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32-573: In 2019, it was the 24th most common surname in Mainland China. The first written record of the character 宋 (Sòng) was found on the oracle bones of the Shang dynasty . In the written records of Chinese history, the first time the character Song was used as a surname appeared in the early stage of the Zhou dynasty . One of the children of the last emperor of the Shang dynasty , Weizi Qi (微子启),

64-733: A Yuan dynasty envoy had a meeting with the Chinese-speaking Tran Prince Trần Quốc Tuấn in 1282. During the Yuan – Ming transition, Chen Youliang founded the Chen Han dynasty, which helped overthrow Yuan rule and pave the way for the Ming dynasty. In the 20th century, Chen Duxiu cofounded the Chinese Communist Party and became its first general secretary, but was eventually expelled from

96-709: A descendant of Emperor Shun, found the State of Chen in modern Huaiyang County , Henan Province. In 479 BC, Chen was absorbed by Chu and became the Chu capital. The people of Chen adopted the name of their former state as their surname. At the end of the Qin dynasty, Chen Sheng initiated the Chen Sheng Wu Guang uprising that overthrew the Qin and paved the way for the Han dynasty , one of China's golden ages. During

128-1142: 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 . A 2010 study by Baiju Shah & al data-mined

160-547: A surname, the Chinese character 陳 / 陈 can also mean 'to describe' or 'ancient'. It is a combination of the radical 阝 and the phonetic component 東/东. Chen descends from the legendary sage king Emperor Shun from around 2200 BC via the surname Gui ( 媯 ). A millennium after Emperor Shun, when King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou dynasty ( c.  1046 BC ), he enfeoffed his son-in-law Gui Man , also known as Duke Hu of Chen or Chen Hugong (陈胡公). Chen Hugong,

192-579: Is also used in Korea . In Vietnam, the surname is pronounced as Tống . List of common Chinese surnames These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China ( Hong Kong , Macau , and Mainland China ), the Republic of China (Taiwan) , and the Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by the authoritative governments or academic sources. Chinese names also form

224-517: Is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", 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, but no comprehensive information from China was available at the time and more recent editions have not repeated

256-596: Is usually romanized as Chan (e.g., Jackie Chan ), most widely used by those from Hong Kong, and also found in Macau and Singapore. It is also sometimes spelled Chun. The spelling Tan usually comes from Southern Min dialects (e.g., Hokkien ), while some Teochew dialect speakers use the spelling Tang. In Hakka and Taishanese , the name is spelled Chin . Spellings based on Wu include Zen and Tchen. There are many spellings based on its Hainanese pronunciations, including Dan , Seng , and Sin. In Vietnam , this surname

288-503: Is written as Trần (in Quốc Ngữ ) and is 2nd most common. In Thailand , this surname is the most common surname of Thai Chinese and is often pronounced according to Teochew dialect as Tang . In Cambodia , this surname is transliterated as Taing . In Japanese , the surname is transliterated Chin (ちん). In Korean it is transliterated Jin or Chin (진). In Indonesia , many Chinese Indonesians who originally had this surname adopted

320-492: The Chinese make up the largest segment of the U.S. Asian and Pacific Islander population, the most common Chinese-derived surname during the 2000 census was not itself Chinese but the Vietnamese Nguyễn ( Chinese : 阮 , Ruǎn ). During the 2000 census, the 10 most common Chinese American names were: Chen (surname) Chen ( [ʈʂʰə̌n] ) is a common Chinese-language surname and one of

352-801: The Northern and Southern dynasties period (420–589), Chen Baxian established the Chen dynasty (557–589), the fourth and the last of the Southern dynasties, which was eventually absorbed by the Sui dynasty . During this period, the nomadic Xianbei people had systematically assimilated into China's agrarian culture and adopted Han Chinese surnames under the state directives of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei . The Xianbei subjects whose surname of "侯莫陳" (Hóumòchén) were converted to "陳" (Chen). Some descendants of Chen migrated to Vietnam (Dai Viet) and established

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384-628: The Song -era Hundred Family Surnames ( Chinese : 百家姓 ; pinyin : Bǎi Jiā Xìng ). Even today, the number of surnames in China is a little over 4,000, while the year 2000 United States census found there are more than 6.2 million surnames altogether and that the number of surnames held by 100 or more Americans (per name) was just over 150,000. The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li " ( simplified Chinese : 张三李四 ; traditional Chinese : 張三李四 ; pinyin : Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì )

416-593: The Trần dynasty , a golden age in Vietnam. Their original home was Fujian , and they migrated under Trần Kinh (陳京 Chén Jīng). Trần Thái Tông (陈太宗 Chen Taizong) became the founding emperor of the Tran dynasty, and his descendants would rule Vietnam for more than a century, expanding Vietnam's territory and promoting developments in language, chu nom , culture, and art. Certain members of the clan could still speak Chinese, like when

448-637: 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. (2020) (2020) Statistics Canada has not released

480-567: The Indonesian surname Chandra, Hartanto, and other surnames with the prefix Tan. Chen is 5th most common surname in mainland China , but 4th most common in the world due to the larger overseas population. With all its various spellings and pronunciations, there are around 80–100 million people surnamed 陳/陈 worldwide. The surname Cheng (程) is sometimes romanized as Chen (e.g., John S. Chen ). Another less common Chinese surname 諶 / 谌 (Shen) can also be romanized as Chen. As well as being

