011%	14.50	Fujian
333	浦	0.011%	14.40	Jiangsu
334	戈	0.011%	14.40	Jiangsu
335	伏	0.011%	14.30	Sichuan
336	鹿	0.011%	14.00	Shandong
337	薄	0.011%	14.00	Shandong
338	邸	0.011%	13.90	Hebei
339	雍	0.010%	13.90	Sichuan
340	辜	0.010%	13.80	Sichuan
341	羊	0.010%	13.60	Hainan
342	阿	0.010%	13.60	Inner Mongolia
343	乌	0.010%	13.50	Inner Mongolia
344	母	0.010%	13.50	Sichuan
345	裘	0.010%	13.40	Zhejiang
346	亓	0.010%	13.40	Shandong
347	修	0.010%	13.30	Shandong
348	邰	0.010%	13.00	Guizhou
349	赫	0.010%	12.80	Liaoning
350	杭	0.010%	12.80	Jiangsu
351	况	0.0094%	12.40	Chongqing
352	那	0.0093%	12.40	Inner Mongolia
353	宿	0.0093%	12.30	Shandong
354	鲜	0.0092%	12.20	Sichuan
355	印	0.0091%	12.10	Jiangsu
356	逯	0.0091%	12.10	Shandong
357	隆	0.0090%	12.00	Hunan
358	茹	0.0090%	11.90	Henan
359	诸	0.0089%	11.80	Zhejiang
360	战	0.0088%	11.70	Shandong
361	慕	0.0086%	11.50	Gansu
362	危	0.0084%	11.20	Jiangxi
363	玉	0.0084%	11.20	Guangxi
364	银	0.0084%	11.10	Guangxi
365	亢	0.0083%	11.00	Henan
366	嵇	0.0082%	10.90	Jiangsu
367	公	0.0082%	10.90	Shandong
368	哈	0.0081%	10.70	Inner Mongolia
369	湛	0.0079%	10.50	Hunan
370	宾	0.0077%	10.20	Guangxi
371	戎	0.0076%	10.10	Jiangsu
372	勾	0.0076%	10.10	Sichuan
373	茅	0.0076%	10.10	Jiangsu
374	利	0.0076%	10.00	Guangdong
375	於	0.0074%	9.90	Jiangsu
376	呼	0.0074%	9.80	Inner Mongolia
377	居	0.0074%	9.80	Jiangsu
378	揭	0.0073%	9.60	Jiangxi
379	干	0.0072%	9.60	Zhejiang
380	但	0.0072%	9.50	Sichuan
381	尉	0.0071%	9.50	Shanxi
382	冶	0.0071%	9.40	Qinghai
383	斯	0.0070%	9.30	Inner Mongolia
384	元	0.0069%	9.20	Henan
385	束	0.0068%	9.10	Jiangsu
386	檀	0.0068%	9.00	Anhui
387	衣	0.0067%	9.00	Shandong
388	信	0.0067%	8.90	Shandong
389	展	0.0067%	8.90	Shandong
390	阴	0.0067%	8.90	Shanxi
391	昝	0.0066%	8.70	Sichuan
392	智	0.0065%	8.70	Henan
393	幸	0.0065%	8.60	Chongqing
394	奉	0.0064%	8.50	Hunan
395	植	0.0064%	8.50	Guangdong
396	衡	0.0063%	8.40	Jiangsu
397	富	0.0063%	8.40	Liaoning
398	尧	0.0060%	8.00	Jiangxi
399	闭	0.0060%	8.00	Guangxi
400	由	0.0060%	8.00	Shandong

Taiwan

See also: Naming customs of Taiwanese indigenous peoples. According to a comprehensive survey of residential permits released by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior's Department of Population in 2016, Taiwan has only 1,503 surnames.^[17] The top ten surnames in Taiwan accounted for 52.77% of the general population, and the top 100 accounted for 96.56%.

