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Although the Chinese make up the largest segment of the U.S. Asian and Pacific Islander population, [33] the most common Chinese-derived surname during the 2000 census was not itself Chinese but the Vietnamese Nguyễn (Chinese: 阮, Ruǎn). [3] During the 2000 census, the 10 most common Chinese American names were: [note 1]
Description. Chinese given names are almost always made up of one or - usually - two characters and are written after the surname. Therefore, Wei ( 伟) of the Zhang ( 张) family is called "Zhang Wei" and not "Wei Zhang". In contrast to the relative paucity of Chinese surnames, given names can theoretically include any of the Chinese language ...
Li or Lee (; Chinese: 李; pinyin: Lǐ) is a common Chinese surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [1] Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, [2] and more than 100 million in Asia. [3]
The good news is there are plenty of Chinese baby boy names to consider on our list. Names range from the most popular — Zichen, Runchu, Yuanyun, Jiehong, Jietang and Zhiyu — to the rare, such ...
Pages in category "Chinese masculine given names" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Although there are thousands of Chinese family names, the 100 most common, which together make up less than 5% of those in existence, are shared by 85% of the population. The three most common surnames in Mainland China are Li, Wang and Zhang, which make up 7.9%, 7.4% and 7.1% respectively. Together they number close to 300 million and are ...
Zhang ( [ʈʂáŋ] ⓘ; traditional Chinese: 張; simplified Chinese: 张) is the third most common surname in China and Taiwan (commonly spelled as Chang in Taiwan), and it is one of the most common surnames in the world. [ 2][ 3] It is spoken in the first tone Zhāng. It is a surname that exists in many languages and cultures, corresponding ...
Wang ( / wɑːŋ /) is the pinyin romanization of the common Chinese surnames 王 ( Wáng ). It is currently the most common surname in Mainland China, one of the most common surnames in Asia, with more than 107 million in Asia. It is the 8th name listed in the famous Hundred Family Surnames. [ 2][ 3]