512-640: 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: 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

544-422: The basis for many common Cambodian , Japanese , Korean , and Vietnamese surnames , and to an extent, Filipino surnames in both translation and transliteration into those languages. The conception of China as consisting of the " old hundred families " ( Chinese : 老百姓 ; pinyin : Lǎo Bǎi Xìng ; lit. 'Old Hundred Surnames') is an ancient and traditional one, the most notable tally being

576-498: The claim. However, Zhang Wei (张伟) is the most common full name in mainland China. 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. 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

608-476: The former State of Song commemorated the overthrow of their state in 286 BC by the State of Qi owned by Tian , who began to use the character Song as their surname, which is the authentic branch. Population of surname Song's ABO blood type distribution is O blood type 31.3%, B blood type 30.6%, A blood type 28.4% and AB blood type 9.7%. A less common Chinese family name, Chóng ( 崇 ) can also be transliterated to Soong in some Chinese dialects. The surname Song

640-1694: The general population, and the top 100 accounted for 96.56%. 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), Guzon/Gozum/Gozon/Goson (Fifth Grandson, 五孫), Lacson (Sixth Grandson, 六孫), Tecson/Ticzon/Tiongson/Teoxon (Seventh Grandson, 德孫/提克宗/頂客/东阳顺), Sioson (Eighth Grandson, 西奥森) and Hizon (Ninth Grandson, 希森) are examples of transliterations of designations that use

672-514: The general population. 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. During the 2010 Malaysian Census , there were approximately 6,960,000 Malaysians of Chinese ethnicity. The Chinese are

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704-667: The most common surnames in Asia. It is the most common surname in Taiwan (2010) and Singapore (2000). Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong , Zhejiang , Fujian , Macau , and Hong Kong . It is the most common surname in Xiamen , the ancestral hometown of many overseas Hoklo . Chen was listed 10th in the Hundred Family Surnames poem, in the verse 馮陳褚衛 (Féng Chén Chǔ Wèi) . In Cantonese , it

736-523: The next most common China with more than 70 million each. 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, The next five – Yang , Huang , Zhao , Wu , and Zhou – were each shared by more than 20 million Chinese. Twelve more – Xu , Sun , Ma , Zhu , Hu , Guo , He , Gao , Lin , Luo , Zheng , and Liang  – were each shared by more than 10 million. All together,

768-555: The original list contains several non-Chinese surnames, which have been excluded from the table below. The largest Chinese diaspora community in the world are the Chinese Thais (or Sino-Thais), who make up 12–14% 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,

800-453: The party and condemned by Mao due to advocating Trotskyism . Chen is the 5th most common surname in mainland China (around 70 million) and 4th most common in the world (around 80–100 million, including all its variants like Chan, Tan, Tran). A 2013 study found that it was the 5th most common surname, shared by 61,300,000 people or 4.610% of the population, with the province with the most being Guangdong. According to 2018 census, it

832-406: 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. The 2010 US Census found 3,794,673 self-identified Chinese Americans and 230,382 self-identified Taiwanese Americans , up from 2,734,841 Chinese Americans and 144,795 Taiwanese Americans in 2000. Although

864-571: The second largest ethnicity in Malaysia, after the Malays. Ethnic Chinese make up almost three-fourths (2009) of Singapore 's resident population of nearly four million (2011). According to Statistics Singapore , as of the year 2000, the most common Chinese Singaporean names were: There is a newer list of most common surnames in Singapore from an unknown year. Some numbers are missing as

896-688: The spelling "Chen", so in total around 700,000–800,000 Chen (陈), which ranks first in Hong Kong. In Thailand, last names are more unique therefore the Chinese last name Chen ranks 2nd with 88,000 and with an incidence of 1 to 900. There are 187,000 Chens in the US, as of 2014. It is the 30th most common last name in California where there are 70,000. 11,300 in Texas, 6,800 Illinois, 5,900 Maryland. New Jersey

928-721: The top hundred surnames accounted for 84.77% of China's population. Heng Chao Kho Ker,  Quah,  Kwa Jong Chong In 2013 the Fuxi Institution compiled a ranking of the 400 most common surnames in China. 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. The top ten surnames in Taiwan accounted for 52.77% of

960-573: The year 2019. 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. 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%). A 2018 survey showed that Liu and Chen were

992-434: Was 5th most common in mainland China at around 63 million, but 4th most common surname in the world with 80–100 million people. It is the most common Chinese surname overseas. In 2019 Chen was again the fifth most common surname in mainland China. It is the most common surname in the southern provinces of Zhejiang , Fujian , and Guangdong . Hong Kong has around 700,000 using the spelling "Chan" and 61,000 using

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1024-486: Was a duke from the state named Song, who descended from his ancestor Xie (契) whose name was derived from the surname Zi (子). Xie was born from Jiandi from the swallow from the blackbird egg, who came from Yousong (有娀), the legendary state. The State of Song , Song's dominion, became part of the Zhou dynasty after the fall of the Shang dynasty , and was inherited from the dynasty formally in 11th century BC. Citizens of

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