List of common Chinese surnames: Difference between revisions

This is a list of the top 100 most common Chinese surnames, displayed by Mandarin, Cantonese and Min Nan (Hokkien) transliterations. Other common transliterations, used before the formalization and popularization of existing Romanizations, still can be found in the names of some overseas Chinese. Common transliterations in other Chinese languages (dialects) used by some overseas Chinese whose ancestral mother tongue is neither Mandarin, Cantonese or Minnan also exist, as well as pronunciations in other languages, particularly Korean and Vietnamese, in which these surnames are commonly used.

	Char.		Mandarin			Cantonese			Min Nan (Hokkien (Fukien)/Teochew)		Other dialects and languages
	T.	S.	Pinyin	W-G1	Other	Jyutping	HK Gov't2	Other	Pe̍h-oē-jī	Other
1	李		Lǐ	Li	Lee	Lei5	Lee		Lí	Dee	Lý/Lí (Vietnamese); Yi, Lee, I (이, 리; Korean; most common)
2	王		Wáng	Wang		Wong4	Wong	Vong (Portuguese spelling)	Ông	Ong, Heng	Vương (Vietnamese); Wang (왕; Korean)
3	陳	陈	Chén	Ch'en (Chen)	Chern	Can4	Chan	Chun	Tân	Tan	Ding; Chin (also Korean; 진); Trần (Vietnamese)
4	張	张	Zhāng	Chang		Zoeng1	Cheung	Chong (Americanized spelling)	Tiuⁿ	Teo, Teoh	Trương (Vietnamese); Jang, Chang (장; Korean, 9thmost common)
5	劉	刘	Liú	Liu	Liou	Lau4	Lau	Lou	Lâu	Lao	Liew; Yoo (유, 류; Korean); Lưu (Vietnamese)
6	楊	杨	Yáng	Yang		Joeng4	Yeung		Iûⁿ	Yeo	Dương (Vietnamese), Yang (양; Korean)
7	黃	黄	Huáng	Huang	Hwang	Wong4	Wong	Wang, Vong (Portuguese spelling)	N̂g	Ng, Oei, Ooi, Wee,Uy	Hoàng or Huỳnh (Vietnamese); Hwang (황; Korean, 14thmost common)
8	吳	吴	Wú	Wu	Woo	Ng4	Ng	Eng	Gô·/Ngô·	Goh	Ngô (Vietnamese); Oh (오; Korean, 11thmost common)
9	林		Lín	Lin		Lam4	Lam	Lum	Lîm	Lim, Liem	Im (임, 림; Korean, 10thmost common); Lâm (Vietnamese)
10	周		Zhōu	Chou	Joe	Zau1	Chow	Chau	Chiu	Chew	Chu or Châu (Vietnamese)
11	葉	叶	Yè	Yeh	Yee, Ee	Jip6	Yip	Ip	Ia̍p	Yap	Yep; Diệp (Vietnamese)
12	趙	赵	Zhào	Chao		Ziu6	Chiu	Jiu	Tiō	Chew	Chu (Hawaiian spelling); Triệu (Vietnamese); Cho (조; Korean, 7thmost common)
13	呂	吕	Lǚ	Lü (Lu)		Leoi5	Lui		Lī/Lū	Dy	Lữ/Lã (Vietnamese)
14	徐		Xú	Hsü (Hsu)		Ceoi4	Tsui		Chhî	Chee	Từ (Vietnamese); Suh, Seo (서; Korean, 13thmost common)
15	孫	孙	Sūn	Sun	Suen	Syun1	Suen	Sun	Sun		Tôn (Vietnamese); Son, Sohn (손; Korean)
16	朱		Zhū	Chu		Zyu1	Chu	Chue	Chu		Gee, Ju; Chu (Vietnamese); Joo, Choo (주; Korean)