Rank	class=sortable colspan=2 rowspan=2	Character	class=sortable colspan=9	Romanizations	class=unsortable colspan=3 rowspan=3	% of total pop.
	class=sortable colspan=2	Mandarin	class=sortable colspan=2	Min Nan	class=sortable colspan=2	Hakka	class=sortable colspan=3	Cantonese
2016	class=sortable	Trad.	class=sortable	Simp.	class=sortable	Wade	class=sortable	Pinyin	class=sortable	POJ	class=sortable	Other	class=sortable	PFS	class=sortable	Other	class=sortable	Jyutping	class=sortable	HK	class=sortable	Other
1			Ch'en^2	Chén	Tân	Tan	Chin	Thin	Can^4	Chan	Chin	11.14%
2		Lin^2	Lín	Lîm	Lim Liem	Lim	Lim	Lam^4	Lam	Lum	8.31%
3			Huang^2	Huáng	Ng	Eng Ung Uy Wee	Vòng	Wong Bong	Wong^4	Wong	Wang Vang Wung	6.05%
4			Chang^1	Zhāng	Tiuⁿ	Teo Teoh Thio Tiew	Chông	Chong	Zoeng^1	Cheung	Chong Cheong	5.27%
5		Li^3	Lǐ	Lí	Lee Dee	Lí	Lee	Lei^5	Lee Li	Lei Ly	5.13%
6		Wang^2	Wáng	Ông	Heng Bong	Vòng	Wong	Wong^4	Wong	Vang Wung	4.11%
7			Wu^2	Wú	Gô͘ Ngô͘	Goh Gouw	Ǹg	Ng	Ng^4	Ng	Ung Eng	4.04%
8			Liu^2	Liú	Lâu	Lao	Liù	Liew	Lau^4	Lau	Lao	3.16%
9		Ts'ai^4	Cài	Chhoà	Chua Choa Tjoa	Chhai	Chai Choi	Coi^3	Choi	Choy Tsoi Toy	2.91%
10			Yang^2	Yáng	Iûⁿ	Eaw Joe Nyo Yong	Yòng	Yong Yeong	Joeng^4	Yeung	Yeong Ieong	2.66%
11			Hsü^3	Xǔ	Khó͘	Ko Koh	Hi	Hee	Heoi^2	Hui	Hoi	—
12			Cheng^4	Zhèng	Tīⁿ Tēⁿ	Teh	Chhang	Chang	Zeng^6	Cheng	Cheang Chiang	—
13			Hsieh^4	Xiè	Chiā Siā	Cheah Seah	Tshia	Cheah	Ze^6	Tse	Che	—
14		Hung^2	Hóng	Âng Hông	Ang Hong	Fùng	Fung	Hung^4	Hung	Huhng	—
15		Kuo^1	Guō	Koeh	Kueh	Kwok	Kok	Gwok^3	Kwok	Kuok	—
16		Ch'iu^1	Qiū	Khu	Khoo Kho	Hiû Khiû	Hew Khew	Jau^1	Yau	Iao Iau	—
17		Tseng^1	Zēng	Chan		Tsên	Chen	Zang^1	Tsang	Chang Dong	—
18		Liao^4	Liào	Liāu	Leow Liow	Liau	Lieu	Liu^6	Liu	Lew Leow Lio	—
19			Lai^4	Lài	Lōa	Nai	Lài		Laai^6	Lay	Lai	—
20		Hsü^2	Xú	Chhî	Chee Jee Ji	Chhì	Chi	Ceoi^4	Tsui	Choi Chui Tsua	—
21		Chou^1	Zhōu	Chiu	Chew	Chiû	Cher Chiew	Zau^1	Chow Chau	Jao Chao	—
22			Yeh^4	Yè	Ia̍p	Yap	Yap		Jip^6	Yip	Ip Yeap	—
23			Su^1	Sū	So͘	Soh	Sû	Soo	Sou^1	So	Sou	—
24			Chuang^1	Zhuāng	Chong	Cheng	Chông	Zong	Zong^1	Tsong	Chong Jong	—
25			Lü^3	Lǚ	Lū Lī Līr	Lee Leu Loo	Lî	Lee	Leoi^5	Lui	Loi	—
26		Chiang^1	Jiāng	Kang		Kông	Kong	Gong^1	Kong		—
27		Hê^2 Ho^2	Hé	Hô	Ho Hou	Hò	Ho	Ho^4	Ho	Hoe	—
28			Hsiao^1	Xiāo	Siau Sio	Seow Siow	Siâu	Siaw Siew	Siu^1	Siu Shiu	Sio	—
29			Lo^2	Luó	Lô	Lo Law	Lò	Law Lo Loh	Lo^4	Lo	Law Loh Lowe Lor	—
30		Kao^1	Gāo	Ko	Koh	Kô Kau	Koo	Gou^1	Ko	Kou Go	—

