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  2. Chinese surname - Wikipedia

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    Chinese surnames have a history of over 3,000 years. Chinese mythology, however, reaches back further to the legendary figure Fuxi (with the surname Feng), who was said to have established the system of Chinese surnames to distinguish different families and prevent marriage of people with the same family names. [8]

  3. List of common Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese expression "Three Zhang Four Li" (simplified Chinese: 张三李四; traditional Chinese: 張三李四; pinyin: Zhāng Sān Lǐ Sì) is used to mean "anyone" or "everyone", [4] but the most common surnames are currently Wang in mainland China [5] and Chen in Taiwan. [6]

  4. Hundred Family Surnames - Wikipedia

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    Hundred Family Surnames poem written in Chinese characters and Phagspa script, from Shilin Guangji written by Chen Yuanjing in the Yuan dynasty. The Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓), commonly known as Bai Jia Xing, [1] also translated as Hundreds of Chinese Surnames, [2] is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames.

  5. Category:Chinese-language surnames - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Chinese-language surnames" ... Template:100 most common surnames in mainland China; Change of Xianbei names to Han names; Chinese Indonesian surname;

  6. Lists of East Asian surnames - Wikipedia

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    Lists of East Asian surnames include common Chinese, Japanese, and Korean surnames, or family names. List of common Chinese surnames; List of common Japanese surnames;

  7. Category:Individual Chinese surnames - Wikipedia

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    Chinese surname article that correspond to a single surname. Pages in category "Individual Chinese surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...

  8. Han (Chinese surname) - Wikipedia

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    It is the 15th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. In 2003, Han (韩) is ranked 25th in China in terms of the number of bearers at around 8 million persons. [1] In 2019 it was the 28th most common surname in Mainland China. [2] Less common Chinese surnames romanized as Han include: 寒 (Hán) and 汉/漢 (Hàn). [citation needed]

  9. Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries - Wikipedia

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    from Chinese 洪 "Hong" meaning water or flood listed 184th among the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames ហ៊ុន: hun: Hun: money investment, share (of stocks). Thai or Chinese etymology. [4] Possibly related to 份 ("Hun" in Hokkien) meaning "share, portion." ហូ: hou: Ho/Hu: 胡 (Chinese "Hu") ឡាយ Lay 來/来 (Chinese "Lai ...