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These are lists of the most common Chinese surnames in the People's Republic of China (Hong Kong, Macau, and Mainland China), the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Chinese diaspora overseas as provided by government or academic sources.
In case a married person uses the spouse's surname, the maiden name is usually placed after that surname. For instance, the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor [9] has Carrie and Yuet-ngor as the English and Cantonese personal names respectively, Cheng as the maiden name, and Lam from the surname of her husband Lam Siu-por.
Hong is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 洪 (Hóng). It was listed 184th among the Song -era Hundred Family Surnames . Today it is not among the 100 most common surnames in mainland China but it was the 15th-most-common surname in Taiwan in 2005.
Chén (陈/陳) is perhaps the most common surname in Hong Kong and Macau, where it is romanized as Chan. It is the most common Chinese surname in Singapore, where it is usually romanized as Tan, and is also common in Taiwan, where it is romanized as Chén.
Liang (Chinese: 梁) is an East Asian surname of Chinese origin. The surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines) according to its Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation, Neo / Lio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan), or Liong . In Indonesia, it is known as Liong or Nio.
The name of the territory, first romanised as "He-Ong-Kong" in 1780, [23] originally referred to a small inlet located between Aberdeen Island and the southern coast of Hong Kong Island. Aberdeen was an initial point of contact between British sailors and local fishermen. [ 24 ]
The name is widely used in Hong Kong and some of the Commonwealth countries. Many migrants moved to parts of south-east Asia , Europe , Canada, Australia and the United States . Wong is also a rare English surname derived from Old English "Geong" meaning young.
Kong (Chinese: 孔; Korean: 공) is a Chinese and Korean surname. It can also be written as Kong in Taiwan, Hung in Hong Kong, Khổng in Vietnam, and Gong in Korea. There are around 2.1 million people with this surname in China in 2002, representing 0.23% of the population. [1] In 2024, it was the 98th-most common surname in China. [2]