Other surveys

• 1994–2011: The American researcher Chih-Hao Tsai has compiled unauthoritative annual surveys of the most common surnames on Taiwan^[18] based on published lists of all successful applicants taking Taiwan's Joint College Entrance Exam.^[19] The test was mandatory for college entrance until 2002 and is still quite common, with more than a hundred thousand successful applicants a year and a pass rate for all test takers between 60 and 90%.^[19]

Philippines

Chinese Filipinos whose ancestors came to the Philippines from 1898 onward usually have single syllable Chinese surnames. On the other hand, most who have Chinese ancestors who came to the Philippines prior to 1898 usually have multiple-syllable Chinese surnames such as Gokongwei, Ongpin, Pempengco, Yuchengco, Teehankee, and Yaptinchay among such others. These were originally full Chinese names which were transliterated in Spanish orthography and adopted as surnames.

Common Chinese Filipino surnames are: Tan/Chan (陳/陈), Dy/Dee/Lee/Li (李), Sy/See/Siy/Sze (施), Lim/Lam (林), Chua/Choa/Choi (蔡), Yap/Ip (葉/叶), Co/Ko/Kho (許/许), Ko/Gao/Caw (高), Ho/Haw/Hau/Caw (侯), Cua/Kua/Co/Kho/Ko (柯), Coo/Khoo/Kho/Cu/Kuh (邱), Go/Ngo/Wu (吳/吴), Ong/Wong (王), Ang/Hong/Hung (洪), Lao (劉/刘), Tiu/Cheung (張/张), Yu/Young (楊/杨), Auyong/Awyoung (歐陽/欧阳), Ng/Uy/Wee/Hong/Wong/Huang (黃), Tiu/Chiu/Chio/Chu (趙/赵), Chu/Chiu/Chow (周), King (龔), Chan (曾), Ty/Tee (鄭/郑), Ching/Cheng/Chong (莊/庄), Que/Cue/Kwok (郭), Leong/Liong/Leung (梁), etc.

There are also multiple-syllable Chinese surnames that are Spanish transliterations of Hokkien words. Surnames like Tuazon (Eldest Grandson, 大孫), Dizon (Second Grandson, 二孫), Samson/Sanson (Third Grandson, 三孫), Sison (Fourth Grandson, 四孫), Gozon/Goson/Gozum (Fifth Grandson, 五孫), Lacson (Sixth Grandson, 六孫), Tecson/Tiocson/Teoxon (Seventh Grandson, 德孫/蒂奥森/东阳顺) and Sioson (Eight Grandson, 西奥森) are examples of transliterations of designations that use the Hokkien suffix -son (孫) used as surnames for some Chinese Filipinos who trace their ancestry from Chinese immigrants to the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. The surname "Son/Sun" (孫) is listed in the classic Chinese text Hundred Family Surnames, perhaps shedding light on the Hokkien suffix -son used here as a surname alongside some sort of accompanying enumeration scheme.

