Surnames are the most special cultures that have been formed in China for thousands of years. It has been circulating for the longest time, and at the same time it is closely related to everyone. Everyone has their own last name and first name. But many times, your name doesn't have to be unique. China is a populous country, the same name and surname is inevitable, but do you know that the most common names in our country are those?
According to relevant statistics, the most common names with the same surname in China come from three surnames, one is Zhang, one is Wang and the other is Li. Did you figure out their names? These 5 names are Zhang Wei, Wang Wei, Wang Fang, Li Wei and Li Xiuying. Their numbers were 290,000, 280,000, 268,000, 261,000 and 246,000, respectively.
From it, we can observe that the word "Wei" appears the most. In total, there are three out of five names with great characters. The reason why parents love to use this word to name their children is, of course, they hope to be able to become a great person, "Shuowen" explains: "Wei, Qiye". Describe a person who acts contrary to mortals and follows the big rules.
The reason why these 5 names can become the most common names and surnames has a lot to do with their surnames. They are all large surnames with a large population, first of all, let's take a look at the surname Zhang. The origin of the Zhang surname is mainly derived from the Ji surname. Zhang Waving is the ancestor of this surname. According to relevant information, he is the fifth son of Qingyang, the eldest son of the Ancient Yellow Emperor.
The surname Zhang ranked 24th in the Song edition of "Hundred Family Names". As of the 2007 census, the population of Zhang surnamed Zhang totaled 87.502 million, ranking third. Probably because of the reason of shunliu, the name "Zhang Wei" has become the most common surname in China.
The surname Wang is also a surname with a large population, and it is also cognate with Zhang. They are all descendants of the Yellow Emperor, the head of the Five Emperors of the Ancients, and the Yellow Emperor's original surname Gongsun was changed to the Ji surname because he lived on the bank of the Ji River, and the descendants of the Yellow Emperor also followed the Yellow Emperor's Ji surname. And the wang surname is a very large branch.
The earliest ancestor of the surname Wang was Ji Jin in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and today the surname has 94.68 million people. It is the largest surname in the country. The two names with the same surname and the same surname are one called "Wang Wei" and the other is called "Wang Fang". Presumably, I can often meet you around everyone.
Finally, there is the surname of Li, which is the surname of the most people in Chinese history who calls the king emperor. As many as sixty people. There are also more than ten dynasties established. The population of the Surname Li and the surname Wang are almost between Bo Zhong. As many as 95 million at the time of the 2010 census. This is also why the surname Wang and the surname Li have two names with the same name and the most surnames. Because of the large population, the probability of recurrence is also greater. I don't know if you have ever met these 5 names in your life?