"Wang", "Li", "Zhang", "Liu" and "Chen" are the largest surnames in China.
According to 2018 statistics, there are 23 surnames in the country with a registered population of more than 10 million. The number of registered residents with the surname Wang and Li both exceeds 100 million. "Wang", "Li", "Zhang", "Liu" and "Chen" occupy the top five positions. The number of registered households with the surname "Wang" is only 610,000 more than that of "Li". The battle between "Wang" and "Li" as the most popular surname will continue.
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Among the top 100 surnames in China, 78 surnames originate from Henan, and all the "eight major surnames" in the south originate from Henan. It is no exaggeration to say that Henan is the province with the largest surname resources, and most Chinese at home and abroad have their ancestral roots in Henan.
Xie Junxiang, a well-known surname culture expert and former director of the Zhongyuan Surname Culture Research Institute in Henan Province, has done special research on Zhongyuan surnames. His research results show that among the 4820 surnames with proven origins, there are 1834 surnames originating in Henan, accounting for 38%; among the top 120 major surnames ranked by population, accounting for 90.14% of the Han population, all surnames originated in Henan. There are 52 surnames originating from Henan, and there are 45 surnames partially derived from Henan. The population of surnames originating from Henan accounts for more than 80% of the Han population.
Whether it was in the matrilineal clan system of the primitive society where the "surname" originated, or in the patrilineal clan society where the "surname" originated, Henan is an important area for human activities; in terms of blood relationships, today's 120 Each surname belongs to three clans, namely the Huangdi clan, the Yandi clan, and the Dongyi clan. Henan is the center of long-term activities of these three clans.
During the Xia and Shang dynasties during the development of surnames, Henan was the capital of the country. The Xia and Shang dynasties, from the rise of slavery to its heyday, were also the periods when Chinese surnames developed, and the centerpieces of the activities of these two dynasties were both in present-day Henan.
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