Rank(2020)^[20] ^[21]	Name	Character(s)	Total Number(2020)
1	Tan		123,290
2			106,507
3	Lim		96,874
4			66,516
5			57,840
6	Chua		51,380
7			47,832
8	Ong		39,649
9	Yap		37,703
10	Go		37,354
11			36,543
12			29,718
13	Sy		28,038
14	Yu		27,732
15		/	26,833
16		/	25,555
17		,	24,835
18		/	23,732
19	Ang	洪	23,341
20			22,679

Canada

Statistics Canada has not released a list of common surnames for any of its recent censuses, but much of the Canadian Chinese population is clustered in Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria in British Columbia and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and the Ottawa-Gatineau Area in Ontario, as well as in some emerging major clusters, such as the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor in Alberta, Montreal, and the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (Quebec Community Metropolitan Area) in Quebec.

Ontario

A 2010 study by Baiju Shah & al data-mined the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province of Ontario for a particularly Chinese-Canadian name list. Ignoring potentially non-Chinese spellings such as Lee (49,898 total), they found that the most common Chinese names in Ontario were:^[22]

Rank	Name	Total Number	Character(s)		Romanization
			Trad.	Simp.
1	Wong	34,567			Wáng, Wong
					Huáng, Hwang, Hawang, Whang, Whong
					Wāng, Wong, Wung
2	Chan	32,692			Chan, Chén
3	Li	27,608			Ly, Lee, Lei, Lǐ
					Lai, Ly, Lee, Lei, Lí
4	Chen	25,618			Chan, Chén
5	Wang	22,548			Wáng, Wong
					Wāng, Wong
6	Liu	18,784			Lau, Liew, Liú, Low
					Lau, Lew, Liào, Lieu, Liew, Liu
7	Zhang	18,003			Chang, Chong, Chung, Cheung, Teo, Zhāng, Zheung
8	Lam	15,910			Lam, Lín
					Lán
9	Leung	13,696			Leung, Liáng
10	Ho	12,830			Hé, Ho
					Hè, Ho

Indonesia

See main article: Chinese Indonesian surname.

Nearly as large is the Chinese Indonesian community. The 2010 Indonesian census reported more than 2.8 million self-identified Chinese, or about 1% of the general population.^[23] Just as in Thailand, though, previous legislation (in this case, 127/U/Kep/12/1966) had banned ethnic Chinese surnames throughout the country. This law was abolished after the removal of Suharto, but Chinese Indonesian names remain a mix of Indonesian, pinyin, peh-oe-ji, and Dutch-spelled Hokkien.

Malaysia

During the 2010 Malaysian Census, there were approximately 6,960,000 Malaysians of Chinese ethnicity.^[24] The Chinese are the second largest ethnicity in Malaysia, after the Malays.

Singapore

Ethnic Chinese make up almost three-fourths (2009) of Singapore's resident population of nearly four million (2011).

2000

According to Statistics Singapore, as of the year 2000, the most common Chinese Singaporean names were:^[25]

Rank	Name	Origin	Total Number (2000)	% (Chinese population)	Character(s)		Pinyin	Other Forms	Notes
					Trad.	Simp.
1	Tan	Hokkien Teochew Hainanese	237,800	9.5			Chén	Chan for Cantonese, Chin for Hakka
2	Lim	Hokkien Teochew Hainanese Hakka	166,000	6.6			Lín
3	Lee	Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hainanese Hakka	112,600	4.5			Lǐ
4	Ng	Hokkien Teochew	106,200	4.2			Huáng
		Hakka Cantonese					Wú
							Wǔ
5	Ong	Hokkien	66,700	2.7			Wáng
							Wāng
6	Wong	Cantonese Hainanese Hakka	65,000	2.6			Wáng
							Wāng
							Huáng
7	Goh	Hokkien Teochew	56,200	2.2			Wú
8	Chua	Hokkien Teochew	54,600	2.2			Cài
9	Chan	Cantonese	48,400	1.9			Chén
		Hokkien Teochew					Zēng
10	Koh	Hokkien Teochew	48,100	1.9			Xǔ
11	Teo	Hokkien Teochew	46,800	1.9			Zhāng
12	Ang	Hokkien Teochew	43,600	1.7			Hóng
		Hokkien					Wēng
13	Yeo	Hokkien Teochew	36,600	1.5			Yáng
							Yáo
14	Tay	Hokkien Teochew	35,800	1.4			Zhèng
15	Ho	Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hakka Hainanese	35,000	1.4			Hé
16	Low	Teochew Hokkien	31,600	1.3			Liú
17	Toh	Teochew Hokkien	25,300	1.0			Dù
							Zhuó
18	Sim	Teochew Hokkien	23,800	0.9			Shěn
19	Chong	Hakka	23,100	0.9			Zhāng
		Cantonese Hakka					Zhuāng
							Zhōng
20	Chia	Hokkien Teochew Hakka	22,600	0.9			Xiè

