List: Chinese family names

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•  Liu

  劉 is a common Chinese family name. The transliteration Liu can represent several different surnames written in different Chinese characters: /, pinyin: Liú. A very common surname, as it was used by the ruling family of the Han Dynasty - a high point in the history of China.

  

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•  Chinese surname

  Hundreds or thousands of Chinese family names have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among overseas Chinese communities. In ancient times two types of surnames, family names and clan names, existed. The colloquial expressions laobaixing (老百姓; lit. "old hundred surnames"), and bǎixìng (lit. "hundred surnames") are used in Chinese to mean "ordinary folks", "the people", or "commoners.

  

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•  Qin

  Qin can refer to:

  

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•  Wang (surname)

  Wang, an ancient Chinese family name, is the most common surname in the world. It is ranked 8th in the Hundred Family Surnames, and 1st in "National Citizen ID Information System" (NCIIS). As of 2007, Wang is ranked as the most common surname in Mainland China, with 92.88 million people bearing this surname. Translated into English, Wang literally means "king”, although bearing the name has no royal implications in most cases.

  

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•  Guan

  Guan may refer to either of two Chinese family names (both rendered in Cantonese as Kwoan, or also in English as Kuan, Kwan, Quan, or Quon). The two names are as follows:

  

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•  Wei

  

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•  Zhao (surname)

  Zhao is a common Chinese family name, which ranks 7 largest number of people with this surname in Mainland China. The family name originates with the people of State of Zhao in ancient China. According to Chinese historic records, the first ancestor with the surname Zhao was Shaohao (2597BC-2514BC), one of the five prehistoric emperors. Zhao is the first surname in the Hundred Family Surnames, as it was the royal surname of the Song Dynasty (960–1279).

  

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•  Zhang (surname)

  Zhang is among the most common Chinese surnames. In the 1990 edition of Guinness Book of Records, it was listed as the world's most common surname, with over 100 million people worldwide with this surname. It was also ranked third in the People's Republic of China by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in early 2006. . The use of this surname dates back to about 4,700 years ago. Zhang is pronounced and transliterated in a variety of ways.

  

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•  Huang

  

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•  Dai

  

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•  Sima (surname)

  Sima is a Chinese family name. Unlike most single-character Chinese family names, it is one of the rare two-character family names. It is an occupation name, literally meaning "control" (sī) "horses" (mǎ). The surname originated from one of the offices of the Three Excellencies of the Han dynasty. Coincidentally, this name has almost the same meaning as the common English surname Marshall, which is derived from the Frankish: "mare" (horse) + "skalkoz" (master).

  

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•  Chen (surname)

  Chén is one of the most common Chinese family names. It ranks at the 5th most popular surname in China and the most popular surname in Singapore and Taiwan. Chen is also the most common family name in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian (spelt Chan, Chin or Tan in Singapore and Malaysia), Hong Kong (spelt Chan in Hong Kong and Macau). It is usually romanised as Chan in Cantonese, and sometimes as Chun. In Min, the name is pronounced Tan. In Hakka and Toisan, the name is spelled and pronounced as Chin.

  

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•  Shen

  Shen can refer to: Shen (Chinese religion) 神, a central word in Chinese philosophy, religion, terms for God, and Traditional Chinese Medicine Shen (clam-monster) 蜃, a shapeshifting Chinese dragon believed to create mirages Shenendehowa Central School District, abbreviated as Shen Shen ring, an Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol, a form of cartouche

  

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•  Song (surname)

  Song (surname) may refer to Song (Chinese name) Song (Korean name)

  

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•  Aisin Gioro

  Aisin Gioro was the clan name of the Manchu emperors of the Qing Dynasty. It ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, which established a republican government in its place. The word aisin means gold in the Manchu language, and "gioro" means clan. It is notable that the Jin dynasty (jin means gold in Chinese) of the Jurchens, ancestors of the Manchus, was known as aisin gurun, and that the Qing dynasty was initially named amaga aisin gurun, or Later Jin dynasty.

