One saying is: nine Li and eighteen zhang. There are nine surnamed Li and eighteen surnamed Zhang.
Another saying is: Zhang Wang, Liu Li Chen, half of the world. The surname Zhang is also placed first.
The results of the actual statistics, I checked Baidu: 95.4 million people surnamed Zhang, 105.1 million people surnamed Wang, 70 million people surnamed Liu, 100.9 million people surnamed Li, 63.3 million people surnamed Chen, and the surname Zhang ranked third after the surname Wang and the surname Li.
However, after the king's surname, the king of Xia, the king of Shang, the king of Zhou, the king of Chu, and the princes and kings, the princes × and the kings and grandsons×...... All surnamed Wang, are descendants of the royal family, and there are many people, which is understandable. The surname Li, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty is surnamed Li, each branch can marry many women, give birth to sons and marry many women to have more sons, give birth to daughters The descendants can assume the surname Li, and give the surname Li, many ethnic minorities have the surname Li, there are many people, it is also understandable. The surname Liu, similar to the surname Li, ruled the Han Dynasty for so many years, the harem is three thousand, one woman a day, the probability of having a child is more, and the branch harem has no three thousand but three hundred, and there are many children and grandchildren, which is more understandable. The surname Chen also served as an emperor.
What about the surname Zhang, it seems that no one has ever been an emperor, yes, he is also a small town emperor, he can't make many waves, why are there so many people?
The ancestor of the surname Zhang, it is said that it is the Yellow Emperor era of the wave, he invented the bow and arrow, the Yellow Emperor gave the surname Zhang, Zhang is the meaning of pulling the bow and preparing to shoot arrows. In this way, the surname Zhang is a bow and arrow maker and a craftsman. The handicraft is a cheap surname, how can there be so many people?