Hundred Family Surnames

The work is a rhyming poem in lines of eight characters. The surnames are not listed in order of commonality. According to Song dynasty scholar Wang Mingqing (王明清), the first four surnames listed represent the most important families in the empire at the time, particularly in the Jiangnan Region: • 1st: Zhao () is the surname of the Song dynasty emperors. • 2nd: Qian () is the surname of the kings of Wuyue. • 3rd: Sun () is the surname of the queen Sun Taizhen of Wuyue king Qian Chu. • 4th: Li () is the surname of the kings of Southern Tang. The next four, Zhou 周, Wu 吳, Zheng 鄭, and Wang 王, were the surnames of the other wives of Qian Chu, the last king of Wuyue. ==Complete text==

This text is written in Traditional Chinese. Note that several of these characters may link to the same article. ==Prevalence in modern times==

In 2013 the Fuxi Institution compiled a ranking of the 400 most common surnames in China. • Bèi (贝/貝) • Shuǐ (水) • Wū (邬/鄔) • Háng (杭) • Zhú (竺) • Bǐng (邴) • Fú (扶) • Dǔ (堵) • Zǎi (宰) • Lì (郦/酈) • Xì (郤) • Pú (濮) • Shòu (寿/壽) • Tōng (通) • Jia (郏/郟) • Bié (别/別) • Chōng (充) • Xí (习/習) • Hóng (红/紅) • Huàn (宦) • Ài (艾) • Shèn (慎) • Yǔ (庾) • Zhōng (终/終) • Jì (暨) • Bù (步) • Hóng (弘) • Lù (禄/祿) • Shū (殳) • Wò (沃) • Wèi (蔚) • Yuè (越) • Kuí (夔) • Mù (牧) • Shè (厍/厙) • Zī (訾) • Kōng (空) • Kuí (隗) • Shān (山) • Wú (毋) • Niè (乜) • Yang (养/養) • Xū (须/須) • Xún (荀) • Sháo (韶) • Bēn (賁/贲) • Every two syllable name (except for Ōuyáng (欧阳/歐陽)) ==See also==