• As most Singaporeans of Chinese descent have ancestors which originated from Southern China, mainly from Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan, the distribution of surnames in Singapore is quite different from that of Mainland China.
• As there are a variety of dialect groups in Singapore, the same surname in Chinese characters may be romanised in several different ways in Singapore. Some less common Chinese transcriptions of the 20 most common romanised surnames may not be listed in the table above.

Newer version

There is a newer list of most common surnames in Singapore from an unknown year.^[26] Some numbers are missing as the original list contains several non-Chinese surnames, which have been excluded from the table below.

Rank	Name	Origin	Total Number	Character(s)		Pinyin
				Trad.	Simp.
1	Tan	Hokkien Teochew Hainanese	276,329			Chén
2	Lim	Hokkien Teochew Hainanese Hakka	196,492			Lín
3	Lee	Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hainanese Hakka	151,278			Lǐ
4	Ng	Hokkien Teochew	125,122			Huáng
		Hakka Cantonese				Wú
						Wǔ
5	Wong	Cantonese Hainanese Hakka	90,861			Wáng
						Wāng
						Huáng
6	Ong	Hokkien	80,354			Wáng
						Wāng
7	Goh	Hokkien Teochew	72,248			Wú
8	Chan	Cantonese	69,355			Chén
		Hokkien Teochew				Zēng
9	Chua	Hokkien Teochew	67,321			Cài
10	Koh	Hokkien Teochew	61,941			Xǔ
11	Teo	Hokkien Teochew	59,487			Zhāng
						Zhào
12	Ang	Hokkien Teochew	52,131			Hóng
		Hokkien				Wēng
13	Ho	Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hakka Hainanese	50,949			Hé
14	Tay	Hokkien Teochew	49,438			Zhèng
15	Yeo	Hokkien Teochew	48,889			Yáng
						Yáo
16	Low	Teochew Hokkien	43,122			Liú
						Luó
						Lú
						Luò
17	Chong	Hakka	41,552			Zhāng
		Cantonese Hakka				Zhuāng
						Zhōng
18	Chen	Mandarin	35,895			Chén
		Hakka				Zēng
19	Leong	Cantonese Hakka	32,898			Liáng
		Teochew				Lóng
20	Loh	Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hakka Hainanese	32,808			Luó
						Lú
21	Chia	Hokkien Teochew Hakka	32,718			Xiè
22	Sim	Hokkien Teochew Hainanese Hakka	32,621			Shěn
23	Chew	Hokkien Teochew Hainanese Hakka	31,051			Zhōu
		Cantonese				Zhào
24	Wang	Mandarin	28,888			Wáng
						Wāng
25	Yap	Hokkien Teochew Hainanese Hakka	28,636			Yè
26	Toh	Teochew Hokkien	28,268			Dù
						Zhuó
27	Li	Mandarin	26,363			Lǐ
28	Wee	Hokkien Hainanese	25,278			Huáng
29	Tang	Teochew	24,548			Chén
		Hokkien Teochew				Dèng
		Mandarin				Táng
						Tāng
30	Yong	Cantonese Hakka	24,503
31	Foo	Hainanese	24,438			Fú
		Hakka				Hú
32	Soh	Hokkien Teochew Cantonese	23,818			Sū
34	Chin	Hakka	23,211			Chén
		Cantonese				Qián
35	Lin	Mandarin	23,056			Lín
36	Chng	Teochew Hokkien	21,339			Zhuāng
37	Lau	Teochew Hokkien Cantonese	21,047			Liú
38	Zhang	Mandarin	19,549			Zhāng
39	Cheng	Cantonese	19,401			Zhèng
		Teochew Hokkien				Zhōng
		Mandarin				Chéng