17	高		Gāo	Kao		Gou1	Ko	Go	Ko		Goh (Korean); Cao (Vietnamese) Go (고; Korean)
18	馬	马	Mǎ	Ma		Maa5	Ma	Mah	Má		Mã (Vietnamese)
19	梁		Liáng	Liang		Loeng4	Leung	Leong, Lang	Niû	Neo	Yang, Ryan (양, 량; Korean); Lương (Vietnamese)
20	郭		Guō	Kuo		Gwok3	Kwok		Koeh		Quách (Vietnamese), Kwak (곽; Korean)
21	何		Hé	Hê, Ho		Ho4	Ho		Hô		Hà (Vietnamese); 3
22	鄭	郑	Zhèng	Cheng	Jehng	Zeng6	Cheng		Tēⁿ/Tīⁿ	Tay/Teh	Jeong (정; Korean, 5thmost common); Trịnh (Vietnamese)
23	胡		Hú	Hu		Wu4	Wu	Woo	Hoo/Ô·		Hồ (Vietnamese)
24	蔡		Cài	Ts'ai (Tsai)	Chai	Coi3	Choi	Choy	Chhoà	Chua, Choa, Tjoa	Thái or Sái (Vietnamese), Chae (채) (Korean), Sai (さい) (Japanese)
25	曾		Zēng	Tseng	Tzeng	Zang1	Tsang		Chan		Tăng/Tang (Vietnamese); 3
	Char.		Mandarin			Cantonese			Min Nan (Hokkien (Fukien)/Teochew)		Other dialects and languages
	T.	S.	Pinyin	W-G1	Other	Jyutping	HK Gov't2	Other	Pe̍h-oē-jī	Other
26	佘		Shé	She		Se4	Sheh		Sia		Xà (Vietnamese); 3
27	鄧	邓	Dèng	Teng		Dang6	Tang	Dung	Tēng		Đặng (Vietnamese); 3
28	沈		Shěn	Shen		Sam2	Sum	Shum	Sím		Thẩm/Trầm (Vietnamese); 3
29	謝	谢	Xiè	Hsieh	Sheih	Ze6	Tse		Chiā/Siā		Tạ (Vietnamese); 3
30	唐		Táng	T'ang (Tang)		Tong4	Tong		Tn̂g		Đường (Vietnamese)
31	許	许	Xǔ	Hsü (Hsu)		Heoi2	Hui		Khó·	Koh, Khor, Co	Hứa (Vietnamese); Hur, Huh (허; Korean; about 300,000)
32	羅	罗	Luó	Lo		Lo4	Lo	Law, Loh, Lowe	Lô		La (Vietnamese); 3
33	袁		Yuán	Yüan (Yuan)		Jyun4	Yuen		Oân		Viên (Vietnamese)
34	馮	冯	Féng	Feng	Ferng	Fung4	Fung	Fong	Pâng		Phùng (Vietnamese); 3
35	宋		Sòng	Sung	Soong	Sung3	Sung		Sòng		Tống (Vietnamese); Song (송; Korean, 16thmost common)
36	蘇	苏	Sū	Su		Sou1	So		So·		Tô (Vietnamese)
37	曹		Cáo	Ts'ao (Tsao)		Cou4	Tso		Chô		Tào (Vietnamese); 3
38	陸	陆	Lù	Lu		Luk6	Luk		Lio̍k	Loke	Lục (Vietnamese); 3
39	麥	麦	Mài	Mai		Mak6	Mak	Muk	Be̍h	Beh	Mạch (Vietnamese); 3
40	董		Dǒng	Tung		Dung2	Tung		Táng		Đổng (Vietnamese)
41	于		Yú	Yü (Yu)		Jyu1	Yue		Î/Û		Vu (Vietnamese)
42	韓	韩	Hán	Han		Hon4	Hon		Hân	Han	Hahn, Han (한; Korean, 12thmost common) Hàn (Vietnamese)
43	任		Rèn	Jen		Jam6	Yam	Yum	Jîm		Nhiệm/Nhậm (Vietnamese)
44	蔣	蒋	Jiǎng	Chiang	Chung	Zoeng2	Cheung	Chiang	Chiúⁿ	Cheoh	Tưởng (Vietnamese)
45	顧	顾	Gù	Ku		Gu3	Gu	Goo	Kò·		Cố (Vietnamese)
46	鍾	钟	Zhōng	Chung		Zung1	Chung		Chiong/Cheng		Chung (Vietnamese)
47	方		Fāng	Fang		Fong1	Fong		Png		Phương (Vietnamese), かた (Japanese)
48	杜		Dù	Tu		Dou6	To	Do	Tō·		Đỗ (Vietnamese)
