Surname, is born in the ancient period of the matrilineal clan, the transition to the Yanhuang Emperor period, the surname has been further developed, the Yellow Emperor to Ji as the surname, Yan Emperor to Jiang as the surname, the Yellow Emperor fourteen sons, the surname of twelve, after thousands of years of development, gradually constitute the current "Hundred Family Names".

Zhao Qiansun Li, Zhou Wu Zheng Wang, Feng Chen Chuwei, Jiang Shen Han Yang... This catchy "Hundred Family Names" reading book, since ancient times is a child's enlightenment reading, followed by the Qing Dynasty, the number of surnames included in "Hundred Family Names" has increased to 506, although there are many surnames, but the ancients still have very good names.
Because the names of the ancients will be based on the "I Ching", some ancient poetry classics will also be applied, such as the Tang Dynasty poet Meng Haoran's name taken from "Mencius Gongsun Ugly": I am good at raising my Haoran qi. The so-called "Haoran Qi" refers to the broad and strong righteous qi of heaven and earth.
The names of the literati in the Republic of China period were also set in a set, not only according to the five elements theory of the eight characters of the birthday, Zhou Yi numerology, and mathematical theory, but also in line with modern aesthetics.
Another example is Zhu Ziqing, whose name comes from the "Chu Ci Bu Opera" in "Ning Incorruptible and Upright to Purify Yourself?" ", the name of the fairy tale writer Bingxin is taken from "Furong Lou Sends Xin Gradually": Luoyang relatives and friends are like asking each other, a piece of ice heart in the jade pot... There are many such things, and it can also be seen that the ancients and modern literati paid great attention to naming.
Of course, for most people now, very few people can understand the ancient and modern, if on the other hand, the level of education is not high, it is indeed too difficult to take a far-reaching and good name, so modern people simply take a simple and easy to remember, slightly better name, which also leads to the phenomenon of more and more duplicate names.
According to the survey of relevant institutions, the highest repetition rate in China is as many as 290,000, and the rest are also more than 200,000.
Fifth: Li Xiuying, the number of people with the same name is 246,000 people, Li is a big surname in China, this surname can be traced back to Gao Tao, he was once appointed as Shun's Dali (in charge of criminal law), because of Li Tong Li, future generations will take the official position as a surname, Li Tang Dynasty is a period of development and growth of the Li surname.
Fourth: Li Wei, the number of people with the same name is 261,000 people, also li surname, this is no way, who called Li for the big surname, as for the use of "Wei" is higher, after all, this word contains too many meanings.
Third: Wang Fang, the number of people with the same name is 268,000 people, the surname of Wang is derived from the Yellow Emperor's 'Ji' surname, which is also a surname with a very large population base, and there are also famous nobles such as the Langya Wang clan (Wang Xizhi) and the Taiyuan Wang clan (Northern Wei seven surnames) in history. Liu Yuxi's "Wuyi Lane" wrote about the Wang family: In the old days, Wang Xie Tang Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people.
Second: Wang Wei, the number of people with duplicate names is 280,000, such a large chance of renaming is actually very easy to understand, Wang surname is a big surname, plus the use rate of "Wei" is also very high.
First: Zhang Wei, the number of people with the same name is 290,000, this name sounds very familiar, and one of the leading actors in "Love Apartment" is Zhang Wei.
Zhang surname, the surname of the ancestor, he is the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, because of the invention of the bow and arrow, his master will be the bow and arrow as a tribal totem, in the gradual evolution, the shape of the bow and arrow has become a clan name, place name and surname, Zhang surname also produced a lot of celebrities, the Western Han Zhang Liang, the Eastern Han Zhang Daoling, the Tang Dynasty Prime Minister Zhang Jiuling and so on.