Kate Monk's Onomastikon

(Dictionary of Names)


Chinese Surnames

In China, the family name always comes before the personal name. It usually consists of a single character although there are some with two. There are relatively few surnames in existence in modern China - only about 3000 for the whole country - and almost 90% of the population is accounted for by the hundred surnames listed in the ancient 'Bai Jia Xing' or 'Book of A Hundred Surnames'.

An Ang Au
Ba Bai Ban
Bao Bi Bian
Bo Cai Cao
Chan Chang Chao
Chen Cheng Cheung
Chew Chiang Chien
Chieu Chin Ching
Chio Chiu Choe
Choi Chong Chou
Chow Chu Chua
Chuko Chung Cong
Cui Da Dai
Dee Deng Ding
Dong Dun Dung
Ec Eng Fa
Fan Fang Fen
Feng Fok Fong
Fou Fu Gang
Gao Ge Geng
Go Goei Gong
Gu Guan Guao
Guo Han Hang
Hann Hao Hark
He Ho Hong
Hoong Hor Hou
Hsaio Hsi Hsieh
Hsu Hsueh Hu
Hua Huang Hui
Huie Hung Huo
I Jia Jianbua
Jiang Jiao Jin
Joe Jong Joo
Ju Jue Jung
Kan Kao Ke
Khoo Kim Kin
King Koh Kong
Kui Kum Kun
Kung Kwan Lai
Lam Lan Lang
Lau Lee Lei
Leong Lew Li
Liang Liao Lim
Lin Ling Liu
Lo Loh Lok
Lopan Lou Lu
Lum Lung Luo
Ma Mah Mao
Mar Mei Men
Meng Mi Ming
Mo Mok Moy
Nan Ng Ngui
Ni Ning Niu
Ong Ou Ou-yang
Ow Pai Pan
Pao Pei Peng
Phan Pi Ping
Qi Qian Qin
Qiu Qu Quan
Quian Ren Sa
Sang See-to Sen
Sha Shang Shao
Shen Shi Shih
Shiu Shuang Shui
Si-ma Song Su
Sui Sun Tah
Tan Tang Tann
Tao Teng Teoh
Thean Thian Thien
Thum Ti Tian
Tieh Tong Toy
Ts'ai Tsai Tsang
Tseng Ts'ong Tsu
Tsui Tsung Tu
Wan Wang Wei
Wen Wie Wong
Woo Wu Xia
Xiang Xiao Xie
Xin Xiong Xiu
Xu Xue Xun
Yan Yang Yao
Yap Ye Yee
Yeh Yei Yen
Yep Yi Yin
Ying Yip Yo
Yu Yuan Yue
Yuen Yun Zeng
Zhai Zhan Zhang
Zhao Zheng Zhou
Zhu Zong Zou


This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.

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