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Even today, the number of surnames in China is a little over 4,000, [1] while the year 2000 United States census found there are more than 6.2 million surnames altogether [2] and that the number of surnames held by 100 or more Americans (per name) was just over 150,000.
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]
The surnames were derived from the Chinese meaning of their original clan name, Chinese transliteration of the clan's name, the possessed territories, generation and personal names of the clansmen and also inspired by the surnames taken by related clans and branches. Only the few clans have origins dating back to Jurchen-led Jin dynasty. The ...
Pages in category "Chinese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 346 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
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
Wú (吳) is the sixth name listed in the Song dynasty classic Hundred Family Surnames. [1] In 2019 Wu was the ninth most common surname in Mainland China. [2] A 2013 study found that it was the eighth most common surname, shared by 26,800,000 people or 2.000% of the population, with the province having the most being Guangdong. [3]
It is the 5th name on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. The Korean surname, "Joo" or "Ju", and The Vietnamese surname, "Châu" or "Chu", are both derived from and written with the same Chinese character (周). The character also means "around". Zhōu also stands for other, rare Chinese family names, 舟, 州，and 洲.