Chinese surnames

The 400 most common surnames in mainland China by 2013 population, plus the other surnames of the Hundred Family Surnames and common compound surnames — 566 in all. Each page covers pronunciation, traditional characters, population and distribution, regional spellings, and how to trace that family line. The top 100 cover about 84.6% of mainland China's population; the top 400, about 96.9%.

Population ranks: Yuan Yida and Qiu Jiaru (2013), as compiled in English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); registration ranks: Ministry of Public Security, 2020 national name report.