49	丁		Dīng	Ting		Ding1	Ting	Ding	Teng		Đinh (Vietnamese)
50	姚		Yáo	Yao		Jiu4	Yiu		Iâu		Diêu (Vietnamese)
	Char.		Mandarin			Cantonese			Min Nan (Hokkien (Fukien)/Teochew)		Other dialects and languages
	T.	S.	Pinyin	W-G1	Other	Jyutping	HK Gov't2	Other	Pe̍h-oē-jī	Other
51	潘		Pān	P'an (Pan)		Pun1	Poon		Phoaⁿ	Phua	Phan (Vietnamese)
52	姜		Jiāng	Chiang		Goeng1	Keung	Geung	Kiang/Kiuⁿ		Kang (강; Korean, 6thmost common); Khương (Vietnamese)
53	譚	谭	Tán	T'an (Tan)		Taam4	Tam	Tom, Ham	Thâm		Hom; Đàm (Vietnamese)
54	邱		Qiū	Ch'iu (Chiu)	Chiou	Jau1	Yau		Khu, Cu	Khoo	Khưu (Vietnamese)
55	蕭	肖	Xiào	Hsiao		Siu1	Siu		Siau		Tiêu (Vietnamese)
56	金		Jīn	Chin	Kim	Gam1	Kam	Gum	Kim		Kim (Korean); Kim (Vietnamese)
57	賈	贾	Jiǎ	Chia		Gaa2	Ga		Ká		Giả (Vietnamese)
58	田		Tián	T'ien (Tien)		Tin4	Tin		Tiân		Điền (Vietnamese)
59	崔		Cuī	Ts'ui (Tsui)	Tsuei	Ceoi1	Chui		Chui		Choi (최; Korean, 4thmost common); Thôi (Vietnamese)
60	程		Chéng	Ch'eng (Cheng)		Cing4	Ching		Thiâⁿ		Trình (Vietnamese)
61	余		Yú	Yü (Yu)		Jyu4	Yu, Yue	Yee	Î/Û		Dư (Vietnamese), Eu
62	魏		Wèi	Wei		Ngai6	Ngai		Gūi	Wee	Nguỵ/Ngụy(Vietnamese)
63	薛		Xuē	Hsüeh (Hsueh)		Sit3	Sit		Sih		Tiết (Vietnamese)
64	戴		Dài	Tai		Daai3	Tai		Tè		Đái/Đới (Vietnamese)
65	范		Fàn	Fan		Faan6	Fan		Hoān		Phạm (Vietnamese)
66	盧	卢	Lú	Lu		Lou4	Lo		Lô·		Noh (Korean); Lư/Lô (Vietnamese)
67	洪		Hóng	Hung		Hung4	Hung		Âng	Ang	Hồng (Vietnamese)
68	侯		Hóu	Hou		Hau4	Hau		Hâu, Jao		Hầu (Vietnamese)
69	夏		Xià	Hsia		Haa6	Ha		Hā		Hạ (Vietnamese)
70	白		Bái	Pai	Bo, Po	Baak6	Pak		Pe̍h/Pe̍k	Peh	Baek (Korean), Bạch (Vietnamese)
71	賀	贺	Hè	He		Ho6	Ho		Hō		Hạ (Vietnamese)
72	錢	钱	Qián	Ch'ien (Chien)		Cin4	Chin		Chîⁿ		Tiền (Vietnamese)
73	莊	庄	Zhuāng	Chuang		Zong1	Chong		Chng		Trang (Vietnamese)
74	鄒	邹	Zōu	Tsou		Zau1	Chow	Chau	Cho·		Trâu (Vietnamese)
75	汪		Wāng	Wang		Wong1	Wong		Ong/Ang		Uông (Vietnamese)
	Char.		Mandarin			Cantonese			Min Nan (Hokkien (Fukien)/Teochew)		Other dialects and languages
	T.	S.	Pinyin	W-G1	Other	Jyutping	HK Gov't2	Other	Pe̍h-oē-jī	Other
76	史		Shǐ	Shih		Si2	Sze		Sú		Sử (Vietnamese)
77	路		Lù	Lu		Lou6	Lo		Lō·		Lộ (Vietnamese)
78	石		Shí	Shih		Sek6	Sek, Shek		Chio̍h		Thạch (Vietnamese)
79	彭		Péng	P'eng (Peng)		Paang4	Pang		Phêⁿ/Phîⁿ		Bành (Vietnamese)
80	龔	龚	Gōng	Kung		Gung2	Kung		Kióng		Cung (Vietnamese)
81	秦		Qín	Ch'in (Chin)		Ceon4	Tseun, Tseon, Chun		Chîn		Tần (Vietnamese)
82	廖		Liào	Liao		Liu6	Liu	Lew	Liāu		Liêu/Liệu (Vietnamese)
