A look into Chinese surnames opens a small window onto an interesting part of China's vast and varied culture. Many cultures in the world became extinct with the demise of the nations that created them. Chinese surname culture has survived and developed over the past four or five thousand years. Surnames have been used to represent the origin of clans and families, recording the kindred formation of the Chinese nation. They have played an important role in making China a cohesive nation.
China's Ministry of Public Security released its report on Chinese names in The report is based on an analysis of statistics from China's population information system, which is the world's largest, covering the nation's 1. The literal meaning of Wang is "king," and it was a surname used by royals and privileged families in ancient China.
Wan and Ou made their debut on the top list. They are the family names of 2. People from Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia usually base the romanization on how the names sound in their dialects with other schemes e. Jyutping, Wade-Giles. The government report reveals that It was the imperial surname in the Tang dynasty. It has its origin from the ancient kingdom Chen, which is located in Henan province today.
They are the family names of Yang is the standard Mandarin Pinyin spelling. This surname has the meaning of yellow and originated from the ancient Huang Kingdom founded in the 7th century B. It originated from the ancient kingdom Zhao. It has its origin from the Zhou clan at the time. The surname refers to the ancient Kingdom of Zhu, which existed in what is now Shandong province.
The surname refers to the ancient Kingdom of Xiguo. The surname originated from the Luo Kingdom during the Zhou dynasty — B. While the vast majority of Chinese family names consist of only one character one syllable , dozens of double-character family names have survived into modern times.
There are many origins of compound surnames. Some derive from royal or official titles, place-names, professions , while others originate from non-Han Chinese clans that lived in ancient China or were simply created by combining two single-character family names.
To put that into perspective, the U. And the most common U. Wang is the most common surname in mainland China, which represents Li, meaning plum, is the most common surname for Hakka Chinese, used by over 92 million people in China. Li was the royal last name during the Tang dynasty. The grandson of the Yellow Emperor was bestowed the surname Zhang after his invention of the bow and arrow. Liu was the royal surname in the Han Dynasty.
Chen is the most common surname in Singapore and Taiwan, as well as in the south of China. It means to exhibit. Yang is a type of tree and was the royal surname during the Zhou Dynasty. Huang, which means yellow, is most popular surname in Guangdong, in southern China.
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