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.
Copies may be made for personal use only.