83	黎		Lí	Li		Lai4	Lai		Lê		Lê (Vietnamese)
84	施		Shī	Shih		Si1	Sze		Si	See	Thi (Vietnamese)
85	付		Fù	Fu		Fu6	Foo		Pò·		Phó (Vietnamese)
86	賴		Lài	Lai		Laai6	Lai		Lōa		Lai/Lại (Vietnamese)
87	江		Jiāng	Chiang		Gong1	Kong		Kang		Giang (Vietnamese), Kong (Hakka)
88	邵		Shào	Shao		Siu6	Shiu		Siō		Thiệu (Vietnamese)
89	毛		Máo	Mao		Mou4	Mo		Mô·		Mao (Vietnamese)
90	邢		Xíng	Hsing		Jing4	Ying		Hêng		Hình (Vietnamese)
91	倪		Ní	Ni		Ngai4	Ngai		Gê		Nghê (Vietnamese)
92	閻	阎	Yán	Yen		Jim4	Yim		Giâm		Diêm (Vietnamese)
93	嚴	严	Yán	Yen		Jim4	Yim		Giâm		Nghiêm (Vietnamese)
94	常		Cháng	Ch'ang (Chang)		Soeng4	Sheung		Siông		Thường (Vietnamese)
95	康		Kāng	Kang		Hong1	Hong		Khng		Khương/Khang (Vietnamese)
96	牛		Niú	Niu		Ngau4	Ngau		Gû		Ngưu (Vietnamese)
97	萬	万	Wàn	Wan		Maan6	Man		Bān		Vạn (Vietnamese)
98	陶		Táo	T'ao (Tao)		Tou4	Tou	Tow	Tô		Đào (Vietnamese)
99	孟		Mèng	Meng		Maang6	Mang		Bēng		Mạnh (Vietnamese)
100	葛		Gě	Kê / Ko		Got3	Kot		Kat		Cát (Vietnamese)

1. Unofficial versions of Wade-Giles transliterations, (with diacritics removed) appear in parentheses. Currently, Wade-Giles is used primarily to romanize Taiwanese names, and often appears (erroneously) without the diacritics.
2. This is the romanization used most often by the Hong Kong Government in transliterating names for birth certificates and identity cards. It is an unsystematic method based on the Meyer-Wempe system, with all the aspiration marks and diacritics gone.
3. None or very few in South Korean 2000 census (foreigners' households not included). Only indicated for Chinese 40 most common surnames, not checked for Chinese 41–100. Names 1–40 whose Korean rank or number is not indicated have more than 1.000 bearers according to the census, but are not among the most common 16 names.

See also

• List of Korean family names
• List of common Chinese surnames in Singapore
• Vietnamese names

References

• Zhongwen.com: Top 200 Chinese Family Names: For the top 100 family names.
• LIN Yu-tang Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern Usage: For pinyin and link to Cantonese Jyuping transliteration.
• Look up all surnames from LIN Yu-Tang dictionary: need Big5 font.
• Yahoo! Hong Kong: For the family names in popular Cantonese transliteration.
• Get a Chinese name
• Genealogy of clans of indigenous people of Hong Kong