The 30 most common surnames in mainland China (2020 National Name Report)
The top 3 according to 174 votes from people: Wang (王) · Zhang (张) · Li (李). (Updated Sep 17, 2021.)
Wang, Li, Zhang, Liu and Chen are the five biggest surnames in mainland China. The top 30 surnames by registered population in the 2020 National Name Report, published in February 2021 by China's Ministry of Public Security.
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Top 30
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1
Wang (王)
No. 1 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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2
Zhang (张)
No. 3 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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3
Li (李)
No. 2 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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4
Liu (刘)
No. 4 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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5
Chen (陈)
No. 5 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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6
Zhao (赵)
No. 8 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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7
Yang (杨)
No. 6 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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8
Wu (吴)
No. 9 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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9
Guo (郭)
No. 16 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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10
Zhu (朱)
No. 14 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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11
Xu (徐)
No. 11 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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12
Luo (罗)
No. 19 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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13
Zhou (周)
No. 10 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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14
Feng (冯)
No. 29 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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15
Hu (胡)
No. 15 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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16
Xie (谢)
No. 23 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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17
Lin (林)
No. 18 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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18
Zheng (郑)
No. 21 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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19
Liang (梁)
No. 22 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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20
Song (宋)
No. 24 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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21
Tang (唐)
No. 25 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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22
Huang (黄)
No. 7 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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23
Sun (孙)
No. 12 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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24
Gao (高)
No. 20 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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25
Han (韩)
No. 27 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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26
Ma (马)
No. 13 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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27
He (何)
No. 17 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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28
Deng (邓)
No. 28 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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29
Xu (许)
No. 26 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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30
Cao (曹)
No. 30 among surnames in mainland China, according to the 2020 National Name Report.
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Comments (1)
我们班四十个人里有七个姓王的，老师点名都得叫全名。看到王姓第一一点也不意外哈哈。