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Surname ranking

The surnames of All of China, ranked by how many villages have each recorded; equal counts share a rank. Only the villages whose surnames this site has recorded count: this is not a count of people.

128 surnames, recorded for 2,632 villages.

The 20 surnames with the most villages in All of China
  1. 黄 430
  2. 李 347
  3. 陈 344
  4. 伍 207
  5. 余 178
  6. 梁 162
  7. 刘 143
  8. 谭 134
  9. 张 109
  10. 朱 108
  11. 雷 107
  12. 林 101
  13. 吴 95
  14. 邝 79
  15. 马 75
  16. 梅 64
  17. 冯 53
  18. 甄 52
  19. 司徒 50
  20. 何 49
RankSurnameVillagesShare
1 黄 Huang About 43016.3%
2 李 Li About 34713.2%
3 陈 Chen About 34413.1%
4 伍 Wu About 2077.9%
5 余 Yu About 1786.8%
6 梁 Liang About 1626.2%
7 刘 Liu About 1435.4%
8 谭 Tan About 1345.1%
9 张 Zhang About 1094.1%
10 朱 Zhu About 1084.1%
11 雷 Lei About 1074.1%
12 林 Lin About 1013.8%
13 吴 Wu About 953.6%
14 邝 Kuang About 793.0%
15 马 Ma About 752.8%
16 梅 Mei About 642.4%
17 冯 Feng About 532.0%
18 甄 Zhen About 522.0%
19 司徒 Situ About 501.9%
20 何 He About 491.9%
21 郑 Zheng About 481.8%
22 邓 Deng About 441.7%
22 许 Xu About 441.7%
24 周 Zhou About 401.5%
25 谢 Xie About 391.5%
26 关 Guan About 381.4%
26 黎 Li About 381.4%
28 叶 Ye About 361.4%
29 蔡 Cai About 321.2%
30 曾 Zeng About 311.2%
31 廖 Liao About 291.1%
32 胡 Hu About 271.0%
33 阮 Ruan About 250.9%
34 杨 Yang About 240.9%
34 赵 Zhao About 240.9%
36 岑 Cen About 230.9%
37 袁 Yuan About 180.7%
37 钟 Zhong About 180.7%
39 罗 Luo About 170.6%
39 麦 Mai About 170.6%
41 曹 Cao About 160.6%
41 王 Wang About 160.6%
41 温 Wen About 160.6%
44 翁 Weng About 150.6%
45 汤 Tang About 140.5%
46 方 Fang About 130.5%
46 骆 Luo About 130.5%
48 苏 Su About 120.5%
49 甘 Gan About 100.4%
49 莫 Mo About 100.4%
49 丘 Qiu About 100.4%
49 徐 Xu About 100.4%
53 郭 Guo About 90.3%
53 陆 Lu About 90.3%
53 区 Ou About 90.3%
53 彭 Peng About 90.3%
57 高 Gao About 80.3%
58 潘 Pan About 70.3%
58 熊 Xiong About 70.3%
60 卢 Lu About 60.2%
61 程 Cheng About 50.2%
61 龚 Gong About 50.2%
61 洪 Hong About 50.2%
61 江 Jiang About 50.2%
61 劳 Lao About 50.2%
61 聂 Nie About 50.2%
61 容 Rong About 50.2%
61 萧 Xiao About 50.2%
61 颜 Yan About 50.2%
70 蒋 Jiang About 40.2%
70 蓝 Lan About 40.2%
72 白 Bai About 30.1%
72 范 Fan About 30.1%
72 孔 Kong About 30.1%
72 赖 Lai About 30.1%
72 秦 Qin About 30.1%
72 孙 Sun About 30.1%
72 唐 Tang About 30.1%
72 魏 Wei About 30.1%
80 戴 Dai About 20.1%
80 丁 Ding About 20.1%
80 古 Gu About 20.1%
80 侯 Hou About 20.1%
80 练 Lian About 20.1%
80 连 Lian About 20.1%
80 凌 Ling About 20.1%
80 龙 Long About 20.1%
80 吕 Lü / Lv About 20.1%
80 欧阳 Ouyang About 20.1%
80 庞 Pang About 20.1%
80 邱 Qiu About 20.1%
80 肖 Xiao About 20.1%
80 薛 Xue About 20.1%
80 严 Yan About 20.1%
80 姚 Yao About 20.1%
80 邹 Zou About 20.1%
97 敖 Ao About 10.0%
97 邦 Bang About 10.0%
97 包 Bao About 10.0%
97 鲍 Bao About 10.0%
97 巢 Chao About 10.0%
97 奠 Dian About 10.0%
97 刁 Diao About 10.0%
97 第五 Diwu About 10.0%
97 樊 Fan About 10.0%
97 傅 Fu About 10.0%
97 霍 Huo About 10.0%
97 郏 Jia About 10.0%
97 简 Jian About 10.0%
97 金 Jin About 10.0%
97 利 Li About 10.0%
97 欧 Ou About 10.0%
97 盘 Pan About 10.0%
97 钱 Qian About 10.0%
97 屈 Qu About 10.0%
97 任 Ren About 10.0%
97 沈 Shen About 10.0%
97 石 Shi About 10.0%
97 宋 Song About 10.0%
97 禢 Ta About 10.0%
97 谈 Tan About 10.0%
97 卫 Wei About 10.0%
97 韦 Wei About 10.0%
97 文 Wen About 10.0%
97 邬 Wu About 10.0%
97 禤 Xuan About 10.0%
97 殷 Yin About 10.0%
97 俞 Yu About 10.0%

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