调查：“王”为中国第一大姓

调查：“王”为中国第一大姓

Wang tops list of surnames

[ 2007-04-25 16:53 ]

If you've ever worried about running into someone with the same name as you, then spare a thought for the Wangs, Lis and Zhangs of this world, whose names have just been declared the three most popular in the country.

The results of a nationwide survey, released yesterday by the Ministry of Public Security, show that there are some 92.8 million Wangs in China, about 7.25 percent of the population, making it the nation's most popular. Li came in second with 92.07 million (7.19 percent) and Zhang third with 87.5 million (6.83 percent). Aside from the top three, the survey found that a further seven names are each used by more than 20 million people: Liu, Chen, Yang, Huang, Zhao, Wu and Zhou. Twelve more have between 10 million and 20 million owners: Xu, Sun, Ma, Zhu, Hu, Guo, He, Gao, Lin, Luo, Zheng, Liang. The most common 100 names account for 84.77 percent of the population, which is about 1.3 billion. The ranking was conducted according to the national household registration system, which includes ethnic minorities, but excludes Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Du Ruofu, a retired researcher from the Chinese Academy of Sciences said: "As the first national survey of surnames, the results are precious." Du published a book on Chinese surnames, the genetic differences between people from North and South China and Chinese linguistics in 1992. "The new survey is more accurate because of its larger scale," Du said, comparing it to his own research conducted in 1987, which was based on a sample of about 500,000 people. In Du's research, Li, Wang and Zhang again held the top three spots, accounting for 7.9 percent, 7.4 percent and 7.1 percent of the population, respectively.

(China Daily)

如果你曾为会与别人重名而担忧过，那你可以想想那些姓王、姓李、姓张的人，他们的姓是全中国最普遍的三大姓氏。 公安部昨天公布的一项全国性的调查结果显示，王姓是我国第一大姓，约有9280万人，占全国总人口的7.25%。 李是第二大姓，共有9207万人    

 

 

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