40	Choo	Hokkien Teochew	19,181			Zhū
41	Liu	Mandarin	18,374			Liú
42	Lai		18,303			Lí
						Lài
43	Cheong	Cantonese	17,993			Zhāng
						Jiǎng
44	Chee	Hokkien	17,870			Xú
45	Heng	Teochew	17,631			Wáng
46	Quek	Teochew Hokkien	17,418			Guō
47	Peh	Teochew Hokkien	16,845			Bái
48	Khoo	Teochew Hokkien	16,572			Qīu
49	Poh	Hokkien	16,527			Fù
50	Seah	Teochew Hokkien	16,197			Xiè
						Shé
52	Pang	Teochew Hokkien	15,778			Féng
						Páng
						Péng
53	Huang	Mandarin	15,519			Huáng
54	Liew	Hakka	14,906			Liú
55	Yang	Mandarin Cantonese	14,809			Yáng
56	Neo	Teochew Hokkien	14,550			Liáng
57	Lam	Teochew Hokkien Hakka Cantonese	13,640			Lán
		Cantonese				Lín
58	Chang		13,252
59	Gan	Hokkien	13,130			Yán
60	Han	Mandarin	12,962			Hán
61	Song	Mandarin	12,878			Sòng
62	Wu	Mandarin	12,839			Wú
63	Hong	Mandarin Cantonese	12,645			Hóng
64	Chow	Cantonese	12,096			Zhōu
		Teochew Hokkien				Cáo
		Hakka				Zhào
65	Kok	Cantonese	11,903			Guō
66	Tham	Hokkien Teochew Cantonese Hakka Hainanese	11,715			Tán
67	Ling	Eastern Min	11,321			Lín
						Líng
68	Wei		11,276			Wèi
69	See		11,063			Shī
		Teochew Hokkien				Xuē
70	Oh	Teochew Hokkien	10,617			Hú
72	Yu		10,475			Yú
						Yú
73	Seet	Teochew Hokkien Cantonese	10,361			Xuē
74	Fong		10,346			Fāng
75	Loo		10,340			Luó
76	Kong	Cantonese	9,642			Jiāng
		Mandarin				Kǒng
78	Phua	Teochew Hokkien	9,545			Pān
79	Yee		9,487			Yú
						Yú
80	Seow		9,442			Xiāo
81	Teng		9,339
82	Xu	Mandarin	8,822			Xǔ
						Xú
84	Kang		8,292			Jiāng
						Kāng
85	Tong		8,150			Dǒng
		Cantonese				Táng
						Tóng
86	Leow	Hokkien Teochew	8,021			Liào
87	Chai	Cantonese Hakka	7,950			Cài
88	Teh	Teochew Hokkien	7,711			Zhèng
89	Png	Teochew Hokkien	7,687			Fāng
90	Soon	Hokkien Cantonese	7,608			Sūn
91	Wan		7,498			Yuán
92	Tee	Teochew Hokkien	7,466			Zhèng
93	Hui	Cantonese	7,272			Xǔ
94	Yip	Cantonese	7,220			Yè
95	Woo	Cantonese	7,123			Hú
96	Liang	Mandarin	7,098			Liáng
97	Chung	Cantonese	6,923			Zhèng
98	Lu	Mandarin	6,910			Lú
						Lù
						Lù
100	Soo	Hakka	6,568			Sū
101	Aw	Hakka	6,381			Hú
103	Boon	Teochew Hokkien	6,368			Wén
105	Yan	Mandarin	6,355			Yán
106	Zhou	Mandarin	6,265			Zhōu
107	Ting	Eastern Min	6,232			Chén
						Dīng
108	Kee		6,226			Jì
109	Seng	Teochew Hokkien Cantonese	6,135			Chéng
110	Sun	Mandarin	6,103			Sūn
111	Kwok	Cantonese Hakka	6,103			Guo
112	Ooi	Hainanese	6,064			Huáng
113	Kim		6,026			Jīn
115	Yew	Teochew Hokkien	5,748			Yáng
						Yú
						Yú
						Yóu
116	Su	Mandarin	5,735			Sū
117	Zheng		5,677			Zhèng
118	Law		5,593			Liú
119	Loke		5,490
120	Poon	Cantonese	5,418			Pān
121	Chiang		5,406			Jiǎng
122	Hu		5,380			Hú
123	Zhao	Mandarin	5,373			Zhào
124	Peng	Mandarin	5,315			Péng
125	Lum	Teochew Hokkien Hakka Cantonese	5,315			Lán
		Cantonese				Lín
126	Ching		5,263
127	Kwan		5,192			Guān
128	Ee		5,154			Yú
						Yú
129	Kwek	Teochew Hokkien	5,147			Guō
130	Mok		5,089			Mò