  

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•  Qian

  Qian may refer to: Guizhou, abbreviated as Qián, province of China Mace (unit), or Qian, one of the Chinese units of measurement, equal to 5g Qian (hexagram), the first hexagram of the I Ching Qian (surname), a Chinese surname Qian County, in Xianyang, Shaanxi, China Qian Mountains, mountain range in Northeast China

  

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•  Deng (surname)

  Deng or Đặng is an East Asian surname. It is a transcription of or. It is transliterated as Dèng in pinyin and Teng in Wade-Giles. In Cantonese, it is Dahng in Yale and Dang6 in Jyutping. In Minnan or Taiwanese, it is Tēng in Pe̍h-ōe-jī. The surname originating from the same Chinese character in Vietnamese is Đặng and it is one of the top ten surnames in Vietnam. The name is transliterated as Deung in Korean but is very rare in Korea. Deng is one of the surnames in Nanyang Tang (南陽堂).

  

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•  Xu (surname)

  Xu can be a pinyin transliteration of one of several Chinese surnames: traditional Chinese: 徐; pinyin: Xú; Wade-Giles: hsü, also spelled Hsu or Tsui or Eu simplified Chinese: 许; traditional Chinese: 許; pinyin: Xǔ; Wade-Giles: hsü, also spelled Hui or Hii They are both pronounced somewhat like shoo, with the oo pronounced as in the French u or German ü, a sound with no exact equivalent most dialects of English.

  

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•  Cheng (surname)

  Cheng is also a Chinese plucked string instrument. Cheng can be a transcription of one of several Chinese surnames. Since the syllable Cheng represents different sounds in Hanyu pinyin and the Wade-Giles systems of Chinese romanization, some ambiguity will exist as to which sound is represented by the letters "Cheng" if the romanisation and tone is not known. Also within each system of romanisation, each syllable can represent one of several different characters, as with any Chinese syllable.

  

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•  Xue

  Xue is the pinyin spelling of the Chinese surname 薛 (Xuē), spelled Hsueh in the Wade-Giles system of romanization. The surname continues in the descendants of Lord Mengchang of Qi, of the Zhou Dynasty feudal state of Xue (薛).

  

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•  Yuan (surname)

  

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•  Zheng (surname)

  Zhèng or Cheng is a Chinese family name and is the name of an ancient state in today's Henan. It is written as 鄭 in traditional Chinese script or as 郑 in simplified Chinese script. When China released its 2006 list of top 100 most common surnames, Zheng was 21st in the list. Zheng belongs to the second major group of ten surnames which makes up more than 10% of the Chinese population Zheng was a major surname of the rich and powerful during China's Tang dynasty.

  

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•  Li (surname)

  Li is a common transliteration of several Chinese family names, including 李, the most common Chinese family name, and the Korean family name Lee. Alternate Romanizations include Lai, Lý (Vietnam), Lí (Vietnam), Lee (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore), Lei (Macau), Lie (Indonesia), and Lê (Vietnam). Taken collectively, these surnames make Li the most common surname in the world, outstripping the most common Western surname, Smith.

  

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•  Luo (surname)

  Luo or "Lo" refers to the Mandarin romanizations of the Chinese surnames and. Of the two surnames, is much more common among Chinese people. In Cantonese, 羅 is usually romanized as Law or Lo, and sometimes Loh, or Lowe, and 駱 is usually romanized as Lok although the more Western-appearing romanization Locke can sometimes be found. In Korea, 羅 is transcribed as either 라 (Ra) or 나 (Na). In Vietnam, the name 羅 is pronounced La and 駱 is pronounced Lạc.

  

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•  Hu (surname)

  Hu is a Chinese surname or family name. In 2006, it was the 15th most common surname in China. Some other less-common surnames pronounced Hu include,,,,,,, and .

  

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