Thailand

See main article: Thai name.

The largest Chinese diaspora community in the world are the Chinese Thais (or Sino-Thais), who make up 12–14%^{[27] [28]} of the total Thai population. However, very few of the Chinese Thais have Chinese surnames, after the 1913 Surname Act that required the adoption of Thai surnames in order to enjoy Thai citizenship. Moreover, the same law requires that those possessing the same surname be related, meaning that immigrant Chinese may not adopt the surname of their clansmen unless they can show actual kinship.

United States

The 2010 US Census found 3,794,673 self-identified Chinese Americans and 230,382 self-identified Taiwanese Americans,^[29] up from 2,734,841 Chinese Americans and 144,795 Taiwanese Americans in 2000.^[30]

Although the Chinese make up the largest segment of the U.S. Asian and Pacific Islander population,^[31] the most common Chinese-derived surname during the 2000 census was not itself Chinese but the Vietnamese Nguyễn (Chinese:, Ruǎn).

During the 2000 census, the 10 most common Chinese American names were:

Rank		Name	Ethnicity	Total Number (2000 census; API only)	Character(s)		Pinyin
Among API	Across All Names				Trad.	Simp.
2	24	Lee	Chinese	229,200			Lǐ
			Korean				Lí
6	262	Chen	Chinese	100,700			Chén
7	279	Wong	Chinese (Cantonese)	88,000			Wáng
							Huáng
							Wāng
9	399	Yang	Chinese (Mandarin)	69,000			Yáng
10	440	Wang	Chinese	63,800			Wáng
							Wāng
11	426	Chang	Chinese	62,900			Zhāng
							Cháng
12	461	Chan	Chinese (Cantonese)	59,800			Chén
14	521	Li	Chinese	55,700			Lǐ
							Lí
17	626	Lin	Chinese	47,000			Lín
18	652	Liu	Chinese	45,500			Liú
							Liào

Other surveys

• 2002: study by Matthew Falkenstein, data-mining the 2000 US Census for a particularly Asian & Pacific Islander name list,^[32] omitting those like Lee that are common among other ethnicities

• 2000: study by Diane Lauderdale, et al., data-mining Social Security card applications by persons born abroad before 1941 for a particularly Chinese-American name list^[33]

External links

• Lin Yutang's Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage, hosted at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. (~700 surnames)
• Netor's Ten-Thousand Families
• 人口排序 [''China's Surname Population Rankings''], lists of the most popular surnames under the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties
• Top 10 Surnames in Each Chinese Province and City

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